I-2 INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT

The regulations set forth in this Chapter or set forth elsewhere in this Title, when referred to in this Chapter, are the regulations in the I-2 Industrial Park District.

No Class B or Class C Mobile Homes are permitted in this District.

16.1 PERMITTED USES. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:

Industrial uses of all types which require both buildings and open areas for manufacturing, fabrication, processing, assembling, extraction, heavy repairing, dismantling, storage, and raw materials, and provided the use conforms to the following performance standards:

A. Smoke: No smoke is emitted of a density greater than No. 1 according to the Ringelmann’s Scale, except that smoke of a density not in excess of No. 2 of Ringelmann’s Scale shall be permitted for a period not in excess of six (6) minutes in any hour.

B. Fly Ash: No particles from any flue or smokestack shall exceed two tenths (0.2) grains per cubic foot of the flue gas at a stack temperature of five hundred degrees (500 ) Fahrenheit.

C. Dust: No dust of any kind produced by the industrial operations shall be permitted to escape beyond the confines of the building in which it is produced.

D. Odor: No noxious odor of any kind shall be permitted to extend beyond the lot lines.

E. Gases and Fumes: No gases or fumes, toxic to persons or injurious to property shall be permitted to escape beyond the building in which they occur.

F. Glare: No glare shall be seen from any street or any residential area.

G. Vibration: No intense earth shaking vibrations shall be created or maintained by any industry beyond the boundary lines of the tract on which it is located.

H. Noise and Sound: A maximum of seventy (70) decibels at the property line is permitted. Noise is required to be muffled so as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, beat, frequency frequency or shrillness. Sound may equal but not exceed street traffic noise in the vicinity during a normal shift work period.

Warehousing.

Wholesale warehouse or business.

Airports and associated uses.

Farming, including tillage of the soil only.

Dwellings for resident watchmen and caretakers employed on the premises.

Governmental building or facility of any kind.

Public utilities and public service uses or structures.

Recreational trail.

ACCESSORY USES. Uses subordinate to that of the main building may include:

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above uses. Also, includes underground storm shelters. (Amended 6/21/99; Ordinance #99-1508)

Where a lot is used for an industrial purpose, more than one main building of the industry may be located upon the lot, but only when such buildings conform to all open space requirements around the lot for the district in which the lot is located.

Grading, filling, excavating or any change in the grade or property that involves the moving, depletion or replacement of more than 50 cubic yards of material or changes the existing elevation by more than two feet requires a permits. At no time shall any grading be detrimental to surrounding property in appearance or in the diversion of storm water drainage.

SPECIAL USES. A building or premises may be used for the following purposes if the provisions of the special use regulations, Chapter 21, Section 21.4, are met and a special use permit is obtained:

Day Care/Night Care Center.

PARKING/LOADING REQUIREMENTS.

See Chapter 17.

AREA REQUIREMENTS.

Minimum depth of front yard--4o feet.

Minimum width of side yard--25 feet.

Minimum depth of rear yard--25 feet.

Minimum lot area--3 acres.

Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street. No accessory building or open storage shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.

Where lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

No yard is required for those portions of lots adjacent to railroad sidings.

Supplemental area requirements are provided in Chapter 19, Section 19.2.

HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.

The maximum height shall be 60 feet or three stories, except where restricted by airport clear zone requirements. Supplemental height requirements are provided in Chapter 19, Section 19.1.

SCREENING.

Activities Enclosed. All production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, or repair activities shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings. Storage areas may be open to the sky, but shall be enclosed by walls or fences (whether solid or chain-link), including gates, at least eight (8) feet high.

Buffer Strips. Wherever any industrial use located in this district abuts a residential district, a 20 foot view and noise control buffer strip shall be installed. Such buffer strip shall consist of densely planted shrubbery that is at least five (5) feet high when planted and that can be expected to reach a height of ten (10) feet when full grown.

Refuse Containers. All refuse generated by facilities located within this District shall be stored in tightly-covered containers placed in visually-screened areas.