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Melrose Park City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

40 - "G" INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

17.40.010 - Prohibited uses.

In the "G" industrial district all buildings and premises may be used for any purpose, except the following:

Abattoirs.

Acetylene gas manufacture.

Acid manufacture.

Adult entertainment establishments.

Ammonia, bleaching, powder or chloride manufacture.

Asphalt manufacture or refining.

Candle manufacture.

Celluloid manufacture.

Disinfectants manufacture.

Exterminator and insect poison manufacture.

Fish smoking and curing.

Gas (illuminating or heating) manufacture.

Glue, size or gelatin manufacture.

Gunpowder manufacture or storage.

Fireworks or explosive manufacture or storage.

Stockyards.

Sulpheric, nitric or hydrochloride acid manufacture.

Tallow, grease or lard manufacture or refining.

Tanning, curing or storage of leather, rawhides or skins.

Tar distillation or manufacture.

Vinegar manufacture.

Wool pulling and scouring.

Yeast plant.

And in general those uses which are in fact nuisances or which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas or noise.

(Ord. 836 § 10(B), 2004; prior code § 182.10)

17.40.020 - Area.

A.

Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than ten (10) percent of the depth of the lot; provided, however, such yard need not exceed ten (10) feet in depth.

B.

Side Yard. A side yard, if provided, shall be not less than three feet wide.

C.

Outer Court. An outer court shall be not less than three feet wide, nor less than one-ninth (1/9) the length of such court from the closed end.

D.

Inner Court. An inner court shall be not less than six feet wide, nor shall its area be less than twice the square of its required least dimensions.

(Ord. No. 2397, § 5, 7-26-2021)

17.40.030 - Height.

No building shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed seventy-five (75) feet in height.

(Ord. No. 2397, § 5, 7-26-2021)

17.40.040 - Intensity and use of lot.

No building, with its accessory buildings to be used for business of industrial purposes, shall occupy in excess of ninety (90) percent of the area of the lot. Buildings or parts of buildings used wholly for residential purposes shall conform to the restrictions provided for such buildings in the "B" residence districts.

(Ord. No. 2397, § 5, 7-26-2021)