The M-I, Industrial Manufacturing District is established to provide locations within Danville for future medium intensity industry as well as existing and future heavy intensity industry. In order supplement the opportunity for economic development uses not permitted in the I-P, Light Industrial Park District, the M-I District is primarily intended for use by medium to large manufacturing operations, heavy equipment facilities, construction and maintenance yards, fuel businesses and other basic intensive industrial activities normally found in an urban environment. All industrial uses fronting on or within the FAA impact area of the Danville Regional Airport and the Dan River shall be regulated by special permit. Potentially hazardous uses shall require environmental impact analyses and public review.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § A, 2-17-04)

1.

Airport.

2.

Aircraft-related industry.

3.

Artisan/craftsman manufacturing.

4.

Auto and light vehicle service establishments (with screened outdoor service and storage areas).

5.

Contractor's offices, shops and storage yards.

6.

Establishments for scientific research, development and training, or corporate offices (excepting biomedical, biological and chemical establishments).

7.

Establishments for manufacturing, production, processing, assembly, compounding, cleaning, servicing, storage, testing, repair and distribution of materials, goods or products, which conform to federal, state and City environmental performance standards. (excepting those uses which are specifically prohibited by this article or which require a special use permit).

8.

Gasoline sales establishments (with indoor repair services and no outdoor vehicle storage).

9.

Heavy equipment sale, rental and service establishments, including farm equipment.

10.

Heavy vehicle service establishments (with screened outdoor service and storage areas).

11.

Hotels and motels, with or without eating establishments.

12.

Light wholesale trade establishments, (with outdoor storage).

13.

Lumber yards and building material yards, to include rock sand and gravel storage.

14.

Metal fabrication.

15.

Motor freight terminals.

16.

Motor vehicle storage and impoundment yards.

17.

Plant nursery.

18.

Private training facilities and vocational schools.

19.

Recycling centers.

20.

Retail sales related to establishments permitted by-right, provided that products are produced on the premises or by the same corporate entity.

21.

Storage yards (with coverage subject to Additional Regulations).

22.

Truck or train terminal.

23.

Uses permitted by right or by special use permit in the LED-I District.

24.

Uses permitted by right or by special permit in the HR-C District.

25.

Warehouses, including mini-warehouses.

26.

Exterminator.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § B, 2-17-04; Ord. No. 2005-04.04, 4-5-05)

1.

Adult-oriented uses with locational restrictions to avoid secondary effects.

2.

Asphalt mixing plant.

3.

Automobile auction facility.

4.

Blast furnace.

5.

Bulk storage of flammable materials.

6.

Bus and railroad terminals.

7.

Coal, wood or wood distillation facilities.

8.

Communication towers.

9.

Concrete mixing and batching production.

10.

Drive-in movie theaters.

11.

Establishments for biomedical, biological and chemical scientific research, development and training.

12.

Extraction, storage or distribution of mineral resources, including gravel or sand.

13.

Fertilizer, lime or cement manufacturing.

14.

Heavy public utility uses, to include:

a.

Electrical generating plants.

b.

Sewerage treatment plants.

15.

Hellports and hellpads.

16.

Junkyard, as defined.

17.

Metal foundries, smelting, processing, fabrication and storage.

18.

Power generation facility.

19.

Private garbage incineration.

20.

Public utilities and facilities.

21.

Residential dwelling unit appurtenant to and contained within a commercial or industrial building for the specific use of a watchman or caretaker.

22.

Sanitary landfill.

23.

Soap manufacture.

24.

Stockyards.

25.

Tanning and curing of skins.

26.

Use with lot frontage on the Dan River.

27.

Use with lot frontage or within the aviation impact area of the Danville Regional Airport.

28.

Veterinary hospitals, inclusive of boarding kennels.

29.

Waiver of floor area ratio.

30.

Waiver of building height.

31.

Waiver of minimum lot size.

32.

Waiver of minimum district size when in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan.

33.

Regional brewery.

34.

Cemetery.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § C, 2-17-04; Ord. No. 2012-11.09, 11-20-12; Ord. No. 2014-09.07, 9-16-14; Ord. No. 2022-04.01, Exh. A, 4-5-22)

The specific uses which follow shall not be permitted in the M-I District.

1.

Any other similar use which in the opinion of the City Council might be injurious or noxious by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration, glare, noise or other cause which may be deemed as hazardous to the health, welfare and safety of the City.

2.

Acid manufacture.

3.

All nonconforming uses shall not be allowed to expand facilities.

4.

Ammonia and chlorine manufacturing.

5.

Animal slaughterhouses.

6.

Automobile salvage yard and other salvage yards.

7.

Boiler works.

8.

Fireworks or explosives manufacturing.

9.

Herbicide manufacturing.

10.

Insecticide manufacturing.

11.

New residential uses.

12.

Petroleum, asphalt or related product refining.

13.

Pesticide manufacturing.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § D, 2-17-04)

Regulated by floor area ratio.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § E, 2-17-04)

1.

Minimum district size: 5 acres.

2.

Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet.

3.

Minimum lot width: 120 feet.

4.

No M-I District lot shall be configured such that more than 10% of the prescribed minimum lot area is comprised of either of the following physical land units: (a) wetlands and (b) water features.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § F, 2-17-04)

1.

Maximum building height: 80 feet.

2.

Minimum yard requirements:

A.

Front yard: 50 feet, except where the use abuts a residential district, the front yard shall be 60 feet;

B.

Interior and street side yards: 25 feet. Unless the property's interior or street side yard abuts a public right-of-way or residential district, then the required setback is 50 feet;

C.

Rear yard: 50 feet, provided, where rear yard abuts a public right-of-way or residential district, the rear yard shall be 60 feet; and

D.

Side and rear yard requirements may be reduced by special permit where a side or rear yard abuts a railroad right-of-way.

3.

Maximum floor area ratio: 0.50.

4.

Maximum building area coverage: 0.30.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § G, 2-17-04; Ord. No. 2022-02.01, Exh. A, 2-1-22)

1.

An open space plan and landscape plan shall be submitted with applications for any land use governed by this district.

2.

Stormwater management basins and structures and BMP facilities may counted towards the minimum open space requirement provided that these basins, structures, and facilities include the appropriate landscaping and maintenance in accordance with the Landscape and Screening Regulations.

3.

Ten (10) percent of the lot shall be landscaped open space; provided that no more than fifty (50) percent of the landscaped open space shall consist of land classified as rivers, stream valleys, wetlands, slopes in excess of 30%, or drainage easements.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § H, 2-17-04)

1.

Refer to the Airport Overlay District, where applicable, for specific regulations pertaining to development within the district.

2.

An environmental impact statement may be required for any permitted or special permit use. All uses shall conform to federal, state and City environmental performance standards and design criteria as related to:

(a)

Air pollution;

(b)

Fire and explosion hazards;

(c)

Radiation hazards;

(d)

Electromagnetic radiation and interference hazards;

(e)

Liquid, gas and solid wastes hazards;

(f)

Noise standards;

(g)

Vibration standards;

(h)

Illumination and glare;

(i)

Water quality; and

(j)

Others as may be requested by the Planning Commission.

3.

All uses shall be subject to site plan approval.

4.

All refuse shall be contained in completely enclosed facilities.

5.

On a corner lot, no curb cut shall be located closer than 60 feet to the curb line extended from the intersecting public street.

6.

No curb cut shall be located closer than 20 feet to a side or rear lot line, unless a common curb cut serves adjacent uses, and in no instance shall the distance between separate curb cuts serving adjacent uses be less than 60 feet.

7.

A freestanding use shall have no more than two curb cuts on any single right-of-way, and such curb cuts shall have a minimum distance of 100 feet between them.

8.

The outdoor area devoted to storage, loading and display of goods shall not exceed 30% of the total lot coverage, provided that the combined building and outdoor storage, loading and display areas shall not exceed 60% of the total lot coverage. Such outdoor areas shall not be counted in the calculation of required open space. The location and use of outdoor storage, loading and display areas shall be limited to the designated area(s) on the approved site plan.

9.

Where a lot is contiguous to property located in a residential district, all buildings shall have a minimum setback of 50 feet from common property lines. A landscaped buffer yard shall be provided, with landscape materials and placement subject to final plan approval. Fencing may be required in such cases with fence material and heights subject to final plan approval.

10.

Reserved.

11.

Refer to the Floodplain Zoning Overlay District, where applicable.

12.

Refer to Parking and Loading Requirements where applicable.

13.

Any subdivision or lot which is proposed to be developed on shrink/swell soils shall require a geotechnical report to be submitted with the preliminary plat and plans. Such report shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer and shall address the feasibility of development on the subject soils. No subdivision plat or site plan shall be approved for final recordation until a foundation engineering report has been reviewed by the City.

All recorded plats for lots containing shrink/swell soils shall bear the following note: "This lot contains shrink/swell soils which require special engineering design for foundations and structural elements. No structure will be approved for issuance of a building permit until a foundation engineering design prepared by a certified professional engineer has been approved for the proposed structure."

14.

In the evaluation of performance standards for any permitted or special permit use in the M-I District, the City Council, at its sole discretion, may impose other conditions and additional restrictions to that use for the purposes of ensuring the mitigation of impacts and promulgating the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Danville.

15.

Refer to Landscaping and Screening for frontage, parking lot, and yard landscaping, screening and buffer yard provisions.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.Q, § I, 2-17-04; Ord. No. 2022-04.01, Exh. A, 4-5-22)