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Newark City Zoning Code

§ 18 M-1

MANUFACTURING/INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT - LIGHT.

18.1 
General Purpose and Description
The Light Manufacturing/Industrial District is established to accommodate those uses which are a non-nuisance type located in relative proximity to residential areas, and to preserve and protect land designated on the Comprehensive Plan for industrial development and use from the intrusion of certain incompatible uses which might impede the development and use of lands for industrial purposes. Development in the M-1 District is limited primarily to certain storage, wholesale, and industrial uses, such as the fabrication of materials, and specialized manufacturing and research institutions, all of a non-nuisance type. No use or types of uses specifically limited to the M-2 District may be permitted in the M-1 District.
Uses permitted in the M-1 District are subject to the following conditions:
18.1.1 
All business, servicing, or processing, except for off-street loading, display or merchandise for sale to the public, and establishments of the “drive-in” type, shall be conducted within completely enclosed areas.
18.1.2 
All storage within one hundred (100) feet of a residential district, except for motor vehicles in operable condition, shall be within completely enclosed buildings or effectively screened with screening not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height, provided no storage located within fifty (50) feet of such screening shall exceed the maximum height of screening.
18.1.3 
Permitted uses in the M-1 District shall not disseminate dust, fumes, gas, noxious odor, smoke, glare, or other atmospheric influence.
18.1.4 
Permitted uses in the M-1 District shall produce no noise exceeding in intensity, at the boundary of the property, the average intensity of noise of street traffic.
18.1.5 
Permitted uses in the M-1 District shall not create fire hazards on surrounding property.
18.2 
Permitted Uses
The following specific uses shall be permitted in the M-1 District when granted in accordance with Section 25:
18.2.1 
Uses as listed in Section 22 of this ordinance.
18.3 
Permitted Specific Uses
The following specific uses shall be permitted in the M-1 District when granted in accordance with Section 25:
18.3.1 
Machine shops and fabrication of metal not more than ten (10) gauge in thickness.
18.3.2 
Accessory uses, including but not limited to temporary buildings for construction purpose for a period not to exceed the duration of such construction.
18.3.3 
Factory outlet retail or wholesale store for the sales and servicing of goods or materials on the same premises as the manufacturing company to which they are related, including sales and service in a separate building or buildings.
18.3.4 
Railroad freight terminals, railroad switching and classification yards, repair shops, and roundhouses.
18.3.5 
Other uses as listed in Section 22 of this ordinance.
18.3.6 
An establishment that derives seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the establishment’s gross revenues from the on-premise sale of alcoholic beverages, subject to the issuance of a specific use permit as provided by Section 25 of this Ordinance.
18.4 
Height and Area Regulations
See Appendix 1, Area, Setback, Height, and Coverage Regulations.
18.5 
Parking Regulations
Off-street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the specific uses set forth in Section 26.
(Ordinance A-358 adopted 7/16/09; Ordinance A-363, sec. 1, adopted 4/22/10)