(a) BATCH PLANT. A temporary or permanent facility for the production and manufacture of asphalt or concrete.
(b) BOTTLING WORKS. A manufacturing facility designed to place a product into a bottle for distribution.
(c) BULK STORAGE TERMINAL. Any facility engaged in the wholesale distribution, and storage in excess of 50,000 gallons, of petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas and other chemicals, from bulk liquid storage tanks.
(d) CLEANING AND DYEING; DRY CLEANING PLANT. An industrial facility where fabrics are cleaned with substantially non-aqueous organic solvents. Also see CLEANING AND DYEING, SMALL PLANT AND PICKUP, Appendix B, § 6r.
(e) CLOTHING MANUFACTURE OR LIGHT COMPOUNDING OR FABRICATION. Includes the manufacture of jewelry, trimming decorations and any similar item not involving the generation of noise, odor, vibration, dust or hazard.
(f) CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. Any premises used for the storage, accumulation, stocking or depositing of materials, tools, products or equipment on a temporary or permanent basis for eventual use or sale by an electrician, plumber, carpenter or any other type of building, construction or manufacturing trade, provided that such activities are conducted completely within an enclosed building and provided that the temporary or overnight on-premises parking of motor vehicles and outside storage of equipment or materials for eventual use or sale shall be allowed as an accessory use.
(g) CONTRACTOR STORAGE YARD. Any premises where the principal use is for the outside storage, accumulation, stocking or depositing of materials, tools, products, equipment or vehicles on a temporary or permanent basis for eventual use or sale by an electrician, plumber, carpenter or any other type of building, construction or manufacturing trade.
(h) GENERAL COMMERCIAL PLANT. An establishment other than a personal service shop for the treatment and/or processing of products as a service on a for-profit basis including but not limited to newspaper printing, laundry plant or cleaning and dyeing plant.
(i) GENERAL MANUFACTURING. Manufacturing of finished products and component products or parts from the transformation treatment or processing of materials or substances, including basic industrial processing. Such operations must meet the performance standards, bulk controls and other requirements in this chapter.
(1) Acid manufacture;
(2) Ammonia manufacture;
(3) Carbon black manufacture;
(4) Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture;
(5) Chlorine manufacture;
(6) Cotton gin or compress;
(7) Explosives storage or manufacture;
(8) Glue and fertilizer manufacture;
(9) Petroleum and petroleum, products refining and manufacture;
(10) Petroleum tank, farm;
(11) Petrochemical plant;
(12) Rendering plant;
(13) Tanning, curing, treating or storage of skins of hides;
(14) Wrecking yard or salvage yard; and
(15) Any use which, due to the possible emission of excessive smoke, noise, gas, fumes, dust, odor or vibration, or danger of explosion or fire is presently, or in the future determined a hazard and subject to special control.
(k) INDUSTRIAL PARK. A large tract of land that has been planned, developed and operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial uses, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics and compatibility.
(l) JUNK OR SALVAGE YARD. A lot upon which waste or scrap materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, packed, disassembled or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and bottles. A JUNK YARD includes an automobile wrecking yard and automobile parts yard. A JUNK YARD does not include such uses conducted, entirely within an enclosed building. Also see METAL DEALER, SECONDHAND, Appendix B, § 6hh.
(m) LIGHT MANUFACTURE OR INDUSTRIAL AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE. Light manufacturing processes which do not emit detectable dust, odor, smoke, gas or fumes beyond the bounding property lines of the lot or tract upon which the use is located and which do not generate noise or vibration at the boundary of the LI District which is generally perceptible in frequency or pressure above the ambient level of noise in the adjacent areas and including, but not limited to, such uses as:
(1) Woodworking and planing mill with dust and noise control;
(2) Textile manufacture with dust and odor control;
(3) Ceramic and pottery manufacture with dust, odor, and fume control;
(4) Plastic products manufacture with dust and fume control;
(5) Paint, oil, shellac and lacquer manufacture when hoods and fume destructors are used in the cooking process;
(6) Grain processing with hoods, dust and odor controls;
(7) Electroplating or battery making with acid, fume and odor controls; and
(8) Manufacturing or industrial operations of any type which meet the general conditions set forth above and which are not offensive by the reason of the emission of noise, odor, smoke, gas, fumes, dust, glare or the creation of a hazard, but specifically excluding the uses listed in Appendix A
, § 7j.
(n) MINI-STORAGE WAREHOUSE; SELF-STORAGE WAREHOUSE. Small individual storage units for rent or lease, restricted solely to the storage of items with separate access to individual storage units by persons renting the individual units. The conduct of sales, business or any other activity within the individual storage units, other than storage, shall be prohibited.
(o) MOBILE COLLECTION CENTER FOR SECONDHAND GOODS. A truck, van, trailer or other vehicle used solely for the collection, sorting and/or temporary storage of used clothing, furniture and appliances which will be distributed to persons or other processing centers for secondhand goods.
(p) RECYCLING CENTER. A facility or establishment used for, or involved in, the collecting, storage, sorting, crushing, breaking up, shredding, compacting, baling, palletizing or wholesale distribution of waste or scrap metal cans, glass, paper or plastics. Such facility shall not accept or process motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts or accessories, nonferrous metal scrap, petroleum products or waste, or textile waste.
(q) REDEMPTION CENTER, MOBILE. A truck, van, trailer or other vehicle used solely for the collection, sorting and/or temporary storage of used metal cans, plastic, glass or paper, and for which a cash refund or redeemable coupon may be issued.
(r) Reserved for future use.
(s) STORAGE OR WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE, HEAVY. A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials, containing more than 5,000 square feet of floor space.
(t) STORAGE OR WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE, LIGHT. A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials; containing less than 5,000 square feet of floor space.
(Ord. passed 4-4-2000; Ord. 2006-1207, passed 12-7-2006)