Norwalk City Zoning Code
175B.17 IC
DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
The regulations set forth in this section or elsewhere in this ordinance which are applicable, shall apply in the IC Industrial Commerce Park.
1. Statement of Intent. The IC District is intended to provide for the location of limited industrial uses while maintaining strict performance standards encouraging quality construction and site development for the protection of nearby non-industrial districts. The IC District shall be characterized by large lots with landscaped grounds and buildings constructed with materials of structural strength and permanency such as architectural steel, stone, concrete, and brick, versus wood and sheet metal.
2. Principal Permitted Uses. Only the uses of structures or land listed in this section shall be permitted in the IC District; provided, however that all manufacturing, assembling, compounding, processing, packaging, and other comparable treatment, including storage of any and all materials and equipment, shall take place within completely enclosed buildings.
A. Any principal use permitted in the PC Zoning District, provided such use shall comply with the minimum requirements of the IC Zoning District.
B. Commercial trade schools and business colleges, which specialize in business, commercial and industrial training courses, and are operated for commercial gain.
C. Compounding and packaging of drugs, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, perfumes, and toiletries.
D. Distribution centers for finished or prepackaged products.
E. Laboratories; research, experimental, and testing uses.
F. Manufacturing, assembling, and packaging of medical instruments, cameras, drafting instruments, and electrical components.
G. Printing, lithographing, or film processing shops or plants.
H. Warehouses for storage of merchandise or materials in connection with the uses permitted in this district only.
I. Enterprises involving large assembly of people or automobiles, such as commercial sport or recreational enterprises, including nonprofit amphitheaters, convention halls and auditoriums.
J. Other uses that are consistent by type of use, use intensity, physical characteristics, style, size, and purpose with the uses listed above, provided the manner in which any use is accomplished shall demonstrate compatibility of neighborhood uses.
3. Permitted Accessory Uses. The following uses may exist as part of, or in accessory to the principal permitted or special uses. Any accessory building structure or use shall be physically accomplished in an aesthetically compatible manner and shall comply with all restrictions or performance standards applicable to the principal use.
A. Any accessory uses permitted in the PC Zoning District, provided such use shall comply with minimum requirements of the IC Zoning District.
B. Accessory shelter for a watchman, caretaker, or gate guard, and not a dwelling.
4. Maximum Height Regulations. No principal building shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height. No accessory structure shall exceed twenty (20) feet in height, unless a greater height is permitted for a special use.
5. Bulk Regulations. The following minimum bulk requirements shall be observed in the IC Industrial Commerce Park District:
Use | Lot Area | Lot Width | Front Yard Setback | Side Yard Setback, Least Width on Any One Side | Sum of Both Side Yard Setbacks | Rear Yard Setback |
All Uses | 100,000 sq. ft. | 300 feet | 50 feet | 50 feet | 100 feet
| 50 feet
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A Multiple occupancy of a lot by more than one (1) principal building shall be permitted, only if the site is developed as a complex with a master plan for the building site submitted for approval by the City with restrictions placed upon the property requiring that buildings are compatible in architectural design and use of exterior materials; organized in close physical proximity, utilizing a centrally planned open space, landscape plan and parking plan to serve and maintain a unified master plan concept, and provided parking areas are not located between buildings within the complex. | ||||||
6. Open Space and Landscaping Requirements. See Chapter 175D.
7. Off-Street Parking and Loading. See Chapter 175E.
8. Buffer Requirements. See Chapter 175F.
9. Architectural Standards. See Chapter 175G.
10. Sign Regulations. See Chapter 175H.
11. Site Plan Requirements. See Chapter 175I.
