Crestwood City Zoning Code
LIGHT INDUSTRY
DISTRICT
§ 159.080 REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS.
§ 159.081 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED.
A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes in the Light Industry District.
(A) The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as:
(1) Bakery goods;
(2) Candy;
(3) Cosmetics;
(4) Food products (except fish and meat products, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast and the rendering or refining of fats and oils);
(5) Pharmaceuticals; and
(6) Toiletries.
(B) The manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials:
(1) Bone;
(2) Canvas;
(3) Cellophane;
(4) Cloth;
(5) Cork;
(6) Feathers;
(7) Felt;
(8) Fiber;
(9) Fur;
(10) Glass;
(11) Hair;
(12) Horn;
(13) Paper;
(14) Plastics;
(15) Precious or semi-precious metals or stones;
(16) Previously prepared metals;
(17) Shell;
(18) Tanned leather;
(19) Textiles;
(20) Wood (excluding planing mill); and
(21) Yarns.
(C) The manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay, and kilns fired only by electricity or gas;
(D) Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices;
(E) Automobile painting, upholstering, repairing, reconditioning body and fender work;
(F) Contractor’s equipment storage yard or plant, retail of equipment commonly used by contractors;
(G) Creamery or bottling plant;
(H) Laboratories - experimental or testing;
(I) Laundry, cleaning and dyeing works and carpet and rug cleaning;
(J) Lumber yard, coal yard and building materials yard;
(K) Plumbing or sheet metal shop; and
(L) Wholesale business, storage and warehouses.
(Prior Code, § 9B-5A-2)
§ 159.082 PROHIBITED USES.
No building or area shall be used for any of the following uses:
(A) The cooking, distillation, processing and incineration of animal and vegetable products, including, but not limited to, brewery, distillery, food canning plant, slaughterhouse, stock yards, fat rendering, soap manufacture, glue manufacture, tannery, paper manufacturing, wool scouring and cleaning; cotton textile sizing, scouring, bleaching, dyeing and similar operations; paint and varnish manufacture, creosote and creosote products manufacture;
(B) The production of corrosive and noxious chemicals, including, but not limited to, acids, acetylene gas, ammonia, chlorine and bleaching compounds. The production, manufacture, processing and storage of coal, coal tar, petroleum and asphalt products, illuminating gas, linoleum, oilcloth or roofing material;
(C) The extraction, preparation and processing of dust-producing mineral products, including but not limited to abrasives, cement lime, fertilizer, plaster, crushed stone, stone-cutting products; mining of sand, gravel and topsoil;
(D) The smelting and reduction of metallic ores, including, but not limited to, blast furnace, open hearth and electric furnace, Bessemer converter, nonferrous metal smelter;
(E) The manufacture and storage of explosive products, including, but not limited to, dynamite and commercial explosives, TNT and military explosives and fireworks;
(F) The use of hammer mills, ball mills, rolling mills or drop forges; and
(G) The storage of materials customarily stored in the open, such as junk, paper and scrap metal.
(Prior Code, § 9B-5A-3) (Ord. 749, passed 6-7-1979)
§ 159.083 SITE AND STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS.
(A) Lot area and lot frontage. No building shall be constructed and no premises used for the purposes permitted in a Light Industry District on any lot which has an area of less than 15,000 square feet or on any lot which has a frontage of less than 100 feet on any public street.
(B) Yards.
(1) Front yard. Within any Light Industry District, there shall be a front yard of not less than 20 feet in depth. Except for necessary drives, walks and required off-street parking, a front yard shall be planted in grass or other suitable ground covering including flowers, ornamental shrubs and trees. One sign containing not more than 60 square feet of display surface, or two signs, each containing not more than 30 square feet of display surface, used to advertise the name of the industry located on the premises or the products thereof may be placed in any required front yard. On any through lot, front yards shall be maintained on both streets.
(2) Side yards. Within any Light Industry District, there shall be two side yards of no less than five feet in width in any case. On a corner lot, the side yard adjacent to a street shall be subject to the regulations governing a front yard, except the regulations governing the depth of the front yard; except that, corner lots adjacent to streets forming the outer periphery of the L-1 District shall be subject to the front yard requirements along the frontage of each of the adjacent streets.
(3) Rear yard. The depth of the rear yard shall be not less than ten feet.
(C) Building height. No building shall be erected or altered to exceed 32 feet in height.
(D) Light industry; exterior walls.
(1) All exterior walls of any building in a Light Industry Zoning Districts shall be constructed of solid masonry with brick exterior.
(2) No exterior walls of any building located in a Light Industry District shall be constructed of block, stucco, brick veneer, synthetic brick veneer, metal or wood, or any combination thereof.
(Prior Code, § 9B-5A-4) (Ord. 496, passed 9-6-1973; Ord. 612, passed 8-5-1976; Ord. 676, passed 3-2-1978; Ord. 834, passed 1-8-1981; Ord. 885, passed 9-16-1982; Ord. 911, passed 7-7-1983; Ord. 1673-A, passed 11-2-2000)
§ 159.084 ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.
The following restrictions shall apply to this District:
(A) No land or building shall be used or occupied in any manner as to create any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable fire, explosive radioactive or other hazard; emit any noise or vibration, smoke, dust, odor, noxious, toxic or corrosive fumes of gases, or particulate matter; discharge any liquid or solid refuse or waste conducive to the breeding of rodents or insects into any stream, ditch or other open area in a manner or amount as to adversely affect the surrounding area. All industry must comply with existing ordinances on air pollution and noise abatement.
(B) Operations in the Light Industry District may be conducted outside of a completely enclosed building; provided that, in the event any operations permitted in a Light Industry District are not conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, that portion of the premises upon which the outside light industry operations are conducted, or upon which raw materials, fuel, finished products, machinery and equipment, including company-owned or operated trucks and motor vehicles, are stored shall be obscured from public view and public roadways by a fence, shrubbery, trees or landscaping. Liquids may be stored in underground tanks subject to the provisions of appropriate fire and building codes.
(C) No operation shall be carried on that would produce heat or glare perceptibly from any property line of the lot on which the operation is located.
(D) No lighting shall be of a nature as to produce glare on public streets or highways or neighboring property.
(E) No substance other than oil, gas or electricity shall be used as fuel.
(Prior Code, § 9B-5A-5) (Ord. 673, passed 1-19-1978)
§ 159.085 SPECIAL USES.
The following special uses may be permitted in specific situations in accordance with the procedures outlined in §§ 159.170 to 159.175, as appropriate:
(A) Adult-use cannabis craft grower organization;
(B) Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization;
(C) Adult-use cannabis infuser organization;
(D) Adult-use cannabis processing organization; and
(E) Adult-use cannabis transporting organization.
(Ord. 2511, passed 8-15-2019)