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Avondale City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

I Industrial District

§ 430-42 District purpose.

The I Industrial District is created to:
A. 
Provide for a wide range of industrial use opportunities in the Borough;
B. 
Limit potential conflict between industrial uses and other, less intensive uses in the Borough; and
C. 
Maintain adequate light, air and privacy for uses in the community by reasonably controlling the spacing and height of buildings and other structures.

§ 430-43 Use regulations.

In the I District, a building may be erected or used, and a lot may be used or occupied, for any one of the following purposes, and no other:
A. 
Uses permitted by right:
The following uses, and no others, shall be permitted in the I Industrial District by right:
(1) 
Manufacturing or assembly operations.
(2) 
Wholesale sales or distribution.
(3) 
Packaging.
(4) 
Automobile sales and/or service establishment.
(5) 
Public utility uses.
(6) 
Indoor or outdoor recreational facility.
(7) 
Municipal uses.
(8) 
Fire or police uses.
(9) 
Commercial greenhouse or nursery.
(10) 
Contractor or general service shop.
(11) 
Large-scale newspaper or printing establishment.
(12) 
Lumberyard.
(13) 
Medical or research facilities.
(14) 
Theater.
(15) 
Accessory uses to those permitted in the I Industrial District.
B. 
Uses permitted by conditional use. A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any one of the following uses, and no other, when approved as a conditional use (see § 430-110, Conditional use procedures):
[Amended 2-16-1999 by Ord. No. 184; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(1) 
Cemetery.
(2) 
Garage or parking facility.
(3) 
Gas station which may include a convenience store.
(4) 
Automotive repair shop.
(5) 
Laundromat, dry cleaning, including a dry-cleaning plant.
(6) 
Mini warehouses/mini storage.
(7) 
Offices.
(8) 
Post office.
(9) 
Storage yard, excluding the storage of hazardous materials.
(10) 
Billboard, as a principal use in accordance with § 430-97P.
(11) 
Refining of raw material.
(12) 
Industrial complex containing two or more individual uses.
(13) 
Junkyard, in accordance with § 430-87.
(14) 
Fuel storage and/or distribution, when fuel storage containers are above ground.
(15) 
Storage of hazardous material.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 9.2C, Uses permitted by conditional use, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 2-16-1999 by Ord. No. 184.

§ 430-44 Area regulations.

A. 
Minimum lot size: 20,000 square feet.
B. 
Maximum coverage:
(1) 
Building coverage: 40%.
(2) 
Lot coverage: 65%.
C. 
Minimum setbacks:
(1) 
Front yard: 35 feet.
(2) 
Side yards: 25 feet.
(3) 
Rear yard: 25 feet.
D. 
Maximum height regulations: no building shall exceed 45 feet.

§ 430-45 Screening requirements.

Screening shall be required according to § 430-67 where a proposed use borders a residential use or residential district.

§ 430-46 Performance standards.

All uses shall comply with the performance standards set forth in § 430-74.

§ 430-47 Parking.

Parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of § 430-72.

§ 430-48 Lighting.

Lighting shall comply with the standards of § 430-68.

§ 430-49 Outdoor storage.

Outdoor storage of any material, for any period of time, shall comply with the following regulations:
A. 
Screening shall be required in accordance with § 430-67.
B. 
Stormwater shall be contained on-site, in compliance with Chapter 375, Subdivision and Land Development.
C. 
Outdoor storage areas shall be considered impervious cover in the calculation of lot coverage and shall count toward the maximum lot coverage percentage.