The regulations for manufacturing districts are designed to
provide for the establishment of a full range of industrial and allied
activities and to govern their operations in a manner that will not
have a deleterious effect on agricultural, residential and business
areas. It is essential that there be adequate provision for the expansion
and diversification of industry, both those existing today and for
the attraction of new industry. Adequate, well-located industrial
sites and room for expansion of established plants will encourage
industrial growth, and expansion of the County's economic base. It
will also open new opportunities for a variety of employment for its
labor force.
A.
The M-1 Limited Manufacturing District is established to provide
an environment suitable for industrial activities that require a pleasant
and nuisance-free environment and will be compatible with adjacent
residential and business uses.
B.
The M-2 General Manufacturing District is established to accommodate
those industrial activities that have moderate environmental effects
and are located in areas relatively remote from residential and prime
retail development.
[Amended 7-14-1998; 2-9-2000 by Ord. No. 00-03-248]
The following regulations shall apply in the M-1 District:
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted:
(1)
Retail and service uses as follows:
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Animal pounds and shelters
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Automobile laundries
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Automobile service stations, where the retail sale of gasoline
and oil for motor vehicles, including minor services customarily incidental
thereto, may be conducted out-of-doors. Lubrication and washing facilities,
including auto laundries, are permitted only if in a completely enclosed
building.
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Banks and financial institutions
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Battery and tire service stations
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Beverages, nonalcoholic, bottling and distributing
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Contractors' or construction buildings, such as lumber, cement,
electrical, refrigeration, air conditioning, masonry, painting, plumbing,
roofing, heating and ventilating
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Crematories
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Currency exchanges
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Garages and parking lots, other than accessory, and subject to the provisions of Article XII
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Greenhouses
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Ice sales, linen, towel, diaper, and other similar supply services
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Restaurants, including the sale of liquor in conjunction therewith
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Taverns
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Trade schools
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(2)
Any production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair
or storage of materials, goods or products, except those uses involving
the storage, utilization or manufacture of materials or products which
decompose by detonation, which conform with the performance standards
set forth below, and which shall not be injurious or offensive to
the occupants of adjacent premises by reason of the emission of or
creation of noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter,
toxic or noxious materials, odors, fire or explosive hazards, or glare
or heat, which uses are permitted as follows:
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Agricultural buildings and structures
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Advertising displays
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Apparel and other products manufactured from textiles
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Automobile laundries
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Automobile and truck repair, including body repair and repainting
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Automobile painting, upholstering, repairing, reconditioning,
and body and fender repairing, when done within the confines of a
structure
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Bakeries
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Blacksmith shops
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Books, hand binding and tooling
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Bottling works, nonalcoholic
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Brushes and brooms
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Building equipment, building materials, lumber, coal, sand and
gravel yards, and yards for contracting equipment of public agencies,
or public utilities or materials or equipment of similar nature
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Cameras and other photographic equipment and supplies
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Canning and preserving
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Canvas and canvas products
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Carpet and rug cleaning
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Carting, express hauling or storage yards
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Cement block manufacture
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Ceramic products, such as pottery and small glazed tile
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Cleaning and dyeing establishments
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Clothing
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Cosmetics and toiletries
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Creameries and dairies
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Dentures
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Drugs
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Electrical appliances, such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans,
toasters and electric toys
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Electrical equipment assembly, such as home radio and television
receivers and home movie equipment, but not including electrical machinery
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Electrical supplies, manufacturing and assembly of, such as
wire and cable assembly, switches, lamps, insulation and dry cell
batteries
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Food products, processing and combining of, baking, boiling,
canning, cooking, dehydrating, freezing, frying, grinding, mixing
and pressing, but not including abattoirs and slaughterhouses
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Fur goods, but not including tanning and dyeing
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Glass products, from previously manufactured glass
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Hair, felt and feather products (except washing, curing and
dyeing)
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Hat bodies of fur and wool felt
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Hosiery
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Ice, dry and natural
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Ink mixing and packaging and inked ribbons
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Insecticides
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Jewelry
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Laboratories, medical, dental, research, experimental, and testing,
provided there is no danger from fire or explosion or offensive noise,
vibration, smoke, dust odors, heat, glare or other objectionable influences
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Laundries
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Leather products, including shoes and machine belting
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Luggage
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Machine shops for tool, die and pattern making
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Metal finishing, plating, grinding, sharpening, polishing, cleaning,
rust-proofing, and heat treatment
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Metal stamping and extrusion of small products, such as costume
jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons and
kitchen utensils
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Musical instruments
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Orthopedic and medical appliances, such as artificial limbs,
braces, supports and stretchers
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Packing and crating
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Paper products, small, such as envelopes and stationery, bags,
boxes, tubes and wallpaper printing
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Perfumes and cosmetics
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Pharmaceutical products, compounding only
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Plastic products, but not including the processing of the raw
materials
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Poultry and rabbits, slaughtering
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Precision instruments, such as optical, medical and drafting
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Products from finished materials, including plastic, bone, cork,
feathers, felt, fibre, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, precious
and semiprecious stones, rubber, shell or yarn
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Printing and newspaper publishing, including engraving and photoengraving
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Public utility electric substations and distribution centers,
gas regulation centers, and underground gas holder stations
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Railroad rights-of-way and trackage, but not including classification
yards, roundhouses and other similar uses
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Railroad passenger depots
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Repair of household or office machinery or equipment
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Rubber products, small, and synthetic treated fabrics (excluding
all rubber and synthetic processing), such as washers, gloves, footwear,
bathing caps and atomizers
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Silverware, plate and sterling
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Soap and detergents, packaging only
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Soldering and welding
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Sporting and athletic equipment, such as balls, baskets, cues,
gloves, bats, racquets and rods
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Statuary, mannequins, figurines, and religious and church art
goods, excluding foundry operations
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Storage of household goods
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Storage and sale of trailers, farm implements and other similar
equipment on an open lot
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Storage of flammable liquids, fats or oils, but only after the
location and protective measures have been approved by local governing
officials
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Textiles, spinning, weaving, manufacturing, dyeing, printing,
knit goods, yarn, thread and cordage, but not including textile bleaching
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Tobacco curing and manufacturing, and tobacco products
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Tool and die shops
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Tools and hardware, such as bolts, nuts, and screws, doorknobs,
drills, hand tools and cutlery, hinges, house hardware, locks, nonferrous
metal castings and plumbing appliances
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Towing service with temporary storage of not more than 30 vehicles
for no more than 90 days. Must have a solid eight-foot fence in place
to obscure view of the vehicles towed.
[Added 12-15-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-12-2326] | |
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Toys
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Truck, tractor, trailer or bus storage yards, but not including
a motor freight terminal
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Umbrellas
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Upholstering (bulk), including mattress manufacturing, rebuilding
and renovating
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Vehicles, children's, such as bicycles, scooters, wagons and
baby carriages
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Watches
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Wood products, such as furniture, boxes, crates, baskets and
pencils and cooperage works
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Any other manufacturing establishments that can be operated
in compliance with the performance standards listed below without
creating objectionable noise, odor, dust, smoke, gas, fumes, and vapor;
and that are a use compatible with the use and occupancy of adjoining
properties
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(3)
Wholesaling and warehousing: local cartage and express facilities
(but not including motor freight terminals).
(4)
Public and community service uses as follows:
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Bus terminals, bus turnarounds, bus garages, bus lots, street
railway terminals or street car houses
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Electric substations
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Fire stations
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Municipal or privately owned recreation buildings or community
centers
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Police stations
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Publicly controlled parks, forest preserves, conservation areas
and recreation areas, including trails
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Sewage treatment plants
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Telephone exchanges and coin telephones, outdoor
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Water filtration plants
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Water pumping stations
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Water reservoirs
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(5)
Residential uses as follows: dwelling units for watchmen and their
families when located on the premises where they are employed in such
capacity.
D.
Conditions of uses. All permitted uses are subject to the following
conditions:
(1)
Any production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing and repair
or storage of goods, materials or products shall conform with the
performance standards set forth below.
(2)
All business, production, servicing and processing shall take place
within completely enclosed buildings unless otherwise specified. Within
150 feet of a residence district, all storage shall be in completely
enclosed buildings or structures, and storage located elsewhere in
this district may be open to the sky but shall be enclosed by solid
walls or fences (including solid doors or gates thereto) at least
eight feet high, but in no case lower in height than the enclosed
storage, and shall be suitably landscaped.
E.
Yard areas. No building or structure shall hereafter be erected or
structurally altered unless the following yards are provided and maintained
in connection with such buildings:
(1)
Front yard. On every zoning lot there shall be provided and maintained
a front yard in accordance with the following requirements:
(a)
Primary thoroughfares: 50 feet from the property line or 80
feet from the center line of the right-of-way, whichever distance
is greater.
(b)
Collector thoroughfares: 50 feet from the property line or 70
feet from the center line of the right-of-way, whichever distance
is greater.
(c)
All other streets: 50 feet from the property line or 60 feet
from the center line of the right-of-way, whichever distance is greater.
(2)
Side yards. On every zoning lot a side yard shall be provided along
each side lot line. Each side yard shall not be less in width than
10% of the lot width, but need not exceed 20 feet in width, except
that a side yard along a street shall conform to the requirements
for front yards as set forth above.
(3)
Rear yard. On every zoning lot there shall be a rear yard of not
less than 30 feet; except where a use in the M-1 District is adjacent
to a residence district, a rear yard shall be provided and maintained
of not less than 50 feet.
F.
Maximum floor area ratio. The maximum floor area ratio shall not
exceed 1.5.
G.
Performance standards. Any use established in M-1 Limited Manufacturing
District after the effective date of this comprehensive amendment
shall be so operated as to comply with the performance standards set
forth hereinafter. No use lawfully established on the effective date
of this comprehensive amendment shall be so altered or modified as
to conflict with, or further conflict with, the performance standards
established hereinafter for the M-1 District.
(1)
Noise.
(a)
Sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated
octave band filter manufactured according to standards prescribed
by the American National Standards Institute. Measurements shall be
made using the flat network of the sound level meter. Impulsive-type
noises shall be capable of being accurately measured with such equipment.
Noises capable of being so measured, for the purpose of this comprehensive
amendment, shall be those noises which cause rapid fluctuation of
the needle of the sound level meter with a variation of not more than
plus or minus two decibels. Noises incapable of being so measured,
such as those of an irregular and intermittent nature, shall be controlled
so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.
(b)
In the M-1 District, at no point on the boundary of a residence or
business district shall the sound pressure level of any operation
or plant (other than background noises produced by sources not under
the control of this chapter, such as the operation of motor vehicles
or other transportation facilities) exceed the decibel limits in the
octave bands designated below:
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Octave Band Frequency
(cycles per second)
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Maximum Permitted Sound Level Along Residence District
Boundaries
(in decibels)
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Maximum Permitted Sound Level Along Business District
Boundaries
(in decibels)
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0 to 75
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72
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79
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75 to 150
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67
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74
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150 to 300
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59
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66
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300 to 600
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52
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59
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600 to 1,200
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46
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53
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1,200 to 2,400
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40
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47
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2,400 to 4,800
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34
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41
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Above 4,800
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32
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39
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(2)
Vibration. In the M-1 District, any industrial operation or activity
which shall cause at any time and at any point along the nearest adjacent
lot lines earthborne vibrations (other than background vibrations
produced by some source not under control of this chapter, such as
the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities)
in excess of the limits set forth in Column 1 is prohibited. In addition,
any industrial operation or activity which shall cause at any time
and at any point along a residence district boundary line earthborne
vibrations in excess of the limits set forth in Column 2 is prohibited.
Vibrations shall be expressed as displacement in inches and shall
be measured with a three-component measuring system approved by the
Zoning Administrator.
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Frequency
(cycles per second)
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1*
Displacement
(inches)
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2*
Displacement
(inches)
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0 to 10
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0.0008
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0.0004
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10 to 20
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0.0005
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0.0002
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20 to 30
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0.0002
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0.0001
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30 to 40
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0.0002
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0.0001
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40 and Over
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0.0001
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0.0001
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Notes:
* Steady-state vibrations, for the purpose of this chapter,
are continuous or, if in discrete pulses, are more frequent than 100
per minute. Impact vibration, that is, discrete pulses which do not
exceed 100 impulses per minute, shall not cause in excess of twice
the displacements stipulated.
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(3)
Smoke and particulate matter.
(a)
In the M-1 District, the emission of more than 20 smoke units
per hour per stack is prohibited, including smoke of a density in
excess of Ringelmann No. 2. However, once during any six-hour period
each stack may emit up to 35 smoke units, not to exceed Ringelmann
No. 2, when blowing soot or cleaning fires. Only during a fire-cleaning
period, however, shall smoke Ringelmann No. 3 be permitted, and then
for not more than four minutes per period.
(b)
The rate of emission of particulate matter from all sources
within the boundaries of any lot shall not exceed a net figure of
one pound per acre of lot area during any one hour, after deducting
from the gross hourly emission per acre the correction factor set
forth in the following table:
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Allowance for Height of Emission*
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Height of Emission Above Grade
(feet)
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Correction
(pounds per hour per acre)
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50
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0.01
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100
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0.06
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150
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0.10
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200
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0.16
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300
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0.30
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400
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0.50
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Notes:
* Interpolate for intermediate values not shown in table.
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(c)
Determination of the total net rate of emission of particulate
matter within the boundaries of any lot shall be made as follows:
[1]
Determine the maximum emission in pounds per hour from each
source of emission and divide this figure by the number of acres of
lot area, thereby obtaining the gross hourly rate of emission in pounds
per acre.
[2]
From each gross hourly rate of emission derived in Subsection G(3)(c)[1] above, deduct the correction factor (interpolating as required) for height in emission set forth in the table, thereby obtaining the net rate of emission in pounds per acre per hour from each source of emission.
[3]
Add together the individual net rates of emission derived in Subsection G(3)(c)[2] above to obtain the total net rate of emission from all sources of emission within the boundaries of the lot. Such total shall not exceed one pound per acre of lot area during any one hour.
(4)
Additional regulations.
(a)
In addition to the performance standards specified hereinafter,
the emission of smoke or particulate matter in such manner or quantity
as to be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort
or welfare is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall henceforth
be unlawful.
(b)
For the purpose of grading the density of smoke, the Ringelmann
Chart, published and used by the United States Bureau of Mines, shall
be employed. The emission of smoke or particulate matter of a density
greater than No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart is prohibited at all times,
except as otherwise provided herein.
(c)
The emission from all sources within any lot area of particulate
matter containing more than 10% by weight of particles having a particle
diameter larger than 44 microns is prohibited.
(5)
Toxic matter. No activity or operation shall cause, at any time,
the discharge of toxic matter across lot lines in such concentrations
as to be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort
or welfare, or cause injury or damage to property or business.
(6)
Noxious and odorous matter. In the M-1 Districts, no activity or
operation shall cause at any time the discharge of matter across lot
lines in such concentration as to be noxious. The emission of matter
in such quantities as to be readily detectable as an odor at any point
along lot lines is prohibited.
(7)
Fire and explosive hazards.
(a)
The storage, utilization or manufacture of solid materials or
products ranging from incombustible to moderate burning is permitted.
(b)
The storage, utilization or manufacture of solid materials or
products ranging from free or active burning to intense burning is
permitted, provided the following condition is met:
[1]
Said materials or products shall be stored, utilized or manufactured
within completely enclosed buildings having incombustible exterior
walls and protected throughout by an automatic fire extinguishing
system.
(c)
The storage, utilization or manufacture of flammable liquids
or materials (Note: When flammable gases are stored, utilized or manufactured
and measured in cubic feet, the quantity in cubic feet (at STP) permitted
shall not exceed 300 times the quantities as listed above.) which
produce flammable or explosive vapors or gases shall be permitted
in accordance with the following table, exclusive of storage of finished
products in original sealed containers, which shall be unrestricted:
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Total Capacity of Flammable Materials Permitted
(in gallons)
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Above Ground
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Underground
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Industries engaged in storage only:
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Materials having a closed cup flash point over 187° F.
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Prohibited
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100,000
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Materials having a closed cup flash point from and including
105° F. to and including 187° F.
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Prohibited
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100,000
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Materials having a closed cup flash point of less than 105°
F.
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Prohibited
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100,000
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Industries engaged in utilization and manufacture of flammable
materials:
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Materials having a closed cup flash point over 187° F.
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50,000
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100,000
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Materials having a closed cup flash point from and including
105° F. to and including 187° F.
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20,000
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100,000
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Materials having a closed cup flash point of less than 105°
F.
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5,000
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100,000
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(8)
Glare and heat. Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall
be performed within a completely enclosed building in such manner
as not to create a public nuisance or hazard along lot lines. Exposed
sources of light shall be shielded so as not to create a nuisance
across lot lines.
The following regulations shall apply in the M-2 District:
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted:
(1)
Any use permitted in the M-1 District.
(2)
Production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing and repair,
including the following uses and manufacturing of the following products:
[Amended 4-13-1976]
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Abrasive manufacturing
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Asphalt and asphalt products
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Boiler maker
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Bottled gas
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Chemicals, including acetylene, aniline dyes, ammonia, carbide,
caustic soda, cellulose, chlorine, carbon black and bone black, cleaning
and polishing preparations, creosote, exterminating agents, hydrogen
and oxygen, industrial alcohol, nitrating of cotton or other materials,
nitrates (manufactured or natural) of an explosive nature, potash,
plastic materials and synthetic resins, pyroxylin, rayon yarn, hydrochloric,
picric and sulphuric acids and derivatives
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Coal, coke and tar products, including gas manufacturing
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Electrical central station, power- and steam-generating plants
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Fertilizers
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Film, photographic
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Flour, feed and grain, milling and processing
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Forges
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Foundries
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Furniture, metal
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Gas manufacturing
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Gelatin, glue and size, animal
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Glass bottles
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Glass products
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Incineration or reduction of garbage, offal and dead animals
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Lamp black
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Linoleum and oil cloth
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Linseed cake manufacturing
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Linseed meal manufacturing
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Locomotive manufacturing
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Magnesium foundries
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Matches
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Metal and metal ores (except precious and rare metals), reduction,
refining, smelting, and alloying
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Metal tile
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Paint, lacquer, shellac, varnishes, linseed oil and turpentine
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Petroleum products, refining, such as gasoline, kerosene, naphtha,
lubricating oil and liquefied petroleum gases
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Planing mills
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Plastic products
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Power sawmills
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Railroad houses, railroad shops and railroad car manufacturing
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Ready-mix cement plants
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Rod mills
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Rolling mills
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Roofing materials
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Rubber (synthetic or natural)
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Soaps, including fat and oil rendering
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Stamping mills
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Starch
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Steel fabrication
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Stockyards, slaughterhouses and abattoirs
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Storage batteries
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Storage, scrap metal
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Structural iron works
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Stoveboards
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Tire manufacturing
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Wood, coal and bones, distillation
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Wood pulp and fiber, reduction and processing, including paper
mill operations
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Any other production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing
and repair which conforms to the requirements of this chapter and
all other ordinances of Stephenson County, Illinois
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(3)
Storage, including the following uses and materials or products:
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Goods used in or produced by manufacturing activities permitted
in this district
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Dumps and slag piles
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Explosives
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Grain
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Manure, peat and topsoil
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Petroleum and petroleum products
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(4)
Miscellaneous uses, as follows: railroad freight terminals, motor
freight terminals, railroad switching and classification yards, repair
shops and roundhouses.
C.
Conditions of use. Permitted uses are subject to the following conditions:
(1)
No production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair or
storage of goods, materials or products shall be hazardous or detrimental
to nearby property, or adversely affect the health or safety of the
occupants thereof, by reason of the emission of odor, dust, gas fumes,
smoke, noise, vibration, or waste material.
(2)
Within 100 feet of a residence district, production, processing, servicing and fabrication shall take place or be within completely enclosed buildings or structures unless otherwise specified. All exterior storage within 150 feet of a residence district shall be enclosed with a solid wall or fence to a height of such stored materials. Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities may be unenclosed except for such screening and improvements as may be required under the provisions of Article XII.
D.
Yard areas. All yard areas shall be the same as required in the M-1
Limited Manufacturing District.
E.
Maximum floor area ratio. The maximum floor area ratio shall not
exceed three.
