The "E" industrial district is designed to provide for industrial uses which involve more objectionable influences and/or hazards, and which, therefore, shall be isolated and/or buffered from residential and commercial development.

(a)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Ambulance service.

(2)

Assembly, manufacturing, processing, fabricating, storing, cleaning, servicing or testing of materials in accordance with the requirements of this section.

(3)

Commercial storage facilities.

(4)

Concrete plants.

(5)

Dairies.

(6)

Dwelling units that were in existence prior to the adoption of this zoning ordinance are permitted in "E" zoning districts. Dwelling units created after the adoption of this chapter are allowed as a conditional use if granted a conditional use permit.

(7)

Farm equipment sales and services.

(8)

Fertilizer and feed stores.

(9)

Foundries.

(10)

Fuel storage facilities.

(11)

Livestock sale barns.

(12)

Meat processing plants.

(13)

Recycling facilities involving recycling manufacturing processes.

(14)

Refuse disposal businesses.

(15)

Utility service yards and substations.

(16)

Barge terminals.

(17)

Self-storage facilities.

(18)

Outdoor storage. All outdoor storage facilities and products shall be enclosed by a fence, wall or plant material adequate to conceal such facility from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way.

(19)

Cannabis dispensing organization.

(20)

Cannabis testing facilities.

(21)

Uses permitted in the "C-1," "C-2," "C-3" and "D" districts.

(b)

Conditional uses.

(1)

Planned unit development.

(2)

Junk yards.

(3)

Crematory.

(4)

Civic uses.

(5)

Telecommunication facilities, towers and antennas. Wind energy system.

(6)

Truck stop diesel fueling stations.

(7)

Cannabis craft grower organization.

(8)

Cannabis cultivation organization.

(9)

Cannabis infuser organization.

(10)

Cannabis processing organization.

(11)

Cannabis transporting organization.

(c)

Area. The minimum dimensions of yards shall be as follows:

(1)

The minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet.

(2)

Minimum lot width shall be 150 feet at the established building line.

(d)

Setbacks. The minimum setbacks shall be as follows:

(1)

Structures under 30 feet in height; the front yard setback shall be 50 feet, the side and rear yard setback shall be 20 feet.

(2)

For structures over 30 feet in height the yard requirements stated above shall be increased by one foot for each three feet in height that any building or structure exceeds the height of 30 feet. Interior side yards adjacent to a railroad right-of-way shall be exempt from this special setback requirement.

(3)

Front yard setbacks shall be required on both sides of lot abutting a public street.

(4)

Lots platted and recorded prior to the adoption of this chapter shall provide a side yard equal to a distance of ten percent of the lot width. But in no case less than five feet and need not exceed 20 feet.

(e)

Building area. No building shall occupy more than 75 percent of the area of the lot.

(f)

Green space. Every lot is required to provide a minimum of ten percent green space.

(g)

Air quality. The operation of any industrial use shall not create or cause to be created a degradation of air quality which is injurious to human life or welfare.

(h)

Illinois Environmental Protection Primary Standards. Emissions of particulate matter, smoke, and other atmospheric pollutants, except odor, shall not exceed the primary air quality standards promulgated by the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

(i)

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Secondary Standards. Emissions of particulate matter, smoke, and other atmospheric pollutants, except odor, shall not exceed the secondary quality standards promulgated by the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

(j)

Odors.

(1)

Uses causing offensive odors which are discernible beyond the property line shall not exceed the maximum odor concentration permitted by the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

(2)

Uses causing odors of any kind and from any source shall be permitted, provided that such odors are not discernible beyond the property line so as to produce a public nuisance.

(k)

Noise. The operation of any industrial use shall not create or cause to be created noise in excess of the maximum sound levels permitted by the applicable Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations for Noise Pollution.

(l)

Fire and explosive hazards. All uses involving the storage, use or manufacture of flammable or explosive substances shall comply with the regulations of the State of Illinois Department of Public Safety and with the requirements of the State of Illinois Fire Marshall.

(Ord. of 9-17-2013, § 8; Ord. No. 45-2016, § 2, 10-4-2016; Ord. No. O15-2020, §§ 9, 10, 3-17-2020; Ord. No. O66-2021, § 5, 12-7-2021)