Lewistown City Zoning Code
Subchapter XI I-2
Heavy Industrial District
§ 153.195 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
The Heavy Industrial District is designed to provide a wide range of manufacturing and other industrial activities, including certain general commercial uses, all of which are compatible with each other. The district is designed to protect nearby residential and commercial districts and to encourage future industrial development through the application of certain prescribed standards.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.196 PERMITTED USES.
Within any I-2 Heavy Industrial District, no building, structure, or premises shall be used, arranged, designed, or altered to be used, except for one or more of the following uses which shall be subject to all regulations and requirements for permit of this chapter.
(A)
Any industrial use permitted in the I-1 District as well as commercial (non-residential) uses listed in C-1 and C-2. (See § 153.204).
(B)
Factories of all manufacturing varieties.
(C)
Freight terminals and railroad yards.
(D)
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of products or raw materials, including the storage of raw materials.
(E)
Open building material storage or sales yards, including rock, sand, gravel, junk, automobile or vehicle wrecking yards, open fuel storage or sale yard, and salvage yard.
(F)
Refining of petroleum or its products plants.
(G)
Bulk plant.
(H)
Bulk storage and sale of liquefied petroleum or propane products.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.197 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
No structure shall exceed six stories or 80 feet in height.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.198 YARD/SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
(A)
Front yard. There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 30 feet.
(B)
Side yard. There shall be a side yard having a depth of not less than ten feet, except when abutting a residential or unincorporated area then that side yard shall be 50 feet.
(C)
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet except when abutting a residential or unincorporated area where the rear yard must be no less than 50 feet.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.199 LOT AREA.
No restrictions.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.200 LOT WIDTH.
No restrictions.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.201 LOT COVERAGE.
No restrictions.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.202 BUFFERING.
Any new or expanding industrial uses which have a common lot line with a existing residential district shall provide within the industrial property along that common lot line, a properly maintained dense hedge, tree row, or other suitable landscape device, not to exceed seven feet in height, to visually screen the industrial area from the residential area. Failure to provide or maintain such planting buffer shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.203 WATER RUN OFF.
If a structure is built on the side or rear lot line, provisions must be made to channel water run off away from adjacent properties and into appropriate drains.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.204 RESIDENTIAL OR PUBLIC USE.
The I-2 District specifically prohibits the building, use or expansion of any structure for residential use or any use listed as permitted uses under the R-l and R-2 provisions.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 153.205 CONDITIONAL OR NON-CONFORMING USES.
The Board may, after a public hearing, grant conditional and/or non- conforming use variances that meet the criteria set forth in § 153.365.
(Ord. 1999-7, passed 5-25-1999)