(A) Within a Manufacturing and Industrial District (M-2); the following uses shall be permitted:
(1) Any use permitted in M-1 Manu-facturing and Industrial District;
(2) Blacksmith shop, welding or machine shops, excluding punch presses exceeding 40-ton rated capacity and drop hammers;
(3) Boiler shops;
(4) Brick manufacture;
(5) Coal and wood yards, lumber yards;
(6) Concrete mixing or batching plant;
(7) Contractors’ equipment storage yard or plant, or rental of equipment commonly used by contractors;
(8) Cotton spinning mills;
(9) Crushed stone operations;
(10) Draying, freighting or trucking yard or terminal;
(11) Feed and flour mills;
(12) Meat, poultry and seafood processing and packing operations;
(13) Metal fabrication shops;
(14) Sand and gravel operations;
(15) Stationary sawmills and planing mills, including chippers and debarkers and other appurtenances;
(16) Storage, gasoline, bulk oil and petroleum as such;
(17) Truck terminals; and
(18) Wood-preserving operations.
(B) Uses not permitted.
(1) Regardless of the permission of any of the above uses, no such use shall be permitted if it creates a nuisance by reason of excessive smoke, dust, noxious or nauseous fumes, noise or vibration. The official responsible for the issuance of zoning permits shall refuse to issue the permits if, in his or her opinion, the permitted use would violate this section.
(2) Without limitations, such industries as steel mills, petroleum refineries, asphalt plants, fertilizer plants, pulp and paper mills, automobile graveyards as defined by this chapter, junkyards, open garbage and trash dumps shall be forbidden in this or any other district.
(C) Dimensional requirements. Within the Manufacturing and Industrial District (—2), the dimensional requirements shall be as follows:
(1) Area, frontage, setback and height regulations. There shall be no lot area or lot width or setback or height requirements for the Manufacturing and Industrial District (M-2).
(2) Yard regulations.
(a) Where a lot in the Manufacturing and Industrial District (M-2) abuts any residential district, there shall be a side and/or rear yard clearance of at least 10 feet on the side and/or rear lot line abutting the residential district. Upon any side and/or rear lot line which abuts a residential district, there shall be provided along the common lot line screening in the form of a wall or fence, supplemented by planting, all of a nature and density that it will screen the activities on the industrial and wholesale property from view from the normal level of the first-floor windows of the residential property. No such buffer shall, however, extend nearer to a street right-of-way line than the established building line of the adjoining residential lot.
(b) No side or rear yard shall be required where a lot does not abut a residential district. If a side yard is provided, however, then each side yard shall be at least 4 feet in width.
(3) Parking regulations. Off- street parking shall be provided as required in this chapter.
(4) Loading and unloading regulations. Off-street loading and unloading space shall be provided as required in this chapter.
(5) Coverage regulations. No building or group of buildings with their accessory buildings shall cover more than 70% of the area of the lot.
(D) Special uses within Manufacturing and Industrial (M-2).
(1) Farm winery, vineyards, and related operations, only when approved by Planning Commission and Town Council, and special use permit has been obtained and all conditions of use are followed so long as such winery and/or vineyard is in operation.
(2) Signs authorized in conjunction with an approved special use permit.
(1997 Code, § S9-7-7) (Am. Ord. passed - - )