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Morenci City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

I-1, INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT5


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Editor's note— Ord. No. 17-331, § 1, adopted September 25, 2017, repealed the former Art. VII., §§ 22-151—22-154, and enacted a new Art. VII as set out herein. The former Art. VII pertained to C-2, Central Business District and derived from Code 1963, §§ 5.39, 5.40, 5.42; Ord. of 4-14-80; Ord. No. 02-241, 11-12-01; Ord. No. 02-A257, 9-23-02; Ord. No. 14-309, § 6, 12-8-14. The user's attention is directed to Art. VI, § 22-126 et seq.


Sec. 22-174.- Intent.

(a)

I-1: The I-1, industrial district is designed to provide suitable space for industrial uses which operate in a safe, non-objectable and efficient manner, and which are compatible in appearance with and require a minimum of buggering measures from adjoining nonindustrial zoning districts.

(Ord. No. 17-331, § 1(Exh. A), 9-25-17)

Sec. 22-175. - Use regulations.

I-1 Industrial Zoning District
Permitted Land Uses (P), Special Land Uses (S), and Prohibited Land Uses (—)
I-1Additional Requirements
Uses
Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to the permitted principal uses P
Large wind turbines S Section 22-275
Industrial establishments, such as:
The assembly, fabrication, manufacture, packaging, or treatment of such products as food products (excluding butchering, animal slaughtering), candy, drugs, cosmetics, and toiletries, musical instruments, optical goods, toys, novelties, electrical instruments and appliances; radio and phonographs; pottery and figurines or other ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay.
The assembly, fabrication, manufacture or treatment of such products from the following previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, felt, fiber, glass, horn, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, sheet metal (excluding large stampings such as automobile fenders or bodies), shell, textiles, wire, wood (excluding saw and planing mills) and yarns.
Tool and die shops; metal working machine shops involving the use of grinding or cutting tools; manufacturing of tools, dies, jigs, and fixtures; publishing, printing, or forming of box, carton, and cardboard products.
Laboratories, research or testing.
Central dry cleaning plants and laundries.
Automobile bump shops, machine shops, painting and sheet metal shops, undercoating and rustproofing shops and welding shops. 		P
Mobile food vending P Section 22-272A
Open storage yards of construction contractors' equipment and supplies, building materials, sand, gravel or lumber, with the following restrictions:
Such uses shall be located at least 200 feet from any residential district.
If it is deemed essential by the city council to prevent loose materials from blowing into adjacent properties, a fence, tarpaulin or obscuring wall of no less than six feet shall be required around the stored material.
No required yard spaces shall be used for the storage of equipment or materials. 		P
Public utility uses. Electric transformer station and substation; electric transmission towers; municipal buildings and uses; gas regulator and municipal utility pumping stations, radio and television transmission towers. P
Small wind turbines S Section 22-276
The following retail and service establishments, such as:
Eating and drinking establishments when food or beverage is consumed within a completely enclosed building. Establishments with a character of a drive-in or open front store are prohibited.
Truck, tractor and trailer sales, rental and repair.
Dog kennels.
Automobile service stations in accordance with section 22-159.
Greenhouses. 		P
Wholesale and warehousing. The sale at wholesale or warehousing of automotive equipment; dry goods and apparel; groceries and related products; raw farm products except livestock; electrical goods; hardware, plumbing, heating equipment and supplies, machinery and equipment, petroleum bulk stations and terminals; tobacco and tobacco products; beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages; paper and paper products; furniture and home furnishings, and any commodity the manufacture of which is permitted in this district; truck terminals. P
Prohibited Uses
I-1: Any use not expressively stated above is prohibited in specified zoning districts.

 

(Ord. No. 17-331, § 1(Exh. A), 9-25-17)

Sec. 22-176. - Schedule of regulations.

I-1 Zoning District
Schedule of Regulations
I-1
Maximum Height
Building height (feet) 45
Stories 3
Lot Size (minimum unless otherwise noted)
Area (square feet) —
Lot width (feet) —
Maximum Lot Coverage
(includes all buildings in percent of lot area)
Buildings —
Setbacks (minimum unless otherwise noted)
Front (feet) 25 (a)
Side (least) (feet) 20
Side (total) (feet) 40
Rear (feet) 25 (b)
Minimum Floor Area Per Dwelling Unit
Minimum floor area per dwelling unit
(square feet) 		—

 

(a)

The front setback can include parking spots, along with room for sidewalks, if sidewalks are not already constructed within the required front setback.

(b)

The rear setback cannot contain anything other than green space.

(Ord. No. 17-331, § 1(Exh. A), 9-25-17)

Sec. 22-177. - Additional industrial performance standards for I-1 zoning district.

(a)

Any use established in the I-1, industrial district shall not be permitted to carry on any activity, operation, use of land, building or equipment that produces irritants to the sensory perceptions greater than the measures herein established which are hereby determined to be the maximum permissible hazard to humans or human activity.

(1)

Noise. Shall be muffled so as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness. Noise as measured at the street or property line may not exceed 60 decibels with a center frequency of 125 cycles per second.

(2)

Odor. The emission of noxious, odorous matter in such quantities as to be readily detectable at a point along any property line, when diluted in the ratio of one volume of odorous air to four or more volumes of clean air, so as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond lot lines is prohibited.

(3)

Gases, smoke, dust, dirt, and fly ash. The emission of gases, smoke, dust, dirt, and fly ash shall in no manner be unclean, destructive, unhealthful, hazardous or deleterious to the general welfare. Such emission shall be in strict conformance with all applicable state and county health laws as pertaining to air pollution and smoke abatement.

(4)

Glare and heat. Arc welding, acetylene torch cutting, or similar processes causing glare and heat shall be performed behind solid walls or frosted glass not less than 15 feet high as measured from the ground level adjacent to the structure concerned.

(5)

Fire and safety hazards. The storage and handling of flammable liquids, liquefied petroleum gases, and explosives shall comply with all state rules and regulations, and as established by the Fire Prevention Act, Act No. 207 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1941 (MCL 29.1 et seq.), as amended. Further, all storage tanks of liquid materials aboveground shall be located not less than 150 feet from all property lines, and shall be completely surrounded by earth embankments, dikes, or other types of retaining walls which will contain the total capacity of all tanks so enclosed.

(6)

Vibration. Machines or operations, which cause vibration, shall be permitted, but no operation shall cause a displacement exceeding .003 of one inch as measured at the property line with a frequency of ten cycles per second.

(Ord. No. 17-331, § 1(Exh. A), 9-25-17)