The following are the principal uses permitted by right within an Industrial District. All uses shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, County, and local regulations.
(a) Any use listed as a permitted use in the Technology District.
(b) Production, manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of goods, which must be conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(c) Blacksmith shop or machine shop, an automatic screw machine or a wrought iron shop (excluding punch presses of over 20 tons rated capacity, drop hammers and drop forges) conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(d) Laundry, cleaning, and carpet or rug cleaning, when conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(e) Laboratories, experimental, or testing conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(f) Warehousing and distribution centers, including ice and cold storage facilities, when conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(g) Plumbing shop, when conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(h) Newspaper publishing, conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(i) Print shops, conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(j) Painting/enameling shops, conducted wholly within an enclosed structure (except for on-site delivery vehicles).
(k) Airport or heliport.
(l) Public utility service yard or electrical receiving transformer station.
(m) Retail lumberyard, including incidental millwork.
(n) Freight or truck terminals.
(o) Freight yards.
(p) Trailer sales and rental.
(q) Industrial park, subject to the following conditions:
(1) Permitted uses shall include all uses permitted by right within this district. Conditional uses may be permitted, subject to the conditional use provisions of Chapter 1262.
(2) The minimum required land area for an industrial park shall be five contiguous acres.
(3) The development of an industrial park shall be in accordance with an overall plan for development of the park, which plan shall be approved by the Planning Commission.
(4) The developer shall provide, within the industrial park, a sanitary sewerage system which shall be of sufficient size and design to collect all sewage from structures within the industrial park, which system shall connect with the City’s system. The park’s sanitary sewerage system shall be designed, constructed and maintained in conformity with the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the State, the County Health Department, the County Drain Commissioner’s Office, and the City.
(5) The developer shall provide, within the industrial park, a storm drainage system which shall be of sufficient size and design as will, in the opinion of the City Engineer, collect, carry off and dispose of all predictable surface water run-off within the industrial park and all tributary areas, and shall be so constructed as to conform with the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the State, the County Drain Commissioner’s Office, and the City.
(6) All industrial park sites and structures shall be connected to the water system of the City. The industrial park’s water system shall conform to Chapters 1040 et seq. of these Codified Ordinances. The developer shall also provide a fire hydrant within 300 feet of each structure.
(7) All industrial parks shall have direct access to a primary street as determined by the Planning Commission.
(8) Provision shall be made for safe and efficient ingress and egress to and from public streets and highways serving the industrial park without undue congestion or interference with normal traffic flow. All points of vehicular access to and from public streets shall be located not less than 200 feet from the intersection of any public street lines with each other.
(9) No parking access and/or service area shall be located closer than 25 feet from any residential property line.
(10) Parking, loading or service areas used by motor vehicles shall be located entirely within the boundary lines of the industrial park.
(11) There shall be a greenbelt planting strip with a width of not less than 50 feet along all side and rear property lines of any industrial park which adjoins a platted residential subdivision, garden apartment or townhouse development. A landscaped planting area shall also be provided along all street frontage which shall be at least 20 feet in depth. This greenbelt may be within the minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks required. The landscaped planting area may be within the minimum front yard setback. The side and rear yard greenbelt shall contain at least one straight or staggered row of deciduous and/or evergreen trees, spaced not more than 40 feet apart and at least three rows of deciduous or evergreen shrubs spaced not more than eight feet apart, which shrubs grow to an ultimate height of approximately 12 feet. Varieties and species to be planted shall be approved in advance by the Planning Commission.
(12) Lighting facilities shall be required where deemed necessary for the safety and convenience of employees and visitors. These facilities shall be arranged in such a manner as to protect abutting streets and adjacent properties from unreasonable glare or hazardous interference of any kind.
(13) Maximum building coverage on any lot within the industrial park shall not exceed 25%.
(14) Minimum lot sizes within an industrial park shall be 20,000 square feet.
(r) Wireless communication facilities with monopole support structures less than 150 feet in height, including options for collocation and attachment to existing structures, subject to Section 1287.02(i).
(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95; Ord. 2010-05. Passed 3-8-10; Ord. 2010-12. Passed 9-27-12.)