A.

Intent. The intent of the I-2 zoning district is to provide for locations for higher-intensity industrial uses to build the Town's economic base.

B.

Uses. The following uses are allowed in the Heavy Industrial (I-2) zoning district:

1.

Permitted uses.

a.

Bottling plants.

b.

Brick and structural clay products manufacturing.

c.

Building materials sales and storage.

d.

Commercial bakeries.

e.

Commercial greenhouses.

f.

Contractor, architect, and engineer offices, shops, and yards.

g.

Dairy processing plants for cheese and milk.

h.

Electronic and scientific precision equipment manufacture.

i.

Feed and seed sales.

j.

Lumberyards, including sales offices.

k.

Municipal garages.

l.

Paper converting facilities.

m.

Paper products manufacturing.

n.

Printing and publishing establishments.

o.

Radio and television stations, transmitting and receiving equipment, wireless communication towers, and antenna towers, provided that preference shall be given for collocation on existing public structures. Uses of this type shall meet the requirements identified in RCO 18-06.00.

p.

Repair garages.

q.

Scientific research facilities.

r.

Service stations.

s.

Substations, electrical or natural gas.

t.

Tire and vehicle parts resale businesses.

u.

Woodworking and wood products manufacturing.

2.

Conditional uses (subject to the regulations specified in RCO 18-10.10).

a.

Airports or heliports.

b.

Auto salvage yards.

c.

Asphalt production plants.

d.

Bulk fuel products storage, processing, and sales.

e.

Concrete mixing plants.

f.

Ethanol and other bio-fuel production plants.

g.

Fertilizer manufacturing.

h.

Food processing establishments.

i.

Foundries and forge plants.

j.

Glass products production.

k.

Grain storage and processing.

l.

Heavy machinery production.

m.

Landfills.

n.

Light machinery production—appliances, business machines, etc.

o.

Meat packing plants or stockyards or slaughterhouses.

p.

Mini-warehouses.

q.

Power plants for the production of electricity.

r.

Plastic manufacturing.

s.

Quarries, sand, and gravel pits.

t.

Rendering plants or soap manufacturing.

u.

Salvage yards.

v.

Sexually-oriented adult-entertainment establishments as regulated in RCO 18-08.00.

w.

Sewerage treatment plants.

x.

Tool and die manufacturing.

y.

Truck terminals (cartage facilities).

z.

Welding shops.

aa.

Outdoor sales and rental.

bb.

Additional activities as approved by the Town Board.

3.

Accessory uses (subject to the regulations specified in RCO 18-01.09(C)).

a.

Outbuilding(s) for the storage of common supplies provided they are identified in a Town-approved site plan.

b.

Uses incidental to and on the same lot as the principal use.

C.

Dimensional regulations.

1.

Lots.

a.

Publicly sewered lots in the Heavy Industrial (I-2) zoning district shall have an area of at least 60,000 square feet and frontage of at least 200 feet.

b.

Privately sewered lots in the Heavy Industrial (I-2) zoning district shall have an area of at least 2.5 acres and a frontage of at least 250 feet.

2.

Setback regulations.

3.

Height regulations.

a.

Thirty-five feet maximum, except as provided in RCO 18-01.09(F).

D.

Building size.

1.

Minimum size of a principal structure shall be 15,000 square feet of first floor area.

E.

Parking.

1.

Parking shall conform to the requirements set forth in RCO 18-05.00, Off-Street Parking Requirements.

F.

Signs.

1.

Signage shall meet the requirements as set forth in RCO 18-04.00, Sign Code.

G.

Other requirements.

1.

No use shall be established, maintained, or conducted in any Heavy Industrial (I-2) District that causes any of the following:

a.

Dissemination of excessive noise, vibration, odor, dust, smoke, observation gas or fumes, or other atmospheric pollutants beyond the boundaries of the immediate site of the building in which such use is conducted.

b.

Hazard of fire or explosion or other physical hazard to any person, building, or vegetation.

c.

A harmful discharge of waste material.

d.

Radiation or interference with radio and television reception beyond the immediate boundaries of the immediate site of the building in which such use is conducted.

2.

Exterior lighting shall be contained within the Heavy Industrial (I-2) zoned lot, excepting a maximum of five percent of the total illumination may spill over into adjacent properties.

3.

Where a side or rear lot line in a Heavy Industrial (I-2) district coincides with a side or rear lot line in any adjacent residential district, a fence or berm shall be provided along such side or rear lot line not less than 15 feet in depth and shall contain landscaping and plantings to provide an effective screen. Such screening shall consist of a landscaped area at least six feet wide, planted with a mixture of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and shall be an effective visual barrier. All trees shall be a minimum of 1½ inch in diameter at base when planted.

4.

Outside refuse bins shall be located behind the principal structure and screened from view by use of solid screening or opaque fencing material. Plastic or wooden slats through cyclone fencing shall not be deemed sufficient.

H.

Open storage.

1.

All storage within 300 feet of a different zoning district, except for motor vehicles in operable condition, shall be within completely enclosed buildings or effectively screened by shrubbery or a solid wall or fence (including solid entrance and exit gates) not less than six feet or more than eight feet. Cyclone fencing with wooden or plastic slats shall not be deemed sufficient.

2.

Open storage of commodities and materials shall be permitted as an accessory use, provided that such open storage shall:

a.

Be located behind the front building line.

b.

Comply with the setbacks contained within this district.

c.

Be screened from view from any street or non Heavy Industrial (I-2) zoned lot by shrubbery and a solid wall or fence (including solid entrance and exit gates).

(Ord. No. 2013-3, 7-1-2013; Ord. No. 2021-01, § 13), 9-7-2021; Ord. No. 2022-01, 4-4-2022)