This district is intended to accommodate primarily those uses of a manufacturing and industrial nature and secondarily uses which are functionally related thereto such as distribution, storage and processing. Manufacturing and industrial uses having substantial objectionable environmental influences by reason of the emission of odor, heat, smoke, noise or vibration. Light industrial uses are allowed but are considered incidental to the predominantly heavy industrial nature of the district. Certain related structures and uses required to serve the needs of the primary uses are permitted outright or are permissible as special exceptions or a specific use permit subject to restrictions and requirements intended to best fulfill the intent of this ordinance. In addition, certain uses are permitted only as special exceptions or a specific use permit or are prohibited in order to protect such uses from the potentially incompatible characteristics of industrial areas. The uses included may be approved as a Specific Use Permit when located on a 40-acre or larger tract. See Chapter 22. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

Principal uses permitted in the IH Heavy Industrial district are as follows:

   A.   Any use permitted in the IL Industrial Light district.

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   B.   Any use permitted in the IM Industrial Moderate Manufacturing and Industrial district.

   Use Conditions

      1.   The uses included when located on a lot which is abutting an R District, shall be screened from the abutting R District by the erection and maintenance of a screening wall or fence along the lot line or lines in common with the R District.

      2.   Wrecker Service and Storage of Abandoned or Inoperative Vehicles reclaimed from Highway/Streets for 60 days or less, Vehicles shall have a screening wall or fence with a minimum of eight (8) feet in height.

      3.   All parking areas and drives shall be paved with an All Weather Surface as otherwise required by this Code. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

   A.   Dwelling units in connection with permitted or permissible uses or structures provided that:

      1.   The residential occupation of the premises is specifically required because of the nature of the operations being conducted thereon or for the safekeeping thereof.

   2   The dwelling unit is located on the same premises with the use for which it is required.

   B.   Other structures and uses which:

      1.   Are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted principal uses and structures;

      2.   Are located wholly on the same lot as the permitted principal use or structure, or on a contiguous lot in the same ownership;

      3.   Do not involve operations not in keeping with the character of the area.

      4.    Signs subject to the provisions of Chapter 15. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

The following uses may be permitted as special exceptions by the Board of Adjustment in accordance with the provisions contained in Chapter 18.

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Included Uses

   A.   Temporary borrow pits for fill dirt and top soil. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

The following uses may be permitted as Specific Use Permit by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council in accordance with the provisions contained in Chapter 22.

   A.   Manufacturing, Heavy

      1.    Abattoir (slaughter house)

      2.    Acetylene Gas Manufacturing in Excess of 15 Pounds Pressure Per Square Inch

      3.    Acid Manufacturing

      4.    Agricultural Chemicals - Manufacturing

      5.    Ammonia, Bleaching Powder or Chlorine Manufacturing

      6.    Animal Rendering

      7.    Arsenals

      8.   Asphalt Manufacturing or Refining

      9.   Blast Furnace

      10.    Bleaching Powder Manufacturing

      11.    Brick, Tile or Terra Cotta Manufacturing

      12.    Butane and Propane Manufacturing/Storage

      13.    Cement, Lime, Gypsum, Plaster of Paris Manufacturing

      14.    Chlorine or Hydrochloric, Nitric, Picric, Sulphurous or

      15.   Sulfuric Acid Manufacturing

      16.   Coal Yard

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      17.   Coke Manufacturing

      18.   Compost Yard

      19.   Concrete Brick and Block - Manufacturing

      20.   Creosote Manufacturing or Treatment

      21.   Disinfectant or Insecticide Manufacturing

      22.   Distillation of Bones, Coal, Tar or Wood

      23.   Emery Cloth and Sandpaper Manufacturing

      24.   Explosive Manufacturing or storage

      25.   Fat Rendering

      26.   Fertilizer Manufacturing From Mineral or Organic Materials

      27.   Fireworks Manufacturing or Storage

      28.   Garbage Dump

      29.   Garbage, Offal, or Dead Animal Reduction or Dumping

      30.   Glue, Gelatin or Size Manufacturing

      31.   Guided Missile Manufacturing

      32.   Gum and Wood Chemicals - Manufacturing

      33.   Guns, Howitzers, Mortars, and Related Equipment - Manufacturing

      34.   Incineration, Reduction of Dead Animals, Garbage or Refuse, Offal

      35.   Insecticide Manufacturing

      36.   Iron or Steel Foundry

      37.   Lime, Cement, Plaster of Paris Manufacturing

      38.   Linoleum, Asphalted-felt Base, and Other Hard Surface Floor Cover- Manufacturing

      39.   Lubricating Oils and Grease Manufacturing

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      40.   Match Manufacturing

      41.   Oil Reclamation Plants

      42.   Oil Refinery

      43.   Paint, Oil, Varnish or Turpentine Manufacturing

      44.   Paper or Pulp Manufacturing by Sulfide Processes Emitting Noxious Gases or odors

      45.   Paving Plants

      46.   Petroleum Bulk Storage for Wholesale

      47.   Plastics/Rubber Manufacturing

      48.   Primary Metal Industries, NEC

      49.   Radioactive Service Company

      50.   Railroad Freight Terminal

      51.   Railroad Roundhouse or Shop

      52.   Railroad Yard

      53.   Refining of Petroleum or Other Crude Materials

      54.   Refuse Dump

      55.   Refuse or Trash Transfer Station, All processing and storage shall be within a building or container

      56.   Rendering Plant

      57.   Resource Recovery Facility (all storage and processing within building)

      58.   Rolling/Steel Mill

      59.   Rubber Manufacturing from Crude Materials

      60.   Salt Works

      61.   Sandblasting (outdoor)

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      62.   Sawmill

      63.   Slaughtering of Animals

      64.   Smelting

      65.   Soap Manufacturing

      66.   Soda Ash, Caustic Soda and Washing Compound Manufacturing

      67.   Steel Works or Fabrication Plant

      68.   Stockyard

      69.   Stone Cutting and Stone Products Manufacturing

      70.   Structural Clay Products, Manufacturing

      71.   Structural Steel Plants

      72.   Sugar Refining

      73.   Tallow, Grease or Lard Manufacturing or Refining

      74.   Tank Farm, Petroleum

      75.   Tanning, Curing or Storing of Leather and Rawhides or Skins

      76.   Tar Roofing or Tar Waterproofing Manufacturing

      77.   Tar Distillation or Manufacturing

      78.   Tile Roofing Manufacturing

      79.   Trades, Industries, or Uses that have Heavily Objectionable Environmental Influences by Reason of the Emission of Odor, Heat, Smoke, Noise, or Vibration.

      80.   Trash or Refuse Transfer Station, All processing and storage within building or containers

      81.   Turpentine Manufacturing

      82.   Varnish Manufacturing

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      83.   Washing Compound Manufacturing

      84.   Wood Preserving

Use Conditions

      1.   The uses included when located on a lot which is abutting an R District, shall be screened from the abutting R District by the erection and maintenance of a screening wall or fence along the lot line or lines in common with the R District

      2.   All uses require approval of a Specific Use Permit (see also Chapter 22), and are subject to the following requirements:

         a.   The permitted uses shall not interfere with or detrimentally affect any adjoining or nearby residential properties.

         b.   Traffic circulation shall be reviewed and approved by the City, including the location of ingress and egress points.

         c.   The subject tract of land (proposed development site) shall have either a minimum of 150 feet of frontage on a designated major arterial street or a minimum of 50 feet of frontage on a non-arterial street.

   B.   Junk and salvage yards. Establishments primarily providing an open area where wastes or used or secondhand materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, processed, crushed or handled. Materials shall include but are not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, plastic, rags, rubber tires, salvaged or dismantled vehicles, vehicular parts, wrecked vehicles, bottles and cans.

Use Conditions

      1.   The use included, when located on a lot abutting any AG, R, 0, CG, CH, CN, IL or IM District shall be screened by the erection and maintenance of a screening wall or fence along the lot line or lines in common with the district to be screened.

      2.   The use included, when located on a lot abutting a street, highway or thoroughfare, shall be screened by the erection and maintenance of a screening wall or fence along the lot line or lines in common with the district to be screened.

      3.   The piling of junk or salvage materials shall not exceed the height of the required screening wall or fence within 150 feet of the boundary required to be screened.

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      4.   Storage racks which are designed for the stacking of materials, including but not limited to automotive front ends, hoods, doors, quarter panels, etc., which exceed the height of the screening fence, shall be setback a minimum of 25 feet from another abutting zoning district, with the exception of the IH district and from a street, highway or thoroughfare along the lot line or lines in common with another district other than the IH district, street, highway or thoroughfare, plus two (2) additional feet of setback for every one (1) foot of rack height above 15 feet.

      5.   Wrecked or damaged vehicles stored in an Auto Pool facility until insurance or other settlements are made shall not be parted or salvaged; however, may be sold or offered for sale on the premises within the screened areas - no display of such vehicles is permitted along street frontages.

      6.   All parking areas and drives shall be paved with an All Weather Surface as otherwise required by this Code.

   C.   Extraction Operations, Mining and Mineral Processing. Extractive operations, mineral processing operations and manufacturing operations which directly utilize minerals at or near the source, includes:

      1.   Mining and Quarrying: Mining, quarrying or extraction of coal, ores, stone, sand or gravel.

      2.   Processing of Mineral Products: Crushing, washing, and grading of coal, ore, stone, sand or gravel; manufacture of Portland cement, concrete or asphaltic concrete, at the source of supply of crushed rock, sand, or gravel, for utilization off the premises.

Use Conditions

In granting approval of a Specific Use Permit in accordance with Chapter 22 of this Code for extraction operations, mining and mineral processing uses, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council shall consider potential environmental influences, such as dust and vibration, and shall establish in the particular instance, appropriate protective conditions such as setbacks, screening, and method of operation, as will mitigate the adverse affect on proximate land uses. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

   A.   Front yard - The depth of the required front yard shall be determined in the following manner. Measured from the centerline of the abutting street, add 1/2 of the right-of-way designated on the Major Street Plan or 25 feet if not designated on the Major Street Plan, to a setback of thirty-five (35) feet on

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   arterial streets and twenty-five (25) feet on non-arterial streets. When a lot has double frontage, the front yard requirements shall be provided on both streets.

   B.   Side yard:

      1.   On the side of an interior lot or the interior side of a corner lot, no side yard is required if the buildings are built to the side lot line, otherwise at least three (3) feet of side yard width is required.

      2.   On any corner lot, the depth of the required exterior side yard shall be determined in the following manner. Measured from the centerline of the abutting street, add 1/2 of the right-of-way designated in the Major Street Plan, or 25 feet if not designated on the Street Plan, to a setback of thirty-five (35) feet on arterial streets and twenty-five (25) feet on non-arterial streets.

   C.   Rear yard - No rear yard is required if buildings are built to the rear lot line, otherwise at least 3 feet of rear yard depth is required.

   D.   Building Adjacent to Residential Districts - The side and rear yard requirements in (b) and (c) do not apply when the building is adjacent to a residential district. In this case all buildings constructed in an IH zone shall be at least 50 feet from the boundary of any residential district. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

No minimum lot area required except as needed to meet other requirements herein. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

No minimum lot width required except as needed to meet other requirements herein. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

No limitation except as needed to meet other requirements herein. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)

   A.   Buildings up to 40 feet in height are permitted outright.

   B.   Buildings in excess of 40 feet in height, provided there is an increase of one (1) foot inside, front and rear yards over the minimum front, rear and side yard requirements for each additional three (3) feet of height. (Ord. 20-03-02, 3-2-2020)