Markham City Zoning Code

L-1 LIGHT

MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS

§ 156.220 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.

The following regulations of this subchapter shall apply to all L-1 Districts and shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 156.310 through 156.322, 156.335 through 156.345 and 156.360 through 156.364 of this chapter.

(Prior Code, § 156.175)

§ 156.221 PERMITTED USES.

A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes in the L-1 Light Manufacturing District:

(A) Any use permitted in the C-2 Commercial District; except that, new residential structures shall not be permitted after 8-26-1956;

(B) The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as:

(1) Bakery goods;

(2) Candy;

(3) Cosmetics;

(4) Pharmaceuticals;

(5) Toiletries; and

(6) Food products (except fish and meat products, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast and the rendering or refining of fats and oils).

(C) The manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials:

(1) Bone;

(2) Cellophane;

(3) Canvas;

(4) Cloth;

(5) Cork;

(6) Feathers;

(7) Felt;

(8) Fiber;

(9) Fur;

(10) Glass;

(11) Hair;

(12) Horn;

(13) Paper;

(14) Plastics;

(15) Precious or semiprecious metals or stones;

(16) Previously prepared metals;

(17) Shell;

(18) Tanned leather;

(19) Textiles;

(20) Wood (excluding planing mill); and

(21) Yarns.

(D) The manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas;

(E) Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices;

(F) Automobile painting, upholstering, repairing, reconditioning, body and fender works;

(G) Creamery or bottling plant;

(H) Contractor’s equipment storage yard or plant, retail of equipment commonly used by contractors;

(I) Laboratories, experimental or testing;

(J) Laundry, cleaning and dyeing works and carpet and rug cleaning;

(K) Lumberyard and coal yard;

(L) Plumbing or sheet metal shop;

(M) Wholesale business, storage and warehouses;

(N) The underground storage of petroleum and chemical products provided such storage shall be maintained in strict compliance with all applicable national and state standards for the storage of such materials; and

(O) There shall be the following additional uses permitted in the L-1 District:

(1) Any and all municipal uses;

(2) Uses and activities related to municipal uses by non-municipal operators;

(3) Outdoor sales of personal property for a period not in excess of three days;

(4) The storage of abandoned and towed vehicles and items of seized personal property;

(5) The erection of tents or other temporary structures for a period of not more than 30 days;

(6) The storage of building, construction and roadway maintenance supplies, indoors or out; and

(7) The permanent erection of outdoor advertising signs, if located within 660 feet of an interstate expressway.

(Prior Code, § 156.176) (Ord. 74-O-874, passed - -1974; Ord. 98-O-1645, passed 6-17-1998)

§ 156.222 DISTRICT RESTRICTIONS.

The following restrictions shall apply to this district.

(A) No land or building shall be used or occupied in any manner as to create any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable fire, explosive, radioactive or other hazard; emit any noise or vibration, smoke, dust, odor, noxious, toxic or corrosive fumes or gases, or particulate matter; discharge any liquid or solid refuse or waste conducive to the breeding of rodents or insects into any stream, ditch or other open area in a manner or amount as to adversely affect the surrounding area.

(B) All operations permitted in the L-1 District shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building; and all raw materials, fuels, finished products, machinery and equipment, including company-owned or operated trucks and motor vehicles, shall be stored within an entirely closed building, or within an area enclosed by a fence of an approved type and design. Liquids may be stored in underground tanks, subject to the provisions of appropriate fire and building codes.

(C) No operation shall be carried on that would produce heat or glare perceptible from any property line of the lot on which the operation is located.

(D) No lighting shall be of such a nature as to produce glare on public streets or highways or neighboring property.

(E) No substance, other than oil, gas or electricity shall be used as fuel.

(Prior Code, § 156.177)

§ 156.223 MEASUREMENT OF SOUND LEVELS.

(A) (1) Sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter manufactured according to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association.

(2) Measurements shall be made using the flat network of the sound level meter.

(3) Impulsive type noises shall be subject to the performance standards prescribed in this section; provided that, such noises shall be capable of being accurately measured with such equipment.

(4) Noises capable of being so measured, for the purpose of this subchapter, shall be those noises which cause rapid fluctuations of the needle of the sound level meter with a variation of no more than plus or minus two decibels.

(5) Noises incapable of being so measured, such as those of an irregular and intermittent nature, shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.

(B) At no point on the boundary of a residence or business district shall the sound intensity level of any individual operation or plant (other than the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities) exceed the decibel levels in the designated octave bands shown on the following table:

Octave Band (Frequency Cycles per Second)	Maximum Permitted Sound Level (decibels)
Octave Band (Frequency Cycles per Second)	Along Residence District Boundaries	Along Business District Boundaries
0 to 75	72	75
75 to 150	67	70
150 to 300	59	63
300 to 600	52	57
600 to 1,200	46	52
1,200 to 2,400	40	45
2,400 to 4,800	34	40
Over 4,800	32	38

(Prior Code, § 156.178) (Ord. 610, passed - -1965)

§ 156.224 SMOKE AND PARTICULATE MATTER.

(A) The emission of smoke or particulate matter in such manner or quantity as to endanger or be detrimental to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare, is declared to be a public nuisance and is unlawful.

(B) (1) For the purpose of grading the density of smoke, the Ringelmann Chart, published and used by the United States Bureau of Mines, shall be employed.

(2) The emission of smoke or particulate matter of a density greater than No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart is prohibited at all times, except as otherwise provided hereinafter.

(C) The emission from all sources within any lot area of particulate matter containing more than 10% by weight of particles having particle diameter larger than 44 microns is prohibited.

(D) (1) Dust and other types of air pollution, borne by the wind from such sources as storage areas, yards, roads and the like, within lot boundaries, shall be kept to a minimum by appropriate landscaping, paving, oiling, fencing or other acceptable means.

(2) Emission of particulate matter from such sources, in excess of the weight limitation hereinafter specified, is prohibited.

(E) (1) The emission of more than eight smoke units per hour per stack is prohibited, including smoke of a density in excess of Ringelmann No. 2.

(2) However, during one one-hour period in each 24-hour day each stack may emit up to sixteen smoke units when blowing soot or cleaning fires.

(3) Only during fire-cleaning periods, however, shall smoke of Ringelmann No. 3 be permitted, and then for not more than three minutes.

(Prior Code, § 156.179) (Ord. 610, passed - -1965) Penalty, see § 156.999

§ 156.225 PROHIBITED USES.

No building or area shall be used for any of the following uses:

(A) The cooking, distillation, processing and incineration of animal and vegetable products, including, but not limited to, brewery, distillery, food-canning plant, slaughterhouse, stockyards, fat rendering, soap manufacture, glue manufacture, tannery, paper manufacture, wool-scouring and cleaning; cotton textile sizing, scouring, bleaching, dyeing and similar operations; paint and varnish manufacture, creosote and creosote products manufacture;

(B) The production of corrosive and noxious chemicals including, but not limited to, acids, acetylene gas, ammonia, bleaching compounds;

(C) The production, processing and storage of coal, coal tar and asphalt products including, but not limited to, coke manufacture, illuminating gas production, petroleum refining, asphalt products, linoleum manufacture, oil-cloth manufacture and roofing material manufacture;

(D) The extraction, preparation and processing of dust-producing mineral products including, but not limited to, abrasives, cement, lime fertilizer, plaster, crushed stone, stone-cutting products; mining of sand, gravel and topsoil;

(E) The smelting and reduction of metallic ores including, but not limited to, blast furnace, open hearth and electric furnace, Bessemer converter, non-ferrous metal smelter;

(F) The manufacture and storage of explosive products, including, but not limited to, dynamite and commercial explosives, TNT and military explosives and fireworks;

(G) The use of hammer mills, ball mills, rolling mills or drop forges in any industrial process;

(H) The storage of materials customarily stored in the open, such as junk, paper and scrap metal; and/or

(I) No land or buildings shall be used as a motor freight terminal.

(Prior Code, § 156.180) (Ord. 74-O-874, passed - -1974) Penalty, see § 156.999

§ 156.226 LOT AREA.

No building for manufacturing purposes shall be constructed and no premises shall be used for such purposes on any lot which has an area of less than 20,000 square feet, or which has a frontage of less than 100 feet on any public street.

(Prior Code, § 156.181)

§ 156.227 YARD REQUIREMENTS.

(A) (1) The front lot yard shall have a minimum of 25 feet which shall be used for either open landscaping and green areas or for service access to a building or to a parking lot.

(2) Landscaped areas shall be done attractively with lawns, trees, shrubs and similar treatment and shall be properly maintained in a sightly and well kept condition.

(B) The rear yard shall be a minimum of 15 feet.

(Prior Code, § 156.182) (Ord. 74-O-748, passed - -1974)

§ 156.228 BUILDING HEIGHT LIMITATION.

No building shall be erected or altered to exceed 30 feet in height.

(Prior Code, § 156.183)

§ 156.229 SPECIAL USES.

The following uses are special uses in the L-1 District:

(A) Cannabis dispensaries;

(B) Cannabis craft growers;

(D) Cannabis infusers;

(E) Cannabis processors; and

(F) Cannabis transporters.

(Ord. 20-O-2258, passed 3-18-2020)