§ 153.285. Commercial districts—Class U4.

A.

Subdivision of Uses. Class U4 Uses (Commercial) are subdivided and permitted as follows:

1.

Wholesale business; bottling works; container distribution and redistribution; ice cream manufacturing; ice manufacturing; creamery; frozen food locker; cold storage; commercial bakery; commercial central heating or cooling plant;

2.

Garage repair shop; motor vehicle repair shop; new or used motor vehicle sales; body and fender repair shop; tire retreading shop; tire sales; laundry; dry cleaning plant; truck terminal; carpet cleaning; railroad passenger or freight station; carbarn; trash hauling business;

3.

Warehouse for or storage in bulk of such materials as asphalt, brick, cement, construction material, contractor's equipment, clothing, coal, cotton, dry goods, feed, fertilizer, furniture, fuel, oil or gasoline, or other flammable liquids in above-ground storage tanks of not more than ten thousand gallons capacity (limited to two tanks for each type of contents), grain, gravel, grease, groceries, hardware, hay, ice, iron, lead, lime, liquor, new lumber, machinery, millinery, oil, paint, plaster, pipe, provisions, roofing, rope, crude rubber (except scrap), sand, shop supplies, stone, tar, tar or creosoted products, terra cotta, timber, tobacco, turpentine, varnish, wine, wood, wool, and wholesale produce;

4.

Machine shop or the processing or fabrication of plastics, aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, tin, or other metals, other than Class U5 or U6 Uses, provided that only lathes, drill presses, shapers, planers, grinders, and similar tools are used and no hammering, rolling, spinning, heat treating, riveting, die pressing, punching, forging, or stamping is done, provided, further, that no shearing of metal one-sixteenth of an inch or greater in thickness is carried on, provided, further, that no other noise or vibration producing tool or machine is employed, provided, further, that any resulting cinders, dust, flaking, fumes, gas, odor, refuse matter, smoke, vapor, or vibrations are confined effectively to the premises, and provided, further, that no fire hazard is created;

5.

Dyeing; galvanizing; electroplating; wood or coal yard; upholstering; stone cutting or monument works; enameling; lacquering or painting;

6.

Veterinary hospital or office; kennel, or any premises used for the business of raising, boarding or breeding domesticated animals; and

7.

Newspaper printing; job printing; manufacture of the following products or articles: artificial flowers, feathers or plumes, canvas products, cigars, cigarettes, wearing apparel, food products, wood products, paper products, rubber products, leather products, bone products, shell products, gas or electric fixtures, clocks, watches, jewelry or optical goods, musical instruments, professional instruments, scientific instruments, and other products or articles other than a Class U5 or U6 Use.

8.

Recycling processing facility, where all activities are conducted indoors, and does not include any uses listed in section 153.464.

9.

Public Utility Structure.

10.

All uses permitted under Section 153.280(A)(1) and (2) and Section 153.280(B)(2) through (6).

B.

Accessory Uses. An accessory use customarily incident to a Class U4 Use shall also be permitted, except that a Class U5 or U6 Use or a prohibited use shall not be permitted as an accessory use in a Class U4 District.

C.

Height Requirements. Height regulations in Class U4 Districts shall be as provided in the article on Accessory Uses in Residence Districts at Section 153.335 et seq.

D.

Development Requirements. Area regulations, yards, parking, and other development requirements in Class U4 Districts shall be as provided in the article on Development and Area District Requirements at Section 153.300 et seq.

E.

Sign Requirements. Regulations for on-premises exterior signs in Class U4 Districts shall be as provided in the article on On-Premises Exterior Signs at Section 153.345 et seq.

F.

Restriction of Uses. Within a Class U4 District, no structure or premises shall be used, and no structure shall be erected to be used, for other than a U4 Use. Penalty, see § 153.199.

(Ord. 481-2007 § 2: prior code § 153.108; Ord. 476-1997; Ord. 739-1987; Ord. 509-1982; Ord. 820-1981; Ord. 322-1976)

(Ord. 41-2012; Ord. 264-2012; Ord. 76-2015; Ord. 72-2019)