Laketown City Zoning Code

The purpose of this zone is to provide an area for sound, environmentally safe industrial development which is generally not objectional because of the absence of heavy truck traffic, noise or fumes; or any light industrial development which might generate nuisances that can be substantially improved with the use of buffers or other similar techniques.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981; amd. 2001 Code

• Blacksmith shops.
• Boat works; building and repair.
• Building materials sales or storage yards (excluding asphalt or concrete mixing).
• Contractors offices and equipment storage facilities.
• Fuel, oil, ice, coal and wood sales.
• Mini-warehouses and storage facilities.
• Parking, necessary, required for permitted uses.
• Scientific research laboratories.
• Storage areas, fully enclosed, for bulk material or machinery.
• Wholesale business and storage.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

• Food processing and packaging plants.
• Manufacturing.
• Any other light industrial uses not listed above.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

1. Minimum lot area; for every square foot of building area, five (5) square feet of land area is required.
2. Minimum lot width; none. 
3. Minimum front yard; none.
4. Minimum side yard; none, unless abutting lots are incompatible uses, and/or zones, in which case a buffer zone is required.
5. Minimum rear yard; none, unless abutting lots are incompatible uses, and/or zones, in which case a buffer zone is required.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

No building shall be erected to a height greater than thirty five feet (35').

1. The building height shall not include belfries, chimneys, cupolas, domes, flues, spires, air conditional units, solar panel, nor apply to similar structures and mechanical appurtenances placed on roofs, provided that no such structure shall be used for human occupancy, nor exceed five feet above the peak of the roof unless approval is given by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
2.  No accessory building shall be erected to a height greater than thirty- five feet (35'). The building height shall not include belfries, chimneys, cupolas, domes, flues, spires, air conditioning units, solar panel, nor apply to similar structures and mechanical appurtenances placed on roofs, provided that no such structure shall be used for human occupancy, nor exceed five feet above the peak of the roof unless approval is given by the Planning and Zoning Commission. 

HISTORY:

Ordinance 2019-16, 3/4/2020

A buffer zone shall be required for industrial developments abutting on residential zones or any conflicting use or zone. Requirements shall be as determined by the planning and zoning commission.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981