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Lowry Crossing City Zoning Code

§ 17

“HI” HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

17-1 
General Purpose and Description:
The “HI”, Heavy Industrial district is intended to provide for basic and heavier manufacturing uses than may be inappropriate in the LI District.
17-2 
Use Regulations:
Any building or premises may be used for any purpose, including the below enumerated uses unless otherwise prohibited by other ordinance or laws; provided, however, that no building shall be erected, reconstructed, or structurally altered for residential purposes.
(1) 
Any use permitted in the LI District.
(2) 
Permitted Uses:
Carnival, Temporary Carnival Approved By Council
Housing Prefabrication
Manufacturing & Industrial Plant, outdoor storage
Painting Shop, with outside storage
Planing Mill
Plastic Products Manufacture
(3) 
If the use sought will have special traffic service requirements, outside storage, special drainage requirements, or other such requirements the Planning & Zoning Commission may require any zoning to be by special use permit pursuant to the special use section of this ordinance.
(4) 
If the specific use sought is not listed above the Planning & Zoning Commission may make a finding that a specific retail use [is] so like a use listed that it may be included in the list under the general listing above without further public hearings or ordinance amendment. Provided, however if the specific use sought is listed in the Special Use Section of this Ordinance, a special use permit zoning classification must be obtained pursuant to the provisions of that section and subject to the conditions set out below unless specifically modified in the ordinance granting the special use classification.
(5) 
Such other uses as may be permitted with the granting of a Special Use Permit.
17-3 
Height Regulations:
Thirty-five (35) feet nor more than two and one-half (2-1/2) stories high.
17-4 
Area Regulations:
(1) 
Minimum Size of Yards:
a. 
Front Yard:
Thirty (30) feet, with no front yard parking. If front yard parking is utilized, then the sixty (60) feet front yard setback shall be observed.
b. 
Side Yard:
(Adjacent to a street or property line): Thirty (30) feet.
c. 
Rear Yard:
Minimum required, twenty (20) feet.
(2) 
Minimum Size of Lot:
a. 
Lot Area:
One Acre and any additional area required to meet septic tank requirements.
b. 
Lot Width:
None.
c. 
Lot Depth:
None.
(3) 
Lot coverage:
No more than forty (40%) percent of the lot area shall be covered by buildings.
17-5 
Parking Requirements:
Off-street parking shall be provided as follows:
(1) 
One parking space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area.
(2) 
The Board of Adjustment may grant an Exception based on the particular use where the grant of the exception will not be contrary to the public interest and the spirit of this ordinance will be observed.
In addition, no parking area shall be allowed within 10 feet of the front property line or within five (5) feet of the rear property line.
17-6 
Type of Exterior Construction:
Exterior wall construction shall be of such material that is required to conform with the City of Lowry Crossing Building Code or as approved by City Council. All structures shall be eighty (80%) percent masonry exterior exclusive of doors and windows. Glass may be counted in place of masonry.
Exception: The Board of Adjustment may grant an Exception to the masonry construction requirement of this section and permit use of another type of exterior construction where the Board finds that the grant of the exception will not be contrary to the public interest and the spirit of this ordinance will be observed.
17-7 
Screening.
In this district, if a building or parking structure is erected on a building site and a portion of the side or rear yard abuts or is across an adjoining alley from an “A” Agricultural, “RE” Single-Family Residential Estate, “R-1” Single-Family Residential, or a “2F” Two-Family Residential district, any portion of the building site directly across from that district must be screened from that district.
(Ordinance 110 adopted 8/3/99; Ordinance 179, sec. 6, adopted 1/6/04)