10.1.1.

L-I district scope and intent. Regulations in this section are the L-I district regulations. The L-I district is intended to provide locations and land areas for the development of industrial and business parks and uses which meet the needs of processing, manufacturing, fabricating, and warehousing, research, related office uses, and other uses as further described in section 3.1.20 of this chapter.

Light manufacturing establishments shall consist of any manufacturing establishment which does not use water in the manufacturing operation either for processing, cooling, or heating and which shall emit no smoke, noise, odor, dust, vibrations, or fumes beyond the walls of the building in which housed.

Manufacturing establishments which use limited water in the manufacturing operation either for processing, cooling, or heating; or which emit smoke, noise, odor, dust, vibrations, or fumes beyond the walls of the building in which housed shall not be allowed, except with approval of a special use in accordance with standards further described in section 16.4.9.

10.1.2.

Use regulations. Within the L-I district, land and structures shall be used in accordance with standards herein. Any use not specifically designated as allowed shall not be permitted.

A.

Permitted uses. Structures and land may be used for only the following purposes:

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Adult entertainment establishments (SU).*

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Amateur radio transmitter.

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Automotive storage yards and wrecker service.

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Aviation airports.

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Bus stations.

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Brewery (SU if accessory tasting room is included).*

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Brewpub.

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Cheerleading/gymnastics facilities and indoor athletic training facilities.

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Clinics (excludes veterinary clinic).

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Clinic or hospital, animal.

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Clubs or lodges (noncommercial) (SU).*

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Construction contractors: general contractors, heavy equipment contractors, and special trade contractors (including, but not limited to, construction subcontractors, engineers, architects, and land surveyors).

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Distillery (SU if accessory tasting room is included).*

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Distribution.

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Indoor firing range.

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Indoor recreation facilities.

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Manufacturing.

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Microbreweries (SU).*

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Offices.

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Outdoor golf driving ranges.

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Parking lots.

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Processing.

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Public utility facilities.

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Radio, television, or other communication towers.

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Religious institutions (SU).*

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Repair garage, automotive (no outdoor storage of inoperable and/or dismantled vehicles).

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Repair garage, heavy equipment (no outdoor storage of inoperable and/or dismantled trucks and equipment).

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Research facilities.

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Schools, private (SU).*

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Tattoo/body piercing parlors (SU).*

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Taxi stands.

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Truck terminals.

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Warehousing.

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Wholesale trade and distribution.

* Special use approval required.

B.

Accessory uses. Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted use.

10.1.3.

Development standards.

A.

Height regulations. Buildings shall not exceed a height of forty-five (45) feet or three and one-half (3½) stories, whichever is higher.

B.

Front yard setback: Twenty (20) feet.

C.

Side yard setback: Fifteen (15) feet.

D.

Rear yard setback: Twenty (20) feet.

E.

Minimum lot area: None.

F.

Minimum lot frontage: One hundred ten (110) feet adjoining a street.

G.

Minimum lot width at the building line: One hundred (100) feet.

H.

Rail access. Railroad spurs and service rails in industrial parks shall be permitted only within the side and rear yards.

I.

[Front facade.] The front facade of metal buildings constructed or placed in the L-I district, and all portions of the building that face public road right-of-way, shall be finished with brick, stone, or hard-coat stucco.

J.

Minimum buffer requirements. In addition to required setbacks, a minimum thirty-five-foot wide buffer, ten (10) feet of which can be within required setback, and a fifteen-foot wide buffer adjacent to all other districts other than residential, L-I and H-I, shall be required along all property lines which abut a residential district or use to provide a visual screen in accordance with section 4.17 of this chapter.

K.

Accessory structure requirements. See section 4.9 of this chapter.

10.1.4.

Other regulations. The headings below contain additional, but not necessarily all provisions applicable to the L-I district.

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City of Cartersville Landscaping Ordinance.

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City of Cartersville Sign Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 01-13, § 12, 1-3-13; Ord. No. 29-13, § 1, 12-5-13; Ord. No. 09-16, § 1, 4-7-16; Ord. No. 09-16(Corrected), § 1, 4-7-16; Ord. No. 02-18, § 6, 1-18-18; Ord. No. 34A-18, § 6, 12-6-18; Ord. No. 55-24, § 1, 12-5-24)

10.2.1.

H-I district scope and intent. Regulations in this section are the H-I district regulations. The H-I district is intended to provide locations for a full range of manufacturing, processing, terminal and warehousing uses, salvage yards, closely related activities, and other uses as further described in section 3.1.21 of this chapter.

10.2.2.

Use regulations. Within the H-I district, land and structures shall be used in accordance with standards herein. Any use not specifically designated as allowed shall not be permitted.

A.

Permitted uses. Structures and land may be used for only the following purposes:

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Amateur radio transmitter.

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Automotive storage yards and wrecker service.

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Aviation airports.

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Brewery (SU if accessory tasting room is included).*

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Brewpub.

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Bus stations.

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Cheerleading/gymnastics facilities and indoor athletic training facilities (SU).*

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Clinic or hospital, animal.

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Construction contractors: general contractors, heavy equipment contractors, and special trade contractors (including, but not limited to, construction subcontractors, engineers, architects, and land surveyors).

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Distillery (SU if accessory tasting room is included).*

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Distribution.

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Indoor recreation facilities (SU).*

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Manufacturing, processing, warehousing, distribution, and research facilities.

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Microbreweries (SU).*

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Offices.

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Parking lots.

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Public utilities facilities.

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Radio, television, or other communication towers.

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Research facilities.

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Salvage yards (SU).*

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Trash transfer stations (SU).*

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Truck terminals.

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Wholesale trade and distribution.

[* Special use approval required.]

B.

Accessory uses. Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted use.

10.2.3.

Development standards.

A.

Height regulations. No structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height.

B.

Front yard setback: Twenty (20) feet.

C.

Side yard setback: Fifteen (15) feet.

D.

Rear yard setback: Twenty (20) feet.

E.

Minimum lot area: None.

F.

Minimum lot frontage: One hundred seventy-five (175) feet adjoining a street.

G.

Minimum lot width at the building line: One hundred (100) feet.

H.

Minimum buffer requirements. In addition to required setbacks (except where abutting a railroad right of way) there shall be a fifty-foot wide buffer along all property lines which abut a residential district or use and a fifteen-foot wide buffer shall be required along all property lines abutting a nonresidential district other than the H-I district. Said buffers shall provide a visual screen in accordance with section 4.17 of this chapter. (Salvage yards see section 10.2.3.K. of this chapter.)

I.

Accessory structure requirements. See section 4.9 of this chapter.

J.

Other required standards.

1.

No use shall be allowed that exceeds state and federal guidelines for allowable emissions and discharge of effluents into the air, water and soil.

2.

No use shall be allowed that creates unabated noise creating a nuisance as defined under Georgia law.

10.2.4.

Other regulations. The headings below contain additional, but not necessarily all provisions applicable to uses allowed in the H-I district.

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City of Cartersville Landscaping Ordinance.

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City of Cartersville Sign Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 01-13, § 13, 1-3-13; Ord. No. 02-18, § 7, 1-18-18; Ord. No. 34A-18, § 7, 12-6-18; Ord. No. 05-21, § 1, 1-7-21; Ord. No. 04-24, § 1, 2-1-24)

10.3.1.

MN district scope and intent. Regulations in this section are the MN district regulations. The MN district is intended to provide locations for mining/extraction and closely related activities as further described in section 3.1.22 of this chapter.

10.3.2.

Use regulations. Within the MN district, land and structures shall be used in accordance with the standards herein. Any use not specifically designated as allowed shall be prohibited.

A.

Permitted uses. Structures and land may be used for only the following purposes:

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Amateur radio transmitter.

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Milling.

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Mining/extraction.

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Public utility facilities.

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Quarrying.

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Radio, television and other communication towers.

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Surface mining.

B.

Accessory uses. Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted use.

10.3.3.

Development regulations.

A.

The removal area shall be completely enclosed with a fence not less than six (6) feet in height where necessary for safety.

B.

Drainage plans and a plan for the site when the extraction is completed shall be submitted with the application for a development permit.

C.

Quarrying shall be established only on a site of not less than fifty (50) acres.

D.

When abutting any other district, a five hundred-foot undisturbed buffer shall be required, unless activity is limited to surface mining as defined by this chapter. When abutting any other district, a one hundred fifty-foot undisturbed buffer shall be required for surface mining.

10.3.4.

Other regulations. The headings below contain additional, but not necessarily all, provisions applicable to uses allowed in the MN district.

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City of Cartersville Landscaping Ordinance.

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City of Cartersville Sign Ordinance.

10.4.1.

T district scope and intent. Regulations in this section are the T district regulations. The T district is intended to provide land areas for commercial activities associated with technology, information systems, data infrastructure, data hosting and management activities and similar new information age uses without the community impacts often associated with industrial uses or warehouse distribution centers.

10.4.2.

Use regulations. Within the T district, land and structures shall be used in accordance with standards herein. Any use not specifically designated as a permitted use in this section shall be prohibited.

A.

Permitted uses. Structures and land may be used for only the following purposes:

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Colleges and universities.

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Computer systems and facilities design, programming operation and management.

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Data processing, storage, hosting and related services.

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Financial establishments.

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Information product research and development.

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Institutions of higher learning, business colleges, music conservatories, and similar institutions.

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Internet website design and hosting.

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Laboratories (medical and dental).

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Libraries.

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Medical offices (excludes veterinary).

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Museums.

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Offices, general.

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Office parks.

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Parks, private.

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Public utility facilities.

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Radio and television broadcast stations.

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Radio, television, or other communication towers, antennas and facilities.

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Research laboratories.

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Software design and development.

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Solar, renewable and alternative energy facilities.

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Technology consulting and management.

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Telecommunications infrastructure and connectivity facilities.

B.

Accessory uses. Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted use.

10.4.3.

Development standards.

A.

Height regulations. Buildings shall not exceed a height of seventy-five (75) feet, measured from structure pad level. Height limitations shall not apply to accessory structures such as water towers, conveyer belts, smokestacks and other incidental and uninhabited parts of industrial uses.

B.

Front yard setback: fifty (50) feet.

C.

Side yard setback: fifty (50) feet.

D.

Rear yard setback: fifty (50) feet.

E.

Minimum lot frontage: One hundred ten (110) feet adjoining a street.

F.

Minimum lot width at the building line: One hundred ten (110) feet.

G.

Minimum lot acreage: Fifty (50) acres.

H.

Minimum buffer requirements. In addition to required setbacks, a minimum 100-foot-wide buffer, which can include required setback, shall be required along all property lines which abut a residential district or use in order to provide a visual screen in accordance with section 4.17 of this chapter.

I.

Air conditioning units and HVAC systems. Air conditioning units and HVAC systems shall be thoroughly screened from view from the public right-of-way and from adjacent properties by using walls, fencing, roof elements, or landscaping. This requirement shall not apply where the equipment is more than one hundred (100) feet from adjacent property lines.

J.

Front building facade. The front building facade of all principal buildings shall be oriented toward street fronts or adjacent arterial street fronts. This requirement shall not apply if the front of the building is greater than five hundred (500) feet from the public right-of-way or not visible from the public right-of-way.

K.

Security fencing. Security fencing and walls shall not be located within the required buffer unless it complies with the general regulations pertaining to fencing. Fences and walls outside the required setback and buffer provided above shall not be subject to height limitations.

L.

Accessory structures. Accessory structures shall be subject to the general ordinances of the City code, provided that if they are to be located outside of the setbacks and buffers provided above, they shall not be subject to the location requirements of section 4.9. Further, notwithstanding other provisions of the code, guard houses and secured entry features shall be permitted at public road entrances.

M.

Required setbacks and buffers shall only apply to external property boundaries with other properties not zoned as part of the T district. Minimum lot frontages, width and acreage shall not apply to subdivided T lots, so long as the entirety of the contiguous T district complies with the requirements of this ordinance, and so long as the subdivided lot has adequate frontage on public or private roads to allow service.

N.

Private roads are permitted within the T district. They shall be designed and built subject to the design guidelines for City public roads.

O.

Telecommunication towers shall be permitted to be installed in a manner consistent with the standards of Section 4.29 of this zoning ordinance.

P.

Dark sky lighting. Exterior illumination shall be shielded, downcast and of a luminosity designed to maintain the existing night sky darkness and to prevent light trespass onto adjacent properties. In order to obtain that objective, the following criteria shall be met:

a.

all fixtures shall be full cut-off type fixtures,

b.

light poles shall be no taller than 25 feet in height,

c.

all light poles must be setback a minimum of I 0 feet from any exterior property line

d.

maximum foot-candles at the property line shall be 0.5

The zoning administrator may require a photometric lighting plan which shows conformity with these requirements as part of any building permit application.

10.4.4

Technology park sound ordinance. In order to ensure that data centers do not contribute to noise pollution within the City, all data centers will be subject to the following standards:

A.

Data center operations shall not produce continuous sound that exceeds an average of sixty-five (65) decibels over any 30-minute period from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., measured at any adjacent property boundary between the data center site and a residential property. Nor shall data center operations produce continuous sound that exceeds an average of fifty-five (55) decibels over any thirty-minute period from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m., measured at any adjacent property boundary between the site and residential property. Violations of these sound levels may be prosecuted in the same manner as other zoning ordinance violations.

B.

After issuance of the certificate of occupancy for each data center building, the city may obtain sound studies or require the data center operator to provide a sound study to verify that the operation is in compliance with the requirements of paragraph A above. If a data center is found to be in violation of the requirements of paragraph A above, the city may issue a notice of violation, which may direct that the data center take appropriate steps to operate within the requirements of paragraph A above. The zoning administrator may require the data center operator to propose a solution, and a time period for implementation. If the zoning administrator approves such a solution, and the data center fails to successfully implement that solution within the time approved, the violator shall be subject to a fine up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each day that the violation exists until full compliance is obtained.

C.

The data center operator shall continue to bear the costs of any sound test or study required to monitor violations in paragraph B.

10.4.5.

Other regulations. The headings below contain additional, but not necessarily all, provisions applicable to the T district.

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City of Cartersville Landscaping Ordinance.

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City of Cartersville Sign Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 73-23, § 2, 11-2-23)