(A) Uses permitted and specified in Apartment District, B-1 Business District, C-1 Commercial District, C-2 Commercial District and L-1 Light Industrial District, excluding uses permitted and specified in all Residential Districts.
(B) Additional permitted uses:
(1) Light industrial assembly and production;
(2) Warehouse/distribution facility;
(3) Wholesale facility;
(4) Conference center;
(5) Data processing/call center;
(6) Office uses; and
(7) Government facility (non-office).
(C) Accessory uses traditionally associated with the permitted uses listed, which are secondary to the primary use in area, intent, and/or purpose, and are found on the same parcel as the principle use but are clearly subordinate or incidental, are permitted. Permitted accessory uses shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Parking and temporary storage of trailers;
(2) Outdoor storage of machinery or materials;
(3) Vehicle maintenance facilities; and
(4) Fueling facilities.
(D) When a permitted primary use utilizes outdoor storage of machinery or materials, or similar, as a permitted accessory use, additional buffering and landscaping may be required as determined by town planning staff. Additional buffering shall be considered on a case by case basis and may not apply to the entire site.
(E) Perimeter buffering.
(1) Based on the final proposed use, additional perimeter buffering may be required in order to mitigate any potential negative impacts onto surrounding properties. This buffering will be determined by town planning staff at the time of site development plan and will be specific to the individual project.
(2) When the proposed site abuts a residential zoning classification or use, buffer yards must include a minimum setback of 25 feet in addition to the yard setback otherwise required by the I-1 (Industrial) Zoning District. Additionally, one large deciduous tree (a minimum of two inches in diameter, measured six inches above the root ball, at the time of planting) or two conifer trees must be planted in the buffer yard for every 30 feet of boundary between the subject property and adjoining properties. Buffer yards must also incorporate a six foot tall opaque fence, a row of evergreen trees, or an undulating mound (a minimum of five feet in height) planted with shrubs.
(a) If an undulating mound is used, the slope of the mound must not exceed 3:1 (rise:run). One shrub must be planted for every ten feet of boundary. Shrubs must be a minimum of 18 inches in height (measured from ground level) at the time of planting.
(b) If a row of evergreen trees is used, one tree must be planted for every 20 feet of buffer required. All trees must be a minimum of five feet in height (measured from the root ball) at the time of planting.
(c) A combination of treatments (fencing, mounding, and tree row) may be used to satisfy the requirements of this provision.
(F) Uses expressly not permitted:
(1) Gas manufacture for commercial sale;
(2) Acid manufacture;
(3) Ammonia, bleaching powder, or chlorine manufacture;
(4) Blast furnace;
(5) Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture;
(6) Creosote manufacture;
(7) Distillation of bones, wood or coal;
(8) Dyestuff manufacture;
(9) Explosives or fireworks manufacture or storage;
(10) Fat rendering;
(11) Garbage, offal or dead animals reduction or storage;
(12) Glue or gelatine manufacture;
(13) Petroleum refining;
(14) Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores;
(15) Tar distillation or manufacture; and
(16) Manufacture or industrial operations of any kind which is noxious or offensive more than 200 feet beyond the confines of the premises of building in which such operation is conducted by reason of the emission of smoke, dust, gas, fumes, odors, noise or vibrations.
(Ord. 70-2, passed 5-11-70; Am. Ord. 96-23, passed 12-9-96; Am. Ord. 2013-06, passed 3-11-13; Am. Ord. 2020-21, passed 12-8-20)