Freeport City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
Industrial B Districts
§ 210-146 Scope.
The following regulations shall apply in all Industrial B Districts.
§ 210-147 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted:
A.
All industrial or manufacturing uses except those specifically prohibited herein.
§ 210-148 Prohibited uses.
The following uses are prohibited:
A.
All uses prohibited in the Industrial District.
B.
Bag cleaning establishments.
C.
Blacksmith shops.
D.
Coalyards.
E.
Stone or monument works, including manufacture of concrete and cinder blocks, piles, columns and beams.
F.
Storing, baling, sorting or selling of scrap paper or rags.
G.
Power forges, riveting, hammering, punching, chipping, drawing, rolling, tumbling of iron, steel, brass or copper, except as a necessary incident of a manufacturing process in which these operations form a minor part and which are carried on without objectionable noise outside the plant.
H.
Central mixing plants for cement, mortar, plaster or paving materials.
I.
Any use which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, gas, smoke or dust, or because of its nature, such as refuse or garbage, or because of the noise or other reason inimical to the comfort, welfare, peace, health or safety of the community, or that tends to create public disturbance or annoyance.
J.
Open-air parking lots operated as such for more than five motor vehicles, unless a permit therefor shall be granted by the Board of Appeals as provided in § 210-12M hereof.
K.
Live poultry storage.
L.
Stores and shops for conducting any of the following retail and service businesses: shooting galleries, penny or picture arcades wherein coin-operated machines, such as pool tables, pong machines, pinball machines, are maintained, except that two of the above-described machines may be permitted in any established business as permitted in the district and, further, that if there are presently more than two of these machines, the number must be reduced to two machines within one year of the adoption of this section.
[Added 6-27-1977 by L.L. No. 12-1977]
§ 210-149 Building height.
[Amended 8-5-2002 by L.L. No. 7-2002]
A.
All buildings and structures shall be limited to a maximum height of 50 feet.
B.
The provisions of § 210-149A shall not apply to restrict the height of a church spire, tower or belfry or a monument, flagpole, water cooling tank and/or tower, elevator, bulkhead, stage tower, or in the case of a power plant in an Industrial B Zoning District noise attenuation walls, or exhaust stacks, provided, nevertheless, that in all events, in the case of exhaust stacks the height shall be limited to 195 feet and, in the case of noise attenuation walls, the height shall be limited to 45 feet.
§ 210-150 Lot area.
No lot of less than 20,000 square feet shall be improved for any use permitted herein.
§ 210-151 Lot coverage.
Seventy-five percent of the lot may be covered by buildings, except that no building or any part thereof may be erected within the mandatory open spaces specified in this article.
§ 210-152 Required yards.
§ 210-153 Vehicular access for loading and unloading.
[Amended 6-23-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
For every building erected or altered, there shall be provided vehicular access at the rear or side or into the building for loading or unloading purposes. Any dock, bay, platform and the like used in connection with providing vehicular access at the rear or side or into a building for loading or unloading purposes shall be set back a minimum distance of 60 feet from the street.