§ 44-781. Uses permitted.

In the M-3 district, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, all buildings shall be erected and all land shall be used, only for one or more of the following specified uses when such uses comply with the performance standards as listed in article VII of this chapter:

(1)

All uses allowed in the M-1 light manufacturing district as permitted and as regulated under section 44-700.

(2)

All uses allowed in the M-2 medium industrial district as permitted and as regulated under section 44-736.

(3)

Salvage yard, subject to the following requirements:

a.

All outdoor storage used in the course of the applicant's business shall be restricted to the rear yard or be set back from the front property line not less than 100 feet, whichever is less restrictive.

b.

All outdoor storage shall be set back not less than 100 feet along all property lines which abut residentially zoned property.

c.

Material storage shall not exceed a height of 20 feet.

d.

All outdoor storage shall be set back not less than ten feet along any interior lot line.

e.

An all weather durable roadway shall be provided and maintained from the street providing primary site access to the rear of the outside storage to permit access by emergency vehicles at any time. Any portion of the roadway open to the general public shall be paved.

f.

Combustible materials stored on the site shall be arranged to prevent the spread of fire.

1.

Individual combustible material storage areas shall not occupy a land area greater than 2,000 square feet or a diameter of 50 feet.

2.

Combustible material storage areas shall not be located closer than ten feet to other combustible storage areas, buildings, loading areas, and off-street parking areas.

g.

All open storage areas shall be screened from all streets, screened from private road easements serving two or more parcels, screened on all sides abutting a non-industrial zoning district, and screened to prevent visibility from all horizontal lines of sight from neighboring residentially zoned property. The options for screening shall consist of a solid eight-foot tall wall or fence having an adjacent obscuring greenbelt, or by a landscaped berm, meeting the following requirements:

1.

A greenbelt shall not be less than 20 feet wide planted with one deciduous tree having a diameter at breast height of 2.5 inches or greater or an evergreen tree not less than five feet in height for each 30 feet or portion thereof of greenbelt length.

2.

A berm shall be at least three feet above grade where so located. It shall be constructed with slopes no steeper than one foot vertical for each three feet horizontal, with at least a two-foot wide flat crown. The berm shall be planted with grass to ensure it will retain its shape and height. Evergreen trees not less than five feet in height shall be planted in a staggered pattern on the crown of the berm and in sufficient quantities so as to form a complete visual barrier within five years of planting.

(4)

Publicly owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchanges, transformer stations with service yards and/or storage yards.

(5)

Shipyards for the manufacture and repair of boats.

(6)

Sanitary sewage plants, water plants, and electric power generating plants.

(7)

Cargo and freight terminals.

(8)

Other uses similar to the above uses.

(Ord. No. 351, 5-10-2010)

Editor's note

Prior to its reenactment by Ord. No. 351, § 44-781 was repealed by Ord. Nos. 345 and 352, adopted May 10, 2010. The former § 44-781 pertained to uses permitted in the M-3 general industrial districts and derived from § 5.238 of the 1969 Code and § 28-405 of the 1977 Code.