El Paso City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Industrial I District
§ 315-69 Purpose.
It is the purpose of the Industrial I District regulations to protect established residential areas from nearby industrial activities and to protect the limited amount of suitable industrial land from preemption by other uses and thereby to protect and enhance the tax base of the City, provide employment opportunities for local residents and lessen the need for longer automotive travel to employment centers distant from the City.
§ 315-70 Permitted uses.
No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered hereafter within any Industrial District, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for the following:
A.
Any use permitted in any other district, except residences.
B.
Public utility substations, distribution centers, gas regulator stations.
C.
Wholesale business establishments, warehouses, storage of household goods.
D.
Building material storage yards, contractors' plants or storage yards, lumberyards.
E.
Laboratories.
F.
Manufacturing, fabricating, assembly and processing of materials, articles and products, subject to the performance standards of the Industrial District, which standards are hereby adopted by reference.
H.
Signs, the gross area of which shall not exceed six times the lineal feet of frontage of the lot on which such signs are located, nor project across lot lines.
§ 315-71 Buffer strips.
Where a lot on which is located an industrial use abuts or adjoins any residential district, a landscaped buffer strip shall be provided, located on the industrial lot for the full length of the district boundary line. It shall be at least 15 feet in width, devoted to screen planting, and at least six feet in height except where the buffer strip adjoins the front lot line. It shall not be used for parking, loading or unloading, and shall not be included in the measurement of any minimum yard.