The purpose and intent of the M-2A Zone is to provide for significant
economic development activities without adversely impacting the basic
character of the surrounding neighborhoods or overburdening the natural
or built environment. It is intended that the land in the district
will be developed as a cohesive unit where the development of any
parcel will complement the district as a whole. A pedestrian friendly
environment and transit access must be considered in the design of
the site.
The following principal uses are permitted in Industrial Zone M-2A subject to conditions provided herein and subject to obtaining site development plan approval, if required, in accordance with Article X hereof. For each property having more than one principal use, each principal use shall have a minimum gross floor area of 10,000 square feet. Uses that are not listed as permitted shall not be permitted by variance.
5.03.210
Laboratory devoted to research,
design, and experimentation.
5.03.220
Office building or office
buildings, including medical offices.
5.03.230
Light industrial use, including
manufacturing, fabricating, processing, converting, altering, packaging,
bottling or assembling of products, the operations of which are conducted
solely within an enclosed building or group of buildings.
5.03.240
Hotel and conference center
having no more than 250 guest rooms.
The following principal uses are permitted in Industrial Zone M-2A subject to obtaining a special exception in accordance with criteria, standards and conditions set forth in Article XI, Special Exceptions.
5.03.310
Recreation/sports facility.
Such facility may include indoor and/or outdoor golf courses, dance
studios, health and exercise facilities, racquetball, squash, basketball,
volleyball and tennis courts, baseball, football, soccer and lacrosse
fields, field hockey, track and field, swimming pools, ice-skating
rinks, and any other recognized collegiate sport subject to the condition
that any outdoor sports/recreational facility shall not operate past
9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday or past 7:00 p.m. on Sundays and
subject to any other conditions that the Commission may reasonable
impose to protect the safety, health and welfare of the community.
The sports/recreational facility may include seating for spectators.
5.03.320
Wholesale business. Retail
sales shall be enclosed, no outdoor storage of merchandise shall be
permitted and, the maximum gross floor area for any single retail
tenant shall be 25,000 square feet.
5.03.330
Self-storage facility.
5.03.340
Personal service establishment.
5.03.350
Financial institution.
5.03.360
Restaurant, including outside
service, but excluding drive-through facilities and outside entertainment.
5.03.370
Brew pubs and distilleries.
[Added effective 10-12-2017]
5.03.380
Distribution center.
[Added effective 5-13-2023]
(a)
Special exception uses shall require a 100-foot
setback from the outermost perimeter of impervious surface from adjacent
residential property, including a 50-foot natural or planted buffer.
(b)
Special exception use applications shall require a traffic impact analysis in compliance with Section 595-5.03.300.
(c)
If storage is to be provided outdoors, for principal
or accessory uses, a planted or natural buffer shall be provided between
the items stored and the lot lines.
5.03.390
Warehouse.
[Added effective 5-13-2023]
(a)
Site development plans shall require a 100-foot
setback from the outermost perimeter of impervious surface from adjacent
residential property, including a 50-foot natural or planted buffer.
(b)
Special exception use applications shall require a traffic impact analysis in compliance with Section 595-5.03.300.
(c)
If storage is to be provided outdoors, for principal
or accessory uses, a planted or natural buffer shall be provided between
the items stored and the lot lines.
In addition to the accessory uses permitted in the Industrial zones pursuant to Article V, Section 7, the following accessory uses are also permitted in Industrial Zone M-2 so long as they remain clearly accessory and incidental to the principal use on each lot. Such accessory uses shall not exceed 5% of the total building area occupied by the principal use on each lot:
Article V, Section 8, Site and Building Design Standards in Industrial Zones, shall apply.
Article VII, Area, Height and Yard Requirements, and all other applicable sections of these regulations apply and in addition:
5.03.610
All lots which are adjacent
to a residential zone or a single-family dwelling that was existing
on April 17, 2000, shall maintain a seventy-five-foot wide natural
buffer along such boundary. In the absence of such a natural buffer,
a planted buffer shall be required.
Article VIII, Supplemental Regulations, including, but not limited to, signs, access management, parking, landscaping, lighting and all other applicable sections of these regulations apply.
