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Pinellas Park City Zoning Code

SECTION 18

1525.- "IH" HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

Sec. 18-1525.1.- STATEMENT OF INTENT.

The "IH" Heavy Industrial District is established in order to identify and provide those geographic areas within the City of Pinellas Park that are appropriate for the development and maintenance of a heavy industrial environment. This district is intended for a wide variety of industrial activities, including heavy manufacturing, processing, and storage facilities, provided such facilities do not endanger the public health within the City because of air-borne or water-borne materials or other detrimental physical phenomenon.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010)

Sec. 18-1525.2. - GOVERNING LAND USE PLAN CATEGORIES.

Areas of the City for which this zoning category may be appropriate are designated on the Land Use Plan Map as Industrial General (IG) areas. No residential development is permitted in the "IH" Heavy Industrial District.

Offices, retail commercial, personal/business services, and commercial/business services shall be allowed only as accessory uses, located within the building to which it is accessory, and not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the gross floor area of the principal use to which it is accessory.

Public/semi-public and commercial recreation uses shall not exceed a maximum area of five (5) gross acres. Any such use, alone or when added to existing abutting or functionally abutting like uses in the same category, or when added to an existing land use plan category in which said use is listed as a primary use, which exceeds this threshold stated above shall require a Land Use Plan Map amendment to Commercial Recreation (CR), Institutional (I) or Transportation/Utility (T/U) (as appropriate), which shall include such use and all abutting or functionally abutting uses.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010)

Sec. 18-1525.3. - PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES.

No building or land in the "IH" District shall be used, and no building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered or enlarged, except for the permitted and conditional uses listed below. The uses listed as conditional uses below may be permitted if their site locations and proposed development site plans are first approved, as provided in the procedure for approval of conditional uses under Section 18-1531, "Conditional Use Regulations", of this Article. Uses that are similar to any permitted or conditional use, as determined by the Planning and Development Services Director, shall be permitted in the same manner (i.e. permitted versus conditional) as the listed use to which it is similar, provided that any similar use specifically permitted in another zoning district shall not be permitted.

In any case where an "IH" parcel abuts or functionally abuts a residential zoning district, City Council shall review and approve a preliminary site plan, in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Section 18-1540, "Preliminary Site Plan Requirements." City Council may require the developer to install additional buffering in order to reduce or eliminate the adverse impact of the proposed industrial use upon the adjacent residentially zoned property.

Permitted (P) and conditional (C) uses shall be subject to the conditions established in the following Table 18-1525.3 and other applicable conditions of this district and Article.

Table 18-1525.3: Authorized Uses in IH District

Use Approval Type Conditions
COMMERCIAL USES
Automobile Repair Facility (major), excluding heavy trucks P
Automotive Repair Facility (minor) P
Breweries P
Exterminator and Pest Control Service Fleet Yards P
Fitness Classes C Subject to section 18-1531
Health Clubs P Subject to section 18-1530.32
Heavy Trucks, Repair (major) C Subject to section 18-1531
Kennels, Pounds and Animal Shelters C Subject to section 18-1531
Parcel Delivery Station P
MANUFACTURING, WHOLESALE TRADE, WAREHOUSING USES
Air Curtain Incinerators C Subject to section 18-1531
Boat Building C Subject to section 18-1531
Industrial By-Products, storage, treatment, and/or transfer C Subject to section 18-1531
Junk Yards, Scrap, and Salvage Yards C Subject to section 18-1531
Mini-Warehouse P
Research and Development P
Secure Climate Controlled Storage Facility P
Storage Facility, Flammable Liquids P Pursuant to State, County and local regulations for up to one thousand (1,000) gallons above ground, or greater than one thousand (1,000) gallons below ground
Storage, Bulk of Non-Flammable Liquids P
Warehouses P
Wholesale Establishments P
Beverages, bottling and distribution P
Boat Assembly and Repair, but not including boat building P
Carpentry and Woodworking Shops P
Culvert Manufacturing P
Drugs P
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Plants P
Electrical Supplies, Manufacturing and Assembly, such as wire and cable assembly, switches, lamps, insulation and dry cell batteries P
Food Products, Processing and Combining, including baking, boiling, canning, cooking, dehydrating, freezing, frying, grinding, mixing and pressing P
Laboratories, Medical and Dental P
Machine Shops for Tool, Die, Pattern Making, and Automobiles
Manufactured Home Assembly P
Meat Products P
Metal Finishing, Plating, Grinding, Sharpening, Polishing, Cleaning, Rust Proofing, and Heat Treatment P
Metal Stamping and Extrusion of small products, such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons, and kitchen utensils P
Monument Works P
Orthopedic and Medical Appliances, such as artificial limbs, braces, supports, and stretchers P
Pharmaceutical Products, compounding only P
Precision Instruments, such as optical, medical and drafting P
Printing and Publishing Establishments P
Products from Finished Materials, such as plastic, bone, cork feathers, felt, fiber, paper, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, precious and semiprecious stones, rubber, shell, or yarns P
Rubber Products, small, and synthetic treated fabrics (excluding all rubber and synthetic processing), such as washers, gloves, footwear, bathing caps, and atomizers P
Sheet Metal Shop P
Signs, painting and manufacturing P
Silverware, plated and sterling P
Soldering and Welding P
Textiles, spinning, weaving, manufacturing, dyeing, printing, knit goods, yarn, thread, and cordage, but not including textile bleaching P
Tools and Hardware, such as bolts, nuts, screws, door knobs, drills, hand tools, cutlery, hinges, house hardware, locks, nonferrous metal castings, and plumbing appliances P
Upholstering (bulk), including mattress manufacturing, rebuilding and renovating P
Wood Products, such as furniture, boxes, crates, baskets, pencils, and cooperage works P
Acetylene or Propane Gas C Subject to section 18-1531
Concrete and Asphalt Manufacturing P
Insecticides or Other Hazardous Chemicals C Subject to section 18-1531
Machine Shops for Tool, Die, Pattern Making, and Automobiles P
Metal Fabrication and Foundries P
Paint P
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION AND UTILITY USES
Airports, Aircraft Landing Fields and Heliports C Subject to section 18-1531
Armored Car Terminal Facilities P
Communications Tower C Subject to section 18-1531
Electric Power Distribution Substations P Subject to section 18-1530.24
Motor Freight Terminals P
Off-street parking lots and parking garages, other than accessory to a permitted or conditional use P
Railroad Terminals and Other Rail/Mass Transit Facilities C Subject to section 18-1531
Utilities, public and private, including facilities for solid waste, sewage, incineration, electricity, water, natural gas, oil and telecommunication services C Subject to section 18-1531
Water Filtration Plants P
Water Pumping Stations P
Water Reservoirs P
ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION USES
Auditorium, Arena, Gymnasium, and other similar places for public or private events C Subject to section 18-1531
Outdoor Amusements, fairgrounds, flea markets, carnivals, kiddie parks, and other similar amusement centers C Subject to section 18-1531
Recreation Establishments, such as bowling alley, golf practice range, golf course, or other similar places or amusement or entertainment C Subject to section 18-1531
Recreation/Open Space C Subject to section 18-1531
EDUCATION, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH CARE AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL USES
Community Facility P
Crematories P
Day Care Homes and Centers (child) and Adult Family Care Homes and Centers — Type II P Subject to section 18-1531
Day Care Homes and Centers (child) and Adult Family Care Homes and Centers — Type III C Subject to section 18-1531
Homeless Shelter and Resource Center C Subject to section 18-1531
Medical Marijuana Dispensary P Only as an accessory use to a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center involving manufacturing, processing, testing or packaging of medical marijuana.
Medical Marijuana Treatment Center P Manufacturing, processing, testing, or packaging of medical marijuana, but not to include a Medical Marijuana Dispensary, unless otherwise allowed herein as an accessory use
Place of Worship P
Race Tracks C Subject to section 18-1531
Schools, Trade C Subject to section 18-1531
Shooting Range (outdoor) C Subject to section 18-1531
CONSTRUCTION-RELATED BUSINESS USES
Contractor or Construction Shops and Storage Yards P
AGRICULTURE AND OTHER USES
Plant Nurseries (Wholesale) P
Accessory Uses (section 18-1530) P/C Subject to section 18-1530 and 18-1531
Height—buildings and structures over forty (40) feet C Subject to section 18-1531
Off-Premises Signs, subject to regulations in Article 6 P
Outdoor Storage in IL/Employment P
Outdoor Storage of Vehicles, Construction Equipment, and Other Similar Equipment P
Security Guard/Caretaker dwelling unit as an accessory use P

 

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 3863, § 3, 10-10-2013; Ord. No. 3928, § 21, 1-22-2015; Ord. No. 3987, § 7, 7-14-2016; Ord. No. 4042, § 9, 10-26-2017; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)91., 3-14-2019; Ord. No. 4106, § 11, 3-12-2020; Ord. No. 4205, § 21, 7-27-2023; Ord. No. 4280, § 8, 1-9-2025)

Sec. 18-1525.4. - DIMENSIONAL AND AREA REGULATIONS.

(A)

MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS.

1.

Lot Area: Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

2.

Lot Width: One hundred (100) feet, except one hundred and twenty (120) feet required on a corner lot.

3.

Lot Depth: Two hundred (200) feet.

4.

Lots of record not meeting the lot area, width or depth requirements of this section and having been of record prior to the adoption date of this ordinance may be used for a permitted or conditional use provided that all other dimensional regulations will apply.

(B)

MINIMUM YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

1.

Front Yard Setback: Twenty-five (25) feet.

2.

Secondary Front Yard Setback: Twenty-five (25) feet.

3.

Side Yard Setback: Ten (10) feet; fifteen (15) feet is required if abutting a residential zoning district.

4.

Rear Yard Setback: Ten (10) feet; fifteen (15) feet is required if abutting a residential zoning district.

5.

For corner, double frontage and multiple frontage lots, see Section 18-1503.7, "Yard Determinations."

6.

Refer to Section 18-1503.8 for measurement of yard setbacks on lots adjacent to rights-of-way of insufficient width.

(C)

MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE. Seventy-five (75) percent; Refer to Section 18-1530.18, "Master Stormwater", for maximum lot coverage allowances for master stormwater retention/detention ponds.

(D)

MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. Forty (40) feet (additional height may be granted as a conditional use). See Section 18-1503.13, "Exclusion from Height Limits", for height limit exclusions.

(E)

MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO. Sixty-five hundredths (0.65).

(F)

MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION. Must meet Florida Building Code separation requirements.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4279, § 19, 11-26-2024)

Sec. 18-1525.5. - ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.

(A)

FENCES. See Section 18-1530.10, "Fences, Walls and Hedges" for fence regulations and setbacks. All industrial activity shall be located within a structure or fenced area.

(B)

LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING. See Section 18-1533, "Landscaping Regulations."

(C)

ILLUMINATION. See Section 18-1503.15, "Illumination."

(D)

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. All uses shall be controlled to prevent the emission of smoke, particulate matter, odor, gases, radiation, noise, vibration, or pollution of any kind. Industries shall comply with all applicable standards for air, water and environmental quality and noise regulations; in such cases where agency standards conflict, the most stringent standards will apply.

(E)

PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS. In any case where an "IH" lot abuts or functionally abuts a residential zoning district, a preliminary site plan is required pursuant to Section 18-1540, "Preliminary Site Plan Requirements", and is subject to City Council approval. All provisions contained in Section 18-1524.5(F) shall apply to "IH" zoned lands.

(F)

DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES (See Section 18-1530.20, "Dumpsters"), AND ALSO SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS (See Section 18-1530, "Accessory Use and Supplementary District Regulations").

(G)

OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING. See Section 18-1532, "Parking and Loading Regulations."

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010)