A. Uses. Uses in the M-3 Heavy Industrial District are allowed and/or limited as set forth below and in the referenced sections of this Municipal Code.
1. Permitted Principal Uses.
Manufacturing and processing of abrasives, bedding, candles, carpeting, celluloid, coffee, cordage, glucose, food products, hair products, ice, ink, linoleum, cloth, perfume, plaster of paris, rope, shoddy, starch, and textiles
Manufacturing, processing, and storage of building materials, dry ice, flues, and grains
Manufacturing and bottling of alcoholic beverages; bag cleaning, cold storage warehouses; electric and steam generating plants; lithographing; and weaving provided such uses shall be at least 600 feet from residential and public and semi-public uses
Outside storage and manufacturing areas
Inside storage warehouses
Farm machinery sales and repair
Vehicle upholstery, body and repair
All drive-in facilities require Conditional Use Permits
All developments within 50 feet of any existing or mapped state trunk highway or county trunk highway and/or within 150 feet of an existing or mapped centerline of intersection with any other road require Conditional Use Permits
2. Accessory uses:
Garages for storage of vehicles used in conjunction with the operation of the industry
On-site street parking and loading areas
Office, storage, power supply and other uses normally auxiliary to the principal industrial operation
Uses customarily to a permitted use
See s. 35-21 of this Chapter
3. Conditional uses:
Manufacturing and processing of acetylene, acid, alkalies, ammonia, asbestos, asphalt, batteries, bleach, bone, cabbage, cement, charcoal, chemicals, chlorine, coal tar, coke, creosote, disinfectant, dye, excelsior, farm machinery, fuel, gypsum, insecticide, lampblack, matches, oil, paint, plastics, poison, polish, potash, pulp, pyroxylin, radium, rubber, stove polish, and varnish.
Manufacturing, processing, and storage of explosives, fat, fertilizer, flammables, gasoline, grease, lard, plastics, radioactive materials, shellac, soap, turpentine.
Canneries, electroplating, enameling; forges, foundries, garbage incinerators, lacquering, processing of offal, rubbish or animal reduction, oil, coal, and bone distillation, refineries, road test facilities, slaughterhouses, smelting, stockyards and tanneries provided such uses shall be at least 600 feet from residential and public and semi-public uses.
Freight Yards.
Freight Terminals and trans-shipment depots.
Breweries.
Crematories.
Food lockers and plants.
All drive-in facilities require Conditional Use Permits
All developments within 50 feet of any existing or mapped state trunk highway or county trunk highway and/or within 150 feet of an existing or mapped centerline of intersection with any other road require Conditional Use Permits
All conditional uses in the M-1 and M-2 Districts, unless made a permitted use herein
Animal hospitals provided the lot area is not less than three acres, and all principal structures and uses are not less than 100 feet from any residential district.
Solid waste facilities as defined in Wis. Stat. s. 289.01(35), including facilities for solid waste treatment, solid waste storage or solid waste disposal, sanitary landfills, dumps, land disposal sites, incinerators, transfer stations, storage facilities, collection and transportation services and processing, treatment and recovery facilities, including the land where the facility is located, when operated pursuant to a license issued by the State and in accordance with applicable statutes and administrative codes, and provided no chemicals or hazardous materials are collected, stored, or processed. When the provisions of this Chapter conflict with state or federal law, the state or federal law prevails.
Facilities for the processing of scrap iron, steel or nonferrous metal using large machines to produce a principal product of scrap metal for sale or use for remelting purposes, provided that these uses shall be completely surrounded by a solid fence or evergreen planting screen, preventing a view from any other property or public right-of-way and shall be at least 600 feet from any residential, business, agricultural, conservation, park, floodway, shoreland-wetland, or shoreland district.
Recycling facilities which use large machines to sort, grade, compact or bale clean wastepaper, fibers or plastics, not mixed with other solid waste, for sale or use for recycling purposes, provided no chemicals or hazardous materials are collected, stored, or processed and all storage and processing and operations are conducted in an enclosed building.
Auto junk yards and scrap metal salvage yards, provided that these uses shall be completely surrounded by a solid fence or evergreen planting screen, preventing a view from any other property or public right-of-way and shall be at least 600 feet from any residential, business, agricultural, conservation, park, floodway, shoreland-wetland, or shoreland district. Wis. Stat. s. 175.25 shall apply to these uses.
Off-season storage facilities for boats and other recreational vehicles, such as campers, travel trailers, snowmobiles, off-road vehicles and motor homes.
Fueling stations and restaurants oriented toward industrial district users.
Glass manufacturing.
Recycling drop-off sites.
Self-service storage facilities including incidental manager’s office/quarters. The maximum lot coverage by structures for a self-service storage facility shall not exceed 50 percent, and such facility shall not exceed 15 feet in height, and shall meet the required setbacks.
PODS, garages & temporary portable storage containers.
4. Site Plans. Every builder of any building hereafter erected or structurally altered for manufacturing uses shall, before a zoning permit is issued, present detailed site plans pertaining to the proposed structure to the Village Plan Commission, which will approve said plans only after determining that the proposed building will not impair an adequate supply of light or air to adjacent property or substantially increase the danger of fire or traffic congestion or otherwise endanger the public health or safety or substantially diminish or impair property values within the neighborhood. See also Section 35-230, Plan Commission Approval.
B. Area Requirements:
Lot | Width | Minimum 150 feet |
Area | Minimum 40,000 sq. ft. | |
Building | Height | Maximum 35 feet |
Yard (Setbacks) | Street | Minimum 50 feet |
Side | Minimum 20 feet | |
Rear | Minimum 25 feet | |
C. Lighting Plans and Standards. Exterior lighting standards must be met and submission of a lighting plan is required. Exterior lighting plans are required for new development or redevelopment of existing exterior lighting in the M-3 Heavy Industrial District. At the time any exterior light is installed or substantially modified in the M-3 District, and whenever a zoning permit application is required for new development or redevelopment, an exterior lighting plan shall be submitted to the Plan Commission in order to determine whether the requirements of this subsection have been met and that adjoining property will not be adversely impacted by the proposed lighting.
1. A lighting plan submitted pursuant to the requirements of this subsection shall have, at a minimum, the following elements:
a. A catalog page, cut sheet, or photograph of the luminaire, including the mounting method, a graphic depiction of the luminaire lamp (or bulb) concealment, and graphic depiction of light cutoff angles.
b. A photometric data test report of the proposed luminaire graphically showing the lighting distribution in all angles vertically and horizontally around the luminaire.
c. A plot plan, drawn to a recognized engineering or architectural scale, indicating the location of the luminaire(s) proposed, mounting and/or installation height in feet, the overall illumination levels (in foot candles) and lighting uniformities on the site, and the illumination levels (in foot candles) at the property boundary lines. This may be accomplished by means of an isolux curve or computer printout projecting the illumination levels.
2. Exterior lighting in the M-3 District shall be limited to total-cutoff-type luminaires (with angle greater than 90°). The maximum permitted illumination shall be two foot candles and the maximum permitted luminaire height shall be 30 feet as measured from surrounding grade to the bottom of the luminaire. (Note: This standard does not address illumination levels or fixture height which may be required by the Village of Rochester for the adequate lighting of public street rights-of-way. It represents maximum illumination levels on private property.)
3. For the purposes of this subsection, light shall be measured as follows:
a. Metering equipment. Lighting levels shall be measured in foot candles with a direct-reading, portable light meter. The meter shall be read within an accuracy of plus or minus 5%. The meter shall have been tested, calibrated, and certified by an independent commercial photometric laboratory or the manufacturer within 30 days of its use.
b. Method of measurement. The meter sensor shall be mounted not more than six inches above ground level in a horizontal position at the interior line of the buffer yard or at the property line, as required herein. Readings shall be taken only after the cell has been exposed long enough to provide a constant reading. In order to eliminate the effects of moonlight and other ambient light, measurements shall be made after dark with the light source in question on, then with the same sources off. The differences between the two readings shall be compared to the maximum permitted illumination allowed under this subsection.
(Ord. 2019-1, passed 4-8-2019; Ord. 2022-2, passed 6-6-2022)