Rugby City Zoning Code

This district is intended to allow certain industrial land uses in a park like atmosphere and to control the type of use, setback, parking, loading and unloading. It is also intended that this district is compatible with the adjoining dwelling and commercial land uses.

(Ord. 304, Art. 16, § 1, 1990)

The following uses are permitted in this district:

(1)

Wholesale, distributive businesses, and related storage yards;

(2)

Warehouses, supply and storage areas, including refrigerated storage facilities;

(3)

Contractor or commercial service businesses, offices and associated storage yard, provided the storage yard is completely enclosed with a six-foot fence or wall;

(4)

Trucking, moving and storage, and freight terminals;

(5)

Manufacturing or assembly plants;

(6)

Carpenter, cabinet, plumbing, machine, sheet metal, welding, and blacksmith shops;

(7)

Lumberyards and enclosed building material storage areas;

(8)

Commercial garages, tire sales and service stations;

(9)

Bottling plants and dairy processing plants;

(10)

Offices;

(11)

Parking lots;

(12)

Hemp processing;

(13)

Other wholesale, manufacturing, construction or service uses which are similar in character to those enumerated above and which are not noxious or offensive by reason of vibration, noise, dust, fumes, gas, odor, or smoke, and no portion of the property shall be used for the manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of materials or products which might depreciate the value of any adjoining property;

(14)

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

(Ord. 304, Art. 16, § 2, 1990; Ord. 431, 3-1-2021)

The following uses shall be conditionally permitted in this district:

(1)

Automobile, trailer, equipment, or machinery dealerships with storage and display areas;

(2)

Automobile or scrap metal salvage yards;

(3)

Truck stop service stations;

(4)

Storage of flammable liquids above grade, and wholesale subject to Uniform Fire Code regulations;

(5)

Storage of liquefied gases, subject to Uniform Fire Code regulations;

(6)

Cement or asphalt mixing plants;

(7)

Storage of hazardous materials, subject to Uniform Fire Code regulations.

(Ord. 304, Art. 16, § 3, 1990)

(a)

Minimum lot area, ten thousand square feet.

(b)

Minimum lot width, one hundred feet.

(Ord. 304, Art. 16, § 4, 1990)

(a)

Front yard, measured from the front property line there shall be a front yard of not less than thirty feet.

(b)

Side yard, none, except on corner lots the minimum setback shall be fifteen feet.

(c)

Rear yard, none, except on double frontage lots the minimum setback shall be fifteen feet.

(Ord. 304, Art. 16, § 5, 1990)

Not more than sixty percent of the lot shall be covered by the principal building and all accessory buildings.

(Ord. 304, Art. 16, § 6, 1990)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 16, § 7, 1990)

(a)

When a building or structure is within one hundred fifty feet from 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. 16, § 8, 1990)

See Chapter 19.30, general sign regulations:

(1)

One freestanding sign may be erected per premises, not to exceed forty-five feet 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 faces shall be one hundred square feet. The sign shall not extend 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 regulation 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 sign is illuminated only during business hours or until 11 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. 16, § 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. 16, § 10, 1990)