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CHAPTER 166 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP M-2 Heavy Industrial District Area Requirements Lot Width ft. Corner Yard Interior Side Lot Area Sq. Floor Area Rear Yard Setback ft. Front Yard Maximum Setback ft. Setback ft. Setback ft. Height of Principal Minimum Minimum Category Major Ratio Yard ft. Miscellaneous Uses 20,000 100 40 15 30 40 1 45 6. Sign Regulations. Signs are permitted according to the provisions of Chapter 167. 7. Parking and Off-Street Loading Regulations. Parking and off-street loading must be provided according to the provisions of Section 165.06. 8. Lighting Regulations. Exterior lighting is provided according to the provisions of Section 165.07. 9. Landscaping Regulations. At the time of application for a Building Permit in all industrial zones, an applicant must provide a landscaping plan for review by the Planning and Zoning Commission or the City designee. The landscaping plan must be appropriate to the zone. Industrial zones must provide in their landscaping plans for the placement of no less than one deciduous tree for each acre or less of zoned area. The City review may also request additional landscaping such as shrubs and border vegetation if this should appear to be beneficial and conducive to a more esthetic, attractive, and orderly development of the area. 10. Special Regulations. A. Residential uses are not permitted within the M-2 District. B. Fencing and Screening as provided in Section 166.27. 11. Performance Standards. A. Purpose. Performance standards, regulating industrial development and activity within the City, are intended to: (1) Permit industrial land uses to be measured factually and objectively. (2) Ensure that all industries provide methods that protect the community from hazards that are preventable by legitimate processes of control and nuisance elimination. (3) Protect industries from arbitrary exclusion or persecution based solely on subjective determinations of industrial performances made in the past. B. Applicability. The performance standards outlined in this subsection shall be applicable to any use established in this zoning district in either of the following instances: (1) If any use, building, or other structure, established prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code, is extended, enlarged, moved, structurally altered, or reconstructed, the change in building or land use or configuration must be in full compliance with this provision. Uses lawfully established prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code, and not being extended, enlarged, moved, structurally altered, or CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1729 -