Article 20. M-2 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT  

20-1.  The regulations set forth in this article or set forth elsewhere in this ordinance when referred to in this article are the regulations in the M-2 Heavy Industrial District.

20-2. Purpose. The purpose of this district is to provide for a wide variety of manufacturing, fabricating, processing, wholesale distributing and warehousing uses appropriately located for access by major thoroughfares or railroads but to restrict or prohibit those industries which have characteristics likely to produce serious adverse effects within or beyond the limits of the district.

20-3. Use regulations. A building or premises may be used for any purpose not in conflict with any ordinance of the city regulating nuisances; provided, however, that no building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered for residential purposes except for resident watchmen and caretakers employed on the premises; and provided, further, that no building or occupancy permit shall be issued for any of the following uses until and unless the location of such use shall have been approved by the city council after the report by the board of appeals and the chief of the fire department:

A.

Acid manufacture.

B.

Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture.

C.

Distillation of bones and glue manufacture.

D.

Manufacture of storage of explosives.

E.

Fat rendering and fertilizer manufacture.

F.

Garbage, offal or dead animals, reduction or dumping.

G.

Refinery of petroleum or its products.

H.

Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores.

I.

Stockyards or slaughter of animals.

J.

Salvage yard.

20-4. Height and area regulations. The height and area regulations set forth in Articles 21 and 22 shall be observed.

20-5. Parking and loading regulations. Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in Article 25.