Coloma Village City Zoning Code
§ 480-9
Industrial districts.
Purpose.
General. This chapter provides for a wide range of industrial uses and locations. The (I) industrial districts are to encourage the location and design of industrial areas protected from residential encroachment, according to the following principles:
Access. Industrial districts should be located where they will have convenient access to major arterial highways.
Nuisances. Zoning should be used to control location of industries on the basis of their characteristics. Industries of such nature that nuisance factors cannot yet be satisfactorily eliminated should be located so as to be of minimum detriment to other land uses.
Traffic. I Districts should be so located that it is not necessary to route the traffic generated by industrial uses through residential or shopping center districts.
Districts. The following districts are included in this chapter to carry out the purposes listed above:
(I-1) Light Industrial. This district is intended to accommodate a limited range of general business and light industrial uses. It is the intent of these provisions that all structures shall be designed and constructed in such a manner as to provide aesthetically pleasing and harmonious overall development within the district.
(I-2) Heavy Industrial. This district is intended to provide for uses which by their nature may exhibit characteristics harmful, noxious or detrimental to surrounding uses of land
General provisions.
Schedule of regulations. Restrictions and controls for land uses or activities permitted in industrial districts, or land uses or activities having special conditions attached to them, are set forth in the Land Use and Activities Table of the Village of Coloma, attached to this chapter. Regulations for lot size, yards and similar bulk requirements are set forth in the Bulk Requirements Table of the Village of Coloma, attached to this chapter. Both said tables are hereby adopted and made part of this chapter.
Excluded uses or activities. A land use or activity not set forth in the Land Use and Activities Table of the Village of Coloma, attached to this chapter, is not permitted in an industrial district in the Village except those uses and activities which are similar to those permitted in a district may be permitted by conditional use permit.
Setbacks along district lines.
In an (I) industrial district, no building or structure, the principal use of which is manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, repairing, cleaning, servicing, or testing of materials, products or goods, shall be located less than 80 feet from a residential district boundary line or less than 400 feet from an existing residence. All buildings and accessory uses shall be set back 30 feet from street rights-of-way.
Off-street parking and permitted outdoor storage may be located in such setback areas except that no parking shall be located less than 30 feet from a front or side lot line.
From an interior lot line, which line is also a boundary of a residential district, all off-street parking or outdoor storage shall be effectively screened from such residential district by a buffer strip at least 12 feet wide and planted to provide an effective visual screen.
When industrial buildings or structures which exist on the effective date of this chapter have setbacks from a residential district of less dimensions than is required herein, any expansion of said buildings or structures shall, in lieu of the above requirements, be required to provide setbacks from a residential district as determined by the Plan Commission in its site plan review.
Existing setback lines. Where existing setback lines are less than required by this code, such setbacks may be continued so long as all parking, loading, and screening requirements can be met for the total development.
Enclosure of operation. All operations shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings except:
Off-street parking and off-street loading when conforming with regulations set forth in this chapter.
Establishments of the drive-in type offering goods and services to customers waiting in parked automobiles.
Servicing, repairing, testing, cleaning and other operations of transportation facilities customarily conducted out-of-doors.
Storage and testing areas located not less than 500 feet from a residential district. Such areas, when located within 500 feet of a residential district, shall be completely enclosed behind a solid fence or wall or chain-link fence faced with dense plantings of trees or shrubs which in the case of a wall or fence shall be not less than six feet or more than eight feet in height.
Other uses customarily conducted in the out-of-doors such as open sales lots for retail sales and out-of-doors recreation facilities. Such facilities shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the manufacturing use.
Site plan approval. No land use or activity in an industrial district may be developed or expanded without a building permit issued by the Zoning Administrator under the rules and regulations contained in this section. The Zoning Administrator may not issue a building permit for the development or expansion of any permitted use in any industrial district until a final site plan has been approved by the Plan Commission in accordance with this chapter.
Additional standards for land uses in I-1 Light Industrial.
All uses require conditional site plan review and approval by Plan Commission.
Nuisance control. No operation, process, manufacturing, or building shall produce or create excessive noise, light, odor, smoke, vibration, heat, dust, gas, electronic interference, toxic matter, industrial waste, or other external nuisance.
Landscape requirements. Minimum landscaping requirement: 5% of the open site shall be put into landscaping, including grass, shrubs, trees or other suitable and decorative material. All plant materials shall be maintained in a living and growing condition so as to present a healthy, neat, and orderly appearance. The area shall be kept free of refuse and debris.
Architectural control. Complete architectural design must be given to all facades of all buildings with all side and rear elevations being given architectural treatment compatible with the front elevation for the building. Any portions of the building facing a street or residentially zoned area shall be finished in an attractive manner in keeping with the accepted standards used for the type of building.
Outdoor trash storage. Any outdoor trash storage areas shall be maintained within the rear and side yard required setbacks. The area shall be screened from view from the street and adjoining properties with a solid fencing to provide a suitable vision screen. The minimum height of the fence shall be six feet and the maximum eight feet.
Restrictive covenants in Business Park. The restrictive covenants in the Business Park created by TID 1 shall take precedence over the general standards in this section of the chapter. The covenants are included in this chapter as Addendum 1, Business Park Restrictive Covenants.[1]
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Editor's Note: Said addendum is on file and available for inspection in the Village Clerk/Treasurer's office.