§ 109-14. M-2 Heavy Industrial District.

The regulations set forth in this part, shall apply in the M-2 Industrial District. The intent of the M-2 district is to provide areas for heavy industry, that because of location, transportation requirements, and demands upon public services exert a pronounced impact upon the city and the character of the surrounding properties.

(1)

Principal permitted uses.

a.

A building or premises may be used for any purpose whatsoever except those listed in subsections (1)b, c and d of this section.

b.

No building or occupancy permit shall be issued for any use in conflict with any city ordinance or state law regulating nuisances.

c.

No building or occupancy permit shall be issued for any dwelling, school, hospital, clinic, or other institution for human care, except where incidental to a permitted principal use.

d.

No building or occupancy permit shall be issued for any of the following uses:

1.

Slaughterhouses or stock yards, storage and sale of livestock.

2.

Chemical manufacture or wholesale storage of chemicals (including anhydrous ammonia).

3.

Automobile, tractor, or machinery wrecking and used parts yards.

4.

Cement, lime gypsum, or plaster of parts manufacture, concrete mixing, concrete products manufacture.

5.

Distillation of bones.

6.

Explosive manufacture or storage.

7.

Fertilizer manufacture.

8.

Garbage, offal or dead animal reduction or dumping.

9.

Gas manufacture and cylinder recharging.

10.

Glue, size or gelatin manufacture.

11.

Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of fish and meat products, cereals, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, stock feed, flour, and the rendering or refining of fats and oils.

12.

Petroleum or its products, refining or wholesale storage.

13.

Rubber goods manufacture.

14.

Sand or gravel pits.

15.

Smelting of tin, copper, zinc, or iron ores.

16.

Waste paper yard.

17.

Wholesale storage of gasoline.

18.

Manufacture or wholesale storage combustible fuel, liquid and gaseous.

(2)

Required conditions. All uses conducted in this district shall comply with the following:

a.

The best practical means known for the disposal of refuse matter or water-carried waste, the abatement of obnoxious or offensive odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, or similar nuisance, shall be employed.

b.

All principal buildings and all accessory buildings or structures, including loading and unloading facilities, shall be located at least 200 feet from any R district and not less than 100 feet from any other district except an M-1 district.

(3)

Height regulations. No structure shall exceed in height the distance measured to the centerline of the nearest street from any portion of the proposed building or structure, except as provided in section 109-20.

(4)

Yard requirements. The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the modified requirements contained in section 109-20:

Use	Lot Area	Lot Width	Lot Area per Family	Front Yard Depth	Least Width on Any One Side Yard	Rear Yard Depth
Principal permitted uses and accessory uses				30 feet 15 feet	10 feet 30 feet	10 feet

 

1 The front yard depth of any lot abutting on a major street and highway shall be measured from the proposed right-of-way lines as shown on the official major street plan.

2 Except when adjacent to an R district in which case the minimum yard requirement shall not be less than 200 feet.

3 The front yard depth along all other streets other than major streets and highways shall be 15 feet.

(Prior Code, § 121.14)