The Industrial District is designed to primarily accommodate industrial parks, wholesale activities, warehouses, and industrial operations whose external effects are restricted to the area of the district and in no manner detrimentally affect any of the surrounding district or adjacent uses. This district is so structured as to permit, along with any specified uses, the manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, assembly and/or treatment of finished or semi-finished products from previously prepared materials. The processing of raw material for shipment in bulk form, to be used in an industrial operation at another location, while permitted as a special use under strict scrutiny, is encouraged only where public infrastructure and services are proven to be adequate, and where the impacts of traffic, noise, odors, dust and glare are shown to have negligible impacts on the residential community and the natural environment.

Permitted uses should be compatible with surrounding residential or commercial uses. Accordingly, permitted manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, and light industrial uses permitted in this district should be fully contained within well-designed buildings on amply landscaped sites, with adequate off-street parking and loading areas, and with proper screening around outside storage areas.

Cleaners and laundries.

Contractor's storage yard.

Equipment repair.

Fabrication assembly and packaging.

Food processing.

Grinding, milling, and production.

Material handling and equipment.

Motor vehicle services.

Repair services.

Warehousing, storage movers.

Wholesaling.

Farms and farming related operations for general and specialized agricultural uses as defined herein.

Wireless communication antenna, fixed wireless signals.

Wireless communications antenna when attached to a lawful existing telecommunications tower, water tower, or other structure, subject to overall height restrictions.

Junk and salvage yards. (See § 300-18.27 for standards.)

Lumber and planing mills when completely enclosed and when located in the interior of the district so that no property line shall form the exterior boundary of the Industrial District.

Automobile fueling stations. (See § 300-18.26 for standards.)

Adult regulated uses. (See § 300-18.25 for standards.)

Wireless communication towers, commercial.

Height. The maximum height of buildings and other structures erected or enlarged in this district shall be 35 feet, except that such height may be increased to a maximum of 65 feet, provided that for every foot of height in excess of 35 feet, there shall be added to each yard requirement one corresponding foot of width and depth.

Front yards. There shall be a front yard on each lot which shall be not less than 50 feet in depth.

Side yards. On each interior lot, there shall be two side yards, each side yard having a width of not less than 25 feet, except as provided in Subsection F hereof. Corner lots shall be as defined elsewhere in this chapter.

Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard on each lot the depth of which shall be not less than 50 feet, except as provided in Subsection F hereof.

Lot coverage. Not more than 50% of the area of any lot shall be occupied by buildings.

Lots abutting residential districts. Unless authorized as a special use, in no case shall any building or structure be erected closer than 100 feet to any residential district nor shall any parking area be closer than 40 feet to any residential district, which forty-foot area between such parking lot and such residential district shall be maintained as green area entirely covered by grass, shrubs, and/or trees. See off-street parking regulations elsewhere in this chapter.

Site plan review. Site plan review and approval is required for all uses, in accordance with Article XXIII pertaining to site plan review.

Public water and sewer. Industrial developments shall be served by public sanitary sewer and public water supply systems as per Chapter 200, Sewers, and Chapter 260, Water, of the Township of Buchanan Code, or by private water and sewer systems when approved by the Berrien County Health Department and EGLE.

Landscaping. Landscaping is required for all new uses, in accordance with Article XX, Landscaping Standards, of this chapter which also sets forth fencing and buffering requirements.

Signage. Signage shall be installed as defined and regulated Article XXI, Signage, in this chapter.

Parking. Parking is required for all new uses, subject to and in accordance with the Article XIX, Parking and Loading Standards, of this chapter.

Fences. Fencing may be required as part of site plan review.