Lawrence Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
LI Limited Industrial District
§ 300-112 Purpose. [1]
The LI District provides for an industrial and wholesale district for uses that maintain open space and a pleasant environment that is more inviting to the general public than a general industrial area.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
§ 300-113 Conditional uses.
[Amended 10-13-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-004]
Any uses in the Limited Industrial District require a conditional use permit.
A.
Uses to include:
(1)
Any uses allowed in B-1 Business/Commercial District
(2)
Construction:
(a)
Carpentry and flooring (construction).
(b)
Concrete work (construction).
(c)
Electrical work (construction).
(d)
Masonry, stonework, tile setting and plastering (construction).
(e)
Miscellaneous special trade contractors (construction).
(f)
Painting, paper hanging and decorating (construction).
(g)
Plumbing, heating and air conditioning.
(h)
Roofing and sheet metal work (construction).
(i)
Water well drilling (construction).
(3)
Manufacturing:
Aircraft and parts |
Bakery products |
Beverages |
Books, blank books, loose-leaf binders and bookbinding and related work |
Boot and shoe cut stock and bindings |
Broad woven fabric mills, cotton |
Broad woven fabric mills, man-made fiber and silk |
Broad woven fabric mills, wool (including dyeing and finishing) |
Building paper and building board mills |
Cigarettes |
Cigars |
Coating, engraving and allied services |
Communication equipment |
Construction, mining and materials handling, machinery and equipment |
Converted paper and paperboard products, except container and boxes |
Costume jewelry, costume novelties, buttons and miscellaneous notions, except precious |
Cutlery, hand tools and general hardware |
Cut stone and stone products |
Dairy products |
Drugs |
Dyeing and finishing textiles, except wool fabrics and knit goods |
Electrical lighting and wiring equipment |
Electrical transmission and distribution equipment |
Electronic components and accessories |
Engineering, laboratory, scientific and research instruments and associated equipment |
Engines and turbines |
Fabricated rubber products, not elsewhere classified |
Fabricated structural metal products |
Farm and garden machinery and equipment |
Flat glass |
Floor covering mills |
Footwear, except rubber |
Fur goods |
General industrial machinery and equipment |
Girls', children's and infants' outerwear |
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown |
Greeting cards publishing |
Guided missiles and space vehicles and parts |
Handbags and other personal leather goods |
Hats, caps and millinery |
Heating equipment, except electric and warm air plumbing fixtures |
Household appliances |
Household furniture |
Industrial apparatus |
Jewelry, silverware and plated wire |
Knitting mills |
Leather gloves and mittens |
Leather goods, not elsewhere classified |
Luggage |
Manifold business forms |
Measuring and controlling instruments |
Men's, youths' and boys' furnishings, clothing and garments |
Metal cans |
Metal forgings and stampings |
Metal shipping containers |
Metalworking, machinery and equipment |
Millwork, veneer, plywood and structural wood members |
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories |
Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment and supplies |
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products |
Miscellaneous fabricated textile products |
Miscellaneous food preparation and kindred products |
Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures |
Miscellaneous machinery, except electrical |
Miscellaneous manufacturing |
Miscellaneous plastic products |
Miscellaneous primary metal products |
Miscellaneous printing |
Miscellaneous textile goods |
Miscellaneous transportation equipment |
Miscellaneous wood products |
Motorcycles, bicycles and parts |
Musical instruments |
Narrow fabrics and other small wares mills |
Newspapers: publishing, publishing and printing |
Nonferrous foundries (casting) |
Office computing and accounting machines |
Office furniture |
Ophthalmic goods |
Optical instruments and lenses |
Ordnance and accessories except vehicles and guided missiles |
Paperboard containers and boxes |
Partitions, shelving, lockers and office and store fixtures |
Pens, pencils and other office and artist's materials |
Periodicals: publishing, publishing and printing |
Photographic equipment and supplies |
Pottery and related products |
Public building and related furniture |
Radio and television receiving equipment, not communication types |
Reclaimed rubber |
Refrigeration and service industry machinery |
Rolling, drawing and extruding of nonferrous metals |
Rubber and plastic footwear |
Rubber and plastic hose and belting |
Screw machine products and bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and washers |
Service industries for the printing trade |
Special industrial machinery, except metalworking machinery |
Sugar and confectionary products |
Surgical, medical and dental instruments and supplies |
Tires and inner tubes |
Tobacco (chewing and smoking) and snuff |
Tobacco stemming and redrying |
Toys and amusements; sporting and athletic goods |
Watches, clocks, clockwork-operated devices and parts |
Women's, misses', children's and infants' undergarments |
Women's, misses' and juniors' outerwear |
Wood buildings and mobile homes |
Wood containers |
Yarn and thread mills |
(4)
Transportation, communication, electric, gas and sanitary services:
(a)
Arrangement of transportation.
(b)
Communication services not elsewhere classified.
(c)
Electrical services.
(d)
Miscellaneous services incidental to transportation.
(e)
Motor freight transportation and warehousing, public warehousing.
(f)
Motor freight transportation and warehousing, trucking local and long distance.
(g)
Pipelines, except natural gas.
(h)
Radio and television broadcasting.
(i)
Railway express service.
(j)
Telegraph communication (wire or radio).
(k)
Telephone communication (wire or radio).
(l)
Terminal and joint terminal maintenance facilities for motor freight transportation.
(m)
Transportation services: freight forwarding.
(n)
U.S. Postal Service.
(5)
Wholesale trade:
(a)
Apparel, piece goods and notions.
(b)
Beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverages.
(c)
Chemicals and allied products.
(d)
Drugs, proprietaries and druggists' sundries.
(e)
Electrical goods.
(f)
Farm products, raw materials, except for livestock.
(g)
Furniture and home furnishings.
(h)
Groceries and related products.
(i)
Hardware and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies.
(j)
Lumber and other construction materials.
(k)
Miscellaneous durable goods.
(l)
Miscellaneous nondurable goods, subject to Planning and Zoning Board approval.
(m)
Paper and paper products.
(n)
Sporting, recreational, and photographic goods, toys and supplies.
(o)
Vehicles and automotive parts and supplies.
(6)
Retail:
(a)
Fuel and ice dealers.
(7)
Services:
(a)
Electrical repair shops.
(b)
Laundry, cleaning and garment services, excluding power laundries, family and commercial, coin-operated laundries and dry cleaning.
(c)
Miscellaneous business service.
(d)
Miscellaneous repair shops and related services.
(e)
Motion-picture production and allied services.
(f)
Services to dwellings and other buildings.
(8)
Public administration:
(a)
Space research and technology.
(9)
Restaurants.
(10)
Service stations.
(11)
Health care clinics.
(12)
Banking, savings and loan and credit institutions.
(13)
Warehouses.
B.
Any other use determined by the Town Planning and Zoning Board and/or Town Board to be similar in nature to the above conditional uses.
§ 300-114 Lot requirements.
A.
Any lot serviced by public sanitary sewer system in this district shall have an area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a street frontage of no less than 100 feet; however, such minimum lot width may be measured at the building setback line if said lot is located on the outer radius of a curved street, such as a cul-de-sac.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B.
Any lot not served by public sanitary sewer in this district shall have an area of not less than 1.5 acres and a street frontage of not less than 200 feet; however, such minimum lot width may be measured at the building setback line if said lot is located on the outer radius of a curved street, such as a cul-de-sac.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
C.
A minimum of 25% green space required.
§ 300-115 Building requirements.
No building or any improvements shall be erected, placed or altered on any building site until the plans for such building or improvement, including site plan, landscape plan, building plan and specifications, have been approved by the Town Board of the Town of Lawrence or its designated agent or representative. The Town Board or its designated agent or representative shall approve or disapprove such plans with respect to conformity with restrictions and other applicable enactments of the Town of Lawrence and with respect to harmony of external design and land use as it affects surrounding properties.
§ 300-116 Height regulations.
All structures: 45 feet maximum, except as provided by Article III, § 300-12, Height regulations, and § 300-9, Buildings and uses.
§ 300-117 Building setbacks.
A.
Sewered lots and nonsewered lots.
Principal Structure | Accessory Buildings and Structures | |
|---|---|---|
Front yard | At least 30 feet from right-of-way | Not allowed |
Side yard | 15 feet minimum from property line | 10 feet minimum from property line |
Rear yard | 15 feet minimum from property line | 10 feet minimum from property line |
Corner side | 30 feet minimum from right-of-way | 30 feet minimum from right-of-way |
B.
Transitional yards. Where a side or rear lot line in an LI District coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent residential district, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear lot line not less than 50 feet in depth and shall contain landscaping and planting suitable to provide an effective screen.
§ 300-118 Parking.
Parking shall conform to requirements as set forth in Article XX, Off-Street Parking Requirements.
§ 300-119 Off-street loading.
Loading areas shall be provided so that any and all vehicles loading or unloading are completely off the public ways.
