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COUNTY OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS CODE OF ORDINANCES
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
CHAPTER 150: BUILDING REGULATIONS; CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 151: MOBILE HOMES, MOBILE HOME PARKS
CHAPTER 152: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 153: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 154: ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 156: POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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§ 154.450 LOT AREA AND YARD REQUIREMENTS.
   The following minimum requirements shall be observed for both primary and accessory building along with bufferyard requirements as described in § 154.599. No accessory building shall be located in a front yard.
 
Height
Front Yard
Side Yard Width
Rear Yard Width
Other
45 feet
20 feet for 1 - 3 stories; if > 3 stories, then 40% of building height
15 feet
20 feet
In accordance with performance standards
 
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
I-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
§ 154.465 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
   The General Industrial District is intended to provide for large scale manufacturing facilities not otherwise permitted which have potential significant external impacts to adjacent properties.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.466 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES.
   The following are permitted principal uses in the I-2 District:
   (A)   Any use permitted in an I-1 District;
   (B)   Any other use which, in the opinion of the Zoning Board of Appeals, is of similar character to those specified above;
   (C)   Any of the following uses, when at least 200 feet from any residentially-zoned private property and at least 100 feet from any other district, except an I-1 District or when authorized by the Zoning Board of Appeals;
   (D)   Acetylene manufacturing in excess of 15 pounds per square inch;
   (E)   Acid manufacture;
   (F)   Aircraft assembly and testing;
   (G)   Ammonia, chlorine, or bleach powder manufacture;
   (H)   Animal black, lamp black, bone black, or graphite manufacture;
   (I)   Asbestos and asbestos products manufacture;
   (J)   Automobile, tractor trailer, farm implement assembly, or manufacture;
   (K)   Blast furnaces, steel works, or rolling mills;
   (L)   Bleaching, cleaning, and dyeing plant;
   (M)   Boiler shops, machine shops, structural steel fabricating shops, railway car, or locomotive shops, including repair and metal working shops;
   (N)   Box and crate manufacture;
   (O)   Brewing or distilling of liquors;
   (P)   Brick manufacture;
   (Q)   Bulk station;
   (R)   Candle or sperm oil manufacture;
   (S)   Cans and other types of containers manufacture;
   (T)   Celluloid or pyroxyline manufacture, or explosive or inflammable cellulose or manufacture or storage;
   (U)   Cement, lime, gypsum, plaster, or plaster of paris manufacture;
   (V)   Chalk manufacture;
   (W)   Charcoal manufacture;
   (X)   Chemicals, the manufacture or use of, except those which may be inflammable or explosive;
   (Y)   Coffin manufacture;
   (Z)   Cooperage works;
   (AA)   Cotton ginning and cotton wadding;
   (BB)   Cottonseed oil manufacture;
   (CC)   Creosote manufacture or treatment;
   (DD)   Dextrin, starch, or glucose manufacture;
   (EE)   Disinfectant, insecticide, or poison manufacture;
   (FF)   Distillation of coal, petroleum, refuse, grain, wood, or bones, except in the manufacture of gas;
   (GG)   Dyes, aniline, ink pigments, and others manufacture;
   (HH)   Emery cloth or sandpaper manufacture;
   (II)   Enameling, lacquering, or japanning;
   (JJ)   Explosive manufacture or storage, except for small arms ammunition;
   (KK)   Fertilizer, compost (manufacture or storage);
   (LL)   Fish curing, smoking or packing, fish oil manufacture, or refining;
   (MM)   Flammable liquids storage not to exceed a total of 25,000 gallons;
   (NN)   Flour, grain, or feed milling or processing;
   (OO)   Foundry works;
   (PP)   Gas-generation or storage for illumination or heating;
   (QQ)   Gelatin, vegetable, and animal manufacture;
   (RR)   Glass blowing and manufacture;
   (SS)   Grain elevators;
   (TT)   Hair or hair products manufacture;
   (UU)   Hemp products manufacture;
   (VV)    Linoleum, oil cloth, or oiled goods manufacture;
   (WW)   Lumber, preserving treatment, processing, sawmills, and planing mills manufacture;
   (XX)   Machinery, heavy manufacture, and repair;
   (YY)   Match manufacture;
   (ZZ)   Meat, packing and processing, except slaughtering and glue and size manufacture, but not stockyards or slaughterhouses;
   (AAA)   Metal stamping and extrusion of metal products manufacture and plating;
   (BBB)   Motor testing or internal combustion motors manufacture;
   (CCC)   Oil, shellac, turpentine, varnish, or enamel manufacture;
   (DDD)   Paper and pulp manufacture;
   (EEE)   Perfume manufacture;
   (FFF)   Petroleum or flammable liquids production and refining;
   (GGG)   Pickle, sauerkraut, and sausage manufacture;
   (HHH)   Porcelain products manufacture;
   (III)   Poultry slaughterhouse, including packing and storage for wholesale;
   (JJJ)   Railroad equipment manufacture;
   (KKK)   Rock crushing;
   (LLL)   Rubber products, including tires and tubes and tire recapping;
   (MMM)   Rubber manufacture and processing;
   (NNN)   Sandblasting or cutting;
   (OOO)   Sewage disposal plant or incinerator, sanitary landfill, or recycling or composting operation, except by the municipality;
   (PPP)   Shoe blacking or polish, or stove polish manufacture;
   (QQQ)   Soap manufacture;
   (RRR)   Steam power plant, except where accessory to a permitted principle use;
   (SSS)   Stone and monument works employing power driven tools;
   (TTT)   Storage, curing, or tanning of raw, green, or salted hides or skins when refrigerated storage is provided;
   (UUU)   Storage of flammable liquids when facilities are located at least 600 feet from any R District and at least 300 feet from any other district except I Districts, and are enclosed by a fence at least eight feet in height;
   (VVV)   Sugar refining;
   (WWW)   Tar distillation or asphalt roofing or waterproofing manufacture;
   (XXX)   Vinegar manufacture;
   (YYY)   Wax products manufacture;
   (ZZZ)   Wire or rod drawing, nut, screw, or bolt manufacture;
   (AAAA)   Wool scouring and pulling;
   (BBBB)   Yeast manufacture; and
   (CCCC)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.467 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.
   The following are permitted accessory uses in the I-2 District:
   (A)   Permitted accessory uses in an I-1 District;
   (B)   Other uses incidental to a principle use;
   (C)   Small wind energy systems; and
   (D)   Solar, private.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.468 WHEN AUTHORIZED BY SPECIAL USE.
   The following are special uses in the I-2 District when authorized:
   (A)   An establishment which has the potential to be dangerous or extremely obnoxious. Included are those which explosives are stored, petroleum is refined, natural and liquid gas and other petroleum derivatives are stored and/or distributed in bulk, radioactive material are compounded, pesticides and certain acids are manufactured, and hazardous waste is treated or stored as the establishment’s principle activity;
   (B)   Automobile salvage and wrecking operations, and industrial metal and waste salvage operations and junkyards not less than 100 feet from any non-I District and 1,000 feet from any state or federal highway enclosed on all sides with natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means, a minimum of eight feet high from grade for the entire border of the operation. In addition, operations within 1,000 feet of a federal or state highway system, screening by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system is required where feasible. No pile of scrap, salvage, or other material shall be higher than the fence or screening measured from grade to the fence or the screening’s lowest point, and measured from grade to the scrap or salvaged materials highest point;
   (C)   Asphalt plant;
   (D)   Aviation facilities, private and public;
   (E)   Battery energy storage system (BESS);
   (F)   Commercial solar energy facility;
   (G)   Commercial wind energy facility;
   (H)   Landfill, construction debris, rubble, or sanitary;
   (I)   Large wind energy system;
   (J)   Recycling centers and stations;
   (K)   Resource extraction;
   (L)   Scrap and salvage services;
   (M)   Shooting range;
   (N)   Transfer station for waste;
   (O)   Disposal or storage of toxic waste;
   (P)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent; and
   (Q)   Adult regulated uses subject to § 154.053.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.469 PROHIBITED USES.
   The following are prohibited uses in the I-2 District: Any prohibited use in an I-1 District, except auto salvage yard.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
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