Village of Boston Heights OH, Planning and Zoning Code  

CHAPTER 1161
Light Manufacturing District (LM)

CROSS REFERENCES

General Provisions - see P. & Z. 1151.04

Height extensions - see P. & Z. 1171.02

Raised advertising signs - see P. & Z. 1171.13

Design and fireproofing for buildings - see P. & Z. 1171.14

1161.01 LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT REGULATIONS.

(1) Purpose. This district is established to provide for uses for manufacturing operations, assembly of prefabricated components, light machining and storage as is required for operations, excluding chemical processing, heavy machining, casting, warehousing and storage.

(2) No building constructed for use in the Light Manufacturing District shall exceed 50,000 square feet.

(3) Any use of land in the Light Manufacturing District shall conform to the requirements of Sections 1157.03, 1157.04, 1157.05, 1157.06, 1157.07, 1157.08, 1157.09, and 1157.10.

1161.02 PERMITTED USES.

All uses permitted in the Office/Professional, General Business and Retail Business Districts.

1161.03 CONDITIONAL USES.

(1) Component assembling.

(2) Production involving mixing, blending and bottling where the methods or processes used in such manufacturing or processing do not cause or emit smoke, odor, dust, fumes noise, vibrations or discharge unsatisfactorily treated discard waste and where no product or any material or ingredient used in such manufacturing or processing contains an explosive which is hazardous to the employees employed therein or to the neighborhood in the immediate surrounding area.

1161.03 PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN STANDARDS; CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

(a) No operations shall discharge treated or untreated sewage or industrial waste into any reservoir or lake or discharge untreated sewage into any stream. All methods of sewage and industrial waste treatment and disposal shall be in a manner acceptable to the applicable local and State health agencies having jurisdiction.

(b) During construction of any building in this district, all contractors' equipment and employees' vehicles shall be parked on the premises and such premises shall be kept reasonably dust free.

(c) During construction, the highways in the vicinity of the premises shall be kept reasonably free of dirt and debris.

(d) All vehicular entrances and exits on public streets and highways shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the specifications of the Summit County Engineering Department.

(e) All unloading space, private driveways and parking areas shall be reasonably dust free, and such driveways leading to such parking areas shall be permanently treated with a hard surface upon the ground, conditions permitting.

(f) All open areas surrounding the main building and facing any public street, excluding the parking area, are to be landscaped.

(g) Upon the completion of the construction of the buildings located on the premises adjacent to a district other than a Light Manufacturing District, all property lines abutting such other district shall be fenced at least five feet in height of woven or open mesh construction and erected in a neat and substantial manner.

(h) No outside area may be used for storage unless such storage area is screened from public view, except that this shall not prohibit the parking of cars and trucks in daily use.

(i) No building presently existing in a Light Manufacturing District shall be used for industrial purposes.
(Ord. 11-1966. Passed 7-13-66.)

(j) In the Light Manufacturing District no building shall exceed seventy-five feet in height, except as provided in Chapter 1171 of the Codified Ordinances. A property owner may apply to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a variance to obtain authority for a height in excess of seventy-five feet.

(Ord. 64-1985. Passed 2-12-86.)

(Ord. 5-2003. Passed 3-12-03.)

1161.05 AREA REGULATIONS.

(a) Lot Area. No structure shall be constructed on any site which has an area of less than two acres.

(b) Minimum Frontage: Access to Street. No building shall be constructed on any site which has a frontage of less than 200 feet on at least one accessible public street or highway. However, the Board of Zoning Appeals may permit a variance therefrom. In no event shall a variance be permitted unless there is access to the premises from a duly dedicated public roadway not less than sixty feet in width.

(c) Percentage of Site Covered. The total amount of land occupied by all principal and accessory buildings shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the area of the site.

(d) Front Yards. No buildings or part thereof shall be erected within 100 feet of the center line of the road, street or highway.

(e) Corner Sites. On corner sites the setback line from the road, street or highway shall be not less than thirty-five feet.

(f) Side Yards. For every building erected on any site, there shall be a side yard clearance on each side of said building of not less than ten feet, which space shall remain open and unoccupied by any building or structure.

(g) Rear Yards. For every building erected on any site, there shall be a minimum rear lot clearance of at least fifteen feet, which space shall remain open and unoccupied by any building or structure.
(Ord. 11-1966. Passed 7-13-66.)

1161.06 PROHIBITED USES.

Production involving chemical processing, casting, heavy machining, storage and warehousing.

(Ord. 5-2003. Passed 3-12-03.)

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