The following are the principal permitted uses by right within
an M-1 District:
A. Everything allowed in B-1 and B-2.
B. Production, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of products
as bakery goods, candy, food products, hardware and cutlery, tool
and die, garage products, and sheet metal products.
C. Manufacturing and/or assembly.
D. Laboratories and research and development facilities.
E. Trade, skills or industrial schools.
F. Public utility installations and buildings, including power, fuel,
communications and water treatment.
H. Contractor's establishments.
I. Warehouse and distribution facilities.
J. Storage buildings and yards.
K. Rail or freight terminals.
L. Drilling, operating and maintenance of wells for production of oil,
natural gas or brine, providing:
(1) Minimum lot size required shall be 2 1/2 acres.
(2) The well shall not be closer to any adjacent lot line than 150 feet.
(3) Fencing of the wall structures shall be required if and when substantial
residential development exists in the vicinity of the well site.
(4) Landscaping of the site, noise abatement, odor controls and similar
performance characteristics should be harmonious in appearance and
qualities as surrounding uses of the environment.
(5) All development, operations and maintenance of wells shall otherwise
be in conformance with all state and federal environmental regulations.
M. Commercial windmills and wind-powered electricity generating devices,
providing:
(1) Minimum lot size required shall be two acres.
(2) The total maximum height permitted for such structures, including
blades, shall not exceed 60 feet or 15 feet above the surrounding
native mature trees, or whichever is less.
(3) The structure shall not be closer to any adjacent lot line than the
height of the structure and in no case less than 100 feet from an
adjacent lot line.
(4) The structure shall be designed and operated in a fashion that noise
levels are minimized and not objectionable to surrounding property
owners.
N. Accessory uses clearly subordinate to the main use of the lot or
building.
The following uses of land and buildings may be permitted in the M-1 District by the application for issuance of a special land use permit when all the standards and procedural requirements specified in Article
XII are met:
A. Incinerators and sanitary landfills.
B. Junkyards. (See Chapter
164, Junkyards, of the Code of the Charter Township of Midland.
C. Sewage treatment and disposal installations.
D. Communication towers subject to the standards in Article
XII.