A. 
This district is intended for light industrial uses with few, if any, nuisance characteristics, but also permits commercial establishments both wholesale and retail sales, and service establishments. The M-1 District is designed to permit manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of products from previously prepared materials. It is also intended to prohibit residential uses as being incompatible with the primary industrial and related uses permitted.
B. 
It is the purpose of these regulations to promote sound industrial areas within the community which are also protected from incompatible uses.
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.
G. 
Truck terminals.
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.
A. 
Outdoor storage is permitted except that, within 200 feet of any other district or when visible from a public road, said storage shall be in completely enclosed buildings. All outdoor storage shall be effectively screened by a solid, uniformly finished wall or fence with solid entrance and exit gates. The fence or wall shall be at least four feet in height, but in no case shall the fence be lower than the enclosed storage. The maximum fence height shall be eight feet. Such storage shall be deemed to include the parking of licensed motor vehicles over 1 1/2 tons rated capacity.
B. 
Uses in this district shall conform to the following standards:
(1) 
Shall conform to all local, state and applicable federal pollution control standards, to include but not limited to noise, air and water quality requirements.
(2) 
Emit no smoke, odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantities as to be offensive at or beyond any boundary of the use of the parcel.
A. 
Minimum lot size.
(1) 
Each lot shall contain a minimum of 25,000 square feet of area.
(2) 
Each lot shall have a minimal frontage of 125 feet at the front lot line on an approved road.
B. 
Minimum yard requirements.
(1) 
All structures are required to have a minimum front yard or setback of not less than 40 feet from the front property line. Where a lot in this abuts a lot in any residential district, no building in the M-1 District shall be closer than 100 feet to the property line of such residential lot.
(2) 
Except for landscape improvements, parking lots, necessary drives and walks for parking and loading, the front yard shall remain clear and shall not be used for storage or accessory structures.
(3) 
When the side or rear yard areas abut land within a residential district and when such yard areas are to be used for parking, loading, unloading or servicing, then such side and rear areas shall be effectively screened by a solid, uniformly finished wall or fence. Such wall or fence shall be at least four feet in height, but in no case shall the fence or wall be lower than the enclosed parking, loading or servicing activity to be screened. Also must meet requirements as specified in § 300-8D.
(4) 
In the case of a corner lot, a clear vision area of 30 feet shall be maintained.
C. 
Maximum building height.
(1) 
Buildings shall not exceed 3 1/2 stories in height or 45 feet.
(2) 
Exceptions (refer to Article III, § 300-10).
D. 
Maximum lot coverage. A maximum of 80% of the lot may be covered by all buildings.
E. 
Minimum off-street parking. Requirements for an allowed use shall be determined from the "Schedule of Parking Requirements" in Article IV, § 300-18.
F. 
Minimum off-street loading area for M-1 District uses.
(1) 
The required number of standard berths for M-1 Industrial District uses shall provide at least one standard loading space regardless of floor area and other unloading spaces as required to adequately facilitate business and to prevent on street loading and/or unloading.
(2) 
Supplementary regulations are contained in Article III.