1400.   Principal uses permitted.

1.

Any principal use first permitted in an "I-1" District.

2.

Any production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair or storage of materials, goods, or products which shall conform with the performance standards set forth in Section 10-1.17, General Provisions," and which shall not be injurious or offensive to the occupants of adjacent premises by reason of the emission or creation of noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, toxic and noxious materials, odors, fire or explosive hazards, or glare or heat.

3.

Warehouse, storage and transfer and electric and gas service buildings and yards. Water supply and sewage disposal plants. Water and gas tank holders. Railroad transfer and storage tracks. Heating and electric power generating plants, and all necessary uses. Railroad rights-of-way.

4.

Storage facilities for building materials, sand, gravel, stone, lumber, open storage of contractor's equipment and supplies, provided such is enclosed within a building or within an obscuring wall or fence on those sides abutting all residential, business or office districts, and on any front yard abutting a public thoroughfare. The fence or wall shall meet or exceed the height of the materials being stored, provided, however, that such fence or wall shall not be less than five (5) feet in height, and may, depending on land usage, be required to be eight (8) feet in height. The wall or obscuring fence shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1709.

5.

Any of the following uses provided they are located not less than three hundred (300) feet distant from any residential district.

a.

Blast furnace, steel furnace, blooming or rolling mill.

b.

Petroleum or other flammable liquids, production or refining.

c.

Smelting or refining of metals or ores.

6.

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.

(Ord. No. 242A-84, 8-6-84; Ord. No. 519-10, 6-21-10)

1401.   Uses subject to special conditions.

The following uses shall be permitted subject to the conditions herein imposed:

1.

Junk yards and places for the dismantling, wrecking and disposing or salvaging of the junk and/or refuse material of agricultural and automotive vehicles, paper, glass and other materials of a similar nature provided:

a.

All ordinances of the City as applied to these activities are complied with.

b.

The location for such facilities shall be allowed only where property abuts railroad tracks or yards.

c.

No such use shall be allowed within two hundred (200) feet of a residential district.

d.

Burning of materials or the burning of junk cars shall be prohibited.

2.

Incinerators for the disposal or burning of garbage and/or refuse, provided all requirements of this Ordinance are complied with, and provided all other ordinances of the City are complied with. No incinerator shall be located closer than two hundred (200) feet to a residential district.

3.

Activities involving storage, utilization or manufacturing of materials or products which decompose by detonation shall not be permitted within the City, except such as are approved by the Fire Marshall and subject further to all other laws and ordinances of the State of Michigan and the City of Sault Ste. Marie.

4.

Mining operations, including sand, gravel, or deposits of ore and similar materials provided such operations where open pits or strip mining are conducted are adequately fenced to protect the public and shall be so operated as to allow for the reclamation of lands to a usable purpose in keeping with this ordinance.

5.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above uses.

(Ord. No. 242A-84, 8-6-84)

1402.   Area and bulk requirements.

See [Section 10-1.16] "SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS," limiting the height and bulk of buildings.