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Palatine City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XII

- MANUFACTURING DISTRICT

12.01. - General requirements of all manufacturing districts.

(a)

Legislative intent. The Manufacturing District is intended to accommodate manufacturing activities which are most appropriate when located apart from or well buffered from residential development and which meet the general requirements and performance standards contained in this article. .....

(b)

Permitted obstructions. For the purpose of manufacturing districts, the following shall not be considered as obstructions when located in the required yards: .....

(1)

In any required yard. .....

a.

Landscaping embellishments; including but not limited to steps, arbors or trellises, the total of which shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the required yard area. .....

b.

Flag poles. .....

c.

Lighting standards. .....

d.

Signs. .....

e.

Accessory off-street parking; open. .....

(2)

In any required front yard. .....

a.

Overhanging roof eaves, awnings or canopies; projecting not more than three (3) feet into the yard. .....

b.

Decorative fencing. .....

(3)

In any required side yard. .....

a.

Overhanging roof eaves, awnings or canopies; projecting not more than thirty (30) percent of the required side yard width, with a maximum three (3) feet overhang. .....

b.

Fences; not to exceed eight (8) feet in height. .....

c.

Compressor or condenser or heat pump units; for air conditioning and/or heating systems, except in a side yard abutting a street. .....

d.

Dumpster enclosures. .....

(4)

In any required rear yard. .....

a.

Accessory structures; garages, sheds, tool rooms or other similar structures pursuant to standards set forth in section 6.01 of this ordinance. .....

b.

Portions of the principal building; porches, breezeways, balconies, greenhouses or any structure permanently attached to the principal building, the aggregate area of which is less than ten (10) percent of the required rear yard area, and located at least twenty-five (25) feet from the rear lot line, and not encroaching the side yard setback of that district. .....

c.

Fences; not to exceed eight (8) feet in height. .....

d.

Recreational equipment; permanent, necessary for the use conducted on a lot. .....

e.

Overhanging roof eaves, awnings or canopies; projecting not more than three (3) feet into the yard. .....

f.

Compressor or condenser or heat pump units; for air conditioning and/or heating systems. .....

g.

Dumpster enclosures. .....

(5)

Exceptions to the above permitted obstructions. .....

a.

On a corner lot, no obstruction higher than thirty (30) inches above curb level shall be located in any portion of a required front or side yard situated within twenty (20) feet of the lot corners formed by the intersection of any two (2) streets, or the intersection of the street lines extended. .....

b.

For the purpose of permitted obstructions in the side yard abutting a street, the front yard obstructions shall be followed. .....

c.

No permitted obstruction, other than the principal building, shall be located closer than five (5) feet to any lot line; except fences. If the principal building is set back five (5) feet or less, then the permitted obstruction setback is two (2) feet from any lot line. .....

(c)

Development of manufacturing districts. All excavation movement of earth, site development, and execution of an erosion and soil sedimentation control plan shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the erosion and sedimentation control ordinance found in the village subdivision regulations [Appendix B]. .....

(d)

Use of floodplain areas. All properties deemed to be in the floodplain shall be subject to the regulations of section 4.11 and the floodplain ordinance found in the village subdivision regulations [Appendix B]. .....

(e)

Dumpster enclosures. Before any permit for development is issued, the administrator shall require that dumpster enclosures be provided in suitable locations to insure the promotion of the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the village. .....

(f)

Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted: .....

(1)

Artists Studios, with accessory sales .....

(2)

Automotive sales; for the sale of new and used automobiles when accessory to an automotive repair facility .....

(3)

Boat building and repair; for boats less than forty (40) feet in length. .....

(4)

Building and material sales. .....

(5)

Cameras and other photographic equipment; except film. .....

(6)

Cartage or express establishments. .....

(7)

Car washes; with a minimum 200 foot separation from any residentially zoned use, as measured from the property line of the residential parcel .....

(8)

Catering Establishments. .....

(9)

Commercial/trade school .....

(10)

Contractor's shops. .....

(11)

Equipment rental .....

(12)

Fuel and ice sales; bulk. .....

(13)

Garages for storage, repair and servicing of motor vehicles; including body repairs, painting and engine rebuilding. .....

(14)

Greenhouses and nurseries. .....

(15)

Indoor recreational facilities (health clubs, bowling alleys, indoor soccer fields, training facilities for athletes, and other similar uses) .....

(16)

Laboratories, research, experimental and testing, for testing and research, including medical and dental, including labs .....

(17)

Lawn care/landscaping .....

(18)

Machinery sales. .....

(19)

Medical/Dental clinic .....

(20)

Mini-warehouse. .....

(21)

Nursery, truck garden or greenhouse. .....

(22)

Offices; business, governmental, professional .....

(23)

Photographic studio and equipment sales/service including film development .....

(24)

Printing, commercial. .....

(25)

Public garages and parking lots. .....

(26)

Temporary use for special events; for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours; as approved by the Village Council, at least ten (10) days before the event. .....

(27)

Towing services, with a minimum 200 foot separation from any residential use, as measured from the property line of the residential parcel .....

(28)

Upholstering. .....

(29)

Village Operated Facilities .....

(30)

Any manufacturing, fabricating processing, assembly, repairing, storing, cleaning, servicing or testing of materials, goods or products, and related office uses that conform to the performance standards of this article, with or without accessory showroom. .....

(g)

Accessory uses. .....

(1)

Those customarily incidental to the above uses. .....

(2)

Signs, except those requiring special use approval; per regulations in Article VIII of this ordinance. .....

(3)

Communication devices; per regulations in section 6.02. .....

(h)

Special uses. The following uses are permitted as special uses when authorized by the Village Board subject to standards set forth in section 14.05 of this ordinance: .....

(1)

Alternative Education Facilities. .....

(2)

Ambulance services. .....

(3)

Animal Hospitals and Kennels .....

(4)

Automotive sales; for the sale of new or used vehicles .....

(5)

Automotive service station and mart; for disbursement of fossil fuels or other forms of energy or material that assist in automotive movement and retail sales of other items without on site consumption .....

(6)

Car washes within 200 feet of a residential use, as measured from the property line of the residential parcel .....

(7)

Communication devices which exceed the height limitations set forth for manufacturing districts. .....

(8)

Consignment shops with limited hours. .....

(9)

Copy changes, pursuant to Section 8.02(f)(4). .....

(10)

Instructional and training facilities for cheerleaders and athletes. .....

(11)

Martial Arts Instruction and Training facilities, including any related offices .....

(12)

Medical Offices .....

(13)

Medical Marijuana Cultivation Centers and Dispensaries, subject to the State of Illinois Regulations .....

(14)

Public parks, playgrounds, and community centers; where said facilities are owned and operated by a village, park district, or other municipal corporation including uses customarily or incidental to the above uses. .....

(15)

Public service facilities; including electric distributing sub-stations, telephone exchanges and similar non-municipal uses. .....

(16)

Restaurants. .....

(17)

Towing services within 200 feet of a residential use, as measured from the property line of the residential parcel .....

(18)

Transfer, Storage, and Treatment of General Construction Materials, Demolition Debris, and Wood Waste. .....

(19)

Unique Uses in compliance with the District's performance standards. .....

(20)

Wind energy conservation system. .....

(21)

Reserved .....

(22)

Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensing Establishment as defined in Section 3.02. .....

(i)

[Reserved.] .....

(j)

Minimum lot width: None. .....

(k)

Maximum floor area ratio: 0.70. .....

(l)

Minimum setbacks: .....

(1)

Front: Thirty (30) feet. .....

(2)

Rear: Fifteen (15) feet. .....

(3)

Side: Fifteen (15) feet. .....

(4)

Side abutting street: Thirty (30) feet. .....

(m)

Maximum building height: .....

(1)

Lot abutting single-family residential district: Three (3) stories, not to exceed forty-five (45) feet. .....

(2)

All other lots: Four (4) stories, not to exceed sixty (60) feet. .....

(Ord. No. O-37-94, 4-11-1994; Ord. No. O-12-96, § 1, 1-22-1996; Ord. No. O-133-00, §§ 12, 13, 10-23-2000; Ord. No. O-1-02, § 1, 1-14-2002; Ord. No. O-29-02, § 1, 3-25-2002; Ord. No. O-38-05, § 1, 3-7-2005; Ord. No. O-111-06, § 10, 6-26-2006; Ord. No. O-18-07, § 2, 3-5-2007; Ord. No. O-72-07, § 6, 5-14-2007; Ord. No. O-14-10, § 1, 2-16-2010; Ord. No. O-170-10, § 1, 12-20-2010; Ord. No. O-82-11, § 1, 7-18-2011; Ord. No. O-79-13, 7-8-2013; Ord. No. O-61-14, § 1, 5-12-2014; Ord. No. O-92-17, 8-21-2017; Ord. No. O-111-19, 12-9-2019; Ord. No. O-67-21, 6-21-2021)

12.02. - Performance standards.

(a)

General. .....

(1)

Any activity which is coincidental or primary to the operation of the use established in a manufacturing district shall conform to the performance standards as outlined in this section. .....

(2)

Under no circumstances shall any use, already established on the effective date of this ordinance, be so altered or modified as to conflict with, or further conflict with such applicable performance standards for the district in which such use is located. .....

(b)

Buffers. .....

(1)

Landscaped strip. Any portion of a manufacturing district which lies within two hundred (200) feet of any zoned residential land or any planned residential land use according to the village's comprehensive plan shall not be devoted to any use unless a fifty (50) foot wide landscaped strip has been installed along the boundary in common with residential land. .....

a.

Such planting strip shall be installed in accordance with plans prepared by a landscape architect. .....

b.

Such planting strip must be approved by the village board or such installation guaranteed by a bond suitable to the village board. .....

(2)

Height standards. Except for chimneys, vents, flag poles or communication devices, no portion of any building or structure shall have a vertical dimension from ground level to its highest point greater than one-third (⅓) the distance from said portion of the building to any residential land. .....

(c)

Screening. The following requirements shall apply to all businesses or firms in manufacturing districts: .....

(1)

All activities involving the manufacturing, storing, cleaning, servicing, and testing of materials, products and goods -may be out of doors if completely screened by a solid wall or uniformly colored fence at least eight (8) feet in height, and if there is no open storage of a greater height than that of the enclosing screening. .....

(2)

All owners or developers of manufacturing businesses or firms that abut residentially zoned property shall be required to provide acceptable screenage along the lot lines. .....

a.

Screenage shall include but not be limited to fences, shrubs, hedges and walls. .....

b.

The height of the screenage shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet high. .....

(d)

Noise. .....

(1)

Prohibited noise levels. At no point on the property line on which the operation is located shall the sound intensity level of any individual operation or plant (other than noises produced by the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation vehicles) exceed the decibel limits in the octave bands designated below levels shown in the, following table. .....

Table of Maximum Permitted Sound Level (Decibels)

Octave Band (Frequency) Cycles Per Second Manufacturing Adjoining Residential Land Manufacturing Adjoining Zoning Districts Other Than Manufacturing or Residential
0 to 75 72 79
75 to 150 67 74
150 to 300 59 66
300 to 600 52 59
600 to 1200 46 53
1200 to 2400 47 42
2400 to 4800 38 41
Above 4800 38 39

 

(2)

Noise testing. Noise testing is to be accomplished at the property line of the noise emitting source, with an octave band analyzer manufactured according to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association. .....

(3)

Unmeasurable noises. Noises incapable of being measured, such as those of an irregular and intermittent nature, shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses. .....

(e)

Vibration. .....

(1)

Any industrial operation or activity which shall cause at any time and at any point along the nearest adjacent lot line, earth borne vibration, (other than background vibrations produced by some source not under control of this ordinance, such as the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities) in excess of the limits set forth in Column I is prohibited. .....

(2)

Any industrial operation or activity which shall cause at any time and at any point along a residential district boundary line, earth borne vibrations in excess of the limits set forth in Column II is prohibited. .....

(3)

Vibration shall be expressed as displacement in inches and shall be measured with a three-component measuring system approved by the administrator. .....

Frequency (Cycles per second) I* Displacement (inches) II* Displacement (inches)
0 to 10 .0008 .0004
10 to 20 .0005 .0002
20 to 30 .0002 .0001
30 to 40 .0002 .0001
40 and over .0001 .0001

 

* Steady state—Vibrations, for the purpose of this ordinance which are continuous, or, if in discrete pulses are more frequent than one hundred (100) per minute. Impact vibration, that is discrete pulse which do not exceed one hundred (100) impulses per minute shall not cause in excess of twice the displacement stipulated.

(f)

Smoke and particulate matter. The emission of smoke or particulate matter in such manner or quantity as to endanger or to be detrimental to the public health, safety, comfort or welfare is prohibited. .....

(1)

Grading the density of smoke and particulate matter. For the purpose of grading the density of smoke, the Ringelmann Chart, published and used by the United States Bureau of Mines shall be employed. .....

(2)

Emission standards from concentrated sources. .....

a.

The emission of more than twenty (20) smoke units per hour per stack is prohibited. .....

b.

The emission of smoke or particulate matter shall not have a density in excess of Ringelmann No. 2. .....

c.

For fire-cleaning purposes, each stack may emit up to thirty-five (35) smoke units once during any six-hour period. In this period, smoke of Ringelmann No. 3 will be permitted for no longer than four (4) minutes per period. .....

(3)

Emission standards from all sources. .....

a.

The rate of emission or particulate matter from all sources within the boundaries of any lot shall not exceed a net figure of one pound per acre of lot area during any one hour, after deducting from the gross hourly emission per acre the correction factor set forth in the following table: .....

Allowance for Height of Emission*

Height of Emission Above Grade (feet) Correction (Pounds per Hour per Acre)
50 0.01
100 0.06
150 0.10
200 0.16
300 0.30
400 0.50

 

* Interpolate for intermediate values not shown in table.

b.

Determination of the total net rate of emission of particulate matter within the boundaries of any lot shall be made as follows: .....

i.

Determine the maximum emission in pounds per hour from each source of emission and divide this figure by the number of acres of lot area—thereby obtaining the gross hourly rate of emission in pounds per acre. .....

ii.

From each gross hourly rate of emission derived in (i), above, deduct the correction factor (interpolating as required) for height of emission set forth in the table, thereby obtaining the net rate of emission in pounds per acre per hour from each source of emission. .....

iii.

Add together the individual net rates of emission derived in (ii) above, to obtain the total net rate of emission from all sources of emission with the boundaries of the lot. Such total shall not exceed one pound per acre of lot area during any one hour. .....

(g)

Toxic and noxious matter. No use shall, for any period of time, emit into the atmosphere, store on site, or discharge across the boundaries of the lot wherein it is located, toxic or noxious matter in such concentrations as to be detrimental to, or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, or welfare or cause injury or damage to property or business. .....

(h)

Odorous matter. No use shall, for any period of time, emit an odorous matter in such quantity as to be readily detectable at any point along lot lines or as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond lot line. .....

(i)

[Reserved.] .....

(j)

Glare and heat. No use or activity shall be permitted which causes glare or heat to be transmitted or reflected in such quantities as to be detrimental or harmful to the use of adjacent properties. Such exposed sources of light shall be shielded so as not to create a nuisance across along lot lines. .....

(k)

Fire and explosive hazards. .....

(1)

The storage, utilization, or manufacture of solid materials or products ranging from incombustible to moderate burning, as determined by the administrator, is permitted. .....

(2)

The storage, utilization, or manufacture of solid materials or products ranging from free to active burning is permitted provided that said materials or products shall be stored, utilized or manufactured within completely enclosed buildings having incombustible exterior walls and protected throughout by an automatic fire extinguishing system. .....

(3)

The storage, utilization, or manufacture of flammable liquids or materials* which produce flammable or explosive vapors or gases, shall be permitted in accordance with the following table—exclusive of storage of finished products in original sealed containers, which shall be unrestricted: .....

Total Capacity of Flammable Materials Permitted (in gallons)

Industries Engaged in Storage Only Aboveground Underground
Materials having a closed cup flash point over 187E F. Prohibited 100,000
From and including 105E F to and including 187E F. Prohibited 100,000
Materials having a closed cup flash point of less than 105E F. (except liquefied petroleum gas) Prohibited 100,000
Liquefied petroleum gas 75,000 Prohibited

 

Industries Engaged in Utilization and/or Manufacture of Flammable Materials Aboveground Underground
Materials having a closed cup flash point over 187E F. 50,000 100,000
From and including 105E F. to and including 187E F. 20,000 100,000
Materials having a closed cup flash point of less than 105E F. 5,000 100,000

 

* When flammable gases are stored, utilized, or manufactured in cubic feet, the quantity in cubic feet (at S.T.P.) permitted shall not exceed three hundred (300) times the quantities as listed above.