Cassopolis City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
I-1 Light Industrial District
§ 370-301 Purpose.
The purpose of the I-1 District is to establish a zone where designated industrial and commercial businesses may locate and intermingle, which produce a minimum amount of adverse effect on adjoining premises, are compatible with one another, and do not require large land or building areas for operation nor large yard areas for isolation or protection from adjoining premises or activities.
§ 370-302 Principal permitted uses.
In the I-1 District, no uses shall be permitted, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except the following:
A.
Wholesale and warehousing. The sale at wholesale or warehousing of automotive equipment, alcoholic beverages, dry goods and apparel, groceries and related products, raw farm products, except livestock, electrical goods, hardware, plumbing, heating equipment and supplies, machinery and equipment, tobacco and tobacco products, paper and paper products, furniture and home furnishings, and any commodity, the manufacture of which is permitted in this district, and truck terminals.
B.
Testing, research laboratories, or research and development facilities.
C.
Tool and die shops.
D.
Facilities for the printing or forming of box, carton and cardboard products.
E.
Electric transformer stations and substations, electric transmission towers, municipal buildings and uses, gas regulators and municipal utility pumping stations.
F.
Indoor tennis, paddleball, or racquetball courts.
G.
Bakeries.
H.
Cold storage facilities.
I.
Bottling works, including milk bottling or distribution stations.
J.
Manufacture of food products.
K.
Tin shops or plumbing supply shops.
L.
Outdoor, indoor, or screened building materials storage yards.
M.
Kennels.
N.
Veterinary hospitals or clinics.
O.
Contractors' equipment storage yards.
P.
Automobile storage and parking.
Q.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses.
R.
Off-street parking in accordance with Article XVI of this chapter.
§ 370-303 Uses subject to special use permit.
The following uses are subject to a special use permit in the I-1 District. All uses are subject to restrictions listed in Article XVI of this chapter.
A.
Planned industrial parks.
B.
Public garages, motor vehicle repair shops, automobile paint and bump shops or car washing establishments.
C.
Telecommunications towers, per this chapter.
D.
Hospitals.
E.
Coal storage.
§ 370-304 Development requirements.
Area, height, bulk and placement requirements for the I-1 District, unless otherwise specified, are as provided in the Schedule of Regulations in Article XVII of this chapter. Any use permitted in the I-1 District must comply with applicable county and state health and pollution laws and federal regulations. For all permitted uses and uses permitted by special use permit, a site plan shall be submitted in accordance with § 370-402.