Village of New Haven, MI Article XIV LI Light Industrial District

§ 515-60 Intent.

The Light Industrial District is intended to accommodate light industrial, warehousing, and similar uses where the external impacts are restricted to the site. Development is intended to be limited to uses that can be carried out in an unobtrusive and compatible manner with surrounding residential or commercial areas. Industrial development is encouraged as an essential ingredient of economic development in the community subject to reasonable provisions set forth to avoid or limit air, noise, visual pollution and traffic congestion.

§ 515-61 Principal permitted uses.

In the Light Industrial District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following uses when carried out entirely within an enclosed building:

A. Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments or precision devices, radios, phonographs (including the manufacture of parts), musical instruments, toys, novelties, sporting goods, and photographic equipment.

B. Cold storage, warehousing and distribution uses, and similar businesses involved in the receipt, storage, sales, and delivery of remanufactured products.

C. Commercial indoor recreation (see standards in § 515-132) and outdoor recreation (see standards in § 515-133).

D. Commercial greenhouses/nurseries (see standards in § 515-131).

E. Drive-in theaters.

F. General and special trade contractors.

G. General, sales, service and professional offices.

H. Kennels.

I. Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, treatment, or fabrication of such products as bakery goods, candy, ceramics, cosmetics, clothing, electrical and electronic equipment, jewelry, instruments, optical goods, pharmaceutical, toiletries, hardware, cutlery and pottery, and similar material.

J. Medical offices, clinics (excluding hospitals), and research facilities including accessory laboratories.

K. Meeting halls for union, trade or similar organizations.

L. Offices of an engineering, drafting, architectural, electrical, plumbing or industrial design firm.

M. Public buildings with outdoor storage yard (see standards in § 515-154).

N. Public parks.

O. Research, experimental, film or testing laboratories.

P. Restaurants.

Q. Self (mini) storage facilities (see standards in § 515-164).

R. Transit and passenger transportation facilities and trucking terminals (see standards in § 515-148).

S. Veterinary hospitals, clinics.

T. Uses similar to the above, when located and arranged according to a plan demonstrating compatibility with other permitted uses in the district.

§ 515-62 Special land uses.

The following special land uses may be permitted only after review and approval by the Planning Commission, subject to the requirements and standards of Article XX and the submission of a site plan conforming with the requirements of § 515-100:

A. Agricultural implement sales and service facilities (§ 515-124).

B. Central dry cleaning plants (§ 515-129).

C. Drive-through facilities (§ 515-136).

D. Hospitals (§ 515-143).

E. Outdoor storage yards for contractors' equipment, vehicles and materials but excluding salvage, junk, recycling, reclamation or scrap yards (§ 515-152).

F. Retail uses which have an industrial character in terms of either their outdoor storage requirements or activities, including a lumberyard, home center, or building materials outlet, wholesaler of food, machinery and other materials (§ 515-152).

G. Tool, die, gauge, metal plating and machine shops (§ 515-158).

H. Utility structures (§ 515-159) and wireless communication facilities (§ 515-130).

I. Vehicle convenience stations (§ 515-160), vehicle wash facilities (§ 515-163), vehicle repair garages (§ 515-161), and vehicle service centers (§ 515-162).

J. Uses which the Planning Commission determines are similar to and compatible with the intent of this section and the special land uses in Article XX.

§ 515-63 Accessory structures and uses.

Accessory buildings, structures and uses shall be permitted in accordance with § 515-78, including accessory outdoor storage which conforms with the provisions of § 515-152 (special approval not required).

§ 515-64 Development regulations.

All uses within the LI District shall comply with the following required conditions:

A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, all uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building.

B. Outdoor storage is permitted which is clearly accessory to the permitted principal use, limited in scale, incidental to the primary indoor use(s) on the site, and completely screened in accordance with § 515-91.

C. No truck well, loading dock or door shall be permitted on or in the wall of the building which faces an abutting residential district, and only pedestrian exits or emergency doors shall be allowed on such wall. All loading/unloading docks and truck wells shall be placed on or in the wall of the building that is opposite the boundary of the residential district or on the wall that lies approximately at a 90° angle to the residential district boundary. If such door, truck well and/or dock faces the front street, then such dock, truck well or door shall be recessed by not less than 60 feet from the front wall of the building in order to provide that a truck tractor and trailer shall not, when in place for loading or unloading at the dock or well, project past the front wall of the building. Also, the site plan and driveways shall be designed in such a manner to discourage truck access to that portion of the lot or site that is adjacent to a residential district.

D. Waste materials of any sort shall be screened from public view by a masonry wall and shall be consolidated in a defined dumpster/trash receptacle area in conformance with § 515-91K(1).

E. Exterior site lighting shall be in accordance with § 515-90G. In addition, where a building wall faces an abutting residential district there shall be no floodlighting of such facade. This shall not preclude the lighting of doorways on such facades.

F. For all uses permitted in the LI District there shall be a finding by the Planning Commission that:

(1) The scale, size, building design, facade materials, landscaping and activity of the use is such that current and future adjacent residential uses will be protected from any adverse impacts.

(2) The intended truck delivery service can be effectively handled without long-term truck parking on site.

(3) The lighting, noise, vibration, odor and other possible impacts are in compliance with standards and intent of this article and performance standards of § 515-90.

(4) The storage and/or use of any volatile, flammable or other materials shall be fully identified in the application and shall comply with any Village ordinances regarding toxic or hazardous materials.

G. All uses in this district require site plan review and approval. Site plans shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements of § 515-100 of this chapter and shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission prior to issuance of a building permit.

H. See Article XVIII, General Provisions, relating to off-street parking, off-street parking layout, landscaping and screening requirements and other sections of the article as they relate to uses permitted in the district.

I. Except where otherwise regulated in this article, refer to Article XVII, Schedule of District Regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot by permitted land use, the minimum yard setback requirements and development options.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: The Schedule of District Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.

J. No required front yard space in any LI Light Industrial District shall be used for the storage or parking of vehicles or any other materials or equipment.

K. Prohibited use of open areas: No machinery, equipment, vehicles, or other materials shall be stored or parked unless in full accordance with the Village of New Haven Nuisance Ordinance.