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La Veta City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

32 - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

Sections:


18.32.010 - Intent.

This zone provides for any industrial uses that are an asset to the area and which would not be a nuisance with respect to excessive lights, noise, smoke, vibration, odor, dust or vulnerability to fire or explosion.

(Ord. 125 (part), 1984)

18.32.020 - Permitted uses.

Permitted uses in the industrial district are as follows by industrial development or redevelopment permit:

A.

Manufacturer fabrication and/or processing of any commodity with the exception, however, of those used to create excessive amounts of smoke, vibration or any other deleterious effect or effects;

B.

Automobile parking lots;

C.

Commercial garage;

D.

Dwelling, only as a custodial function to another use by right, but only one dwelling per premises;

E.

Petroleum bulk plant;

F.

Lumberyard;

G.

Public building in use;

H.

Railroad spur and railroad depot;

I.

Trailer court;

J.

Correction terminal;

K.

Cement batch plant.

(Ord. 198 (part), 1998: Ord. 125 (part), 1984)

18.32.030 - Special uses.

Junkyards are a special use in the industrial district.

(Ord. 125 (part), 1984)

18.32.040 - Height.

No dwelling or other structure shall exceed two and one-half stories or thirty-five feet in height.

(Ord. 198 (part), 1998)

18.32.050 - Lot area.

The minimum lot area shall be seven thousand square feet.

(Ord. 198 (part), 1998)

18.32.060 - Setbacks.

Setbacks shall be as follows:

A.

Front: fifteen feet from the property line;

B.

Rear: five feet from the property line;

C.

Side: seven feet from the property line.

(Ord. 198 (part), 1998)

18.32.070 - Industrial development or redevelopment permit.

The industrial development or redevelopment permit provision of this title permits additional uses to be instituted in the industrial zone when proper conditions exist which will permit such use to be in harmony with existing and proposed land use. If the proposed use is not listed as an allowed permitted or special use within the zoning district where the property is located, the presumption shall be that the permit will not be granted. Planned unit developments, however, are permitted as a special use in any zone. If an industrial development or redevelopment permit is granted by the town board, such permit must be posted in a conspicuous place of such premise. An industrial development or redevelopment permit must be received prior to issuance of a building permit.

(Ord. 198 (part), 1998)

18.32.080 - Application.

An application for a industrial development or redevelopment permit must be filed with the town board and applicable filing fees paid. The application shall contain the following information;

A.

Name and address of applicant;

B.

A description and site plan of the property. The site plan shall show the boundary of the property, proposed buildings, parking, landscaping and signing concepts, streets and other facilities to be developed. The plan shall be drawn to reasonable scale for easy interpretation;

C.

A legal description of the property in question;

D.

Topographic information shall be provided when drainage may affect the site development plan;

E.

A time schedule of construction;

F.

Such additional information as may be requested by the town board to properly review and render a decision on the application;

G.

Existing zoning classification.

(Ord. 198 (part), 1998)

18.32.090 - Procedure before the town board.

If the town board approves consideration of proposed industrial development or redevelopment permit, a public hearing on the matter will be held. No later than sixty days after the town board's preliminary approval, the town board shall act to either approve or deny the proposed industrial development or redevelopment permit. Within five days after the decision by the town board, the applicant shall be notified of the approval or denial of the requested industrial development or redevelopment permit. If denied, reasons for the denial shall be explained.

(Ord. 198 (part), 1998)

18.32.100 - Reapplication.

A.

The town board cannot reconsider the request without another notice and hearing.

B.

In the event that the proposed industrial development or redevelopment permit is denied by the town board, no new request for the same or substantially same industrial development or redevelopment permit shall be accepted for a period of six months from the date of such denial.

(Ord. 198 (part), 1998)