Bridgeport City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
GIC General Industrial Commercial District
§ 560-1301 Intent; applicable regulations.
The purpose of the GIC General Industrial Commercial District is to provide for a wide variety of industrial and commercial uses in locations that are not adjacent to neighborhoods, to meet requirements of state law to provide opportunities for a wide range of business uses, and to carefully control industrial uses to avoid significant nuisances and hazards, particularly to neighboring residences.
§ 560-1302 Permitted uses.
In the GIC General Industrial Commercial District, a building may be erected or used or occupied and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other when in compliance with applicable use regulations set forth in Article III, Use Regulations:
A.
Uses permitted by right. The following uses are permitted by right:
(1)
Commercial uses.
(a)
Athletic/health club.
(b)
Bank.
(c)
Brewery/distillery/winery.
(d)
Car wash.
(e)
Convenience store.
(f)
Dry cleaners or laundromat.
(g)
Event facility.
(h)
Firing range.
(i)
Funeral home.
(j)
Hotel/motel.
(k)
Massage therapy establishment.
(l)
Microbrewery/microdistillery/microwinery.
(m)
Mixed-use building.
(n)
Personal care business.
(o)
Professional service business.
(p)
Recreation, indoor.
(q)
Recreation, outdoor.
(r)
Restaurant, dine-in.
(s)
Restaurant, take-out.
[1]
Drive-through facilities are not permitted with this use.
(t)
Retail establishment.
(u)
Storage facility (self-service).
(v)
Studio.
(w)
Supermarket.
(x)
Tavern/bar/nightclub.
(y)
Theater.
(2)
Community service, institutional, and utility uses.
(a)
Conservation/recreation.
(b)
Day care facility.
(c)
Educational institution.
(d)
Emergency services.
(e)
Government facility.
(f)
Hospital.
(g)
Library, museum, or community center.
(h)
Membership club.
(i)
Place of worship.
(j)
Plant nursery.
(k)
Residential care facility.
(l)
Substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation facility.
(m)
Swimming pool, non-household.
(3)
Office uses.
(a)
Co-working space.
(b)
Office, business/professional.
(c)
Medical office or clinic.
(d)
Research facility.
(4)
Industrial uses.
(a)
Animal care.
(b)
Artisan manufacturing.
(c)
Assembly plant.
(d)
Auto, boat and/or mobile/manufactured home sales.
(e)
Auto repair garage.
(f)
Auto service station.
(g)
Communications facility.
(h)
Contractor's office/storage.
(i)
Medical marijuana grower/processer.
(j)
Wholesale sales.
B.
Accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted when subordinate and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses and upon the issuance of a zoning permit:
(1)
Daycare home, family or group.
(a)
Permitted as accessory only to place of worship.
(2)
Mobile food vending.
(3)
Outdoor storage and waste disposal.
(4)
Renewable energy systems.
(5)
Retail accessory to items manufactured on premises.
(6)
Warehouse or storage as an accessory use to a permitted principal use on the same lot or an adjacent lot or located in the same zoning district. Shall not occupy street-level space adjacent to Fourth Street.
(7)
Such other accessory use or structure that the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer is clearly customary and incidental to a permitted by right, special exception or conditional principal use.
C.
Uses permitted by conditional use.
(1)
Adult use.
(2)
After-hours club.
(3)
Boardinghouse.
(4)
Building supply or lumber yard.
(5)
Junkyard.
(6)
Kennel.
(7)
Livestock.
(8)
Manufacturing, processing, and production.
(9)
Mineral extraction.
(10)
Mobile home park.
(11)
Other uses not expressly permitted.
(12)
Recycling center.
(13)
Solid waste transfer facility.
§ 560-1303 Dimensional requirements.
A.
Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet, except 15,000 square feet for an industrial use as defined in Article II, Definitions.
B.
Minimum lot width: 50 feet, except 200 feet for a new lot approved after the adoption of this chapter which will have its own vehicle access directly onto Route 202 Bypass.
C.
Setbacks.
(1)
Minimum front yard setback: 15 feet.
(2)
Minimum side setback: 15 feet.
(3)
Minimum rear setback: 15 feet.
D.
Maximum building coverage: 60%.
E.
Maximum impervious coverage: 90%.
F.
Maximum building height: six stories or 72 feet, whichever is more restrictive.
(1)
The maximum height shall be 40 feet within 40 feet of an existing primarily residential use within a residential district.
§ 560-1304 Additional regulations in GIC General Industrial Commercial District.
A.
For noise control, odor and dust, and other related environmental regulations, see Article XVI, Environmental Regulations.
B.
Any setback for any new or expanded portion of an industrial building or tractor-trailer truck loading dock from the lot line of a principal residential use in a residential district must be 60 feet.
