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Seagoville City Zoning Code

Division 19

HM Heavy Manufacturing District Regulations

§ 25.02.451 Use regulations.

In an “HM” District, no land shall be used and no building shall be used, erected or converted to any use other than those listed below or those of a like and/or similar use:
Any use permitted in the “LM” Light Manufacturing District, no building shall be erected or converted for dwelling purposes, provided, however, that dwelling quarters may be established in connection with an industrial plant for watchmen and caretakers employed on the premises and provided further any existing dwelling within any “HM” District may be repaired or altered.
Abattoir.
Acetylene gas manufacture.
Acid manufacture.
Air products manufacture.
Aluminum manufacture.
Ammonia manufacture.
Asbestos products manufacture.
Ash dumps.
Asphalt manufacture, refining and storage.
Bag cleaning, where no dust filtering system is used.
Blast furnace.
Bleachery.
Bleaching powder manufacture.
Boiler works.
Bolt and nut manufacture.
Brass foundry.
Brick, pottery and tile manufacture other than making of handicraft products only.
Bronze manufacture.
Can manufacture.
Car manufacture.
Car wheel foundry.
Carborudum manufacture.
Carriage and wagon manufacture.
Casein manufacture.
Cast iron pipe manufacture.
Casting foundry.
Cattle sheds and pens.
Caustic soda manufacture.
Cement manufacture.
Chalk manufacture.
Chlorine manufacture.
Clay products.
Concrete mixing and batching plant.
Concrete products manufacture.
Copper manufacturing.
Cordage mill.
Corrugated metal manufacture.
Crematory.
Creosote treatment and manufacturing.
Culvert manufacture.
Dextrine manufacture.
Dumping station.
Egg drying plant.
Emory cloth manufacture.
Engine manufacture.
Fat rendering.
Felt manufacturing.
Fertilizer manufacturing.
Forage works.
Foundry.
Fur curing and tanning.
Furnace manufacturing.
Glass manufacture.
Glucose manufacture.
Glue and fertilizer manufacture.
Heating supplies and appliances manufacture.
Hide treating and tallow processing.
Hydrochloric acid and its derivatives manufacture.
Japanning and shellacking works.
Jute manufacturing.
Kalsomine manufacture.
Kerosene manufacture or storage.
Lard rendering.
Leather, curing or storage.
Linseed oil manufacture.
Lubricating oil manufacture.
Lumber mill.
Malleable casting manufacturing.
Marble working and finishing.
Meat packing plant and animal slaughtering.
Monument works.
Oil compounding and barrelling.
Oil refinery.
Oilcloth manufacture.
Oxygen gas manufacture.
Packing (meats, poultry) establishment.
Paint manufacture and mixing.
Paper and paper pulp manufacture.
Petroleum and petroleum products refining.
Planing mill.
Plaster of Paris manufacture.
Rag treatment or manufactured products from rags.
Raw hides and skins, treatment and storage.
Reduction of ore, garbage, offal, etc.
Refining of crankcase oil.
Refuse dump.
Rug cleaning, if no dustproof cleaning room or dust filtering system is used.
Scrap metal reduction.
Shellac manufacture.
Smelting metals and metal ores.
Snuff manufacture.
Soap manufacture from vegetable and animal products.
Starch manufacture.
Steel mill.
Stockyards.
Stone crushing.
Storage of used lumber and used building materials.
Stove and range manufacture.
Tanning and curing of hides.
Tar products.
Terra cotta manufacture.
Varnish manufacture.
Waste paper products manufacture.
White lead manufacture.
Wood distillation, including manufacture of tar, charcoal, turpentine, and similar products.
Wood preserving treatment.
Any manufacturing or industrial process not heretofore listed and not prohibited by any other law.
Accessory building and uses incident to the above.
(Ordinance 12-89, sec. 2d, adopted 9/14/89; Ordinance 04-10 adopted 5/6/10)

§ 25.02.452 Height regulations.

No building shall exceed six standard stories in height unless set back from all lot lines or required yard lines one foot for each one foot above such height limit. When a building is located on a lot adjoining a single-family, two-family, or an apartment district, it shall not exceed three standard stories in height, unless it is set back one foot from all required yard lines for each one foot of additional height above such height limit.
(Ordinance 05-06, sec. 1, adopted 5/4/06)

§ 25.02.453 Area regulations.

(a) 
Front yard.
No front yard shall be required for a commercial or manufacturing use unless:
(1) 
The street is less than 60 feet in width, in which case a manufacturing or commercial structure shall be placed not less than 30 feet from the centerline of said street.
(2) 
The frontage of one side of a street within a block is partly in the “HM” District and partially in a more restricted district, then the front yard shall conform to the front yard regulations of the more restricted district.
(b) 
Side yard.
No side yard shall be required for a retail, commercial, or manufacturing use, except on the side of a lot adjoining a single-family, two-family, or Apartment District where there shall be a side yard having a minimum width of ten feet or ten percent of the average width of the lot, whichever is smaller, but a side yard shall not be less than five feet.
(c) 
Rear yard.
No rear yard shall be required for a retail, commercial, or manufacturing use except where a lot abuts a single-family, duplex, or Apartment District in which event there shall be a rear yard on the rear of the lot equal to 20 percent of the depth of the lot, but in no case shall a required rear yard be less than ten feet in depth or the required rear yard shall not be greater than 24 feet.
(d) 
Parking regulations.
(1) 
The parking regulations for all local retail uses are the same as in the “LR” Local Retail District.
(2) 
The parking regulations for commercial uses are the same as those in the “C” Commercial District.
(3) 
Manufacturing, industrial, and processing establishments, repair shops, warehouses, storage buildings, lumber and supply yards shall provide off-street parking space at a ratio of one space for each five employees. The maximum number of employees on duty at any time, day or night, shall be the basis of determining parking requirements for any establishment. Where the number of employees is indeterminate, off-street parking space shall be provided in a ratio of one space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area.
(4) 
Retail, offices, service, industrial and manufacturing buildings shall provide and maintain off-street facilities for the loading of merchandise and goods within the building or on the lot of merchandise and goods within the building or on the lot [sic] adjacent to a public alley or private service drive to facilitate the movement of traffic on the public streets. Such space shall consist of a minimum area of ten feet by 25 feet for each 20,000 thousand square feet of floor space or fraction thereof in excess of 3,000 square feet in the building or on the lot used for retail, storage, or service purposes.
(5) 
On-site vehicle stacking for drive-through facilities shall be provided in accordance with section 25.02.714.
(e) 
Exterior fire-resistant construction.
All main buildings shall be of exterior fire-resistant construction having exterior walls constructed of masonry materials as described in division 32, Regulations Applicable to all Districts, section 25.02.712, and in accordance with the city building code, as amended, and fire code, as amended.
(Ordinance 05-06, sec. 1, adopted 5/4/06; Ordinance 04-10 adopted 5/6/10)