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Mount Morris City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 8

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT I-1

10-8-1: PERMITTED USES:

Agriculture.
Animal hospitals.
Building material sales.
Car washes.
Cement block manufacturers.
Commercial radio and television transmitting antenna towers and other electronic equipment requiring outdoor towers and including microwave relay towers and antenna towers for the dispatching of private messages.
Compounding, processing and blending of chemical products, but not including any materials which decompose by detonation.
Contractor's or construction shops.
Garages, at which the sale of gasoline at retail is only incidental to the principal use.
Greenhouses.
Kennels.
Laboratories for testing and research, excluding the raising of animals for research and excluding the testing of fissionable materials.
Livestock depots, sales' yards and auction barns.
Machine shops and metal products manufacture and tool and die shops, provided they do not include any of the following equipment: punch presses exceeding fifty (50) tons' pressure, drop forges or riveting and grinding machines.
Manufacture and assembling (or any combination of such processes) of products from wood, cork, glass, leather, fur, plastic, felt and other textiles, but not including, as a principal operation, the processing of any raw materials.
Milk depots, creameries and dairies.
Mobile home or trailer sales areas.
Motor freight terminals.
Printing and bindery plants.
Railroad right-of-way and necessary uses.
Recreational vehicle sales, service, storage and retail.
Trade schools.
Truck service centers.
Warehouses and storage facilities, including agricultural products. (1979 Code § 5-8-1)

10-8-2: SPECIAL USES:

The following uses may be allowed by special use permit:
Storage of fuel oils, gasoline and other flammable materials. (1979 Code § 5-8-2)

10-8-3: LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS:

   A.   Total Lot Size: Every building hereinafter erected or structurally altered for business use in I-1 District shall provide total lot size of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
   B.   Front Yard: Every building hereinafter erected or enlarged shall provide and maintain a front yard thirty feet (30') from any street or road.
   C.   Side Yard: The total of the side yards must equal ten percent (10%) of the total lot size, but need not exceed twenty five feet (25') in total side yard measurements.
   D.   Rear Yard: No rear yard is required. (1979 Code § 5-8-3)

10-8-4: BUILDING AREA:

Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the area of a zoning lot may be covered by buildings or structures. (1979 Code § 5-8-4)

10-8-5: BUILDING HEIGHT:

No building or structure or enlargement of any building or structure hereinafter erected or maintained in any I-1 District shall exceed twenty five feet (25') except under the following circumstances:
   A.   For each additional fifty feet (50') of setback in excess of the required minimums under this chapter, each structure shall be allowed an additional eleven feet (11') in height.
   B.   For buildings or structures constructed for the purpose of the storage of agricultural products including grain elevators and grain storage facilities, the building height shall not exceed one hundred fifty feet (150') in height. (Ord. 10-01-14, 10-14-2014)