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St. Charles County, MO
 
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[Ord. No. 99-99 §1, 7-12-1999; Ord. No. 01-054 §1, 4-25-2001; Ord. No. 03-142 §1(31), 10-1-2003; Ord. No. 05-029 §1, 3-29-2005; Ord. No. 05-061 §2, 6-1-2005; Ord. No. 07-113 §1, 8-28-2007; Ord. No. 10-041 §13, 6-2-2010]
A. 
Statement Of Intent. The intent of this district is to provide for locations with a variety of less-intense industrial, warehouse, and wholesale operations. Such an establishment in this district is relatively free of objectionable influence in its operation and appearance. Industrial work, in which the finished product is generally produced from semi-finished material, applies to this district.
B. 
Permissive Uses.
1. 
Any permissive use or conditional use of the "C2" General Commercial District, except automobile, boat, truck, mobile home, manufactured home, modular home, recreational vehicle sales, rental and leasing (new and used); farm machinery and equipment, sales, and repair; landscaping contracting services; construction equipment and heavy machinery (new and used): sales, lease, rental, repair and storage; dwellings, unless to be for and occupied by: a watchperson, attendant, guard or other personnel who customarily resides on the premises; temporary fireworks stands; or broadcast facilities and telecommunication facilities.
[Ord. No. 16-032 §2, 5-9-2016]
2. 
Broadcast facility of one hundred fifty (150) feet or less in height, provided that the distance from the center of the tower base to the nearest "A" (Agricultural) or "R" (Residential) District property line shall not be less than the height of the tower.
3. 
Baking plant, with baked goods not sold on premise.
4. 
Bottling works and food packaging.
5. 
Brewery.
6. 
Cabinet, carpentry, pattern shop, planing mill, and woodworking plant.
7. 
Chemical laboratory not producing noxious fumes or odor.
8. 
Commercial and industrial machinery, equipment, and supplies, sales, and service.
9. 
Distillery (facility that produces alcoholic drinks for human consumption).[1]
[1]
On April 16, 2010, pursuant to Section 405.070, the Director of the Division of Planning and Zoning added the following use to Subsection 405.170(B)'s list of permissive uses in "I1" Light Industrial District: Distillery.
10. 
Docks, piers, and wharves, and equipment and structure incidental to river barge traffic.
11. 
Grain elevator and flour mill.
12. 
Laundry or dry cleaning plant.
13. 
Machine shop, electroplating, photoengraving, plumbing and sheet metal shop, and other similar uses.
14. 
Manufacturing or processing of articles, materials, and products, except those uses permitted in Section 405.175.
15. 
Masonry and stonework operation.
16. 
Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 19-061 also renumbered Subsections within this Subsection (B) to accommodate these additions and remove reserved Subsections.
17. 
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
18. 
Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
19. 
Medical Marijuana Testing Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
20. 
Medical Marijuana Transportation Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
21. 
Monument and marble work.
22. 
Pet crematories.
23. 
Railroad switching yard, railroad terminal, freight yard, and facility.
24. 
School for industrial training, trade or business.
25. 
Sewage treatment plants and water supply plants.
26. 
Sexually oriented business.
27. 
Telecommunication tower as regulated in Part 3, Article VIII, Section 405.505.
28. 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above.
C. 
Conditional Uses.
[Ord. No. 16-032 §2, 5-9-2016]
1. 
Automobile, boat, truck, mobile home, manufactured home, modular home, recreational vehicle sales, rental and leasing (new and used) or storage lots.
2. 
Broadcast facility in excess of one hundred fifty (150) feet in height, provided that the distance from the center of the tower base to the nearest "A" (Agricultural) or "R" (Residential) District property line shall not be less than the height of the tower.
3. 
Centralized yard waste composting facility, with conditions regulated in Part 4, Section 405.520, Development Standards for Certain Conditional Uses.
4. 
Construction equipment and heavy machinery (new and used): sales, lease, rental, repair and storage.
5. 
Farm machinery and equipment, sales, and repair.
6. 
Houseboats.
7. 
Landscaping contracting services.
8. 
Race track for vehicles or animals, including go-cart race track.
9. 
Recycling center, with conditions regulated in Part 4, Section 405.520, Development Standards for Certain Conditional Uses.
10. 
Redi-mix concrete operation and batch plant, if product is to be used off-site.
11. 
Resource recovery facility, with conditions regulated in Part 4, Section 405.520, Development Standards for Certain Conditional Uses.
12. 
Sales area and bulk storage yard or warehouse for such material as: asphalt, brick, building material, cement, coal, cotton, feed, fertilizer, fuel, grain, gravel, grease, hay, ice, lead, lime, lumber, metal, oil, plaster, roofing, rope, sand, stone, tar, tarred or creosoted product, terracotta, timber, tobacco leaf and tobacco product, wood, and wool.
13. 
Single-family/single household dwellings and manufactured homes and modular structures utilized as a dwelling, with conditions regulated in Part 4, Section 405.520, Development Standards for Certain Conditional Uses.
14. 
Storage area and storage yard for cable television operation, well-drilling contractors' supplies, asphalt and concrete paving firm, and contractors' heavy construction equipment, including excavating and grading equipment.
15. 
Telecommunication tower and telecommunication farm as regulated in Part 3, Article VIII, Section 405.505.
16. 
Temporary fireworks stand.
17. 
Trash transfer station, with conditions regulated in Part 4, Section 405.520, Development Standards for Certain Conditional Uses.
18. 
Vehicle impound facility, provided that vehicles are stored in a building or enclosed within an eight (8) foot sightproof fence.
D. 
Height, Area And Lot Requirements.
1. 
Maximum height. Sixty (60) feet.
2. 
Minimum front yard. Thirty-five (35) feet.
3. 
Minimum side yard. Zero (0) feet where a side yard adjoins a property within an "I" Industrial zoning district; or ten (10) feet.
[Ord. No. 18-010 § 4, 1-29-2018]
4. 
Minimum rear yard. Zero (0) feet where a rear yard adjoins a property within an "I" Industrial zoning district; or fifteen (15) feet.
[Ord. No. 18-010 § 4, 1-29-2018]
5. 
Minimum lot width. None.
6. 
Minimum lot area. None (except seven thousand (7,000) square feet for residential).
7. 
Minimum dwelling size (living space). One thousand (1,000) square feet.
E. 
Additional Requirements. See Part 3, Article I, Section 405.405 et seq.
F. 
Parking, Loading And Sign Regulations. See Part 3, Article II, Section 405.440 et seq. for Parking and Loading Requirements. See Part 3, Article III, Section 405.470 et seq. for Sign Regulations.
G. 
Solid Waste Disposal Screening Regulations. Other than for residential use, all exterior solid waste containers and container racks and stands shall be screened on at least three (3) sides by a six (6) foot solid fence and on the fourth (4th) side by a solid gate constructed of cedar, redwood, masonry or other compatible building material.
[Ord. No. 99-99 §1, 7-12-1999; Ord. No. 01-054 §1, 4-25-2001; Ord. No. 03-142 §1(32), 10-1-2003; Ord. No. 05-029 §1, 3-29-2005; Ord. No. 07-040 §1, 3-13-2007; Ord. No. 10-041 §14, 6-2-2010]
A. 
Statement Of Intent. The intent of this district is to provide for locations with basic heavy manufacturing and primary industrial facilities and related industrial activities. Many of these industries characteristically store bulk quantities of raw or scrap materials for processing to semi-finished or finished products.
B. 
Permissive Uses.
1. 
Any permissive use or conditional use of the "I1" Light Industrial District.
[Ord. No. 16-032 §3, 5-9-2016]
2. 
Acid manufacture.
3. 
Aircraft and space vehicle manufacturing.
4. 
Automobile, truck, motorcycle, and other motor vehicle and related equipment, manufacturing.
5. 
Biological product manufacturing.
6. 
Boat, barge, ship building, and repair service.
7. 
Bottled gas storage facility.
8. 
Chemical manufacturing.
9. 
Clay refractory manufacturing.
10. 
Coal mining.
11. 
Construction, mining, and material handling machinery and equipment, manufacturing.
12. 
Engine and turbine manufacturing.
13. 
Extraction, quarrying or mining of sand, gravel, top soil, or other material.
14. 
Farm machinery and equipment manufacturing.
15. 
Gun, howitzer, and related equipment, not including ammunition manufacturing.
16. 
Hot mix asphalt facility.
17. 
Industrial machinery and equipment manufacturing.
18. 
Lime product manufacturing.
19. 
Manufactured home, modular home, and recreational vehicle manufacturing.
20. 
Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
21. 
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
22. 
Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
23. 
Medical Marijuana Testing Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019]
24. 
Medical Marijuana Transportation Facility as regulated in Chapter 405, Part 3, Article X and Chapter 277, OSCCMo.
[Ord. No. 19-061, 7-29-2019[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 19-061 also renumbered Subsections (B)(20 — 26), which immediately followed as Subsections (B)(25 — 31), respectively.
25. 
Oilcloth, plastic fabric, and vinyl product manufacturing.
26. 
Ornamental iron work manufacturing.
27. 
Paint, varnish, lacquer, enamel, and allied product manufacturing.
28. 
Rubber product, fabricated, manufacturing.
29. 
Steel wire drawing, steel nail and spike, manufacturing.
30. 
Structural metal product manufacturing.
31. 
Tank (military) and tank component, manufacturing.
C. 
Conditional Uses.
1. 
Agricultural chemical and fertilizer manufacturing.
2. 
Ammunition manufacturing and complete assembly of guided missiles.
3. 
Automobile wrecking, car and part storage, and sales.
4. 
Asphalt cement plant.
5. 
Asphalt felt and coating manufacturing.
6. 
Blast furnace, steel work, and the rolling of ferrous metal.
7. 
Broadcast facility in excess of one hundred fifty (150) feet in height, provided that the distance from the center of the tower base to the nearest "A" (Agricultural) or "R" (Residential) District property line shall not be less than the height of the tower.
8. 
Cement, lime, gypsum, or plaster of Paris manufacturing.
9. 
Centralized yard waste composting facility, with conditions regulated in Part 4, Section 405.520, Development Standards for Certain Conditional Uses.
10. 
Distillation, manufacture, or refining of bone, coal, or tar asphalt.
11. 
Drawing, rolling, and extrusion of non-ferrous metal, manufacturing.
12. 
Electric generating plant.
13. 
Explosive devices or materials, manufacture or storage or year-round distribution or sale, at retail or wholesale.
14. 
Fat, grease, lard, or tallow rendering or refining.
15. 
Foundry, non-ferrous metal manufacturing.
16. 
Gas production plants and storage.
17. 
Gelatin and glue manufacturing.
18. 
Grease and lubricating oil manufacturing.
19. 
Houseboats.[2]
[2]
On August 23, 2004, pursuant to Section 405.070, the Director of the Division of Planning and Zoning added the following use to Subsection 405.175(C)'s list of conditional uses in "I2" Heavy Industrial District: Houseboats.
20. 
Meat packing manufacturing and stock yard.
21. 
Petroleum refining and petroleum products terminal.
22. 
Prison and correctional institution, privately operated.
23. 
Reclamation of rubber.
24. 
Recycling center, with conditions regulated in Part 4, Section 405.520, Development Standards for Certain Conditional Uses.
25. 
Resource recovery facility, with conditions regulated in Part 4, Section 405.520, Development Standards for Certain Conditional Uses.
26. 
Salvage yard.
27. 
Smelting plant.
28. 
Telecommunication tower and telecommunication farm as regulated in Part 3, Article VIII, Section 405.505.
29. 
Temporary fireworks stands.
D. 
Height, Area And Lot Requirements.
1. 
Maximum height. Sixty (60) feet.
2. 
Minimum front yard. Thirty-five (35) feet.
3. 
Minimum side yard. Zero (0) feet where a side yard adjoins a property within an "I" Industrial zoning district; or ten (10) feet.
[Ord. No. 18-010 § 5, 1-29-2018]
4. 
Minimum rear yard. Zero (0) feet where a rear yard adjoins a property within an "I" Industrial zoning district; or fifteen (15) feet.
[Ord. No. 18-010 § 5, 1-29-2018]
5. 
Minimum lot width. None.
6. 
Minimum lot area. None.
E. 
Additional Requirements. See Part 3, Article I, Section 405.405 et seq.
F. 
Parking, Loading And Sign Regulations. See Part 3, Article II, Section 405.440 et seq. for Parking and Loading Requirements. See Part 3, Article III, Section 405.470 et seq. for Sign Regulations.
G. 
Solid Waste Disposal And Screening Regulations. All exterior solid waste containers and container racks and stands shall be screened on at least three (3) sides by a six (6) foot solid fence and on the fourth (4th) side by a solid gate constructed of cedar, redwood, masonry or other compatible building material.