Grain Valley City Zoning Code
SECTION 400
170 District "M-1" Light Industrial District - Use Regulations. 1
[R.O. 1996 § 400.170; Ord. No. 1084 § 220, 3-10-1997]
A.
The "M-1" Light Industrial District is intended as an area primarily for limited manufacturing uses generally on moderately sized sites.
B.
In District "M-1," no building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For special provisions, see Section 400.220, Additional Controls; Section 400.240, Conditional Uses; and Section 400.271, Non-Conforming Uses.)
1.
Commercial uses.
a.
Animal services.
b.
Arts and crafts studio (industrial).
c.
Automotive repair services.
d.
Building and grounds maintenance services.
e.
Commercial embalming services.
f.
Construction sales and services (general) or (limited).
g.
Equipment repair services.
h.
Equipment sales.
i.
Exterminating services.
j.
Kennels.
k.
Laundry services.
l.
Research services.
m.
Recycling collection facility.
2.
Industrial uses.
a.
Custom manufacturing.
b.
Light manufacturing.
c.
Limited warehousing and distribution.
d.
General warehousing and distribution.
3.
Accessory uses customarily associated with any of the above uses, provided retail uses shall not constitute more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the gross floor area.
C.
Site Development Regulations. Each site in the "M-1" District shall be subject to the following site development regulations: (For exceptions, see Section 400.250, Setback Regulations, and Section 400.260, Height And Area Exceptions.)
1.
Lot Size. Minimum lot area, twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
2.
Lot Width. Minimum lot width, one hundred (100) feet.
3.
Height. No maximum height established.
4.
Front Yard. Minimum required setback, thirty (30) feet. (See Section 400.250, Setback Regulations.)
5.
Side Yard. Minimum required setback, ten (10) feet.
6.
Rear Yard. Minimum required setback, twenty (20) feet.
7.
Floor Area Ratio. Maximum floor area ratio, 0.8 to 1.
8.
Impervious Coverage. Maximum coverage, eighty percent (80%). Fifty percent (50%) of the required open space shall be in the front one-third (1/3) of the lot or in front of the principal structure.
9.
Parking Regulations. (See Section 400.290, Off-Street Parking And Loading Regulations.)
10.
Landscaping And Screening. (See Section 400.280, Landscaping And Screening.)
D.
Performance Standards. To be a permitted industrial use in Light Industrial District ("M-1"), whether as a permitted use or as a special use, such use must meet the following performance standards:
1.
Physical Appearance. All operations shall be carried on within an enclosed building except that new material or equipment in operable condition may be stored in the open. Normal daily wastes of an inorganic nature may be stored in containers not in a building when such containers are not readily visible from the street. Junk, salvage, auto wrecking and similar operations shall be shielded from view from streets and from adjacent properties in another district by means of a sturdy, sight-obscuring eight-foot high fence in good repair and two (2) rows of alternate planted evergreen trees.
2.
Fire Hazard. Operations involving the use of flammable gases, acid, liquids, grinding process or other inherent fire hazards shall obtain any necessary permits from the Fire Department.
3.
Noise. No operation shall be carried on which involves noise in excess of the normal traffic noise of the adjacent street at the time of the daily peak hour of traffic volume. Noise shall be measured at the property line and when the level of such noise cannot be determined by observation with the natural senses, a suitable instrument may be used and measurement may include breakdowns into a reasonable number of frequency ranges. All noise shall be muffled so as not to be objectionable due to intermittence, heat frequency or shrillness.
4.
Sewage And Liquid Wastes. No operation shall be carried on which involves the discharge into a sewer, watercourse or the ground of liquid wastes of any radioactive nature or liquid wastes of a chemical nature which is detrimental to normal sewage plant operation or corrosive and damaging to sewer pipes and installations.
5.
Air Contaminants.
a.
Air contaminants and smoke shall be less dark than designated Number One (1) on the Ringelmann Chart as published by the United States Bureau of Mines, except that smoke of a density designated as Number One (1) shall be permitted for one (1) four-minute period in each one-half (1/2) hour. Light-colored contaminants of such an opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to or greater than the aforesaid shall not be permitted.
b.
Particulate matter of dust as measured at the point of emission by any generally accepted method shall not be emitted in excess of two-tenths (0.2) grains per cubic foot as corrected to a temperature of five hundred degrees Fahrenheit (500° F.), except for a period of four (4) minutes in any one-half (1/2) hour, at which time it may equal but not exceed six tenths (0.6) grains per cubic foot as corrected to a temperature of five hundred degrees Fahrenheit (500° F.).
c.
Due to the fact that the possibilities of air contamination cannot reasonably be comprehensively covered in this Section, there shall be applied the general rule that there shall not be discharged from any sources whatsoever such quantities of air contaminants or other materials in such quantity as to cause injury, detriment, nuisance or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or to the public in general or to endanger the comfort, repose, health or safety of any such considerable number of persons or to the public in general or to cause or have a natural tendency to cause injury or damage to business, vegetation or property.
6.
Odor. The emissions of odors that are generally agreed to be obnoxious to any considerable number of persons shall be prohibited. Observations of odor shall be made at the property line of the establishment causing the odor. As a guide to classification of odor, it shall be deemed that strong odors of putrefaction and fermentation tend to be obnoxious and that such odors as associated with baking or the roasting of nuts and coffee shall not normally be considered obnoxious within the meaning of this Chapter.
7.
Gases. The gases sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide shall not exceed five (5) parts per million. All nitrous fumes shall not exceed one (1) part per million. Measurements shall be taken at the property line of the particular establishment involved.
8.
Vibration. All machines, including punch presses and stamping machines, shall be so mounted as to minimize vibration and in no case shall such vibration exceed a displacement of three-thousandths (0.003) of an inch measured at the property line. The use of steam or broad hammers shall not be permitted in this district.
9.
Glare And Heat. All glare, such as welding arcs and open furnaces, shall be shielded so that they shall not be visible from the property line. No heat from furnaces or processing equipment shall be sensed at the property line to the extent of raising the temperature of air or materials more than five degrees Fahrenheit (5° F.).
10.
Hazardous Materials. Operations involving the storage and/or use of hazardous materials in reportable quantities, as classified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall obtain any necessary permits from the Fire Department and make improvements to the building and grounds required by the International Fire Code.
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Editor's Note: At the direction of the City, the word "uniform" was changed to "international" before "Fire Code" in Subsection (D)(10) of this Section.