A. Light Industrial & Manufacturing.
1. Characteristics. Any business or establishment which deals in light industrial uses including light manufacturing (such as clothing, assembly, repair), research and development, self-service storage, and wholesale trade.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include (but are not limited to) associated showroom, ancillary indoor storage, associated office, cafeteria, parking, on-site repair facility, residential unit for security purposes, outdoor storage associated with primary use.
3. Examples. Landscaping contractor, clothing manufacturing, publishing firm, woodworking shop, 3-D printing, warehouses, bottling, lawn or tree service, commercial packing for fruits and vegetables, trailer storage or freight facility, warehousing, sale or rental of machinery and heavy equipment.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Heavy industrial or noxious uses such as concrete manufacturing.
5. Use Standards.
a. Storage shall be in an enclosed building or a screened/fenced space, a minimum six (6) feet screen or fence is required.
B. Warehouse Distribution; Logistics.
1. Characteristics. A firm or facility involved in the storage and/or movement of items for other firms. Typically storing and preparing transit goods, wares, merchandise, and/or commodities, whether for the owner or for others, generally delivered to other firms or the final customer.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include (but are not limited to) associated office, outdoor storage associated with primary use, parking.
3. Examples. Bulk storage, freight storage, outdoor storage yard, transfer and storage businesses, and commercial packing for food items.
4. Uses Not Included.
a. Warehouse storage, classified as Warehouse Storage — Indoor Only.
b. Self-storage or mini-warehouses, classified as Self Storage/Mini-Warehouse.
5. Use Standards.
a. Outdoor storage yards shall comply with the standards of Section 8.3.9.D. Outdoor storage yards are not intended to include junkyards or scrap or salvage operations.
b. Loading and unloading shall not be conducted in areas that abut a residential use or district.
c. Outdoor storage may not exceed the maximum fence height of eight (8) feet.
C. Wholesale Trade.
1. Characteristics. Firms involved in the sale or rent of products to industrial or commercial businesses only. Not intended for private customers. Uses emphasize on-site sales or order taking. Firm may or may not be open to the general public. Sales to private customers and general public are not permitted.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include (but are not limited to) accessory medical clinic, ancillary indoor storage, associated office, cafeteria, day care for employee use, parking, repackaging of goods, showroom, warehouse, residential unit for security purposes.
3. Examples. Sale of machinery, janitorial supplies, restaurant equipment supplies.
4. Use Standards.
a. Outdoor storage yards shall comply with the standards of Section 8.3.9.D. Outdoor storage yards are not intended to include junkyards or scrap or salvage operations.
D. Heavy Industrial Uses.
1. Characteristics. Any business or establishment that involves dangerous, noxious, offensive uses. Uses may involve smoke, odor, release of unsafe particle matter, excessive noise or vibration, or threats to safety and general well-being of the public.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include (but are not limited to) associated showroom, ancillary indoor storage, associated office, cafeteria, parking, on-site repair facility, residential unit for security purposes, outdoor storage associated with primary use.
3. Examples. Salvage yards, junkyards, automobile graveyards, crematorium, slaughterhouse, concrete plant, outdoor storage as a primary use, commercial feed lot, lumberyard, primary metal manufacturing, towing yard for vehicles, pulp mill, rubber manufacturing, paper manufacturing or production.
4. Use Standards.
a. Buffers and protective yards must be provided.
b. All buildings shall be setback a minimum of fifty (50) feet from property line.
c. Outdoor storage yards shall comply with the standards of Section 8.3.9.D. Outdoor storage yards are not intended to include junkyards or scrap or salvage operations.
d. Building facades that are oriented toward an arterial or collector street shall provide architectural details to eliminate large blank wall areas.
E. Recycling and Waste Related Services.
1. Characteristics. Any facility which deals in the recycling, disposal, or elimination of used materials or waste.
2. Accessory Uses may include (but are not limited to) associated office, outdoor storage associated with primary use, parking.
3. Examples. Landfill, recyclable material storage, recycling facility, solid or liquid waste transfer or composting.
4. Use Standards.
a. All buildings shall be setback a minimum of fifty (50) from property line.
b. Outdoor storage yards shall not be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any public street or property line.
c. Outdoor storage yards shall comply with the standards of Section 8.3.9.D.
d. Outdoor storage yards are not intended to include junkyards or scrap or salvage operations.
F. Laundry or Dry Cleaning Plant.
1. Characteristics. Larger, industrial scale laundry cleaning establishment for the wholesale cleaning and washing of laundry to wholesale customers. A laundry or dry cleaning plant is intended to offer a wholesale or industrial level facility for mass cleaning of laundry.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include ancillary indoor storage, associated office, parking.
3. Uses Not Included.
a. Laundromat with onsite cleaning (see commercial uses).
G. Mini-Warehouse/Self-Storage.
1. Characteristics. A structure or premises where the principal use is storage space storage units) which may be rented to private tenants, for personal property, usually on a short-term basis.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include associated office and parking.
3. Use Standards.
a. All storage of items shall be within a fully enclosed building.
H. Warehouse Storage.
1. Characteristics. A structure or premises where the principal use is the indoor storage of merchandise, products, goods, or materials in bulk, for a fee or charge.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include associated office, parking, accessory outdoor storage associated with primary use, and accessory wholesale sales.
3. Uses Not Included.
a. No uses identified and classified under Heavy Industrial are permitted as indoor storage.
I. Outdoor Storage.
1. Characteristics. A lot designated for the extended outdoor storage of cars, boats, other vehicles. This use is not to be confused with commercial parking, which excludes outdoor storage. Outdoor storage is for the extended storage of cars, boats, and other vehicles, machinery, and equipment or material.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include associated office and parking.
3. Use Standards.
a. All outdoor storage shall be consistent with the standards defined in Section 8.3.9.D.
J. Mining.
1. Characteristics. Uses that extract minerals, solids, liquids from the land.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include (but are not limited to) associated showroom, ancillary indoor storage, associated office, cafeteria, parking, on-site repair facility, residential unit for security purposes, outdoor storage associated with primary use.
3. Examples. Mining, dredging or gas extraction, stockpiling of sand or gravel or stone.
4. Use Standards.
a. Buffers and protective yards must be provided.
b. Upon completion of any deposit of any material in any area, the area of deposit shall be covered with grass or other group cover.
K. Land Debris Storage.
1. Characteristics. A non-temporary holding or disposal site for stumps, limbs, leaves, concrete, brick, or uncontaminated earth commonly associated with land development activities, construction, grading, or paving of land.
2. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses may include associated office, parking.
3. Use Standards.
a. All outdoor storage shall be consistent with the standards defined in Section 8.3.9.D.