Manufacturing is important to the city's economy.
Viable industrial areas must be protected, and appropriately located land zoned for manufacturing must be available for the relocation of some industrial uses and the growth of others. Manufacturing uses are listed in Use Groups 17 and 18 and are allowed in specified districts according to the characteristics of their operations. In this manner, the most objectionable uses can be located some distance from residential areas. All of these districts incorporate performance standards which establish limits on the amount and types of industrial nuisances which may be created. In general, the more noxious uses are restricted to M3 districts but they may be permitted in M1 and M2 districts if they comply with the performance standards of those districts.