No land, body of water, or structure shall be used or permitted to be used, and no structure shall be hereafter constructed, reconstructed, or structurally altered, maintained, or moved in any IU-2 District, which is designed, arranged or intended to be used for any purpose, unless otherwise provided herein, except for one or more of the following uses:

(1)

Every use permitted in IU-1 District, except adult entertainment uses as defined in Section 33-259.1, and private schools and nonpublic educational facilities as defined in Section 33-151.11 are prohibited in the IU-2 District. Notwithstanding the foregoing prohibition, day nurseries shall be permitted pursuant to article XA within, or on the same lot or parent tract as, an office building provided that no other use pursuant to Section 33-262(3)—(12) is located on the same lot or parent tract as the office building.

(2)

Movie and television studios with indoor sound stages/studios and outdoor lots/backlots.

(3)

Asphalt drum mixing plants which produce less than one hundred fifty (150) tons per hour in self-contained drum mixers.

(4)

Rock and sand yards.

(5)

Cement and clay products, such as concrete blocks, pipe, etc.

(6)

Soap manufacturing, vegetable byproducts, only.

(7)

Railroad shops.

(8)

Sawmills.

(9)

Petroleum products storage tank not exceeding 30,000-gallon capacity or a group of such tanks with an aggregate capacity not in excess of thirty thousand (30,000) gallons.

(10)

Petroleum products storage tank with a capacity of over thirty thousand (30,000) gallons or a group of such tanks with an aggregate capacity in excess of thirty thousand (30,000) gallons if approved after public hearing or if placed below the surface of the ground or in a rockpit.

(11)

Dynamite storage.

(12)

Construction debris materials recovery transfer facility, provided such use shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building consisting of a minimum of 15,000 square feet. Counted toward this minimum floor area shall be areas set aside for office shop space and equipment storage associated with the construction debris materials recovery transfer facility.

(Ord. No. 57-19, § 24(A), 10-22-57; Ord. No. 68-37, § 1, 6-4-68; Ord. No. 69-51, § 2, 9-3-69; Ord. No. 92-98, § 1, 9-15-92; Ord. No. 01-227, § 3, 12-20-01; Ord. No. 02-23, § 4, 2-12-02; Ord. No. 02-103, § 3, 6-18-02; Ord. No. 04-56, § 2, 3-16-04; Ord. No. 14-40, § 3, 4-8-14; Ord. No. 22-130, § 1, 2, 10-6-22)

Cross reference— Storage, use, sale, possession of explosives, Ch. 13; circuses and carnivals permitted in IU Districts without public hearing, § 33-13(f).

(a)

No establishment or industrial use permitted in this district, however, shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of any RU, EU, or BU-1 District, except after a public hearing. Provided that the spacing limitation shall be two hundred fifty (250) feet if the use is confined within a building and an exterior wall or walls of the building located on the establishment is not penetrated with any openings directly facing the RU, EU or BU-1 District. It is further provided that, except for exterior uses, such distances shall be measured from the closest point of the subject use in the building to the RU or EU or BU-1 District. In connection with exterior uses, the distance of five hundred (500) feet shall be measured from the closest point of the IU District to the RU or EU or BU-1 District. For purposes of establishing such distances, the applicant for such use shall furnish a certified survey from a registered surveyor, which shall indicate such distances. In case of dispute, the measurement scaled by the Director of the Department of Planning and Zoning shall govern.

(b)

At all manufacturing establishments or rebuilding, processing, packaging, storage or repair places permitted in an IU-2 District, all materials and products shall be stored and all manufacturing, rebuilding, processing, packaging, storing or renovating operations shall be carried on entirely within an enclosed building or confined and completely enclosed within masonry walls not less than six (6) feet in height, excepting only shipyards, dry docks, boat slips, and the like, where necessary frontage on the water may be open.

(c)

In no case shall petroleum storage tanks be located closer than three hundred (300) feet to a residential building.

(d)

No residential uses will be permitted, except a watchman's or caretaker's quarters used in connection with industrial use on the premises concerned.

(Ord. No. 57-19, § 24(B), (C), 10-22-57; Ord. No. 68-3, § 2, 2-6-68; Ord. No. 69-51, § 2, 9-3-69; Ord. No. 96-129, § 1, 9-10-96; Ord. No. 00-74, § 1, 6-6-00)

(a)

Landscaped open space. A minimum of ten (10) percent of the net lot area of the site shall be developed as landscaped open space; provided, however, that an industrial-zoned site that abuts residentially zoned or developed property shall provide fifteen (15) percent of the net lot area as landscaped open space. It is further provided, however, that if the industrial-zoned site abuts property which is depicted as "Industrial & Office" on the Land Use Plan (LUP) map of the Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP), is zoned GU and no building permit has been issued for a residence at the time of the approval of the building permit for the industrial use, the landscape open space requirement shall be ten (10) percent of the net lot area. Said landscaped open space may include entrance features, greenbelts, unpaved passive and active recreation areas, and other similar landscaped open space at ground level. Open space areas may also include tree preservation zones of "natural forest communities" as defined in Section 26B-1, Code of Miami-Dade County. Tree preservation zones shall be delineated on all plans submitted to Miami-Dade County for site plan review under Section 33-263.2 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, for the purposes of determining overall preservation area and percent of overall landscaped area. The requirements contained herein do not replace or substitute for any requirements contained within Chapter 18A, Code of Miami-Dade County.

Water bodies may be used as part of the required landscaped open space, but such water areas shall not be credited for more than twenty (20) percent of the required open space. The specific areas within enclosed or unenclosed malls which are landscaped with grass, trees and/or shrubbery, water areas therein and areas therein with permanent art display may be used as part of the required landscaped open space, but such areas shall not be credited for more than ten (10) percent of the required landscaped open space. For approved structures exceeding four (4) stories in height, additional landscaped open space shall be provided equivalent to twenty-five (25) percent of the gross floor area of each floor above four (4) stories.

(b)

Greenbelts. Continuous, extensively planted greenbelts, penetrated only at approved points for ingress or egress to the property, shall be provided along all property lines abutting public rights-of-way or properties zoned residential, in accordance with the following minimum standards:

It is provided, however, this greenbelt requirement shall not apply along property lines abutting property which is depicted as "Industrial & Office" on the LUP map of the CDMP, is zoned GU and no building permit has been issued for a residence at the time of the approval for the building permit for the industrial use.

(c)

Trees. Landscaping and trees shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 18A of this Code.

(d)

Maintenance. All landscaped areas shall be continuously maintained in a good, healthy condition, and sprinkler systems of sufficient size and spacing shall be installed to serve all required landscaped areas except within tree preservation zones of "natural forest communities," as defined in Section 26B-1, Code of Miami-Dade County. Tree preservation zones shall also be maintained in a healthy natural condition free from trash, debris and disturbance of understory vegetation.

(Ord. No. 79-98, § 1, 11-20-79; Ord. No. 85-87, § 5, 10-1-85; Ord. No. 95-223, § 1, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 03-76, § 2, 4-8-03)

All development shall be reviewed in accordance with Section 33-310.4.

(Ord. No. 19-51, § 28, 6-4-19)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 19-51, § 28, adopted June 4, 2019, repealed the former § 33-263.2, and enacted a new § 33-263.2 as set out herein. The former § 33-263.2 pertained to site plan review and derived from Ord. No. 79-98, § 1, adopted Nov. 20, 1979; Ord. No. 95-19, § 14, adopted Feb. 7, 1995; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, adopted Dec. 5, 1995; Ord. No. 95-223, § 1, adopted Dec. 5, 1995; Ord. No. 98-125, § 21, adopted Sept. 3, 1998; and Ord. No. 99-38, § 15, adopted April 27, 1999.

Editor's note— Section 33-263.3, pertaining to the expansion of existing commercial structures, has been deleted as obsolete. It was derived from Ord. No. 79-98, § 1, adopted Nov. 20, 1979.

Where a site plan has been or is submitted to the Department for review and approval, and the same has been or is approved, and no construction has yet commenced, the site plan shall be valid for a period of twelve (12) months within which time the applicant must file complete plans for building permit.

(Ord. No. 79-98, § 1, 11-20-79; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, 12-5-95)