Egelston Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XV
I-1 Industrial District
§ 450-1501 Purpose.
The regulations of this district are intended to provide land for various types of industrial and manufacturing uses that are compatible with one another. The lands included in this district are those suited for use primarily by industries characterized by low land coverage, the absence of objectionable external effects, the possibility of large setbacks, attractive building architecture, and large, landscaped, park-like areas. The purpose of the district is to provide suitable sites for such uses, while making certain that such uses will be compatible with adjacent or surrounding districts. To these ends, development is limited to a low concentration, external effects being minimized, and permitted uses are limited to those which are adapted to an environment of this nature. The regulations are also designed to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of the district by excluding uses which would have a detrimental effect upon the orderly development and functioning of the district, nonlisted but allowable manufacturing plants and uses shall have performance characteristics similar to those uses listed in this district in that they emit a minimum of noise, vibration, smoke, dust, dirt, toxic or offensive odors or gases, glare, electromagnetic or atomic radiation. All uses located within this district shall be so designed, constructed and operated that there is no production of sound discernible at the lot lines in excess of the average intensity of street and traffic noise at the lines, nor any production of heat or glare discernible, at the same point.
§ 450-1502 Principal permitted uses.
[Amended 2-1-2016; 4-16-2018; 11-20-2023; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
Following are the principal permitted uses for the I-1, Industrial Districts:
Building materials and wholesalers.
Public utilities and communications, including buildings as well as microwave installations, transmitting or receiving towers.
Warehousing, both refrigerated and general store.
Industrial plants which manufacture, process or assemble products, such as, agricultural products, food, and kindred products (not including slaughterhouses or rendering plants), furniture and fixtures, converted paper and paperboard products, electrical goods, hardware, plumbing, heating products, biological products, drugs, medical and pharmaceutical preparation, glass products made of purchased glass, electronic components and accessories, professional scientific and controlling instruments and parts, toys, jewelry, athletic goods, musical instruments, photographic and optical products, office computing and accounting machines, jobbing and repair machine shops, monument or stone products, tool and die shops, machine shops, publishing, printing, and any manufacturing or industrial use similar to those listed herein.
Research installations involving industrial, scientific or business research, development, testing, laboratories and offices.
Lumberyards.
§ 450-1503 Site plans.
[Amended 2-2-2015]
Site plans containing all setbacks, side yards and rear yards, as well as height limits, building locations, parking driveways, open spaces and other proposed uses of land in these districts are required to be submitted before any use may be commenced, constructed or used.
Setbacks.
The Planning Commission shall determine all of said matters in approving a site plan, provided that no setback shall be less than 50 feet, no rear yard less than 50 feet, and no side yard less than according to the following schedule:
Provided, however, that where an I-1 District abuts a residential district (R-1 through R-4), agricultural district (R-5), or C-1, or C-2 District, no setback shall be less than 100 feet.
Provided, further, however, that where an I-1 District side yard abuts a R-1 through R-4, R-5, C-1, or C-2 District, that side yard setback shall be no less than 50 feet.
Provided, further, however, that where an I-1 district rear yard abuts a R-1 through R-4, R-5, C-1 or C-2 District, that rear yard setback shall be no less than 100 feet.
The Planning Commission may require a reasonable buffer area.
Adverse effects or impacts upon adjoining incompatible land uses shall be minimized by appropriate screening, fencing, and/or landscaping.
Maximum height of any building shall be four stories, but no greater than 60 feet.
§ 450-1504 Special land uses.
[Amended 11-20-2023]
Following are the special land uses for the I-1 Industrial Districts:
Mining operations.
Wireless communication towers.
A medical marihuana processor, grower, safety compliance facility, and secure transporter pursuant to the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act and an adult-use marihuana processor, grower, safety compliance facility, and secure transporter pursuant to the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act.
§ 450-1505 Outdoor storage.
Outdoor storage is allowed in the rear yard area of a property in this district, but it must be screened from adjoining premises which is in a zoning district other than I-1 or I-2, and from public streets by a solid fence, wall, or natural screening deemed adequate for the purpose by the Planning Commission in its site plan review.