Deer Park City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 12
- USE GROUPS
12.01. - Listings.
The use groups referred to in the use districts are herein listed in numerical order. Within the use groups the permitted uses are listed in alphabetical order. Special conditions applicable to a use are shown thus ( ) [surrounding a section number].
In the event that a use has not been listed within any use group, the Building Official shall, upon application, determine the use group in which said use belongs, taking into consideration the character of the use group and the uses included in said use group.
12.01.1.
Group 1; Agriculture, Field crops. Use Group 1 consists of agricultural uses which are compatible with nearby residential uses.
12.01.2.
Group 2; Agriculture, Animal husbandry.
12.01.3.
Group 3; Single-family Dwellings.
12.01.4.
Group 4; Two-family dwellings.
12.01.5.
Group 5; Townhouses and Patio Homes.
12.01.6.
Group 6; Multiple-family Dwellings.
12.01.7.
Group 7; Apartment Hotels, Student Housing.
12.01.8.
Group 8; Hotel.
12.01.9.
Group 9; Manufactured Home Parks.
12.01.10.
Group 10; Community Facilities. Use Group 10 consists of public and quasi-public uses which:
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Are needed in residential areas to serve educational, recreational or religious requirements of the residents; or
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Can ordinarily perform their functions most effectively in a residential environment, unaffected by objectionable influences from adjacent industrial or general commercial uses; and
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Are not significantly objectionable to adjacent residential uses, and meet all conditions set forth in this ordinance with respect to environment regulations; and
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Are, therefore, permitted in residential districts, as well as in predevelopment, commercial and M1 districts by specific use permit of the City Council.
Facilities needed to serve the residents of the immediate neighborhood or group of neighborhoods, rather than the entire community:
Facilities needed to serve residents of the entire community, or the public at large, but which need a residential environment:
Other public or quasi-public facilities that are not significantly objectionable to adjacent residential uses:
12.01.11.
Group 11; Community Facilities. Use Group 11 consists of public, quasi-public and private facilities which:
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Are needed in residential areas to serve recreational requirements of the residents; or
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Can ordinarily perform their functions most effectively in a residential or commercial environment, unaffected by objectionable influences from adjacent heavy industrial uses; or
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Provide seasonal use of open land on a temporary basis; and
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Can be significantly objectionable to immediately adjacent residential uses, even though they meet all conditions set forth in this ordinance with respect to environmental regulation; and
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Are, therefore, permitted in all districts except M3 by specific use permit of the City Council, except in the case of Christmas tree and wreath sales, which may be conducted in predevelopment, residential, and OP districts only by temporary occupancy permit.
12.01.12.
Group 12; Public Utility and Related Facilities. Use Group 12 consists of public, quasi-public or private facilities which:
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Are needed in residential areas to service public utility or similar requirements of the residents; or
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Have technical location requirements necessitating specific locations; and
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Can be significantly objectionable to residential, commercial and light industrial uses, even though they meet all conditions set forth in this ordinance with respect to environment regulations; and
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Are therefore permitted in certain agricultural, residential, commercial and industrial districts, only by specific use permit of the City Council.
Public utility and related facilities either needed in residential areas to serve the residents thereof, or having technical locational requirements necessitating specific locations:
Temporary uses of open land:
12.01.13.
Group 13; Off-street Parking, Accessory, Special. Use Group 13 consists of off-street parking lots, accessory to uses in commercial and industrial districts, but permitted in certain other districts, under conditions set forth in Section 17.04 by specific use permit of the City Council.
12.01.14.
Group 14; Medical Offices and Related Facilities. Use Group 14 consists of medical offices and related facilities suitable for locating in close proximity to residential areas, in order to provide convenient service to the residents of those areas.
12.01.15.
Group 15; General Offices and Related Facilities. Use Group 15 consists of general offices and uses which are compatible with or complementary to general offices and nearby residential areas, as follows:
12.01.16.
Group 16; Convenience Goods and Services. Use Group 16 consists of convenience goods stores and personal service establishments which provide local consumer and transient needs and have a small service area and are, therefore, distributed throughout the City:
12.01.17.
Group 17; Eating Places with Beer and Wine.
12.01.17.1.
Permitted uses. Eating places, enclosed, where beer and wine is served incidental to the serving of food, without dancing or entertainment.
12.01.18.
Group 18; Shopping-type Consumer Goods and Related Services. Use Group 18 consists of stores selling goods which are ordinarily purchased less frequently than convenience goods and which often are affected by style and comparative shopping considerations. These stores tend to sell to a community-wide or regional market, rather than the more restricted local market served by convenience goods stores:
12.01.19.
Group 19; Service Stations and Drive-in Restaurants. Use Group 19 consists of certain facilities catering almost entirely to persons in their automobiles and sometimes so operated as to cause appreciable adverse effects on adjoining residential and retail commercial uses and, therefore, not appropriate for prime retail districts:
12.01.20.
Group 20; Local Consumer Services. Use Group 20 consists of establishments engaged primarily in providing household and automotive maintenance and similar services which:
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Fulfill recurrent needs of residents of nearby areas; and
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Have relatively small service areas and are therefore distributed throughout the City; and
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Are generally incompatible with primary retail districts because they break the continuity of retail frontage.
12.01.20.1.
Off-street parking spaces required:
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One per 300 SF floor area, except as otherwise noted.
12.01.21.
Group 21; Major Commercial Recreation Facilities. Use Group 21 consists of large commercial recreation facilities capable of generating substantial traffic volumes and having potentially adverse effects on nearby residential, commercial or light industrial areas.
12.01.22.
Group 22; Semiprivate Clubs, Taverns and Nightclubs.
12.01.23.
Group 23; Automobile Sales and Service Establishments. Use Group 23 consists of automobile and related vehicles sales and service establishments, including open use of land, having limited objectionable characteristics to other retail and service establishments.
12.01.23.1.
Off-street parking spaces required:
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One per 400 SF floor area, except as otherwise noted.
12.01.24.
Group 24; Industrial Group A. Use Group 24 consists of light industrial activities, including processing activities which:
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Are ordinarily conducted in such a way as to comply with a high level of performance standards; and
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Produce articles of high value relative to bulk and, therefore, generate very low truck traffic.
12.01.24.1.
Permitted Uses:
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Art needle work, hand weaving or tapestries.
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Bakery products: limited to 7,500 SF of floor area per establishment.
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Book binding and tooling.
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Carpentry, custom woodworking or custom furniture making.
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Custom ceramic products.
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Custom hair products.
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Custom orthopedic or medical appliances.
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Jewelry manufacturing from precious metals.
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Medical, dental or drafting instruments; optical goods; or similar precision instruments.
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Printing or publishing, including engraving and photoengraving, without floor area limitation.
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Watch making.
12.01.24.2.
Off-street parking spaces required.
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In nonmanufacturing or processing facilities, one per 300 SF of floor area for office area, and one per 600 SF of floor area for warehouse and shop area.
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In manufacturing or processing facilities one per each 1 ½ employees.
12.01.25.
Group 25; Industrial Group B. Use Group 25 consists of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing activities which:
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Are ordinarily conducted in such a way as to comply with a high level of performance standards; and
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Produce articles of only moderately high value relative to bulk and thus are likely to generate moderate truck traffic.
12.01.25.1.
Permitted Uses:
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Manufacturing or processing of the following products:
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Apparel or other textile products from textiles or other prepared materials, including hat bodies and similar products.
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Beverages, nonalcoholic.
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Bottling works, for all beverages.
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Brooms or brushes.
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Cameras or other photographic equipment, except film.
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Canvas products.
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Clocks or similar products.
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Fur goods, not including tanning or dyeing.
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Ice, dry or natural.
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Motion picture.
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Novelty products.
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Orthopedic or medical appliances, including artificial limbs, braces, supports, or stretchers, or similar appliances.
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Scenery construction.
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Statuary, mannequins, figurines, or religious or church art goods, excluding foundry operations.
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Umbrellas and parasols.
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Nonmanufacturing activities:
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Cold storage plant.
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Laundry plant.
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Moving; storage; parking; crating.
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Warehouse, except for goods whose warehousing or storage is listed separately herein.
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Wholesale distributors, except for goods whose distribution is listed separately herein.
12.01.25.2.
Off-street parking spaces required.
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In nonmanufacturing or processing facilities, one per 300 SF of floor area for office area, and one per 600 SF of floor area for warehouse and shop area.
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In manufacturing or processing facilities one per each 1 ½ employees.
12.01.26.
Group 26; Industrial Group C. Use Group 26 consists of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing activities which are ordinarily conducted in such a way as to generate moderate adverse effects on certain other uses and thus to comply with a moderate level of performance standards.
12.01.26.1.
Permitted Uses:
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Manufacturing or processing of the following products:
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Automobiles, trucks or trailers, including parts; engine rebuilding.
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Boats.
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Carpets.
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Ceramic products, including pottery, small glazed tile, or similar products.
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Chemicals: compounding or packaging.
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Cosmetics or toiletries.
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Electrical appliances, including lighting fixtures, irons, fans, toasters, electric toys, or similar appliances.
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Electrical equipment assembly, including home radio or television receivers, home movie equipment, or similar products, but not including electrical machinery.
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Electrical supplies, including wire or cable assembly, switches, lamps, insulation, dry cell batteries, or similar products.
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Food products, except slaughtering of meat, or manufacturing of vinegar, sauerkraut, or pickles, or similar products.
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Glass products, from previously manufactured glass.
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Hair, felt, or feather products, except washing, curing, or dyeing.
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Hosiery.
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Ink or inked ribbon.
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Jute, hemp, sisal, or oakum products.
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Leather products, including shoes, machine belting, or similar products.
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Luggage.
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Machines, business, including typewriter, accounting machines, calculators, card-counting equipment, or similar products.
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Machinery, miscellaneous, including washing machines, firearms, refrigerators, air conditioning, commercial motion picture equipment, or similar products.
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Machine tools, including metal lathes, metal presses, metal stamping machines, woodworking machines, and similar products.
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Mattresses, including rebuilding or renovating.
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Metal finishing, plating, grinding, sharpening, polishing, cleaning, rustproofing, heat treating, or similar processes.
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Motorcycles, including parts.
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Musical instruments, including pianos or organs.
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Paper products, including envelopes, stationery, bags, boxes, shipping containers, bulk goods, tubes, wallpaper, or similar products.
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Pecan shelling.
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Perfumes or perfumed soaps, compounding or packaging only.
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Pharmaceutical products.
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Plastic products, including tableware, phonograph records, buttons, or similar products.
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Poultry or rabbit packing or slaughtering.
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Silverware, plate or sterling.
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Soap or detergents, packaging only.
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Sporting or athletic equipment, including balls, baskets, cues, gloves, bats, racquets, rods, or similar products.
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Steel products: miscellaneous fabrication or assembly, including steel cabinets, doors, fencing, metal furniture, or similar products.
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Textiles: spinning, weaving, manufacturing, dyeing, or printing; canvas goods, knit goods, yarn, thread or cordage.
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Tools or hardware, including bolts, nuts, screws, doorknobs, drills, hand tools, cutlery, hinges, house hardware, locks, nonferrous metal castings, plumbing, appliances, or similar products.
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Toys.
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Upholstering, bulk, excluding shops dealing directly with consumers.
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Vehicles, children's, including bicycles, scooters, wagons, baby carriages, or similar vehicles.
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Venetian blinds, window shades, or awnings.
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Wax products.
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Wood products, including furniture, boxes, crates, baskets, pencils, cooperage, or similar products.
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Nonmanufacturing activities:
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Agricultural suppliers; feed, seed, livestock medication, not including farm machinery.
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Building supplies and lumber yards: retail or wholesale.
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Plumbing fixture supplies: retail or wholesale.
12.01.26.2.
Off-street parking spaces required.
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In nonmanufacturing or processing facilities, one per 300 SF of floor area for office area, and one per 600 SF of floor area for warehouse and shop area.
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In manufacturing or processing facilities one per each 1 ½ employees.
12.01.27.
Group 27; Industrial Group D. Use Group 27 consists of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing activities which are ordinarily conducted in such a way as to generate substantial adverse effects on certain other uses and thus to comply with a low level of performance standards.
12.01.27.1.
Permitted Uses:
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Manufacturing of the following products:
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Asphalt or asphalt products.
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Beverages, alcoholic, including beer or ale.
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Brick, tile, or clay.
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Cement, lime, or plaster of paris.
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Charcoal or fuel briquettes.
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Chemicals, including acids, acetylene, aniline dyes, ammonia, bleaching compounds, carbide, caustic soda, cellulose, chlorine, cleaning or polishing preparations, exterminating agents, hydrogen or oxygen, industrial alcohol, potash; plastic materials, synthetic resins, or rayon yarns, coal, coke or tar products, including manufacturing gas.
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Cotton ginning or processing.
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Distillation of bones or wood.
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Excelsior or packing materials.
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Fat rendering.
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Fertilizers.
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Food products, without limitations as to type.
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Foundries, ferrous or nonferrous.
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Gas or gas products.
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Gelatin, glue, or size.
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Glass or large glass products, including structural or plate glass or similar products.
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Grain milling or processing.
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Graphite or graphite products.
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Gypsum.
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Hair, felt, or feathers, bulk processing, washing, curing, or dyeing.
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Film, photographic.
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Incineration or reduction of garbage, offal.
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Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants, or related industrial or household chemical products.
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Leather or fur tanning, curing, finishing, or dyeing.
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Linoleum or oil cloth.
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Machinery, heavy.
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Metal or metal ores, reduction, refining, smelting, or alloying.
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Metal alloys or foil, miscellaneous, including solder, pewter, brass, bronze, or tin, lead, or gold foil, or similar products.
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Metal or metal products: treatment or processing, including enameling, japanning, lacquering, galvanizing, or similar processes.
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Metal casting or foundry products, heavy, including ornamental iron works or similar products.
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Monument works, with no limitation on processing.
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Oil well drilling.
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Paint, enamel, lacquer, turpentine or varnish.
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Petroleum or petroleum products, refining, including gasoline or other petroleum products with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Plastic, raw.
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Porcelain products, including bathroom or kitchen equipment or similar products.
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Railroad equipment, including railroad cars and locomotives.
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Rubber, natural or synthetic, including tires, tubes, or similar products.
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Soaps or detergents.
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Steel structural products, including bars, girders, rails, wire rope, or similar products.
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Solvent extracting.
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Slaughtering or packing.
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Stone processing or stone products, including abrasives, asbestos, stone screening, stone cutting, stone works, sand or lime products, or similar products or processes.
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Sugar refining.
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Tar or tar products.
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Textile bleaching.
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Vinegar, pickles, or similar products.
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Wood or lumber processing, including sawmills or planing mills, excelsior, plywood or veneer, wood preserving treatment, or similar products or processes.
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Wool scouring or pulling.
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Nonmanufacturing activities:
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Junkyard.
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Slaughterhouse, animal auction.
12.01.27.2.
Off-street parking spaces required.
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In nonmanufacturing or processing facilities, one per 300 SF of floor area for office area, and one per 600 SF of floor area for warehouse and shop area.
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In manufacturing or processing facilities, one per each 1 ½ employees.
12.01.28.
Group 28; Outdoor Advertising.
12.01.28.1.
Permitted Uses:
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Outdoor advertising signs.
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Off-street parking spaces required: None.
12.01.29.
Group 29; Shipping Containers and Shipping Container Storage Yards.
12.01.29.1.
Permitted Uses:
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Shipping container storage yard.
12.01.30.
Group 30; Manufactured Homes and Trailers.
12.01.30.1.
Permitted Uses:
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Sales, repair and rental of manufactured homes and trailers (including camping trailers).
12.01.31.
Group 31; Tank Truck Facilities.
12.01.31.2.
Permitted Uses:
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Dispatching, handling, maintenance, repair, storing or parking of tank trucks which are used to haul or transport any flammable or hazardous products.
12.01.32.
Group 32; Highway Services.
12.01.32.1.
Specific Use Permit (SUP) Required.
12.01.33.
Group 33; General Commercial Zoning District.
12.01.33.1.
Permitted Uses:
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Light fabrication shop making small precision parts only inside enclosed structure, using no overlay or fabrication welding, using no overhead cranes and creating minimum noise.
12.01.34.
Group 34; Industrial Parks District and General Industrial District.
12.01.34.1.
Principal Uses:
Lay down yards/outdoor storage.
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Allowed only in the M1.
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Any area that can be viewed from a public ROW shall be enclosed by a solid eight-foot fence. If the area abuts another zoned district other than an industrial district, that area will need to be enclosed by a solid eight-foot fence.
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The area needs to be surfaced with some hard surface to control dust at all times.
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The area cannot encroach on the front building line. The lay down yards/outdoor storage, which abut other industrial zoned districts, do not have to conform to the side or back setback line.
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Equipment or material stored on-site shall be free from any hazardous and combustible materials.
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Lay down yards allowed in Use Group 34—Industrial Parks District and General Industrial District in M1 and M3 Zoning Districts.
12.01.34.2.
Permitted uses:
Shipping containers.
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Shipping containers are allowed in the M1 industrial park district and M2 general industrial district for shipping purposes only and must conform to the following requirements:
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No shipping container may be used for storage purposes;
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Shipping containers may not be stacked and must be placed on a concrete or asphalt surface;
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The shipping containers must be completely enclosed by a solid fence that is a minimum of six inches above the shipping containers and a maximum height of eight feet from the ground;
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The use of the shipping containers must be in connection with the business at the location but not the primary business;
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The use of shipping containers in the M1 industrial park district and M2 general industrial district must have a specific use permit before any containers are placed at the location.
(Ord. No. 4100 , § 2, 9-3-2019)
12.01.35.
Group 35; Industrial Zoning District.
12.01.35.1.
Specific Use Permit (SUP) Required:
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Bulk Warehouses.
12.01.35.2.
Parking requirements:
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Parking requirements shall be one space per 300 SF of office and one space per 2,500 SF of warehouse.
12.01.36.
Group 36; Industrial Equipment Rental ( Industrial Zoning District).
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All equipment, machinery, containers, etc., that can be viewed from a public ROW, shall be enclosed by a solid eight-foot fence. If the equipment, machinery, containers, etc. abuts another zoned district other than an industrial district, that area will need to be enclosed by a solid eight-foot fence.
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All equipment, machinery, containers, etc., need to be on a hard surface to control dust at all times and containers may not be stacked.
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All equipment, machinery, containers, etc., stored on site shall be free from any hazardous and combustible materials.
12.01.37.
Group 37; Light Industrial District.
12.01.37.1.
Permitted uses.
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Recreational vehicle parks.