The purpose of this zone is to allow for heavy commercial and manufacturing uses which do not create danger and which do not create excessive offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, lint, odors, heat, or glare to an adjoining land use.

What constitutes and offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, lint, odors, heat, or glare shall be determined by an official zoning enforcement officer or a city police officer.

(Ord. No. 2015-14, 11-16-2015)

Industrial and business park uses include, but are not limited to, the following:

A.

All uses of the C-2, and M-C district unless omitted in the allowable land use table. All regulations of the allowable land use table and zoning districts shall be met;

B.

Laboratories, research, and experimental stations;

C.

Manufacturing uses;

D.

Public utility including production and disposal facilities, storage yard, or supply base;

E.

Tire recapping or retreading;

F.

Concrete batching plants, concrete products companies and concrete contractors provided:

1.

Appropriate dust control devices be installed and operable;

2.

Appropriate screening be erected to avoid unsightly operations;

G.

Boarding kennels or pet shelters;

H.

Conditional uses (requiring permit):

1.

Automobile dismantling yard, provided:

a.

All activities are conducted in a completely enclosed building or are enclosed by a solid wall or solid fence at least eight (8) feet high;

b.

Inoperative automobile bodies or portions thereof may be stacked to a height that does not exceed the height of the required wall.

(Ord. No. 2015-14, 11-16-2015)

A.

Height restriction, forty-five (45) feet.

B.

Area minimum, one-half (½) acre (twenty-one thousand seven hundred eighty (21,780) square feet).

C.

Setbacks.

1.

Front, ten (10) feet.

2.

Rear, fifteen (15) feet unless abutting a residential zone, then a twenty-five-foot setback with a ten-foot landscaped buffer is required for buildings up to thirty-five (35) feet in height. For portions of a building greater than thirty-five (35) feet in height, the building shall have a setback of one (1) foot for each additional four (4) feet of height up to the maximum height of the district.

3.

Side, zero (0) feet unless abutting a residential zone, then a twenty-five-foot setback with a ten-foot landscaped buffer is required for building up to thirty-five (35) feet in height. For portions of a building greater than thirty-five (35) feet in height, the building shall have a setback of one (1) foot for each additional four (4) feet of height up to the maximum height of the district.

4.

Corner side, ten (10) feet.

5.

Trash containers and trash compactors one hundred fifteen (115) feet from the property line when adjacent to land planned or zoned for residential use.

• All trash containers and trash compactors shall be screened from a public right-of-way by a decorative wall or enclosure and shall be not less than two (2) feet above the height of the trash container or compactor.

6.

Flag poles twenty-five (25) feet from any property line, with a maximum height of forty-five (45) feet. Poles heights greater than forty-five (45) feet may be approved by a conditional use permit.

D.

Off-Street Parking. Shall be required as set forth in chapter 17.56 of this title, except for shopping centers shall be a minimum of four (4) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.

• Mixed-use facilities parking shall conform to the city of Belen's zoning code with best practice standards applied for shared parking ratios to encourage the use of multi-modal transportation systems and reduce the amount of impervious surface.

E.

Off-Street Loading. Shall be required as set forth in chapter 17.56 of this title.

• Loading shall be integrated within the site plan and wherever possible integration within the buildings architecture. Innovative loading solutions are to be encouraged.

F.

Landscaping. Shall be required as set forth in chapter 17.56 of this title.

G.

Buffer Zone. Buffering shall be required to separate this zone from other land use designations.

1.

Buffer walls, berms, or landscaping shall require city approval before being implemented. After approval, all city requirements shall be adhered to.

2.

Buffer landscaping shall be maintained and kept clean of debris and weeds. Any buffer planting shall be maintained permanently and any plant material which does not live shall be replaced within one (1) year or one (1) growing season.

3.

Buffer lighting. Any lighting within the buffer zone shall comply with the Night Sky Protection Act and shielded and placed to direct the light away from adjacent properties.

(Ord. No. 2015-14, 11-16-2015)