Chapter 3363 M-MANUFACTURING DISTRICT

3363.01 M-manufacturing districts.

3363.02 Warehouse, storage and sales establishment--Less objectionable uses.

3363.03 Loading, unloading, transportation--Less objectionable uses.

3363.04 Chemicals, petroleum, coal and allied products--less objectionable uses.

3363.05 Metals and metal products--less objectionable uses.

3363.06 Wood and paper products--less objectionable uses.

3363.07 Food and beverage products--less objectionable uses.

3363.08 Miscellaneous uses--less objectionable uses.

3363.09 Other chemicals, petroleum, coal and allied products--more objectionable uses.

3363.10 Clay, stone and glass products more objectionable uses.

3363.11 Other metals and metal products--more objectionable uses.

3363.12 Other wood and paper products--more objectionable uses.

3363.13 Textiles, fibers and bedding--More objectionable uses.

3363.14 Other food and beverage products--More objectionable uses.

3363.15 Other miscellaneous industries and uses--More objectionable uses.

3363.16 Other more objectionable uses permitted only in M-manufacturing districts.

3363.17 Atomic energy products.

3363.175 Telecommunication antennas.

M-Manufacturing District Development Standards

3363.18 Required conditions.

3363.19 Location requirements.

3363.20 Existing uses.

3363.21 Prohibited uses.

3363.22 Front yards established.

3363.23 Building lines--Definitions.

3363.24 Building lines in an M-manufacturing district.

3363.25 Building lines on corner lot; exceptions.

3363.26 Height Districts.

3363.27 Height and area regulations.

3363.28 Combination of lots or portions thereof.

3363.29 General parking requirements.

3363.30 Minimum parking space requirements.

3363.31 Minimum loading space requirements.

3363.32 Driveways.

3363.33 Performance standards.

3363.34 Noise.

3363.35 Vibration.

3363.36 Smoke.

3363.37 Dust and other particulate matter.

3363.38 Odor.

3363.39 Glare and heat.

3363.40 Sewage wastes.

3363.41 Storage.

Accessory Uses in a Manufacturing District

3363.42 Public garages and repair shops.

3363.43 Stables.

3363.44 Child day care.



3363.01 M-manufacturing districts.

In an M-manufacturing district, a use of the C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 commercial districts, C-5 commercial district (utilizing C-5 development standards), the P-1, and P-2, parking district, and the following uses are permitted:
A. One or more uses as specified in C.C. 3363.02 through 3363.175;
B. Residential uses restricted to:
1. A dwelling unit for a resident security person; or
2. Units within a half way house or community residential treatment center, a hospital, or other building specifically for human care;
C. Accessory uses as specified in this chapter; and
D. An adult entertainment establishment, and an adult store. (Ord. 1425-01 § 8; Ord. 546-03 § 7;)

3363.02 Warehouse, storage and sales establishment--Less objectionable uses.

Warehouses, storage and sales establishment less objectionable uses permitted in M-manufacturing districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
(a) Warehouse, storage in bulk or sales establishment for:
Building material sales or storage
Lumber yard
Contractors equipment or storage yard or similar storage building except an automobile wrecking or rag, paper, iron or other junk yard.
(b) Warehouse or storage in bulk for:
Clothing
Cotton
Drugs
Drygoods
Feed
Food
Fuel
Furniture
Hardware
Ice
Machinery
Metals
Paint
Paint materials
Pipe
Rubber
Shop supplies
Soil stabilizer
Tobacco
Wool
(c) Underground storage in separate unit tanks not to exceed twenty thousand (20,000) gallons each, the location thereof to be under the direction and supervision of the fire department:
Liquid fuels
Petroleum products
Volatile oils
(d) Wholesaling or distributing establishment or warehouse or wholesale market.

3363.03 Loading, unloading, transportation--Less objectionable uses.

Loading, unloading and transportation less objectionable uses permitted in M-manufacturing districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Loading, unloading, storing or sale of materials or products or structures for such purposes on or adjacent to a railroad right-of-way
Truck or transfer terminal or freight house or bus garage or repair shop
Railroad yards (limited)
Stables
Wagon sheds.

3363.04 Chemicals, petroleum, coal and allied products--less objectionable uses.

Chemicals, petroleum, coal and allied products less objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products not involving operations which are obnoxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, fumes, vibration, noise or other cause:
Cosmetics and toiletries
Ice, including dry ice
Ink (mixing only)
Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants and related industrial and household chemical compounds (blending only)
Laboratories, including analytical, commercial analytical, research and experimental
Perfumes and perfumed soap (compounding only)
Pharmaceutical products
Soap, washing or cleaning, powder or soda (compounding only)
Pottery and pottery and porcelain products.

3363.05 Metals and metal products--less objectionable uses.

Metals and metal products less objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products not involving operations which are obnoxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, fumes, vibration, noise or other cause:
Automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle and bicycle (assembly only)
Blacksmithing, horseshoeing
Boat manufacture (vessels less than five tons)
Heating, ventilating, cooling and refrigeration supplies and appliances
Metal products (fabrication)
Plating, electrolytic process
Plumbing supplies
Silverware and plated ware
Sheet metal products
Tool, die, gauge and machine (shops)
Vitreous enameled products
Wagon shop
Welding.

3363.06 Wood and paper products--less objectionable uses.

Wood and paper products less objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products not involving operations which are obnoxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, fumes, vibration, noise or other cause:
Basket and hamper (wood, reed, rattan, etc.)
Box and crate fabrication
Pencils
Pulps goods, pressed or molded (including papier-mache products)
Veneering
Wood products.

3363.07 Food and beverage products--less objectionable uses.

Food and beverage products less objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products not involving operations which are obnoxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, fumes, vibration, noise or other cause:
Bakery products, wholesale (manufacturing permitted)
Beverage, blending or bottling (all types)
Candy, wholesale (manufacturing permitted)
Coffee, tea and spices, processing and packaging
Condensed and evaporated milk processing and canning
Flour, feed and grain (packaging, blending and storage only)
Food and vegetable processing (including canning, preserving, drying and freezing)
Ice cream, wholesale (manufacturing permitted)
Macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli and noodle manufacture
Milk distribution station (central station), creamery.

3363.08 Miscellaneous uses--less objectionable uses.

Miscellaneous uses less objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of goods, materials and products not involving operations which are obnoxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, fumes, vibration, noise or other cause:
Cigar or cigarette manufacture
Dry cleaning and dyeing plant
Fur finishing
Leather goods manufacture (not including tanning)
Laundry (employing more than three persons)
Monument shop
Motion-picture producing
Paint and shellac (excluding manufacture of lacquer, varnish colors, pigments, thinners and removers)
Plastic products
Printing, publishing or engraving (other than as permitted in Commercial Districts)
Research and development laboratories, computer laboratories, and offices in connection with such laboratories
Show printing
Steam laundry
Other uses of similar character which are not obnoxious or offensive, as defined in this section.

3363.09 Other chemicals, petroleum, coal and allied products--more objectionable uses.

Other chemicals, petroleum, coal and allied products more objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following or similar products:
Adhesives
Alcohol, industrial
Bleaching
Bluing
Calcimine
Candle
Cleaning and polishing preparations (non-soap), dressing and blackings
Dye-stuff
Essential oils
Exterminating agents and poisons
Fertilizer (non-organic)
Fuel briquetts
Glue and size (vegetable)
Ink manufacture from primary raw materials (including colors and pigments)
Soap and soap products.

3363.10 Clay, stone and glass products more objectionable uses.

Clay, stone and glass products more objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following or similar products:
Abrasive wheels, stones, paper, cloth and related products
Asbestos products
Brick, fire brick and clay products
Concrete products or central mixing and proportioning plant
Glass and glass products
Graphite and graphite products
Monument and architectural stone
Pottery and porcelain products (coal-fired)
Refractories (other than coal fired)
Sand-lime products
Stone products
Wall board and plaster, building insulation and composition floorings.

3363.11 Other metals and metal products--more objectionable uses.

Other metals and metal products more objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following or similar products:
Boat manufacture (over five tons)
Bolts and nuts
Boiler manufacture (other than welded)
Brass and bronze foundries
Forge plant, pneumatic, drop and forging hammering
Foundries
Galvanizing or plating (hot dip)
Lead oxide
Locomotive and railroad car building and repair
Machinery
Motor testing (internal combustion motors)
Ore dumps and elevators
Shipyard
Stoves and ranges
Structural iron and steel fabrication
Wire rope and cable.

3363.12 Other wood and paper products--more objectionable uses.

Other wood and paper products more objectionable uses permitted in M-Manufacturing Districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following materials or similar products:
Barrels
Carriages
Charcoal and pulverizing
Excelsior
Furniture
Paper and paper board (from paper machine only)
Planning and millwork
Sawmill (including cooperage stock mill)
Wallboard
Wood-preserving treatment.

3363.13 Textiles, fibers and bedding--More objectionable uses.

Textiles, fibers and bedding more objectionable uses permitted in M-manufacturing districts, subject to the provisions of the Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following materials or similar products:
Bedding (mattress, pillow and quilt)
Bleaching
Carpets, rags and mats
Cordage and rope
Cotton ginning
Cotton wadding and linter
Hats
Hair and felt products washing, wiring, dyeing
Knitted and woven goods
Jute, hemp and sisal products
Linoleum and other hard-surfaced floor covering (except wood)
Nylon
Oilcloth, oil-treated products and artificial leather
Rayon
Shoddy
Wool pulling or scouring.

3363.14 Other food and beverage products--More objectionable uses.

Other food and beverage products more objectionable uses permitted in M-manufacturing districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following or similar products:
Casein
Chocolate and soda
Cider and vinegar
Distilleries, (alcoholic), breweries and alcoholic spirits
Flour, feed and grain milling or storage
Gelatin
Glucose or dextrine
Malt extracts
Meat packing
Molasses
Oils, shortening and fats (including oleomargarine)
Pickles, vegetables, relish and sauces
Poultry (including slaughter)
Rice cleaning and polishing
Sauerkraut
Sugar refining
Yeast.

3363.15 Other miscellaneous industries and uses--More objectionable uses.

Other miscellaneous industries and uses more objectionable uses permitted in M-manufacturing districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following materials or similar products:
Carbon paper
Chewing tobacco manufacture
Leather tanning and curing
Rubber (natural and synthetic), gutta percha, chicle, and balata processing
Rubber tire and tube
Shell grinding
Storage battery (wet cell).

3363.16 Other more objectionable uses permitted only in M-manufacturing districts.

Other more objectionable uses permitted only in M-manufacturing districts, subject to the provisions of this Zoning Code are:
Automobile wrecking, cars and parts, storage and sale, all being subject to a special permit under restrictions specified in C.C. Section 3389.02.
Bag cleaning
Coal pocket
Junk and salvage (metal, paper, rags, waste, or glass), storage, treatment, baling, all being subject to a special permit under restrictions specified in C.C. Section 3389.02
Railroad yard, roundhouse, repair and overhaul shops
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following or similar products:
Oils, vegetable and animal (non-edible)
Lacquer and varnish (including colors and pigments, thinners and removers)
Roofing materials, building paper and felt (including asphalt and composition)
Salt tanning materials and allied products
Tar products (except distillation).

3363.17 Atomic energy products.

Atomic energy products and uses permitted only in M-manufacturing districts, subject to the provision of this Zoning Code are:
Manufacture, processing, operations with, compounding, packaging, storage or treatment of the following classes of materials or uses, subject to the restrictions of this section:
Atomic energy materials
Fusionable materials
Uranium and other fissionable materials.

3363.175 Telecommunication antennas.

A. Monopole telecommunication antennas are permitted uses in the M-manufacturing district except in the following locations, where a special permit is required:
1. Any property or parcel listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Columbus Register of Historic Properties, or that is included in an architectural review commission area.
B. The following standards for monopole telecommunication antennas shall apply:
1. A certificate of zoning clearance shall be issued only after the following conditions have been met:
a. Affidavits have been submitted by the applicant and placed on file with the administrator attesting to the lack of any reasonable alternative, including collocation and concealment, to the construction of the monopole antenna as well as documentation of this finding.
b. Affidavits have been submitted by the applicant and placed on file with the administrator attesting to the owner’s willingness to allow other entities to rent or lease space for additional antennas on the monopole antenna for commercially reasonable terms.
2. The base of all monopole telecommunication antenna sites and associated support structures within one hundred (100) feet of a nonmanufacturing district or a public right-of-way shall be screened and buffered and may be enclosed by a security fence. The buffer shall contain hedges or other plants that provide a five (5) foot high, seventy-five (75) percent opaque screen. Existing vegetation and topography can be used as part of this screening.
3. At no time shall any monopole telecommunication antenna have affixed or attached to it in any way any lights, reflectors, signs, banners, graphics, or other illumination device, except as required by the Federal Aviation Administration or the Federal Communication Commission. All exterior finishes shall be, unless otherwise required, neutral grey in color.
4. The base of all monopole telecommunication antenna sites and associated support structures shall be set back two hundred (200) percent of the total height of the antenna from all residentially zoned districts. All support structures shall meet district setbacks.
5. Monopole telecommunication antennas shall be exempt from C.C. 3342.28 and C.C. 3309.14 up to a maximum height of:
a. One hundred (100) feet if built for one (1) or more providers;
b. One hundred fifty (150) feet if built for two (2) or more providers; and
c. Two hundred (200) feet if built for three (3) or more providers.
6. Within one hundred eighty (180) days of the termination of use of the monopole telecommunication antenna, the monopole telecommunication antenna and all associated structures and buildings shall be removed from the site or shall be declared a nuisance as per C.C. 4107.
C. A rooftop telecommunication installation for receiving or transmitting wireless telecommunications may be erected on any existing legal structure fifty (50) feet or more in height provided that it is in accordance with C.C. 3309.142(C). (Ord. 90-98 § 7 (part); Ord. 1272-01 § 1, (part).)

M-Manufacturing District Development Standards

3363.18 Required conditions.

The performance standards as set forth in C.C. Sections 3363.33 through 3363.41 shall be observed, and no building, structure, or use as listed in C.C. Sections 3363.02 to 3363.175 shall be permitted or authorized except in compliance with aforesaid C.C. Sections 3311.15 through 3311.28 and 3363.33 through 3363.41.

3363.19 Location requirements.

Location requirements are as follows:
A. An Adult entertainment establishment, or an Adult store must be:
1. Located two hundred fifty (250) feet or more from a child day care center, hospital, park, playground, public library, public recreation facility, religious facility, school, residentially zoned district;
2. Located two hundred fifty (250) feet or more from each other; and
3. Located, designed and situated to ensure that it does not cause or create a circumstance of exterior display, or otherwise allow the public to view any Adult entertainment, or Adult material from a sidewalk, public or private right-of-way of an adjacent premises.
Additional reference to Adult entertainment establishment and Adult store can be found in Chapter 3389, Special Permit Uses.
B. Less objectionable uses listed in C.C. 3363.02 to 3363.08 may be located anywhere in the M-manufacturing district provided they comply with the performance standards of this chapter and C.C. 3363.27(a) as to height and area regulations.
C. More objectionable uses listed in C.C. 3363.09 to 3363.16 shall not be located within less than six hundred (600) feet from the boundaries of any residential or apartment residential district, except as otherwise provided in C.C. 3311.28. A use listed in C.C. 3363.17 may not be located nearer to any residential or apartment residential district than as denoted in C.C. 3363.27(b)(2).
D. Distance separation as required in this section is measured from the closest point on a property line containing the permitted use and the closest point on a property line containing the district or use it is to be separated from. (Appended by Ord. 1425-01 § 9; Ord. 546-03 § 8.)

3363.20 Existing uses.

Existing land uses and buildings which were lawfully in accordance with the zoning regulations of the district where located at the time of passage of Ordinance 966-54, or any amendment thereto, shall be allowed to be continued and shall be governed by the provisions of C.C. Sections 3391.01 and 3391.02.

3363.21 Prohibited uses.

A use specified in C.C. Section 3387.01 as a prohibited use shall not be permitted as an accessory use in any M-manufacturing district.
Uses listed in C.C. Sections 3363.16 and 3363.17 shall be prohibited uses in any M-1 manufacturing district and shall not be permitted as an accessory use in any district.

3363.22 Front yards established.

The front yard on any lot shall be as established by C.C. Section 3363.23, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 3303, Definitions.

3363.23 Building lines--Definitions.

No building or structure or portion of a building or structure other than an unenclosed balcony or unenclosed ground floor porch and steps from such porch to the ground shall be erected, constructed or extended between a building
line and the street property line as established in C.C. Sections 3363.24 and 3363.25, hereinafter set forth.
For the purposes of C.C. Sections 3363.24 and 3363.25, the term “building line” shall mean “required building line” and both shall mean the minimum required building setback from any and all streets, corner lots included (however, see C.C. Section 3363.25).
The term “frontage” as used in subsequent sections shall mean the area on the same side of a street between the two nearest intersecting streets on each side of subject property, (alleys not included).
An unenclosed front porch or an unenclosed front balcony shall be a porch or balcony that is not enclosed in any way by glass, solid panels or any other material, with the exception of a balustrade or railing not to exceed three (3) feet in height above the floor of such front porch or balcony.
Front porches or balconies may be enclosed by screens provided that: (1) the construction is such that the outside air is free to circulate throughout the porch at all times, (2) screen panels cannot be interchanged with glass or other type solid panels, and (3) any additional structural members do not exceed two (2) inches in depth by three (3) inches in width.

3363.24 Building lines in an M-manufacturing district.

In a M-manufacturing district, the building lines are established as follows:

Conditions and Amount of Existing Frontage
Minimum Distance from Street Property Line
Item

A. Where a building line is established on a recorded plat or by ordinance.
The maximum distance as established by the recorded plat or ordinance.
B. Unimproved frontage.
That distance equal to one-half (1/2) of the designated right-of-way width of the frontage street as shown on the Columbus thoroughfare plan or if the street is not shown thereon, twenty-five (25) feet.
C. (1) First and only building built at more than 25 feet, or
That distance equal to one-half of the designated right-of-way width of the frontage street as shown on the Columbus Thoroughfare Plan or if the street is not shown thereon, 25 feet.
(2) Unimproved frontage located between improved parcels built at more than 25 feet and end of subject block.

D. (1) First and only building built at less than 25 feet, or
That distance as determined by extending a line which is the same distance from the street property line as the existing building and parallel with the street property line.
(2) Unimproved frontage located between a building built at less than 25 feet and end of subject block.

E. Where a building is to be erected or extended on a subject lot or parcel and there are other buildings in the block but not contiguous to subject lot or parcel.
That distance as determined where the line which connects the front of the nearest buildings on either side of subject lot or parcel, bisects the subject lot or parcel. But in no case shall the distance be required to exceed that distance equal to one-half of the designated right-of-way width of the frontage street as shown on the Columbus Thoroughfare Plan or if the street is not shown thereon, 25 feet.
F. Where a building is to be erected or extended on a subject lot or parcel and there are buildings on both of the contiguous lots or parcels.
Average of buildings on contiguous lots or parcels. Provided, however, the distance shall not be required to exceed that distance equal to one-half of the designated right-of-way width of the frontage street as shown on the Columbus Thoroughfare Plan or if the street is not shown thereon, 25 feet.

(Ord. 1425-90.)

3363.25 Building lines on corner lot; exceptions.

(a) Corner Property in Old Subdivision. Where a building or other structure is to be erected or extended on a corner property and where subject property is sixty-five feet or less in width so that the required building line cannot be applied equitably along the longer side of the corner lot as determined by the enforcement officer, then the distance of the building line from the property line of the street along the longer side of subject corner lot may be reduced to the following minimum distance:
(1) Corner property with a width of not over sixty-five feet and not under forty feet - 20% of property width.
(2) Corner property with a width of less than forty feet -20% of property width minus 2% for each foot of lesser width than forty feet.
(3) Corner property under thirty-six feet in width - None.
(b) Corner Ownership Containing Two or More Lots. Where the ownership of a corner property has a width of more than sixty-five feet and contains more than one adjacent lot, one of which is a corner lot, the provisions of subsection (a) above shall not apply.
(c) Garage on Corner Property in Old Subdivision. On a corner property where the side of the principal building on subject property or ownership may be located nearer than ten feet from the street along the longer side of the corner lot, the garage may be located at the following minimum distance from such street property line and subject to the following conditions:
(1) Corner property with a width of fifty feet or more -20% of property width.
(2) Corner property with a width of less than fifty feet but not under forty feet - ten feet.
(3) Corner property with a width of less than forty feet:
If entrance to garage is on the side facing the street along the longer side of the lot and cannot be relocated conveniently to face the rear end of the lot, build the garage with an inside depth from the entrance doors only to include the customary length of a private passenger automobile, and build the garage as near as permitted to interior side lot line. Additional length of garage is allowed, provided entrance doors are set back from the street not less than twenty percent of property width. However, where said garage is built to include only the customary length of a private passenger automobile but cannot set back of the building line as required in subsection (a) above, then such garage may be built up to the interior side lot line (notwithstanding the required side yard along such interior lot line) if the wall facing said interior lot line is of masonry construction and contains no windows and the roof thereof is of fire-resistant materials.

3363.26 Height Districts.

Editor’s Note: Former Section 3363.26 was repealed by Ordinance 2450-85.

3363.27 Height and area regulations.

Height and area regulations in the M-Manufacturing District are:
(a) Height Limit:
As shown on the Zoning Map and as provided in C.C. 3309.14 and 3309.141.
(b) Area Regulations:
(1) Front yards and street side yards:
Between a building line as herein established and any street line, no building or structure or portion thereof shall hereafter be erected. Said building line or setback line shall be not less than twenty-five feet from the street line. But where only one building has been erected in the block and said building is more than twenty-five feet from the street line, such setback distance shall be the required building setback. Where more than one building has been erected in the block with an average setback greater than twenty-five feet from the street line, such average setback distance shall be the required building setback. However, the provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to reduce the required minimum distance from any Residential or Apartment Residential District.
(2) Minimum distance from any Residential or Apartment Residential District:
Uses listed in C.C. 3363.02 to 3363.08
- Such distance is required by compliance with performance standards in C.C. 3311.15 through 3311.28 and 3363.33 through 3363.41, but in no case less than twenty-five feet, except where abutting a natural or physical barrier, such as a railroad, stream or densely planted planting strip.
Uses listed in C.C. 3363.09 to 3363.17
- Such distance as required by compliance with performance standards in C.C. 3311.15 through 3311.28 and 3363.33 through 3363.41, but in no case less than six hundred feet. (Ord. 11-86.)

3363.28 Combination of lots or portions thereof.

Whenever only a portion of a recorded lot is proposed as a building site, or whenever two or more portions of two or more recorded lots are proposed to be combined to form a building site, or whenever two or more recorded lots or portions thereof are proposed to be combined to form a building site, the proposed building site as shown on the plot or site plan submitted shall be considered to be a newly created single lot, and such newly created lot shall not be reduced in size or divided or split if such reduction, division or split will result in a lot or parcel which would fail to meet any of the requirements of the Zoning Code.

3363.29 General parking requirements.

Editor’s Note: Former Section 3363.29 was repealed by Ordinance 18-85. See Chapter 3342.

3363.30 Minimum parking space requirements.

Editor’s Note: Former Section 3363.30 was repealed by Ordinance 18-85. See Section 3342.28.

3363.31 Minimum loading space requirements.

Editor’s Note: Former Section 3363.31 was repealed by Ordinance 18-85. See Section 3342.29.

3363.32 Driveways.

Editor’s Note: Former Section 3363.32 was repealed by Ordinance 18-85. See Section 3342.08.

3363.33 Performance standards.

In order to protect and conserve property values through the abatement of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise and other objectionable industrial concomitants and uses and to provide appropriate locations for industrial enterprises or land uses free from offense to surrounding property, the performance standards are hereby established as set forth in this chapter. Such standards are intended to substitute a quantitative measurement of an effort for a qualitative description of that effect and to that end definite measurements taken by standardized methods with standardized instruments shall be made to determine the effects of a particular use. An industry shall be permitted in the M-Manufacturing District only when such use complies with all the applicable performance standards as set forth in this Chapter.
Industries located in a M-Manufacturing District shall comply with the following standards.

3363.34 Noise.

Refer to Chapter 729 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959. (Ord. 2560-79.)

3363.35 Vibration.

Every use shall be so operated that the ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated by said use is not perceptible without instruments, at any point along any property line of the lot on which the use is located.

3363.36 Smoke.

The emission of smoke by any use permitted in the M-manufacturing district shall be controlled so as to be less dark in shade than that designated as No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart, published and used by the United States Bureau of Mines; provided, however, that smoke of a density equal to that designated as No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart may be permitted for not more than eight (8) minutes during any thirty (30) minute period and smoke of a density not exceeding that designated as No. 3 on the Ringlemann Chart may be permitted for not more than three (3) minutes during any thirty (30) minute period while starting or cleaning a fire.

3363.37 Dust and other particulate matter.

In a M-manufacturing district, the emission of dust, fly ash and other solid particulate matter shall not exceed 0.85 pounds per one thousand (1,000) pounds of flue gas, measured at a convenient point in the stack and under conditions not exceeding fifty (50) percent of excess air. The amount of solids in such gases shall be determined according to the test code for dust-separating apparatus of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers revised and amended to date.

3363.38 Odor.

The emission of odorous matter in such quantity as to be offensive at a point along any lot lines shall not be permitted in the M-manufacturing district. In determining such quantities of offensive odors, Table III (Odor Thresholds) in Chapter 5 of the “Air Pollution Abatement Manual” (copyright 1951 by Manufacturing Chemists’ Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.) shall be used as a guide.

3363.39 Glare and heat.

Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be conducted within an enclosed building or with other effective screening in such a manner as to be completely imperceptible from any point along the lot lines in the M-manufacturing district.

3363.40 Sewage wastes.

Sewage wastes are regulated by the division of sewerage and drainage. (Ord. 1347-77.)

3363.41 Storage.

(a) The open storage of materials other than junk, waste products, salvage or wrecked automobiles may be permitted in the M-manufacturing district when located at least one hundred (100) feet from any residential or apartment residential district, and at least thirty (30) feet from any street right-of-way line and not less than twenty (20) feet from other lot line except that the storage of livestock feed, coal and similar materials shall not be closer than three hundred (300) feet to any residential and apartment residential districts, and shall be handled so as to control dust effectively. All combustible material shall be stored in such a way, including, where necessary access drives, as to permit free access of fire-fighting equipment.
(b) Auto wrecking, junk yards and similar salvage storage shall be permitted in the M-manufacturing district only where over six hundred (600) feet from any residential and apartment residential districts and (1) when enclosed within a tight unpierced fence not less than six (6) feet in height, or (2) enclosed with green belt planting strip not less than twenty (20) feet in width and eight (8) feet in height. All such storage shall be located not less than thirty (30) feet from any street line and not less than twenty (20) feet from any other lot line. The storage of rags, paper and similar combustible wastes shall not be closer than one hundred (100) feet to any property line unless enclosed in a masonry building of not less than four (4) fire-resistive construction.
(c) The bulk storage of oils, petroleum and similar flammable liquids shall be permitted in the M-manufacturing district only when in compliance with the existing regulations of the fire prevention bureau.

Accessory Uses in a Manufacturing District

3363.42 Public garages and repair shops.

No public garage or garage repair shop shall be erected or established which shall have any part of its proposed building structure located within one hundred (100) feet of the building structure of a public or parochial school, church, playground, public library, hospital, orphanage or children’s home now existing or for which building permit has been issued or is in effect, except as follows:
(a) Nothing in this section shall be constructed to permit any such institution now located in any district zoned for business, by acquiring premises therein or erecting additional buildings thereon to shorten the one hundred (100) foot limit between such institutional structure heretofore erected, and such proposed garage structure as defined by this Zoning Code;
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the erection or maintenance of automobile sales or display rooms or buildings with automobile service stations connected thereto. Such automobile service stations connected to buildings, or automobiles sales or display rooms, shall have no vehicle entrance located upon the same street with and within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any part of the building structure of any public or parochial school, playground, public library, church, hospital, orphanage or children’s home heretofore erected. Distance shall be measured along and parallel with street or alley lines, and when such lines extend across a street the same shall be considered as crossing the same at right angles;
(c) A public garage or garage repair shop shall not have an opening in a wall or roof within fifteen (15) feet of adjacent property that is located in a residential, apartment residential district or adjacent to property used for residential purposes in a planned community district;
(d) It is further provided, however, that in the event the governing body of such public or parochial school church, playground, public library, hospital, orphanage or children’s home, files its consent in writing with the director or his authorized representative, a major garage or garage repair shop may be erected or established nearer than one hundred (100) feet, but not nearer than fifty (50) feet from the building structure of any such institution. (Ord. 377-95.)

3363.43 Stables.

Stables shall be governed by regulation of the department of health.

3363.44 Child day care.

Repealed by Ordinance 521-88.