Cassopolis City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
I-2 Manufacturing District
§ 370-321 Purpose.
The purpose of the I-2 District is to provide areas where heavier types of industry may best utilize essential public and private facilities and utilities while minimizing the negative impacts typically associated with this kind of industry.
§ 370-322 Principal permitted uses.
Principal permitted uses in the I-2 District shall be as follows:
A.
All permitted uses in the I-1 District.
B.
Establishments which assemble and manufacture automobiles, automobile bodies, parts and accessories, electrical fixtures, batteries and other electrical apparatus and hardware.
C.
Establishments that process, refine or store food and foodstuffs.
D.
Breweries, wineries, auto body repair shops, distilleries, machine shops, metal buffing shops, plastering and polishing shops, metal and plastic molding shops, extrusion shops, lumber and planing mills, painting and sheet metal shops, undercoating and rust-proofing shops and welding shops.
E.
Municipal sewage treatment plants.
F.
Truck terminals.
G.
Bulk storage of gasoline, fuel oil, fuel gas, propane, kerosene, diesel fuel or any flammable liquid.
H.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses.
I.
Off-street parking in accordance with § 370-404.
J.
A marihuana commercial business retailer as authorized by Village of Cassopolis Ordinance No. 263.[1]
[Added 11-25-2019 by Ord. No. 259; amended 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 264]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article XIX, Marihuana Commercial Business Facilities.
K.
A marihuana commercial business grower as authorized by Village of Cassopolis Ordinance No. 263.[2]
[Added 11-25-2019 by Ord. No. 259; amended 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 264]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Article XIX, Marihuana Commercial Business Facilities.
L.
A marihuana commercial business processor as authorized by Village of Cassopolis Ordinance No. 263.[3]
[Added 11-25-2019 by Ord. No. 259; amended 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 264]
[3]
Editor's Note: See Article XIX, Marihuana Commercial Business Facilities.
M.
A marihuana commercial business secure transporter as authorized by Village of Cassopolis Ordinance No. 263.[4]
[Added 11-25-2019 by Ord. No. 259; amended 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 264]
[4]
Editor's Note: See Article XIX, Marihuana Commercial Business Facilities.
N.
A marihuana commercial business safety compliance facility as authorized by the Village of Cassopolis Ordinance No. 263.[5]
[Added 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 264]
[5]
Editor's Note: See Article XIX, Marihuana Commercial Business Facilities.
O.
A marihuana commercial business designated consumption lounge as authorized by the Village of Cassopolis Ordinance No. 263.[6]
[Added 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 264]
[6]
Editor's Note: See Article XIX, Marihuana Commercial Business Facilities.
§ 370-323 Uses subject to special use permit.
The following uses are subject to a special use permit in the I-2 District. All uses are subject to restrictions listed in Article XVI of this chapter.
A.
Automobile disposal, junkyards, recycling facilities.
B.
Central dry cleaning plants and laundries.
C.
Adult commercial and service establishments of an adult nature as defined herein and subject to conditions:
(1)
In order to prevent an undesirable concentration of such uses and activities, such uses and activities shall not be located within 1,000 feet of two other such uses nor within 500 feet of any residentially zoned district as measured along a line forming the shortest distance between any portion of the respective properties of the following existing and proposed specified uses and activities and between such uses and the adjoining residentially zoned district.
D.
Adult bookstore.
E.
Adult motion-picture theater.
F.
Adult mini motion-picture theater.
G.
Adult smoking or sexual paraphernalia store.
H.
Massage parlor.
I.
Host or hostess establishments offering socialization with a host or hostess for consideration.
J.
Open dance hall.
K.
Pawnshop.
L.
Halfway/Transitional house if located farther than 1,500 feet from any residential home. Cannot be located within 1,500 feet of any school or park.
M.
Tavern or cabaret providing live or projected entertainment where intoxicating liquors may or may not be sold for consumption on the premises. The term "projected entertainment" shall not include standard television reception.
N.
Any combination of the foregoing conditions. The Village Council may waive the foregoing spacing requirements if it finds the following conditions exist:
(1)
The proposed use will not be contrary to the public interests or injurious to nearby properties in the proposed location, and the spirit and intent of the purpose of the spacing regulations will still be observed; and
(2)
The proposed use will not enhance or promote a deleterious effect upon adjacent areas through causing or encouraging deterioration upon other businesses and occupants and a disruption in neighborhood development.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsections O, Drug paraphernalia, and P, regarding medical marihuana provisioning centers, which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 264.
§ 370-324 Open storage.
All storage of building, contracting, or plumbing materials, sand, gravel, stone, lumber, equipment, and other supplies in the I-2 District shall be located within an area not closer than 150 feet from any street right-of-way line. The storage of lumber, coal, or other combustible material in the I-2 District shall not be less than 20 feet from any interior lot line, and a roadway shall be provided, graded, surfaced, and maintained from the street to the rear of the property to permit free access of fire trucks at any time. All such open storage shall be screened from all streets, and on all sides which abut any residential or business district, by a solid six-foot wall or fence sufficient to serve as a permanent retaining wall or fence.
§ 370-325 Performance standards.
Before the issuance of any building or occupancy permit in the I-2 district, the applicant shall sign an agreement that the use of the property will meet the following performance standards, or that any violation of these standards in subsequent operations will be corrected, the costs of inspection by experts for compliance to be borne by the applicant:
A.
Fire and explosion hazards. All activities in the I-2 District shall be carried on only in buildings conforming to the Single State Construction Code Act, Act 230 of 1972,[1] and the operation shall be carried on in such a manner and with such precaution against fire and explosion hazards as to produce no explosion hazards to a use on an adjacent property as determined by the state. Flammable liquids other than fuels used for heating shall be stored in an entirely closed building which shall be used for no other purpose, or in underground tanks provided with proof of MDEQ permit:
(1)
Said storage building is not closer than 100 feet to any building occupied by one or more humans.
(2)
Every factory or manufacturing building or other building permitted only in the industrial area shall be equipped with automatic sprinklers or other automatic fire extinguishers approved by the Building Inspector and the Chief of the Fire Department as being sufficient in view of the nature and extent of the fire risk.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MCLA 125.1501 et seq.
B.
Smoke, fumes, gases, dust, odors. There shall be no emission of any smoke, atomic radiation, fumes, gas, dust, odors or any other atmospheric pollutant which will disseminate beyond the boundaries of the lot occupied by such use in such a manner as to create a public nuisance.
C.
Liquid or solid waste. The discharge of untreated industrial waste into a reservoir, pond, lake or stream is prohibited. All methods of sewerage and industrial waste treatment and disposal shall be approved by the County Health Department and the State Department of Environmental Quality.
D.
Vibration. There shall be no vibration that is discernible to the human sense of feeling beyond the immediate site on which such use is conducted.
E.
Noise. There shall be no noise emanating from the operation that will be more audible beyond 100 feet of the immediate site than 80 decibels.
F.
Glare. There shall be no direct or sky-reflected glare exceeding 1.5 footcandles or which would be damaging to the human eye measured at the property line of the lot occupied by such use. This regulation shall not apply to lights used at the entrances or exits of service drives leading to a parking lot.
G.
Entry and exit light shall be designed to direct light down onto the site and away from residential property.
§ 370-326 Development requirements.
Area, height, bulk and placement requirements for the I-2 District, unless otherwise specified, are as provided in the Schedule of Regulations in Article XVII of this chapter. For all permitted uses and uses permitted subject to a special use permit, a site plan shall be submitted in accordance with § 370-402.