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Editor's note: Ordinance No. 1019, § 5, enacted Nov. 13, 1989, amended App. B by amending in its entirety Art. XV, Heavy Industrial Districts. Prior to said amendment, Art. XV, §§ 1500, 1501, was derived from the following ordinances: Ord. No. 478, § 1, 2-21-1966; Ord. No. 840, § 1, 9-8-1950; Ord. No. 852, § 1, 5-11-1981; Ord. No. 936, § 6, 7-8-1985; Ord. No. 954, § 1, 11-10-1986; Ord. No. 971, § 1, 6-8-1987; Ord. No. 975, § 1, 8-10-1987.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989]
A building or combination of buildings may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes or a combination of the following purposes:
A. 
Manufacturing of products from aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, iron, steel, tin, zinc or other metals; and from bone, glass, leather, paper, plastic, rubber, shell, wire or wood; or products of the same general character.
B. 
Casting of such products enumerated in Section 1500.A. above.
C. 
Fabrication of carpeting, clothing and clothing accessories, electric and electronic products, flooring, instruments, medical and testing equipment, and fabrication of the same general character.
D. 
Processing of food and beverages, medicine and personal care products, excluding soap, and processing of the same general character.
E. 
Food service or catering; provided, that no food is served to customers on-site.
F. 
Printing of paper, plastic and metal.
G. 
Research, development and testing of new products, laboratories.
H. 
Warehousing and distributing, including storage for personal household, use.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989; Ord. No. 1476, §§ 23, 24, 6-11-2007]
The following accessory uses are permitted when used in conjunction with a principal use or structure:
A. 
Administrative offices of commercial and industrial partnerships, companies or corporations; or offices of a public or quasi-public entity; provided, that:
1. 
No more than twenty-five (25) percent of the total gross floor area on-site shall be devoted to office uses.
2. 
No retail sales shall be permitted on the premises.
B. 
Security watch stations for watchmen or caretakers which may contain sleeping and cooking facilities.
C. 
Cafeteria or canteen for the sole use employees and visitors to the industrial establishment.
D. 
Repair facilities for the maintenance of vehicles used in the operation of the principal use.
E. 
Indoor or outdoor storage for vehicles and equipment used in the operation of the principal use.
F. 
Parking structures pursuant to Article XVII of this Ordinance.
G. 
Signs pursuant to Article XVI of this Ordinance.
H. 
Outdoor storage of supplies, by-products or waste materials as set forth in Section 1914 of this Ordinance.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989; Ord. No. 1355, § 5, 9-10-2001; Ord. No. 1476, § 25, 6-11-2007]
Any of the following uses shall be permitted when authorized as a special exception by the zoning hearing board pursuant to Article XXI of this appendix:
A. 
Administrative offices of commercial and industrial partnerships, companies or corporations; or offices of a public or quasi-public entity in excess of twenty-five (25) percent of the total gross floor area on-site.
B. 
Meat and fish processing and packing.
C. 
Bulk dry cleaning and dyeing facilities.
D. 
Bulk laundry processing.
E. 
Truck terminal.
F. 
Mining, quarrying or removal of natural materials. Mining, quarrying or removal of natural materials shall include minerals, being any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent. The term includes, but is not limited to, limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc ore, vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse, peat and crude oil and natural gas.
G. 
Landfills limited to the disposal of construction and demolition wastes, flyash or slag, provided that such use shall be subject to the restrictions and conditions imposed by Section 3302.A. and Section 3302.B. of this Ordinance; and provided, further, that the operation thereof shall comply with and be approved under all applicable federal, state and local environmental laws.
H. 
Day care or nursery facilities.
I. 
Physical fitness centers.
J. 
Any use of the same general character as any permitted use.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989]
All uses herein which are not permitted uses are prohibited, with the following uses specifically prohibited:
A. 
Sanitary landfill, trash transfer station, waste recycling facility (recycling center), incinerator or other mass-burn facility, resource recovery facility, or any form of municipal solid waste disposal or processing not specifically set forth in this subsection.
B. 
Manufacture, processing or storage of explosives or explosive devices.
C. 
A facility the sole purpose of which is the manufacture, processing or storage of hazardous material.
D. 
Abattoirs, breweries, tanning, leather curing, or storage of raw hides or skins or the rendering of fat.
E. 
Manufacture, processing or storage of fertilizer, soaps, pesticides, wood pulp, disinfectant or industrial gas production or separation.
F. 
Residential uses, except for Section 1501.B. uses.
G. 
Churches, chapels, synagogues or similar houses of worship, convents or monasteries, including rectory or parish houses.
H. 
Retail sales and services.
I. 
Public and private schools.
J. 
Petroleum refining.
K. 
Smelting.
L. 
Coke ovens for the processing of coal.
M. 
Cement manufacturing.
N. 
Any use unable to meet the requirements of Article XXXV of this appendix or which is, or may be, dangerous to the public health, safety, morals or public welfare, or which constitutes a public hazard, whether by fire, radioactivity, explosion or otherwise, or which is noxious or offensive by reason or odor, dust, fumes, smoke, steam, gas, vibration, glare, noise or toxicity.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989]
Any activity or use in the Heavy Industrial District shall comply with the requirements of Article XXXV, Performance Standards.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989; Ord. No. 1476, § 26, 6-11-2007]
A. 
Minimum District Area: Six (6) acres.
B. 
Minimum Lot Area: Two (2) acres.
C. 
Minimum Lot Frontage: Two hundred (200) feet.
D. 
Maximum Building Coverage: Thirty-three and one-third (33 1/3) percent of total lot area.
E. 
Maximum Impervious Surface Coverage: Eighty-five (85) percent of total lot area.
F. 
Minimum Setback Requirements for Buildings:
1. 
Front yard: Fifty (50) feet from any established or ultimate right-of-way.
2. 
Side yard: Fifty (50) feet.
3. 
Rear yard: Fifty (50) feet.
4. 
Residential district: Any setback requirement shall be increased to one hundred (100) feet where the lot abuts a residential district.
G. 
Minimum Setback Requirements for Parking Areas.
1. 
Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet from any established or ultimate right-of-way.
2. 
Side yard: Ten (10) feet.
3. 
Rear yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.
4. 
Residential district: Any setback requirement shall be increased to one hundred (100) feet where the lot abuts a residential district.
H. 
Maximum Height: Sixty (60) feet.
I. 
Green space area requirement: The minimum required green space area on any lot shall not be less than fifteen (15) percent.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989]
Buffering shall be required pursuant to Section 1706 of this ordinance.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989]
Berming shall be required pursuant to Section 1707 of this ordinance.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989]
No loading or unloading area, terminal area or transfer station shall be located in front of the building line except for the drop-off or pickup of passengers.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 5, 11-13-1989]
Off-street parking and loading shall be required pursuant to Article XVII of this ordinance.