§ 7.1 TABLE OF PERMITTED USES.

(A) Organization of use table. The Table of Permitted Uses in this article organizes allowable uses by use classification, use categories, and use types. Section 7.2, Use Classifications, Categories, and Types, establishes the characteristics and examples of each of the use categories and types set forth in the Table of Permitted Uses.

(1) Use classification. The use classifications are: Residential Uses, Institutional Uses, Agricultural Uses, Commercial Uses, and Industrial Uses. The use classification provides a systematic basis for assigning present and future land uses into broad general classifications. The use classifications then organize land uses and activities into general use categories and specific use types based on the common functional, operational, or physical characteristics, such as the type and amount of activity, the type of customers or residents, how goods or services are sold or delivered, and site conditions.

(2) Use categories. The use categories describe the major sub-groups of the use classification based on common characteristics (e.g., the Residential Use Classification is divided into two use categories: Household Living and Group Living). Use Categories are further broken down into a series of individual use types or principal uses.

(3) Use types. The specific use types are included in the respective use categories. They identify the specific uses that are considered to fall within the characteristics identified in the use category. For example, single-family detached dwellings, duplexes, townhouses, multi-family dwellings, and manufactured homes area use types in the household living category.

(B) Permitted uses. A “P” in a cell indicates that a use type is allowed by right in the respective Base Zoning District, subject to compliance with any use-specific standards contained in this article.

(C) Special uses. An “S” in a cell indicates that a use type is allowed in the respective Base Zoning District only upon the issuance of a special use permit by the Board of Adjustment, and subject to compliance with any use-specific standards contained in this article.

(D) Prohibited uses. A blank cell indicates that a particular use type is not allowed in the Base Zoning District.

(1) A blank cell indicates that a particular use type is not allowed in the Base Zoning District.

(2) No hazardous or noxious uses are allowed within any zoning district established by the land development ordinance such as, but not limited to:

(i) Acid manufacturing;

(ii) Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacturing;

(iii) Creosote manufacturing or treatment plants;

(iv) Distillation of bones, coal, petroleum, refuse, tar and wood;

(v) Explosives, ammunition, fireworks or gunpowder manufacturing;

(vi) Fat rendering, production of fats and oils from animal and vegetable products by boiling or distillation;

(vii) Garbage, offal and animal reduction and processing;

(viii) Junkyard;

(x) Linseed oil, shellac, turpentine manufacturing or refining;

(xi) Nitrogenous tankage, fish meal or manufacturing of any fertilizer materials;

(xii) Oilcloth or linoleum manufacturing;

(xiii) Ore reduction; and

(xv) Pulp mills.

(E) Use specific standards. When a particular use category or use type is permitted in a Base Zoning District, there may be additional regulations that are applicable to the specific use. The existence of these use specific standards is noted through a section reference in the last column in the table titled “Additional Requirements.” References refer to § 7.3, Use Specific Standards. These standards shall apply to a particular use regardless of the Base Zoning District where it is proposed, unless otherwise specified.

(F) Uses prohibited by overlay zoning. An Overlay District may prohibit a particular use type despite it being allowed in the Base Zoning District, or it may require a special use permit for a use allowed by right in the Base Zoning District. In such case, the more restrictive regulation shall apply.

(G) Uses not listed. The Ordinance Administrator shall determine whether or not an unlisted use is part of an existing use category or use type defined in § 7.2, Use Classification, Categories, and Types, or is substantially similar to an already defined use type, using the standards in division 7.1.3, Interpretation of Unlisted Uses.

7.1.2 Developments with multiple permitted uses. When all principal uses of a development fall within one use category, the entire development is assigned that use category. For example, a development that contains a coffee shop, bookstore, and bakery would be classified in the Retail Sales and Service category because all of the development’s principal uses are in that use category. When the principal uses of a development fall within different use categories, each principal use is classified in the applicable use category and each use is subject to applicable regulations within that category. Developments with multiple use types, such as shopping centers, shall incorporate only those use types allowed in the Base Zoning District.

7.1.3 Interpretation of unlisted uses.

(A) Procedure for approving unlisted uses. Where a particular use type is not specifically listed in the Table of Permitted Uses, the Ordinance Administrator may permit the use type upon a finding the standards of division 7.1.3(B), Standards for Approving Unlisted Uses, are met. The Ordinance Administrator shall give due consideration to the purpose and intent statements in this ordinance concerning the Base Zoning District(s) involved, the character of the uses specifically identified, and the character of the use(s) in question.

(B) Standards for approving unlisted uses. In order to determine if the proposed use(s) has an impact that is similar in nature, function, and duration to the other use types allowed in a specific zoning district, the Ordinance Administrator shall assess all relevant characteristics of the proposed use, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) The volume and type of sales, retail, wholesale, and the like;

(2) The size and type of items sold and nature of inventory on the premises;

(3) Any processing done on the premises, including assembly, manufacturing, warehousing, shipping, and distribution;

(4) Any dangerous, hazardous, toxic, or explosive materials used in the processing;

(5) The nature and location of storage and outdoor display of merchandise, whether enclosed, open, inside, or outside the principal building;

(6) The type, size, and nature of buildings and structures;

(7) The number and density of employees and customers per unit area of site in relation to business hours and employment shifts;

(8) Transportation requirements, including the demand for people and freight, by volume type and characteristic of traffic generation to and from the site;

(9) Trip purposes and whether trip purposes can be shared by other use types on the site;

(10) Parking requirements, turnover and generation, ratio of the number of spaces required per unit area or activity, and the potential for shared parking with other use types;

(11) The amount and nature of any nuisances generated on the premises, including, but not limited to, noise, smoke, odor, glare, vibration, radiation, and fumes;

(12) Any special public utility requirements for serving the proposed use type, including, but not limited to, water supply, wastewater output, pre-treatment of wastes and emissions required or recommended, and any significant power structures and communications towers or facilities; and

(13) The impact on adjacent lands created by the proposed use type, which should not be greater than that of other use types in the zoning district.

(1) Use found to be appropriate. When the Ordinance Administrator finds that an unlisted use is appropriate and congruent with the Base Zoning District for which it is proposed, he or she shall issue a written opinion allowing such use to be established in the particular district. If the Ordinance Administrator believes that requests for such a use will become common, or that adding the use to the Table of Permitted Uses is beneficial, he or she shall initiate a text amendment to insert the use into the Table of Permitted Uses.

(2) Use found to be inappropriate. When the Ordinance Administrator finds that an unlisted use is inappropriate and incongruent with the Base Zoning District for which it is proposed, he or she shall issue a written opinion stating that such use is not allowed in the particular district. This finding may be appealed to the Board of Adjustment in accordance with the procedures for appealing an administrative decision.

7.1.4 Permitted uses. Table 7-1 on the following pages outlines the uses which are allowed either by right or with a special use permit in the Base Zoning Districts.

Table 7-1 Table of Permitted Uses

Use Category

P = Use Permitted by Right

S = Special Use Permit Required

Zoning District

Additional Requirement

Use Type

R P

R R

R S

R T

R M X

R M F

O I

N B

C B

H B

L I

H I

C X

S I

N I

C W

C E

B C G

B C V

E B G

Residential Use Classification

Household Living

Dwelling, Duplex

7.3.1.( A)(1)

Dwelling, Manufactured Home

7.3.1.( A)(2)

Dwelling, Multi-Family

7.3.1.( A)(3)

Dwelling, Single-Family Detached

Dwelling, Townhouse

7.3.1( A)(4)

Group Living

Group Home (1 to 6 persons)

7.3.1.( B)(1)

Group Home (more than 7 persons)

7.3.1.( B)(1)

Rooming House

7.3.1.( B)(2)

Institutional Use Classification

Comm unity Services

All (up to 10,000 sf GFA)

All (more than 10,000 sf GFA)

Educational Facilities

College or University

School, Elementary

School, Middle

School, Senior High

School, Trade or Vocational

Government Facilities

All (up to 10,000 sf GFA)

All (more than 10,000 sf GFA)

Public Parks or Recreatio nal Facilities

Healthcare Facilities

Hospital

Medical Treatment Facility (up to 10,000 sf GFA)

Medical Treatment Facility (more than 10,000 sf GFA)

Other Institutional Facilities

Assisted Living/Nursing Facility

Halfway House

Religious or Civic Institution (up to 10,000 sf GFA)

Religious or Civic Institution (more than 10,000 sf GFA)

Utilities

Telecomm. Facility, Collocatio n on Existing Tower

7.3.2(B )(2)

Telecomm. Facility, Freestandi ng

7.3.2(B )(4)

Utility, Minor

Utility, Major

7.3.2(B )(1)

Solar Farm

7.3.2(B )(4)

Working Lands Use Classification

Working Lands

Agriculture

Horticultu re/Plant Nursery

Silviculture

Adult Entertainment

All

7.3.3.( A)

Animal Care

Animal Shelter

Kennel, Outdoor

7.3.3(B )(1)

Veterinary Clinic/Boarding

Daycare

Daycare Facility, Fewer than 30 Attendees

Daycare Facility, 30 or More Attendees

Hotels and Motels

Bed and Breakfast Inn

7.3.3.( C)(1)

Hotels, Motels and Similar Uses

Offices

Single Tenant (up to 5,000 sf GFA)

Single Tenant (more than 5,000 sf GFA)

Multi-Ten ant (up to 15,000 sf GFA)

Multi-Tenant (more than 15,000 sf GFA)

Recreation, Indoor

Indoor Recreation, Non-public (up to 5,000 sf GFA)

Indoor Recreation, Non-public (more than 5,000 sf GFA)

Country Club

Equine Stable/Riding Academy

7.3.3( D)(1)

Arena, Amphitheater, or Stadium

Indoor Shooting Range

7.3.3( H)

Recreation, Outdoor

Outdoor Recreation, Non-public

7.3.3(E )

Golf Course, Public or Private

Golf Driving Range

Outdoor Shooting Range

Restaurant

Restaurant without Drive Through Service

Restaurant with Drive Through Service

Retail Sales and Services

Automobile Sales

7.3.3.( F)(6)

Bar, Nightclub , or Similar Establishment

7.3.3(F )(1)

Retail Sales and Services

Microbre wery or Microdistellery

7.3.3(F )(7)

Retail/Service Use with Gasoline Sales

7.3.3(F )(2)

Type 1 Retail or Service Use

Type II Retail or Service Use (up to 15,000 sf GFA)

Type II Retail or Service Use (more than 15,000 sf GFA)

Type III Retail or Service Use (up to 15,000 sf GFA)

7.3.3(F )(5)

Type III Retail or Service Use (more than 15,000 sf GFA)

7.3.3(F )(5)

RV Park

Recreational Vehicle Park

7.3.3( G)

Industrial Use Classification

Extractive Industry

All

7.3.4( A)

Industrial Services

Building Contractor and Related Specialties

Fuel Oil/Bottled Gas Distributor

Research and Development

Tow Service and Storage

7.3.4(E )

Manufacturing and Production

Manufacturing, Heavy

7.3.4(B )

Manufacturing, Light

Self Storage

All

7.3.4( C)

Outdoor Storage

All

7.3.4( D)

Junkyard

7.3.4(F )

Wholesale Sales

All

(Ord. A.19.01, passed 8-1-2019; Ord. A.19.02, passed 8-1-2019; Ord. A.19.04, passed 10-3-2019; Ord. A.19.05, passed 10-3-2019; Ord. A.21.01, passed 6-3-2021; Ord. A.22.01, passed 4-7-2022; Ord. A.24.06, passed 10-3-2024)

§ 7.2 USE CLASSIFICATIONS, CATEGORIES, AND TYPES.

7.2.1 Structure of this section.

(A) General. This section identifies each of the five use classifications in Table 7-1, Table of Permitted Uses, and includes a section under each use classification identifying each use category. There are “Characteristics” and “Examples” divisions under each use category which describe the typical types of uses that are included in each category.

(B) Principal use characteristics and accessory uses. The “Characteristics” division describes common characteristics of each use category. Principal uses are assigned to the use category that most closely describes the nature of the principal use. Also listed are examples of common accessory uses, which, unless otherwise stated in this ordinance, are allowed in conjunction with a principal use.

(C) Examples. The “Examples” division lists common examples of use types included in the respective use category. The names of these sample uses are generic. They are based on common meanings and not on what a specific use may call itself. For example, a use that calls itself “Wholesale Sales”, but sells mostly to consumers, is included in the Retail Sales and Service category rather than the Wholesale Sales category. This is because the activity on the site matches the characteristics of the retail sales and service use category.

7.2.2 Residential use classification.

(A) Household living.

(1) Characteristics. The household living use category includes the residential occupancy of a dwelling unit by a household. Tenancy is arranged on a month-to-month or longer basis. Accessory uses commonly associated with Household Living are recreational activities, raising of pets, hobbies, and parking of the occupants’ vehicles. Home occupations are accessory uses that are subject to additional regulations (see division 7.4.3(G), Home Occupation).

(2) Examples. Example use types include detached residential dwellings (single-family dwellings, duplex dwellings, manufactured homes, and other structures with self-contained dwelling units) and attached residential dwellings (multi-family dwellings, townhouses, and live/work dwellings).

(B) Group living.

(1) Characteristics. The group living use category includes the residential occupancy of a structure by a group of people who do not meet the definition of “household”. The size of the group may be larger than the average size of a household. Tenancy is arranged on a monthly or longer basis. Generally, group living structures have a common eating area for residents. The residents may receive care, training, or treatment. Common accessory uses include recreational facilities, dining facilities, and parking of vehicles for occupants and staff.

(2) Examples. Example use types include group homes and rooming houses.

7.2.3 Institutional classification.

(A) Community services.

(1) Characteristics. The community services use category includes use types of a public, nonprofit, or charitable nature providing a local service to people of the community. Generally, such uses provide ongoing continued service on-site or have employees at the site on a regular basis. Community centers or facilities that have membership provisions that are open to the general public (for instance, any senior citizen could join a senior center) are included in the community services use category. The use type may provide special counseling, education, or training of a public, nonprofit, or charitable nature. Accessory uses may include offices, meeting, food preparation, parking, health, and therapy areas; and athletic facilities.

(2) Examples. Example use types include community centers, cultural facilities, libraries, museums, senior centers, and youth club facilities.

(B) Educational facilities.

(1) Characteristics. The educational facilities use category includes use types such as public and private schools at the primary, elementary, middle, intermediate, or high school level that provide state-mandated basic education or a comparable equivalent. This use category also includes colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning such as vocational or trade schools that offer courses of general or specialized study leading to a degree or certification. Accessory uses at schools include offices, play areas, cafeterias, recreational and sport facilities, auditoriums, and before- or after-school daycare. Accessory uses at colleges or universities include offices, dormitories, food service, laboratories, health and sports facilities, theaters, meeting areas, athletic fields, parking, maintenance facilities, and supporting commercial.

(2) Examples. Example use types include public and private secondary schools that provide state mandated basic education, colleges or universities, and vocational or trade schools.

(1) Characteristics. The government facilities use category includes post offices; government maintenance, storage, and distribution facilities; and other offices and facilities for the operation of local, state, or federal government, including use that provide public safety services to the general public. Accessory uses include maintenance, storage (indoor and outdoor), fueling facilities, satellite offices, and parking areas.

(2) Examples. Example use types include post offices, government offices, fire and EMS facilities, police stations, substations for fire and police, government maintenance, storage, and distribution facilities.

(D) Healthcare facilities.

(1) Characteristics. The health care facilities use category includes use types such as uses providing medical or surgical care and treatment to patients as well as laboratory services. Hospitals and medical treatment facilities offer overnight care, as well as outpatient. Accessory uses include offices, laboratories, teaching facilities, meeting areas, cafeterias, parking, maintenance facilities, housing for staff or trainees, and limited accommodations for family members.

(2) Examples. Example use types include hospitals, medical and dental clinics, medical and dental labs, urgent care establishments, Hospice houses, short-term critical-care houses, outpatient facilities, and blood collection facilities.

(E) Other institutional facilities.

(1) Characteristics. This use category includes use types that provide a variety of facilities, including buildings that provide meeting areas for religious activities, civic or fraternal club activities, convention centers or auditoriums, housing and care for the elderly or disabled, and housing related to treatment programs. Accessory uses include school facilities, limited medical treatment facilities, kitchens/cafeterias, recreation areas, offices, meeting rooms, parking, and staff residences.

(2) Examples. Example use types include religious institutions (with cemeteries, columbaria, and mausoleums as accessory uses), nursing homes, civic clubs or lodges, assisted living facilities, halfway houses, and psychiatric treatment facilities.

(F) Utilities.

(1) Characteristics. The utilities use category includes both major utilities, which are infrastructure services providing regional or community-wide service, and minor utilities, which are infrastructure services that need to be located in or near the neighborhood or use type where the service is provided. Telecommunication towers also are a type of utility. Services may be publicly or privately provided. Accessory uses may include parking and control, offices, monitoring, storage areas, or data transmission equipment.

(2) Examples.

(i) Examples of major utilities include new waste treatment plants, potable water treatment plants, solid waste facilities, electrical substations, and power plants.

(ii) Examples of minor utilities include water towers, water and sewage pump stations, stormwater retention and detention facilities, telephone exchanges, ground-based electrical/telephone/ cable vaults, and surface transportation stops.

(iii) Examples of telecommunication towers include facilities for transmitting wireless phones and pager services, and television and radio broadcasting equipment.

7.2.4 Working lands use classification/category.

(A) Characteristics. The working lands use category is characterized by general agricultural activities, including agronomy, aquaculture, horticulture (the commercial and noncommercial production of crops), honey production, silviculture (including the harvesting of timber), animal husbandry, and similar uses. Accessory uses may include offices, storage areas, barns, stables, irrigation systems, and repair facilities related to agriculture uses.

(B) Examples. Examples of agriculture use types include farms, agronomy, aquaculture, horticulture, silviculture, farm markets, animal husbandry, and plant nurseries.

7.2.5 Commercial use classification.

(A) Adult entertainment.

(1) Characteristics. The adult entertainment use category includes use types that sell or distribute material or provide activities with sexually explicit content, including the display of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities as defined by the state’s general statutes. While such uses are allowed to operate within the town’s jurisdiction, they are required to be separated from other existing uses and designed to minimize impact and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the town. No more than one sexually oriented business use may occupy a single building or lot, and such uses may not be accessory uses to another business. The sale of fuel, alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption, massage, or shower or bath services is prohibited within a sexually oriented business.

(2) Examples. Examples of adult entertainment uses include sexually oriented media stores (adult book stores), sex shops (sexual paraphernalia store), sexually oriented cabarets (strip clubs), and sexually oriented motion picture theatres.

(B) Animal care.

(1) Characteristics. The animal care use category is characterized by uses related to the provision of medical services, general care, and boarding services for domestic animals.

(2) Examples. Examples of animal care use types include animal shelters, animal grooming, kennels (outdoor and indoor), and veterinary clinics.

(1) Characteristics. The daycare use category includes use types that provide care, protection, and supervision for children or adults on a regular basis away from their primary residence typically for less than 24 hours per day. Care can be provided during daytime or nighttime hours. Accessory uses not integral to the principal use type include offices, kitchens for food preparation, recreation areas, and parking.

(2) Examples. Example use types include adult care centers, child care centers, and preschools. Preschools are intended to provide limited educational or training services, while other child daycare uses are not.

(D) Hotels/motels.

(1) Characteristics. This use category includes dwelling units arranged for short term stays of less than 30 days for rent, lease, or interval occupancy. Accessory uses may include pools and other recreational facilities, limited storage, restaurants, supporting commercial, bars, meeting facilities, and offices.

(2) Examples. Examples include bed and breakfasts, hotels or motels, timeshare establishments renting units for less than 30 days, and tourist homes.

(E) Offices.

(1) Characteristics. The office use category includes activities conducted in an office setting and that generally focus on business, professional, or financial services. Accessory uses may include cafeterias, daycare facilities, recreational or fitness facilities, parking, and supporting commercial, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the firm or building.

(2) Examples. Example use types include business services; professional services such as lawyers, accountants, engineers, or architects; financial services such as lenders, banks, brokerage houses, or real estate agents; medical offices, such as doctors and dentist offices; and sales.

(F) Recreation, indoor.

(1) Characteristics. The indoor recreation use category includes privately owned uses that provide recreation or entertainment activities in an enclosed structure or structures. Accessory uses may include offices, concessions, snack bars, parking, and maintenance facilities.

(2) Examples. Examples include fitness centers, bowling alleys, go cart tracks, game rooms, shooting ranges, dancehalls, skating rinks, indoor commercial swimming pools, racquetball, squash, and tennis club facilities (indoor) as well as theatres, which includes cinemas, screening rooms, and stages.

(G) Recreation, outdoor.

(1) Characteristics. The outdoor recreation use category includes large, generally commercial uses that provide continuous recreation or entertainment-oriented activities that primarily take place outdoors. They may take place in a number of structures that are arranged together in an outdoor setting. Accessory uses may include concessions, parking, and maintenance facilities.

(2) Examples. Examples include privately-owned stadiums, amphitheaters, or arenas; private golf driving ranges and courses; privately-owned miniature golf facilities; go cart, race track, or dirt track; drive-in movies; privately-owned outdoor commercial tourist attractions, water, and amusement parks; swimming pools; campgrounds; and privately-owned active sports facilities such as ballfields and tennis courts.

(H) Restaurants.

(1) Characteristics. The restaurant use category includes establishments that sell food for on- or off-premises consumption. Accessory uses may include bars or cocktail lounges associated with the establishment, decks and patios for outdoor seating, drive through facilities, facilities for live entertainment or dancing, customer and employee parking areas, and valet parking facilities.

(2) Examples. Examples include restaurants, bakeries, dinner theatres, or other establishments that sell food.

(I) Retail sales and services.

(1) Characteristics. The retail sales and services use category includes use types involved in the sale, lease, or rent of new or used products to the general public. They may also provide personal services or entertainment, or provide product repair or services for consumer and business goods. Accessory uses may include offices, storage of goods, manufacture or repackaging of goods for on-site sale, concessions, ATM machines, outdoor display/sales areas, and parking. Use types within this use category have been categorized based on their intensity, scale, and function.

(2) Examples. Example use types include uses from the following groups.

(i) Bar, nightclub, or similar establishment. A use primarily devoted to the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption, along with dancing or other forms of entertainment (including live performances), and in which the sale of food is incidental.

(ii) Crematory. A use engaged in the cremation of human or animal remains.

(iii) Retail/service use with gasoline sales. A use engaged in the retail sale of gasoline and similar vehicular fuels that may or may not provide the range of goods or services associated with a Type I or Type II Retail Use.

(iv) Type I Retail Use. Type I Retail Uses include small-scale uses that are 5,000 square feet in size or less, that are intended to be “convenience” retail that serves the general area or neighborhood in which they are located. Type I Retail Uses include, but are not limited to, the following types of low intensity retail uses:

(a) Financial institutions;

(b) Laundromats, and dry-cleaning drop-off establishments;

(d) Mailing or packing services;

(e) Coffee shops and retail bakeries;

(f) Hair, tanning, and nail salons; personal care services;

(g) Massage therapy and day spas;

(h) Stores selling books, clothing, and dry goods;

(i) Income tax return preparers;

(j) Repair and servicing of appliances, electronics, and other small items or equipment;

(k) Tailoring and shoe repair; and

(l) Locksmith.

Type I Retail Uses exceeding 5,000 square feet in size are Type II Retail Uses.

(v) Type II Retail Use. Type II Retail Uses can be thought of as “destination” retail that generally serves groups of neighborhoods and are appropriate near neighborhood edges and along collector streets. Type II Retail Uses are larger in scale and intensity than Type I Retail Uses, but do not include any outdoor storage or display. These establishments may be up to 50,000 square feet in size. Examples of Type II Retail Uses include stores selling, leasing, or renting consumer, home, and business goods, whether new or used, art, art supplies, electronic equipment, fabric, furniture, flowers, groceries and food sales, household products, jewelry, recorded music, pets, pet food, pharmaceuticals, plants, printer material, stationary, and videos; photocopy and blueprint services; psychics and mediums; funeral homes and mortuaries. Any Type I Retail Use exceeding 5,000 square feet in size is classified as a Type II Retail Use.

(vi) Type III Retail Use. Type III Retail Uses are appropriate along major thoroughfares and in primarily nonresidential areas. These types of retail uses generally provide a range of goods and services that are regional in scale, and have the highest square footage and intensities of the retail use types, are auto oriented, and often include some form of outdoor storage or display. Examples of Type III Retail Uses include all retail uses which are more than 50,000 square feet in size; home improvement, hardware, and garden supply stores; businesses selling, servicing, and repairing recreational vehicles, boats and similar items, mobile home sales lots, building material sales; car, truck, and tool rental equipment yards; farm and machinery sales; and tattoo parlor or body piercing establishments. Any Type II Retail Use exceeding 50,000 square feet in size is classified as a Type III Retail Use.

7.2.6 Industrial Use classification.

(A) Extractive industry.

(1) Characteristics. The Extractive Industry Use category includes businesses that are engaged in the extraction, removal, or basic processing of minerals, liquids, gases, or other natural resources. Such uses also include quarrying, well operation, mining, or other procedures typically done at an extraction site. Accessory uses include offices, wholesale sales, security or caretakers quarters, outdoor storage, and maintenance facilities.

(2) Examples. Typical uses include quarries, borrow pits, and sand and gravel operations.

(B) Industrial services.

(1) Characteristics. The Industrial Services Use category includes the repair or servicing of industrial, business, or consumer machinery, equipment, products, or byproducts. Firms that service consumer goods do so by mainly providing centralized services for separate retail outlets. Contractors and building maintenance services and similar uses perform services off-site. Few customers, especially the general public, come to the site. Accessory activities may include limited retail or wholesale sales, offices, parking, warehousing, and outdoor storage.

(2) Examples. Example use types include machine shops; tool repair; electric motor repair; repair of scientific or professional instruments; heavy equipment sales, rental, repair, or storage; heavy equipment servicing and repair; building, heating, plumbing, or electrical contractors; fuel oil distributors; research and development facilities; and laundry, dry-cleaning, and carpet cleaning plants

(1) Characteristics. The Manufacturing and Production Use category includes firms involved in the manufacturing, processing, fabrication, packaging, or assembly of goods. Products may be finished or semi-finished and are generally made for the wholesale market, for transfer to other plants, or to order for firms or consumers. Custom industry is included (i.e., establishments primarily engaged in the on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing involving the use of hand tools and small-scale equipment). Goods are generally not displayed or sold on site, but if so, they are a subordinate part of sales. Relatively few customers come to the manufacturing site. Accessory uses may include retail or wholesale sales, offices, cafeterias, parking, employee recreational facilities, warehouses, storage yards, repair facilities, truck fleets, fueling facilities, and security and caretaker’s quarters.

(i) Heavy manufacturing. Heavy manufacturing is the manufacture or compounding process of raw materials. These activities may involve outdoor operations as part of their manufacturing process.

(ii) Light manufacturing. Light manufacturing is the mechanical transformation of predominantly previously prepared materials into new products, including assembly of component parts and the creation of products for sale to the wholesale or retail markets or directly to consumers. Such uses are wholly confined within an enclosed building, do not include processing of hazardous gases and chemicals, and do not emit noxious noise, smoke, vapors, fumes, dust, glare, odor, or vibration.

(2) Examples.

(i) Heavy manufacturing. Example use types of heavy manufacturing include, but are not limited to: manufacture or assembly of textiles, machinery, equipment, instruments, vehicles, appliances; rendering; concrete production; asphalt plants; glass and plastic production; cardboard fabrication; and petroleum refining.

(ii) Light manufacturing. Example use types of light manufacturing include: production or repair of small machines or electronic parts and equipment; sewing or assembly of textiles into consumer products; woodworking and cabinet building; publishing and lithography; computer design and development; communications equipment, precision items, and other electrical items; research, development, and testing facilities and laboratories; sign making, assembly of pre-fabricated parts, manufacture of electric, electronic, or optical instruments or devices; manufacture and assembly of medical devices and instruments; manufacture, processing, and packing of food products, cosmetics, and manufacturing of components, jewelry, clothing, trimming decorations, and any similar item.

(D) Self storage.

(1) Characteristics. The Self Storage Use category is characterized by uses that provide separate storage areas for individual or business uses. The storage areas are designed to allow private access by the tenant for storing or removing personal property. Accessory uses may include living quarters for a resident manager, security and leasing offices, and outside storage of boats and campers. Use of the storage areas for sales, service, repair, or manufacturing operations is prohibited, and not considered accessory to the use.

(2) Examples. Example use types include facilities that provide individual storage areas for rent. These uses are also called “mini-warehouses”.

(E) Warehousing and distribution.

(1) Characteristics. The Warehousing and Distribution Use category includes establishments that are involved in the storage or movement of goods for themselves or other firms or businesses. Goods are generally delivered to other firms or the final consumer, except for some will-call pickups. There is little on-site sales activity with the customer present. Accessory uses include offices, truck fleet parking, outdoor storage, and maintenance areas.

(2) Examples. Example use types include separate warehouses used for storage by retail stores such as furniture and appliance stores; warehouses used for distribution by trucking companies; household moving and general freight storage; cold storage plants, including frozen food lockers; outdoor storage, and parcel services.

(F) Wholesale sales.

(1) Characteristics. The Wholesale Sales Use category includes firms involved in the sale, lease, or rent of products primarily intended for industrial, institutional, or commercial businesses. The uses emphasize on-site sales or taking of orders and often include display areas. Businesses may or may not be open to the general public, but sales to the general public are limited. Products may be picked up on-site or delivered to the customer. Accessory uses may include offices, product repair, warehouses, minor fabrication services, outdoor storage, and repackaging of goods.

(2) Examples. Examples include the sale or rental of machinery, equipment, heavy trucks, building materials, special trade tools, welding supplies, machine parts, electrical supplies, janitorial supplies, restaurant equipment and store fixtures; mail order houses; and wholesalers of food, clothing, plants and landscaping materials, auto parts, and building hardware.

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