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Limited Industry -Industrial Park District feet from any dwelling in the City; and that the total number of animals within any building or buildings so used may not exceed 50 per acre of parcel upon which said building or buildings are located; and 12. Recycling facilities and recycling collection centers provided all operations, storage and other business activities must be conducted completely indoors. F. Similar Uses. Any Limited Industry -Industrial Park District use not listed above may be permitted upon approval of the Planning and Design Commission provided that: 1. An interpretation that the proposed use is similar to the permitted use has first been obtained from the Building and Zoning Board of Appeals; 2. Such use is not listed in any other classification of permitted buildings or uses, and is more appropriate to and conforms more closely to the basic characteristics of Limited Industry -Industrial Park District uses than to any other classification; and 3. Such a use does not generate traffic to a greater extent than other permitted uses listed in this classification, and is similar as to hours of operation of other permitted uses. (Ord. 2008-17. Passed 5-20-08.) G. Conditional Uses. The following use may be permitted in a Limited Industry -Industrial District only, and only if a conditional use permit is issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1118: 1. Correctional Facilities. (Ord. 2007-103. Passed 11-7-07; Ord. 2016-36. Passed 8-2-16.) Section 1145.04 Landscaping A. Landscaped Buffer Strips Required. Around the perimeter of every Limited Industry - Industrial Park District, there shall be a landscaped buffer upon which no building, structure, drive, roadway or parking area shall be permitted. B. Intent. The intent of this section is to: 1. Screen undesirable views of permitted industrial uses from fronting streets and surrounding residential area; 2. Increase soil water retention through landscape requirements; 3. Protect and preserve the appearance, privacy and property values of single-family and multifamily residential uses from any adverse influences of adjoining industrial use; and 4. Adequately shield adjoining residential uses from noise, dust and objectionable views. C. Definitions. As set forth in this section, the following words shall be defined as follows: 1. "Buffer" means a dense area of natural vegetation or site improvement consisting of landscape materials and ground forms located and designed to alleviate otherwise objectionable views of necessary permitted uses and accessory uses such as parking and loading facilities, trash containment areas and utility installations. 2. "Ground forms" means natural or manmade earth berms and other changes in topography commonly employed in the development of visual screens. 3. "Landscape materials" means plantings and nonliving durable wall and fencing materials properly employed in the development of buffers and visual screens. 4. "Visual screen" means an area of dense natural vegetation or a site improvement consisting of landscape materials and ground forms located and designed to reduce the visual effect of large building masses otherwise disproportionate to the scale of adjacent development, either existing or proposed. Page 1145-3 City of North Olmsted Zoning Code