It is the intent of the Heavy Industrial District (I-2) to establish and preserve areas for necessary industrial and related uses of such a nature that they require isolation from many other kinds of land uses, and to make provision for commercial uses which are necessary to service the immediate needs of people in their areas.
1. Permitted Principal Uses and Structures.
A. Bulk storage of petroleum products and commercial fertilizers.
B. Asbestos, brick and clay products manufacturing.
C. Concrete products and central mixing and proportioning plants.
D. Structural iron and steel fabrication.
E. Heavy manufacturing facilities.
F. All other uses permitted under I-1.
G. Those uses that, in the opinion of the Board of Adjustment, are of the same general character as those listed above as permitted uses, and which will not be detrimental to the district in which they are located.
2. Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures. Uses and structures accessory to a principal permitted use or a conditional permitted use are permitted subject to the provisions of Section
165.25.
3. Special Exceptions. The following special exceptions are permitted in the I-1 District, subject to provisions of Section
165.25(4).
A. Carnivals, circuses, fairs, road shows.
B. Radio-television broadcasting and microwave towers or stations.
D. Fertilizer manufacturing.
E. Junk yards, including automobile wrecking and/or salvage.
F. Stock yards, slaughter houses, poultry processing and packaging, and/or sale barns and yards.
G. Explosive manufacturing or storage.
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I-2
| No minimum
| No minimum
| 35 feet
| 15 feet
| 25 feet
| 25 feet
| 4 stories or 60 feet
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5. Transitional Yards. Where a side or rear lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent Residential or Commercial District, or an existing residential use, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear lot line not less than 45 feet in depth and shall contain landscaping and planting so designed and/or planted to provide and effective visual screen, when viewed horizontally, between 2 feet and 8 feet above average ground level. Where a lot within I-2 District fronts on a street which forms a boundary line between the I-2 District and a Residential or Commercial District, then such lot shall have a front yard of not less than 45 feet in depth. Parking shall not be permitted therein and such yard shall be appropriately landscaped with grass and/or other suitable plantings.
6. Open Space Required. The total land area devoted to open space and landscaping shall not be less than ten percent of the gross land area included in the building lot. Such open space shall be maintained as grassed and landscaped area and shall not include access drives, parking areas, structures or buildings, except ornamental structures included as part of the landscaping theme.
7. Minimum Off-Street Parking and Loading Space. All parking and loading areas shall be constructed according to Section
165.25(14) of this chapter. Parking and loading facilities shall be provided in the following required amounts:
(1) Warehousing, storage and manufacturing – one space for each employee on duty at any one time, plus one for each vehicle used by the industry.
(1) Automotive sales, service, and repair establishments and automobile body repair shops – 4 spaces for every 300 square feet of floor area.
B. Off-Street Loading. One space, 50 feet by 12 feet, for every 20,000 feet of floor area or fraction thereof.