Rugby City Zoning Code

This district is intended for the purpose of allowing basic or primary industries which are generally not compatible with residential and/or commercial activities. Certain extremely obnoxious or hazardous uses will require special permission to locate in this district. Commercial and retail uses are generally not allowed in this district.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 1, 1990)

The following uses shall be permitted in this district:

(1)

Uses permitted in I-1 light industrial districts provided no dwelling unit is permitted except those for employees having duties in connection with any premises requiring them to live on the premises, including families of such employees when living with them.

(2)

Any other use, not otherwise prohibited by law; provided, however, that none of the following uses shall be established or reconstructed, structurally altered, enlarged, or moved unless the planning commission approves of the issuance of a permit therefor under the same procedure as set forth in Chapter 19.38:

(A)

Pipe yards;

(B)

Acid manufacturers;

(C)

Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture;

(D)

Distillation of bones, coal, tar, petroleum, refuse, grain or wood;

(E)

Clue manufacture;

(F)

Dump;

(G)

Fat rendering and fertilization manufacture;

(H)

Gas manufacture;

(I)

Smelting of tin, copper, zinc, or iron ores;

(J)

Temporary storage of hazardous materials as regulated by federal and state laws;

(K)

Bulk storage of flammable liquids of one thousand gallons or more above grade, and wholesale, provided all applicable safety regulations are complied with;

(L)

Tannery;

(N) [(M)]

Junk yard, auto wrecking yard or salvage yard subject to the following conditions:

(i)

Located on a tract of land at least three hundred feet from a residential district zone.

(ii)

The operation shall be conducted wholly within a noncombustible building or within an area completely surrounded on all sides by a solid fence or wall at least six feet high. The fence or wall shall be of uniform height, uniform texture and color, and shall be so maintained by the proprietor as to ensure maximum safety to the public and preserve the general welfare of the neighborhood. The fence or wall shall be installed in such a manner as to retain all scrap, junk, or other material within the yard.

(iii)

No junk shall be loaded, unloaded, or otherwise place either temporarily or permanently outside the enclosed building, fence or wall, or within the public right-of-way.

(N)

Adult entertainment;

(O)

Any other use which is objectionable by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration, or noise, or which may impose a hazard to health or property;

(3)

Customary accessory uses and structures located on the same tract as the principal use.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 2, 1990)

Uses included in Section 19.26.020(2)(B) come under the general guidelines of conditional uses.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 3, 1990)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 4, 1990)

(a)

Front Yard. None, except along arterial streets there a hall be a front yard of not less than fifteen feet.

(b)

Side Yard. None, except where the district abuts a residential district there shall be a side yard of not less than fifteen feet.

(c)

Rear Yard. None, except where the district abuts a residential district there shall be a rear yard of not less than fifteen feet.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 5, 1990)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 6, 1990)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 7, 1990)

(a)

When a building or structure is within one hundred fifty feet of a residential district, the building or structure shall not exceed forty-five feet in height.

(b)

When a building or structure is more than one hundred fifty feet from a residential district, the building or structure shall not exceed seventy-five feet in height.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 8, 1990)

See Chapter 19.30 for general sign regulations.

(1)

One freestanding sign may be erected per premises, not to exceed forty-five in height as a permitted use and one hundred feet in height as a conditional use. The sign face shall not exceed one square foot per one foot of street frontage where the sign is to be placed, up to a maximum of two hundred square feet. The maximum total area of all sign faces shall be three square feet per one foot of street frontage.

(2)

Wall signs may be erected with a sign face not exceeding the larger of twenty percent of the facade to which it is attached or sixty square feet to a maximum of two hundred square feet. The sign shall not extend above the top of the wall or facade to which it is attached.

(3)

Projecting signs may be erected in place of freestanding signs and with a sign face of not more than fifty square feet. The maximum total area of all the sign foe shall be one hundred square feet. The sign shall not tend above the top of the wall or facade to which it is attached.

(4)

Roof signs may be erected in place of freestanding signs and not exceeding the district height regulations or twenty feet above the top of the roof whichever is less. The sign faces shall not exceed one square foot per one. foot of street frontage up to a maximum of fifty square feet; but in any event thirty-two square feet is permitted. The maximum total area of all sign faces shall be two times the maximum permitted size per sign face.

(5)

Marquee signs may be erected with sign faces up to an additional one hundred percent in area beyond that permitted for freestanding signs, provided the sign faces of other signs which may be permitted are reduced. The increase in area permitted the marquee sign shall be equal to the reduction in area of other permitted signs.

(6)

Flashing signs are not permitted within five hundred feet of a residential district. Illuminated, non-flashing signs shall be permitted provided the sign is illuminated only during business hours or until eleven p.m., whichever is later, whenever the sign is located adjacent to a residential district. No illumination from the sign shall beam directly upon a residential building.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 9, 1990)

See Chapter 19.32 for off-street parking requirements. Required off-street parking shall be provided in such a manner that vehicles do not encroach on a public right-of-way.

(Ord. 304, Art. 15, § 10, 1990)