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Huron City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 23

34 - "I-2" GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

23.34.002 - Permitted principal uses.

Within any "I-2" industrial district, no structure or land shall be used except for one or more of the following uses:

(1)

Any use or structure as permitted and regulated in Section 23.32.002 shall be a permitted use except as herein amended;

(2)

Conducting any of the following uses:

(a)

Sales of:

(i)

Farm machinery;

(ii)

Automobiles and/or trailers;

(iii)

Farm feed and/or seed;

(iv)

Bulk firewood;

(v)

Dirt, sand, gravel or rock;

(vi)

Heavy equipment;

(b)

Service industries or equipment servicing:

(i)

Builder's or contractor's yards;

(ii)

Bus or truck storage or maintenance;

(iii)

Motor freight terminals;

(iv)

Railroad shops, yards, depot and related facilities;

(v)

Warehousing;

(vi)

Offices;

(c)

Manufacture, fabrication or processing of any of the following products:

(i)

Heat treating and plating of metal products;

(ii)

Rubber, plastics and synthetic rubber products;

(iii)

Stone, marble and granite grinding and cutting;

(3)

Any such operations listed above which abut an "R" district and which require uncovered, outside storage and/or open sales lots shall be enclosed by a solid wall or opaque fence not less than six feet in height except within abutting required front yards and set back and cutoff for safety and visibility meeting the requirements of Chapter 23.10;

(4)

There shall be a twenty-five-foot-wide setback between any "I-2" use (including permitted, conditional, accessory uses or structures or on site parking) and the lot line of any adjacent "R" district lot.

(Ord. 1885 (part), 2000: Ord. 985, 1971).

(Ord. No. 2160-23-389, 6-1-2015)

23.34.004 - Conditional uses.

Within any "I-2" industrial district, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses except by conditional use permit:

(1)

Research laboratories;

(2)

Public utility structures;

(3)

Airports or heliports;

(4)

Radio, television and transmission towers;

(5)

Acetylene manufacturing;

(6)

Acid manufacturing;

(7)

Asbestos manufacturing;

(8)

Automobile reduction yard;

(9)

Automobile, tractor, trailer or farm implement assembly or manufacturing;

(10)

Bleaching, cleaning and dyeing where the employment is for more than six;

(11)

Reserved;

(12)

Brewing or distilling liquors;

(13)

Brick, pottery, tile, terra cotta manufacturing;

(14)

Cans and other container manufacturing;

(15)

Dextrine, starch or glucose manufacturing;

(16)

Disinfectant and insecticide or poison manufacturing;

(17)

Dye and dyestuff manufacturing;

(18)

Enameling, lacquering, or Japanning;

(19)

Emery cloth or sandpaper manufacturing;

(20)

Foundry, casting lightweight nonferrous metals;

(21)

Flour or grain mill;

(22)

Grain drying or feed manufacturing from refuse mash or grain;

(23)

Flammable liquid storage;

(24)

Junkyard;

(25)

Lime or lime products;

(26)

Linoleum, oil cloth or oiled goods manufacturing;

(27)

Match manufacturing;

(28)

Meat packing, including a stockyard;

(28a)

Material processing in relation to mining;

(29)

Millworks;

(30)

Oil, paint, shellac, turpentine, varnish or enamel manufacturing;

(31)

Open sales lots;

(32)

Paper and pulp manufacturing;

(33)

Perfume manufacturing;

(34)

Pickle, sauerkraut or sausage manufacturing;

(35)

Planing mill, lumber mill and veneer manufacturing;

(36)

Plaster and plaster board manufacturing;

(37)

Poultry slaughterhouse and smokehouse;

(38)

Printing ink manufacturing;

(39)

Radium extraction;

(40)

Railroad shops, switching, siding, spurs, yards, depots and related facilities;

(41)

Ready-mix and concrete block plants;

(42)

Sand blasting or stone cutting;

(43)

Excelsior, wood fibers, sawdust products manufacturing;

(44)

Sewage disposal plant or incinerator;

(45)

Shoddy manufacturing;

(46)

Shoe blacking, stove polish;

(47)

Soap or cleansers;

(48)

Steam or diesel power plants;

(49)

Sugar refining;

(50)

Tar or asphalt roofing or water-proofing material manufacturing;

(51)

Tar distillation or manufacturing;

(52)

Trucking terminal;

(53)

Vinegar manufacturing;

(54)

Wire or rod drawing;

(55)

Yeast manufacturing.

(56)

Cannabis Estatblishments.

(Ord. 2051, 2008; Ord. 1885 (part), 2000; Ord. 985, 1971).

(Ord. No. 2226-23-404, 9-13-2021)

23.34.006 - Permitted accessory uses.

Within any "I-2" industrial district, the following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:

(1)

Signs as regulated in this title;

(2)

Residential structures and related residential uses necessary for security and safety reasons in relation to a principal use subject to Section 23.18.008.

(Ord. 985, 1971).

23.34.008 - Lot area, heights, lot width and yard requirements.

Lot area, lot width, height and yard requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

The floor area ratio, within the "I-2" district shall not exceed 1.0;

(2)

Side yards abutting a street on a corner lot shall not be less than fifteen feet in width, if parking is provided in any side yard then the side yard shall be at least twenty feet in depth plus driving lane if required;

(3)

Where a use has railroad trackage abutting the side or rear of a site, a variance may be granted to the side or rear yard requirements to provide for a railroad loading facility;

(4)

The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the additional requirements, exceptions and modifications as set forth in Chapter 23.38:

(a)

Lot area: Twelve thousand (12,000) square feet;

(b)

Lot Width: One hundred (100) feet;

(c)

Front yard depth: Fifteen (15) feet;

(d)

Side yard width: Twelve (12) feet. If parking is provided in any side yard then the side yard shall be at least twenty (20) feet in depth plus driving lane if required. If a side yard is adjacent to an "R" district, then the side yard setback shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet between any "I" use on the site and the adjacent property line. For the purposes of this subsection, outside storage, signage, parking, fencing, loading dock(s), driveways and other similar uses that may be located outside of the buildings on the site are considered industrial uses and must be set back from an adjacent residential property line as noted here and set back and cutoff for safety and visibility as required in Chapter 23.10;

(e)

Rear yard depth: If the building has no openings on the alley side or abutting rear lot line, and off-street loading is provided to the side or front of the building, the building may extend to within twelve (12) feet of the lot line; or if no alley exists the building may extend to within one-half (½) the height of the building or twelve (12) feet from the lot line, whichever is greater; or if the abutting lot is in the "B" or "I" district, the building may extend to within twelve (12) feet of the lot line. If the building is to have openings, the building may extend to within twenty-five (25) feet of the rear lot line if the lot across the line is zoned "B" or "I." See also Section 23.36.010 for further information on "Off-Street Loading and Unloading Areas." If an area zoned "R" is located across the property line adjacent to the rear yard, then all "I" related uses shall be set back at least twenty-five (25) feet from the adjacent property line. For the purposes of this subsection, outside storage, signage, fencing, parking, loading dock(s), driveways and other similar uses that may be located outside of the buildings on the site are considered industrial uses and must be set back from an adjacent "R" zone as noted here and set back and cutoff for safety and visibility as required in Chapter 23.10;

(5)

In no case may any structure except for fences be constructed in utility easement areas along front, side or rear property lines. Owner understands that any fence installed in a utility easement area may be removed by a public or private utility provider and the owner may be responsible to pay for the removal and the owner will have to reinstall the fence or pay to have the fence reinstalled at no cost to the city or the utility provider;

(6)

If a detached accessory building is constructed three feet (or less by variance) from the property line, the roof overhang on the building will be limited to one foot including stormwater gutters.

(Ord. 2025 (part), 2007; Ord. 1885 (part), 2000: Ord. 985, 1971).

(Ord. No. 2086, 9-27-2010; Ord. No. 2160-23-389, 6-1-2015)