24-1

Permitted uses:

(a)

Any use permitted in an LI (Light Industry) Zone, subject to the rules and regulations of the LI Zone.

(b)

Deleted.

(c)

Uses customarily incidental to the above uses and necessary buildings when located on the same lot.

(d)

The following uses provided, however, no building, structure, or portion thereof, shall be hereafter erected, converted, or otherwise used for residential purposes:

(1)

Acetylene gas manufacture and storage

(2)

Alcohol manufacture

(3)

Deleted

(4)

Asphalt manufacture or refining

(5)

Deleted

(6)

Boiler works

(7)

Central station light or power plant

(8)

Deleted

(9)

Concrete, cement products, or clay manufacture

(10)

Cotton gin

(11)

Deleted

(12)

Gas manufacture from coal or petroleum or the storage thereof

(13)

Deleted

(14)

Meat products manufacture

(15)

Deleted

(16)

Planing Mill

(17)

Plaster manufacture

(18)

Plastic manufacture

(19)

Potash works

(20)

Power forge

(21)

Excavation of mineral deposits including but not limited to stone, sand, clay, gravel, and operations incidental thereto.

(22)

Deleted

(23)

Manufacturing of other products that is not noxious or offensive by reason of emission or creation of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, noise, vibration, radiation, or similar substance.

(24)

Deleted

(25)

Tar distillation or tar products manufacture

(26)

Animal kennel

(27)

Inert Fill Area

Where there are no residences or residentially zoned properties located within 1000 feet of the boundary of the property upon which the inert fill area would be located, or where the finished grade of the inert fill area would not be greater than 10 feet in elevation above the highest elevation of any adjoining property.

(28)

Petroleum products manufacture or wholesale aboveground storage of petroleum or its products in quantities not exceeding twelve thousand (12,000) gallons consistent with the minimum separation requirements that appear in table 4.3.2.4 of NFPA 30A. Underground storage tanks shall meet all applicable requirements of Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of NFPA

(29)

Brewery, Distillery, Micro-brewery, Nano Brewery, Pico Brewery, Nano Distillery and Pico Distillery

24-2

Uses permitted by special exception:

(a)

The following uses require a Special Exception in the HI (Heavy Industry) Zone. In no case shall any use listed below be allowed within 300 feet of an R-Zone (Residential).

(1)

Acid manufacture, hydrochloric, nitric, picric, or sulfuric acid

(2)

Cement, lime, clay or gypsum, or plaster manufacture

(3)

Chlorine or similar noxious gases

(4)

Distillation of bones

(5)

Drop forge industries manufacturing forgings with power hammers

(6)

Explosives, manufacture or storage

(7)

Fertilizer manufacture

(8)

Garbage, offal, dead animal reduction or dumping

(9)

Glue manufacture

(10)

Hair manufacture

(11)

Deleted

(12)

Processing of sauerkraut, vinegar, or yeast

(13)

Rendering or refining of fats and oil

(14)

Stockyard or feeding pen

(15)

Slaughter of animals, not including the killing of fowl

(16)

Automobile wrecking or junk yards; storage, sorting, collecting, or baling of rags, paper, metal, or other items not usable in their current state. These uses must be enclosed on all sides by a solid wall or board fence not less than six (6) feet in height.

(17)

Any other use that is noxious or offensive by reason of the emission or creation of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, noise, vibration, radiation, or similar substances, or conditions equal in aggregate amount to that of any use specified.

(18)

Inert Fill Area - Where there are residences or residentially zoned properties located within 1000 feet of the boundary of the property upon which the inert fill area would be located, or where the finished grade of the inert fill area would be greater than 10 feet in elevation above the highest elevation of any adjoining property.

(19)

Ammonia or bleaching powder manufacture

(20)

Atomic energy reactor station

(21)

Chemical manufacture

(22)

Creosote manufacture or treatment

(23)

Incinerator

(24)

Tanning, curing, or storage of raw hides

(25)

Petroleum products manufacture or wholesale aboveground storage of petroleum or its products in quantities exceeding twelve thousand (12,000) gallons consistent with the minimum separation requirements that appear in table 4.3.2.4 of NFPA 30A. Underground storage tanks shall meet all applicable requirements of Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of NFPA 30.11

24-3

Height. The maximum height of a building or structure in the H-I Zone shall be three hundred (300) feet.

24-4

Setbacks. The setback provisions of the LI Zone shall apply to the HI Zone.

24-5

Prohibited uses. Residential use is prohibited in the HI zone.

24-6

Signs. Deleted.

24-7

Special exceptions. Any use established as a result of a Special Exception granted per Subsection 24-2 must be initiated within six (6) months of the granting, or the Special Exception shall no longer be valid. The initiation of a use is established by the issuance of a valid business license by the Augusta Planning and Development Department or by other reasonable proof of the establishment of vested rights. If a Special Exception is granted and the use is initiated but later ceases to operate for a period of one (1) year, then the Special Exception shall no longer be valid.

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Amended August 2017 - Brewery, Distillery etc.

Amended May 2010, Section 24-2 (11 -deleted and 25 added)

Amended May 2010, Section 24-1 (15 - deleted and 28 added)

Amended April 2008, Section 24-1 (uses deleted), Section 24-2(a) (uses reassigned)

Amended November 2007

Amended Sept. 2004, Section 24-7

SPECIAL DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS