Crook County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 18
68 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE, L-M
§ 18.68.005 Regulations designated.
In an L-M zone, the following regulations shall apply.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140, 2003)
§ 18.68.010 Uses permitted outright.
In an L-M zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright, except as limited by CCC § 18.68.030:
(1)
Retail, wholesale or service business establishments except a use set forth in CCC § 18.68.020 and subject to the limitations set forth in CCC § 18.68.030.
(2)
Farming.
(3)
Residence for caretaker or night watchman on property with an existing industrial use.
(4)
Freight depot.
(5)
Contractor's building materials business, and other construction-related businesses including plumbing, electrical, roofing, siding, etc., provided such is wholly enclosed within a building or no outside storage is permitted unless enclosed by sight-obscuring fencing.
(6)
Ice or cold storage plant.
(7)
Wholesale distribution outlet, including warehousing, but excluding open outside storage.
(8)
Welding, sheet metal, or machine shop provided such is wholly enclosed within a building or all outside storage is enclosed by sight-obscuring fencing.
(9)
Veterinary clinic or kennel.
(10)
Laboratory for experiment, research or testing.
(11)
Compounding, packaging and storage of cosmetics, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, soap or toiletries, excluding all processes involving refining or rendering of fats and oils.
(12)
Government buildings including armories, maintenance, repair, or storage facilities provided all outside storage is enclosed by sight-obscuring fencing.
(13)
Manufacture, repair or storage of ceramic products, musical instruments, novelties, rubber or metal stamps, toys, optical goods, scientific or electronic supplies and equipment, business machines, pleasure boats, furniture, signs and similar operations provided no outside storage is involved.
(14)
Processing, packaging and storage of foods and beverages, excluding those involving distillation, fermentation, rendering of fats or oils, and slaughtering.
(15)
Transmission tower(s) less than 30 feet in height either from the existing grade or if located on an existing building from the monopole shall be by site plan review, based on the standards within CCC § 18.124.110. Lattice towers shall not be permitted to be constructed on existing buildings.
(16)
Noncommercial wind energy systems and meteorological towers that meet the requirements of CCC § 18.162.010.
(17)
Noncommercial photovoltaic energy systems that meet the requirements of CCC § 18.162.020.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(1), 2003; Ord. 229 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 245 § 1, 2011)
§ 18.68.020 Conditional uses.
In an L-M zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted when authorized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 18.160 CCC:
(1)
Any use permitted by CCC § 18.68.010 which is located within 600 feet of a residential dwelling or a lot within a duly platted subdivision or residential zone.
(2)
Public or semipublic use.
(3)
The resumption of a residential use where the subject use has previously been conducted and has not been discontinued for a period exceeding six months.
(4)
Repair, rental, sales, servicing and storage of machinery, implements, equipment, trailers or mobile homes, and the manufacture thereof.
(5)
Any use permitted by CCC § 18.68.010 where open outside storage is involved.
(6)
Concrete or ready-mix plant.
(7)
Automobile and other automotive wrecking yard.
(8)
Quarry, gravel pit, subsurface or surface mining, including crushing, screening, or washing of extracted materials.
(9)
Commercial feed lot, stockyard, sales yard, slaughter house and rendering plant.
(10)
Railroad trackage and related facilities.
(11)
Lumber and other wood products manufacturing.
(12)
Agricultural products storage and processing plants.
(13)
Any use permitted by CCC § 18.68.010 which is proposed to exceed or expected to exceed the following standards:
(a)
Occupies more than 70 percent of the land area designed for said use.
(b)
Requires more than one acre of land area.
(c)
Generates more than 20 truck-trailer or other heavy equipment trips to and from the premises during the busiest hour of the day.
(d)
Generates any odor, dust, fumes, glare, flashing lights or noise, which is perceptible 500 feet from the property line of the subject use without instruments.
(14)
Manufacture, repair or storage of articles manufactured from bone, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, glass, stone, paper, plastic, precious or semiprecious stone or metal, wax, wire, wood, rubber, yarn and similar materials provided such uses do not create a nuisance because of odor, noise, dust, smoke, gas, traffic, or other factors.
(15)
Plant nursery or greenhouse.
(16)
Transmission towers greater than 30 feet in height shall meet the standards within CCC § 18.124.110. Colocation facilities shall meet the standards within CCC § 18.124.110 and § 18.160.050(17) as required.
(17)
Noncommercial wind energy systems and meteorological towers that do not meet the requirements of CCC § 18.162.010 are subject to any additional standards of the zone and Chapter 18.160 CCC.
(18)
Noncommercial photovoltaic energy systems that do not meet the requirements of CCC § 18.162.020 are subject to any additional standards of the zone and Chapter 18.160 CCC.
(19)
Commercial power generating facilities subject to the standards of Chapters 18.160 and 18.161 CCC.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(2), 2003; Ord. 229 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 245 § 1, 2011)
§ 18.68.030 Use limitations.
In an L-M zone, the following limitations and standards shall apply to all permitted uses:
(1)
No use permitted under the provisions of this chapter that requires a lot area exceeding 9,000 square feet shall be permitted to locate adjacent to an existing residential lot in a duly platted subdivision, or a lot in a residential zone.
(2)
No use permitted under the provisions of this chapter that generates more than 30 truck-trailer or other heavy equipment trips per day to and from the subject property shall be permitted to locate on a lot adjacent to or across the street from a residential lot in a duly platted subdivision, or a lot in a residential zone.
(3)
No use permitted under the provisions of this chapter shall be permitted that generates more than 20 automobile-truck trips during the busiest hour of the day to and from the premises unless served directly by an arterial or collector, or other improved street or road designed to serve the industrial use only and does not pass through or is not adjacent to residential uses in a duly platted subdivision or residential zone.
(4)
For any use permitted by this chapter on a lot adjacent to or across the street from a residential use or lot in a duly platted subdivision or residential zone, there shall not be any odor, dust, fumes, glare, flashing lights, noise, or other similar types of possible nuisances which are perceptible (without instruments) more than 200 feet in the direction of the affected residential use or lot.
(5)
All parking demand created by any use permitted by this chapter shall be accommodated on the subject premises entirely off street.
(6)
No use permitted by this section shall require the backing of traffic onto a public or private street or road right-of-way to accommodate ingress or egress to any use of the premises thereof.
(7)
There shall not be more than one ingress and one egress from properties accommodating uses permitted by this chapter per each 300 feet of street frontage or fraction thereof. If necessary to meet this requirement, permitted uses shall provide for shared ingress and egress.
(8)
All uses permitted by this chapter shall be screened from abutting residential uses by densely planted trees and shrubs or sight-obscuring fencing.
(9)
No use shall be permitted to operate for business between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if located adjacent to or across the street from a residential use or lot in a duly platted subdivision or residential zone except as approved by the commission.
(10)
No use shall be permitted which has been declared a nuisance by statute or action of the county or by a court of competent jurisdiction; and, for uses requiring contaminant discharge permits, no such use shall be approved by the commission prior to review by the applicable permit reviewing authority nor shall such uses be permitted adjacent to or across the street from a residential use or lot.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(3), 2003)
§ 18.68.040 Dimensional standards.
In an L-M zone, the following dimensional standards shall apply:
(1)
The minimum lot size shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter relative to setback requirements, off-street parking and loading, and as deemed necessary by the commission to maintain air, water and land resource quality and to protect adjoining and area land uses.
(2)
No use permitted by this section which is located adjacent to or across the street from a residential use or lot in a duly platted subdivision or residential zone shall exceed more than 70 percent of the land area designed or intended for such use including buildings, storage areas or facilities, and required off-street parking and loading area.
(3)
The minimum building setback between a structure and a street, road or railroad right-of-way line shall be 50 feet unless a greater setback is required for compliance with comprehensive plan policies or criteria.
(4)
The minimum setback between a structure and a property line abutting a residential lot or use in a duly platted subdivision or residential zone shall be 50 feet.
(5)
The minimum setback between a structure and an existing use permitted by this section shall be three feet from the property line and at least six feet from a structure on the adjoining property.
(6)
The maximum building height for any structure permitted in conjunction with a use permitted by this chapter shall be 25 feet on any lot adjacent to or across the street from a residential use or lot in a duly platted subdivision or residential zone and 45 feet on any other lot.
(7)
The minimum lot frontage shall not be less than 50 feet.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(4), 2003)
§ 18.68.050 Sign limitations.
In addition to standards set forth by this title relative to signs, in an L-M zone, the following sign limitations shall be applicable:
(1)
For any use permitted by this section, the total area of all signs shall not exceed 100 square feet, no freestanding sign shall exceed 32 square feet and a height of 20 feet, no sign exceeding 10 square feet of area and four feet in height shall be located upon the roof of any building, no sign shall exceed 15 percent of the area of the wall it is attached to, no sign shall be located within or protrude into a street right-of-way, and no sign shall flash or move, or be illuminated between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(2)
On any premises accommodating a use permitted by this chapter, there shall not be more than one freestanding sign, plus not more than one building sign per business or other enterprise.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(5), 2003)
§ 18.68.060 Off-street parking and loading.
In an L-M zone, off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 18.128 CCC.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(6), 2003)
§ 18.68.070 Site design.
In an L-M zone, the site design of any permitted use shall make the most effective use reasonably possible of the site topography, existing landscaping, and building placement so as to preserve existing trees and natural features, preserve vistas and other views from public ways and neighboring residential uses, and to minimize intrusion into the character of existing developments and land uses in the immediate vicinity of the proposed use.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(7), 2003)
§ 18.68.080 Design and use criteria.
In the consideration of an application for a proposed use in an L-M zone, the county shall take into account the impact of the proposed use on nearby residential and commercial uses, on resource carrying capacities, on the capacity of transportation and other public facilities and services, and on the appearance of the proposal. In approving a proposed use, the county shall need to find that:
(1)
The proposal is in compliance with the comprehensive plan.
(2)
The proposal is in compliance with the intent and provisions of this title and more particularly with this chapter.
(3)
Economic and environmental considerations are in balance.
(4)
Any social, economic, physical or environmental impacts are minimized.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(8), 2003; Ord. 231 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010)
§ 18.68.090 Additional requirements.
As a condition of approval of any use proposed within an L-M zone, the commission may require:
(1)
An increase in required setbacks.
(2)
Additional off-street parking and loading facilities.
(3)
Limitations on signs or lighting, time of operations, and points of ingress and egress.
(4)
Additional landscaping, screening and other improvements.
(5)
Any other conditions considered necessary to achieve compliance with the intent and purposes of this title and policies of the comprehensive plan.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(9), 2003)
§ 18.68.100 Site plan review.
In an L-M zone, a use permitted by CCC § 18.68.010 shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. Before a new building may be constructed or an existing building enlarged or substantially altered, or a new use initiated, a site development plan shall be prepared and submitted to the planning department for review and approval. Construction, development and use of a site shall be in conformance with the provisions of this chapter, this title and the comprehensive plan, and actual development shall be in conformance with plans approved by the planning department in accordance with this section.
(Ord. 18 § 3.140(10), 2003)
