1.   Areas utilized for motor vehicle yards shall comply with all principal structure setbacks requirements of the zoning district.

            2.   Areas utilized for motor vehicle yards shall be provided with a permanent durable and dustless surface.

            3.   Areas utilized for motor vehicle impoundment yards shall be lit from dusk to dawn at an intensity of not less than 1.0 foot candles nor greater than 1.5 foot candles using poles no higher than 25 feet and cutoff fixtures that direct light downward such that the intensity of light at the property line does not exceed 0.5 foot candles.

            4.   Areas utilized for motor vehicle impoundment yards shall be completely enclosed with a solid wall or fence of not more than eight feet in height. No chain link or mesh type of fence with inserted screening slats shall be used to comply with the provisions of this section.

            5.   No vehicle shall be stored longer than 60 days provided vehicles subject to seizure or impoundment orders shall be exempt from any such limitation.

            1.   All towing vehicles and equipment must be stored inside a building or in areas with a paved, dustless surface that complies with all principal structure setback requirements of the zoning district. In no case shall towing vehicles be stored closer to the street than the front wall of the primary structure.

            1.   Uses and facilities include: electric sub-stations and booster stations; telephone exchanges, repeater stations, micro-wave relay towers and stations, antenna towers and other outdoor equipment essential to the operation of the exchange in the interest of the public convenience; potable water well head stations, well separators, pumping stations, water filtration plants, reservoirs, and storage tanks and towers; natural gas regulator stations and similar above the ground facilities customarily used for the distribution, transmission or storage of natural gas as a part of the operation of a public utility; and satellite dishes as accessory to any of the above.

            2.   The use shall be located more than 200 feet from the boundary of a residential use.

            3.   Natural gas equipment and other installations may be in completely enclosed buildings or in the open, but along with electric substations and booster stations, must be completely enclosed behind two-inch or less mesh chainlink fence or equal, no less than six feet in height.

            1.   Such facilities shall only include the following:

               a.   Facilities accepting exclusively general construction or demolition debris for transfer, storage, or treatment;

               b.   Landscape waste compost facilities;

               c.   Landscape waste transfer stations; and

               d.   Other recycling, materials recovery and waste minimization/waste diversion facilities.

            2.   All facilities listed hereunder shall comply fully with all applicable requirements contained in the Environmental Protection Act and its implementing regulations, as both may be amended from time to time, in addition to all applicable requirements contained in this chapter provided that in the event that those requirements imposed by the State of Illinois conflict with those of this chapter, the more restrictive provisions shall apply.

               a.   Facilities accepting exclusively general construction or demolition debris for transfer, storage, treatment or as fill shall comply with all provisions in §§ 157.300 through 157.314.

               b.   Landscape waste compost facilities shall comply with all provisions in §§ 157.265 through 157.285.

            1.   Shall be accessory to an authorized and licensed principal use located within the village limits. If the principal use ceases to operate or relocates out of the village, the accessory commercial operations yard shall be immediately vacated and all equipment and materials removed.

            2.   Areas utilized for accessory commercial operations yards shall comply with all principal structure setback requirements of the zoning district.

            3.   Areas utilized for accessory commercial operations yards shall be provided with a permanent durable and dustless surface.

            4.   Areas utilized for accessory commercial operations yards shall be completely enclosed and screened with a solid wall or fence of not more than 12 feet in height and/or a berm or evergreen plants of any height. No materials or equipment shall be stored at a height greater than the height of the screening; except that when there is no reasonable alternative, material or equipment may be stored at a height greater than the height of the screening provided that the area utilized for an accessory commercial operations yard is setback a minimum of one additional linear foot from all lot lines for each one foot of storage height above the screening. No chain link or mesh type of fence with inserted screening slats shall be used to comply with the screening provisions of this section.

      (1)   Unless specifically provided for otherwise in § 157.065(A), no lot, parcel or tract of land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered or remodeled for any of the following uses: abattoirs; acid manufacture; arsenals; crematories; creosote treatment or manufacture; fat rendering; fertilizer manufacture; fireworks or explosive manufacture or storage; dumping or reduction of garbage; dead animals; offal; or refuse; ore reduction, petroleum processing or refining; nitrocellulose manufacture; synthetic polymers manufacture; gutta perca manufacture or treatment; salt works; sauerkraut manufacture; soap manufacture; smelters; stock yard or slaughter of animals or fowls; tallow, grease or lard manufacture or treatment; tanning, curing, or storage of rawhides or skins; tar distillation or manufacture; or junk yards.

      (2)   To the extent that a Pollution Control Facility subject to local siting review as provided for in ILCS Chapter 415, Act 5, § 39.2 is proposed to be located in the village, those areas designated as manufacturing districts on the village zoning map are deemed the most appropriate locations for such a facility provided that the facility, and its location, otherwise comply with all applicable requirements of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and its implementing administrative codes, as both may be amended from time to time, and notwithstanding that local zoning or other local land use requirements shall not be applicable to such siting decisions.

      (3)   No activities involving the storage, utilization or manufacture of materials or products which decompose by detonation shall be permitted, except such as specifically licensed by the village and which may include but not be confined to: all primary explosives, such as lead azide, lead styphnate, and tetracene; and all high explosives, such as TNT, RDX, HMX, PE TN and picric acid, propellants and components thereof such as nitrocellulose, black powder, boron hydrides, hydrazine and its derivatives; pyrotechnics and fireworks such as magnesium powder, potassium chlorate and potassium nitrate; blasting explosives such as dynamite and nitroglycerine; unstable compounds such as acetylides, tetrazoles, perchlonc acid, perchlorates, chlorates, hydrogen peroxide in concentrations greater than 35% and nuclear fuels, fissionable materials and products and reactor elements such as Uranium 235 and Plutonium 239.

   (C)   Within 300 feet of a residence district boundary line all activities and operations shall be within completely enclosed buildings, or may be out-of-doors if completely screened by a solid wall or uniformly-painted fence at least eight feet in height, and open storage shall not be of a greater height dean that of the enclosing fence, except that off-street parking for vehicles in operable condition and off-street loading spaces may be located in accordance with §§ 157.120 through 157.127.

   (D)   No buildings or structures shall be used for the manufacture, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, repairing, storing, cleaning or servicing of materials, products or goods, within 300 feet of any lot line of a lot located in a residence district.

   (E)   (1)   Any use established in manufacturing districts which involves the manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, repairing, storing, cleaning, servicing or testing of materials, goods or products shall be operated in a manner as to comply with applicable performance standards as hereinafter set forth governing noise, smoke, particulate matter, toxic or noxious matter, odors, fire and explosive hazards or vibration, glare or heat and no use already established on the effective date of this chapter shall be so altered or modified as to conflict with, or further conflict with such applicable performance standards.

      (2)   The application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a certification from a recognized testing laboratory selected from a panel approved by the Village Board.

         (a)   Performance standards; noise.

            1.   Sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter manufactured according to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association. Measurements shall be made using the flat network of the sound level meter. Impulsive type noises shall be subject to the prescribed; provided that, the noises shall be capable of being accurately measured with the equipment. Noises capable of being so measured for the purpose of this chapter shall be those noises which cause rapid fluctuations of the needle of the sound level meter with a variation of no more than plus or minus two decibels. Noses incapable of being so measured, such as those of an irregular and intermittent nature, shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.

            2.   At no point on the boundary of a residence or business district shall the sound intensity level of any individual operation or plant, other than the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities, exceed the decibel levels in the designated octave bands shown in the following table:

 

         (b)   Performance standards; smoke and particular matter.

            1.   The emission of smoke or particular matter in a manner or quantity as to endanger or to be detrimental to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall henceforth be unlawful.

            2.   The emission of more than eight smoke units per hour per stack is prohibited, including smoke of a density in excess of Ringlemann No. 2. However, during one one-hour period in each 24-boil-day, each stack may emit up to 16 units when blowing soot or cleaning fires. Only during fire-cleaning periods, however, shall smoke of Ringlemann No.3 be permitted, and then for not more than three minutes.

            3.   For the purpose of grading the density of smoke, the Ringlemann Chart, published and used by the United States Bureau of Mines shall be employed. The emission of smoke or particulate matter of a density greater than No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart is prohibited at all times, except as otherwise provided hereinafter.

            4.   The emission, from all sources within any lot area of particulate matter containing more than 10%, by weight, or particles having a particle diameter larger than 44 microns, is prohibited.

            5.   Dust and other types of air pollution, borne by the wind from such sources as storage areas, yards, roads and the like within lot boundaries, shall be kept to a minimum by appropriate landscaping, paving, oiling, fencing or acceptable means. Emission of particulate matter from such sources in excess of the weight limitation hereinafter specified is prohibited.

         (c)   Performance standards; toxic or noxious matter. No use shall, for any period of time, discharge across the boundaries of the lot wherein it is located, toxic or noxious matter in concentrations as to be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort or welfare or cause injury or damage to property or business.

         (d)   Performance standards; odors. The emission of odorous matter in a quantity as to be readily detectable at any point along lot lines or as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond lot lines is prohibited.

         (e)   Performance standards; fire and explosion hazard.

            1.   The storage, utilization or manufacture of materials or products ranging from incombustible to moderate burning, as determined for liquids by a closed cup flash point of not less than 187°F, is permitted subject to compliance with all other performance standards for the M district.

            2.   The storage, utilization, or manufacture of materials or products ranging from free or active burning to intense burning, as determined for liquids by a closed cup flash point of less than 187°F, but not less than 105°F, is permitted subject to compliance with all other performance standards for the M-1 district and provided the following conditions are met:

               a.   The materials or products shall be stored, utilized or products within completely enclosed buildings or structures having exterior walls of fire-resistive construction, in accordance with other ordinances in this code of ordinances.

               b.   Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, all buildings or structures shall be set back at least 40 feet from lot lines or, in lieu thereof, all the buildings or structures shall be protected throughout by an automatic sprinkler system complying with installation standards prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association, or if the materials, goods or products are liquids, the protection thereof shall be in conformity with standards prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association.

            3.   The utilization in manufacturing processes of materials which produce flammable or explosive vapors or gases, as determined for liquids by a closed cup flash point of less than 105°F, shall be permitted in this district provided:

               a.   The final manufactured product does not itself have a closed cup flash point of less than 187°F;

               b.   The use and storage of the materials shall be in conformity with standards prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association and with the requirements of other ordinances in this code of ordinances; and

               c.   The storage of the materials shall be prohibited above ground.

         (f)   Performance standards; glare or heat. Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within a completely enclosed building in a manner as not to create a public nuisance or hazard along lot lines.

         (g)   Performance standards; vibration.

            1.   No industrial operation or activity, except those not under the direct control of the manufacturer, shall cause at any time ground transmitted vibrations in excess of the limits set forth below.

            2.   Vibration (the periodic displacement, measured in inches, of earth) shall be measured at any point along a residence district boundary line with a three component measuring instrument approved by the Village Board and shall be expressed as displacement in inches as follows:

 

 

   (F)   Loading berths shall be in accordance with provisions set forth in §§ 157.120 through 157.127.

   (G)   Parking spaces shall be in accordance with provisions set forth in §§ 157.140 through 157.150.

   (H)   A site plan review shall be conducted as set forth in § 157.050(M), including review and recommendation by the Plan Commission and final approval by the Village Board.

(1981 Code, Art. IX, A) (Ord. passed 12- -1986; Am. Ord. 04-17, passed 5-17-2004; Am. Ord. 13-11, passed 4-1-2013; Am. Ord. 13-12, passed 4-1-2013; Am. Ord. 13-45, passed 11-18-2013; Am. Ord. 14-20, passed 7-21-2014; Am. Ord. 14-21, passed 7-21-2014; Am. Ord. 23-23, passed 5-15-2023; Am. Ord. 23-24, passed 5-15-2023; Am. Ord. 24-36, passed 10-21-2024)

   (A)   General requirements.

      (1)   Lot area is to be not less than 18,000 square feet.

      (2)   Lot width is to be not less than 100 feet.

      (3)   Floor area is to be not less than 5,000 square feet.

      (4)   Floor area ratio is not to exceed one and one-half.

      (5)   Building height is not to exceed 35 feet.

      (6)   Yards:

         (a)   Front yard is to be not less than 40 feet in depth.

         (b)   Side yards shall not be less than 25 feet in width, except a side yard abutting a street shall not be less than 40 feet in width.

         (c)   Rear yard is to be not less than 40 feet in depth, except a rear yard abutting an alley or railroad right-of-way may be reduced to 20 feet in depth.

      (7)   No dwelling units will be allowed, except for owner or caretaker.

      (8)   Signs shall be subject to regulations contained in Chapter 156 of this code of ordinances.

(1981 Code, Art. IX, B) (Ord. passed 12- -1986; Am. Ord. 90-10, passed 10-15-1990; Am. Ord. 98-10, passed 5-4-1998; Am. Ord. 99-24, passed - -1999; Am. Ord. 06-14, passed 5-15-2006; Am. Ord. 11-25, passed 4-18-2011; Am. Ord. 13-11, passed 4-1-2013)

(Ord. 04-44, passed 12-20-2004; Am. Ord. 08-39, passed 7-7-2008; Am. Ord. 11-25, passed 4-18-2011; Am. Ord. 13-11, passed 4-1-2013)