Within the restricted industrial district (M-I), the following uses shall be permitted:

(1)

Warehousing, wholesaling, storage or light manufacturing uses.

(2)

Bottling works.

(3)

Large sawmill. Those sawmill operations having more than five full-time or part-time employees; operating more than 1,700 hours per year; occupying more than two acres including the lumberyard; or having a drying kiln.

(4)

Coal or wood yard.

(5)

Storage of petroleum products, but only after the location of the premises have been approved by the fire chief; and further provided that any residence shall not be located within 500 feet of the location.

(6)

Textile manufacturing or processing.

(7)

Fabrication of wood and metal products.

(8)

Industrial and manufacturing plant where the process of manufacturing or the treatment of material is not objectionable because of dust, odor, gas, smoke, vibration, lighting or noise.

(9)

Truck or transfer terminal or freight house, or bus garages and repair shop.

(10)

Ice manufacturing plant.

(11)

Laboratory; experimental, film and testing.

(12)

Assembly plant.

(13)

Quasi-public service uses. Utility company facilities on premises which are necessary for the convenience and general welfare of the public, such as telephone exchanges, pump houses, transformer substations, pressure reducers, cable easements, etc. Such structures shall be architecturally harmonious with the general character of the surrounding area, shall be enclosed by proper fencing and shall be suitably landscaped.

(14)

Power plant, private. Any facility that uses one or more energy sources, including water powers, fossil fuels, biofuels, fuel cells, photovoltaic systems, solar power or other means of electrical generation, to provide electrical generation, to provide electrical energy and/or steam, including equipment, fuel storage and other support facilities related to such power plant. Any such power plant, whether used off-grid or on-grid, shall have a peak generating capacity of not more than 20 megawatts.

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 71; Ord. of 11-27-2007)

Within a heavy industrial district (M-II), the following uses shall be permitted:

(1)

Any industrial use, provided that such use shall not be likely to be dangerous, offensive or detrimental to the health, safety, welfare, or general character of this zoning district or of the community by reasons of the emission of dust, gas, smoke, noise, fumes, odors, vibrations, glare or otherwise.

(2)

Any non-residential uses permitted in the restricted industrial district (M-I).

(3)

Business and outdoor advertising signs.

(4)

Cold storage plants.

(5)

Service stations.

(6)

Laundry and dry cleaning establishments.

(7)

Public utility structures.

(8)

Repair shops.

(9)

Restaurants, cafes, and similar establishments.

(10)

Truck terminals.

(11)

Warehousing.

(12)

Wholesale establishments, including building material yards.

(13)

Accessory uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to a permitted use and which will not create a nuisance or hazard.

(14)

Any building or land may be used for any purpose not in conflict with any ordinance of Rabun County regulating nuisances; provided, however, that no building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered for residential purposes except for resident watchmen and caretakers employed on the premises.

(15)

Assembly plant.

(16)

Recycled paper manufacturing.

(17)

No permit shall be issued for any of the following uses until and unless the location of such use shall have been approved by the planning commission and the county commissioners:

a.

Acid manufacture.

b.

Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture.

c.

Stockyards, or slaughter of animals.

d.

Ammonia, chlorine or bleaching powder manufacture.

e.

Asphalt manufacture or refining.

f.

Auto wrecking yard and junkyard.

g.

Coal, tar products manufacture.

h.

Linoleum manufacture.

i.

Mining operations.

j.

Sanitary landfills and dumps.

k.

Quarry operations.

(18)

The following uses shall not be permitted in this or any other district:

a.

Distillation of bones and glue manufacture.

b.

Fertilizer manufacture.

c.

Reduction or dumping of garbage, offal or dead animals.

d.

Refining of petroleum or its products.

e.

Paper manufactured from wood pulp.

f.

Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores.

(19)

Quasi-public service uses. Utility company facilities or premises which are necessary for the convenience and general welfare of the public such as telephone exchanges, pump houses, transformer substations, pressure reducers, cable easements, etc. Such structures shall be architecturally harmonious with the general character of the surrounding area, shall be enclosed by proper fencing, and shall be suitably landscaped.

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 72; Ord. of 1-28-2007)