Sec. 12.01. This Zoning District is intended for a variety of warehousing, industrial and manufacturing uses. Uses that can be characterized by the absence of objectional external effects are permitted by right within the district. More intensive industrial uses are allowed only with a Special Use Permit. In both cases, development standards must be applied to ensure that such industrial uses do not have a negative effect on adjacent land uses.

(Ord. No. 29, 9-2-1993)

Sec. 12.02. Land and/or buildings in the I Industrial District may be used for the following, subject to the Site Development Standards of 300.640, Section 14A.01—14A.07 (Site Plan Review):

(a)

Blacksmith or welding shops.

(b)

Truck and trailer terminals.

(c)

Contractors equipment yard or rental or leasing of equipment normally used by contractors.

(d)

Planing mills, machine slopes and tool and die manufacturing.

(e)

Produce storage plants.

(f)

Municipal garages, utility service, or storage yard.

(g)

Stone yards or monument works.

(h)

Storage warehouses.

(i)

Sheet metal works.

(j)

Building supply shops.

(k)

Vehicle repair or body shops, including farm equipment.

(l)

Commercial laundry and central dry cleaning plants.

(m)

Lumberyards and mill sash work incidental thereto.

(n)

Pasteurization or hatchery plant.

(o)

Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging, treating, and assembling from previously prepared materials in the production of:

(1)

Food products, including meat, dairy, fruit, vegetable, seafood, grain, bakery, confectionery, beverage, and kindred foods.

(2)

Textile mill products, including woven fabric, knit goods, dying and finishing, floor coverings, yarn and thread, and other textile goods.

(3)

Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics, leather goods, fur, canvas, and similar materials.

(4)

Lumber and wood products, including millwork, prefabricated structural wood products and containers, not including logging camps.

(5)

Furniture and fixtures.

(6)

Paperboard containers, building paper, building board, and bookbinding.

(7)

Printing and publishing.

(8)

Manufacturing of engineering, measuring, optic, medical, lenses, photographic, and similar instruments.

(9)

Jewelry, silverware, toys, athletic, office, and tobacco goods, musical instruments, signs and displays, and similar manufacturing establishments.

(p)

Wholesale establishments, including automotive equipment, drugs, chemicals, dry goods, apparel, food, farm products, electrical goods, hardware, machinery, equipment, metals, paper products and furnishings, and lumber and building products.

(q)

Research and development testing and experimental laboratories and manufacturing.

(r)

Essential service buildings and structures.

(s)

Trade and industrial schools.

(t)

Commercial fuel depot.

(u)

Other similar uses as determined by the Zoning Administrator.

(v)

Customary accessory buildings and uses.

(w)

Unclassified uses. In the event a proposed use does not appear to be expressly authorized in this Ordinance, as determined by the Zoning Administrator, a special use application may be filed by a party of interest in accordance with the Special Use Provisions of this Ordinance. In acting upon the application, in addition to the standards for a Special Use, the review by the Planning Commission shall seek to ascertain in which district or districts, if any, the proposed use was intended to be permitted, taking into consideration the spirit, purpose and intent of the Ordinance as a whole.

(Amend. of 3-6-1980; Ord. No. 29, 9-2-1993)

Sec. 12.02A. Special uses. Land and/or buildings may be utilized for the following uses when approved for a Special Use Permit upon approval by the Planning Commission, subject to the provisions for Special Uses as contained in this Ordinance.

(a)

Chemical processes and operations such as drugs, soaps, detergents, paints, enamels, wood chemicals, agriculture, and allied chemicals.

(b)

Asphalt, concrete, or similar refining and manufacturing.

(c)

Salvage yards.

(d)

Refuse and garbage incinerators.

(e)

Scrap tire collection sites and scrap tire processors.

(f)

Manufacture of gas, coke, or coal tar products.

(g)

Manufacture of ammunition, fireworks or other explosives.

(h)

Stockyards and slaughter houses.

(i)

Blast furnaces, drop forges, petroleum refining, metal stamping, and similar uses.

(j)

Solid waste processing facility, including composting as an incidental use.

(k)

Extractive uses such as sand and gravel mines or similar uses.

(l)

Outdoor places or facilities for public amusement, entertainment or assembly.

(Amend. of 3-6-1980; Ord. No. 29, 9-2-1993)

Sec. 12.03. Three stories or 45 feet, whichever is less.

Sec. 12.04. No building or structure, nor the enlargement of same shall be erected unless the following requirements are met:

(a)

Front yard. Where all the frontage on the same side of a street between two intersecting streets is located in an I District and where a setback has been established by 50% of said frontage, then this established setback shall determine the required front yard. In all other cases there shall be a front yard of not less than 75 feet.

(b)

Side yard.

(1)

A minimum side yard of eight feet shall be required when a lot in the I District abuts a zoning district other than an A, B, RA, or RE zone.

(2)

A minimum side yard of 50 feet shall be required when a lot in the I District abuts a A, B, RE, or RA Zone.

(c)

Rear yard. There shall be a rear lot of not less than 50 feet except where such district abuts a residential zone then a minimum rear yard of 100 feet shall be provided.

(d)

Lot area. The minimum lot area shall be one acre. Each lot must be a minimum of 100 feet at the front lot line. This minimum lot width must then be expanded so that at the minimum required front building setback there is a lot width of 150 feet. This minimum lot width of 150 feet must be maintained throughout the entire remaining portion of the parcel.

(Ord. No. 92-1, 12-3-1992; Ord. No. 29, 9-2-1993; Ord. No. 30, 11-10-1993; Ord. of 11-1-2001; Ord. of 5-6-2004; Ord. No. 05-04, 5-6-2004)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 29, adopted Sept. 2, 1993, deleted former Section 12.05, relative to minimum floor area, which provisions derived from Ord. No. 6, effective Feb. 1, 1977.

Sec. 12.06. 

(a)

Landscaping. Landscaping shall be provided within the front yard, for parking lots and along abutting lot lines as required by Section 4.41 [300.231] herein.

(b)

Site plan. A site plan shall be required for all uses in this district according to the requirements of Chapter XIV-A herein.

(c)

Off street parking. Off street parking facilities for all uses in this district shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of Chapter XV.

(d)

Site development standards. The following development standards are designed to mitigate negative impacts on nearby properties and shall apply to all uses in the Industrial District.

1)

All storage materials related to the use are to be kept within a completely enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all sides by a solid fence, greenbelt, or wall at least six feet in height except that salvage yards or similar uses may be enclosed by a solid fence or wall up to ten feet in height if determined necessary by the Planning Commission. Further, all business shall be conducted in such a manner that any noise, smoke, dust, vibration, or like nuisance shall not adversely affect adjoining properties.

2)

Industrial equipment on a site, including trucks, shall not be operated in a manner such that it produces noise above 75 decibels (Ldn) when measured at the nearest occupied residential dwelling unit.

3)

The location of driveway shall be determined during site plan review. Driveways shall be located to minimize negative impacts upon nearby properties.

4)

Operations which involve the repair or storage of damaged vehicles shall immediately remove all fluids from such vehicles if there is evidence that leaking of fluids is occurring or could occur. This is necessary to minimize fire hazards and to prevent such fluids from contaminating ground water and surface water.

(Ord. No. 29, 9-2-1993; Ord. of 5-18-1995; Ord. of 4-4-2002)

Sec. 12.07. Private sewage disposal systems and wells for all uses not connected to public sanitary sewer and water systems shall be approved by the Allegan County Health Department.