Seminole City Zoning Code

   (A)   Characteristics. The characteristics of the I-1 Light Industrial District are a use area for wholesaling, storage, packaging, display, shipping, distribution and those retail uses that are accessory to the operations and for light manufacturing, assembling and fabrication.

   (B)   Area regulations.

      (1)   Side and rear yards. The side yard setback will be at least 15 feet. The rear yard setback with no alley easement will be ten feet. If an alley is dedicated, a zero lot line in the rear is allowed.

      (2)   Off-street parking. Buildings shall be provided with a yard area adequate to meet the off-street parking requirements of § 156.065 through 156.072.

      (3)   Distance between buildings. The minimum distance between buildings on the same lot is 15 feet.

      (4)   Lot frontage. A minimum 100-foot frontage is required on all lots.

      (5)   Lot size. Minimum lot size is 10,000 square feet.

      (6)   Curb cuts. Longer curb cuts, up to 50 feet, are allowed for gasoline stations after approval by the Planning Commission.

   (C)   General uses. The following and all essentially similar uses are permitted in this zone:

      (1)   Dwellings excepted. Any use, except dwellings, permitted in the C-3 Commercial District. No dwelling use except sleeping facilities required by caretakers or night watchpersons employed on the premises shall be permitted in an I-1 Industrial District;

      (2)   Uses enumerated. Any of the following uses:

         (a)   Bakery;

         (b)   Book bindery;

         (c)   Bottling plant;

         (d)   Building material sales yard;

         (e)   Churches and schools, after the Planning Commission has approved the site plan;

         (f)   Commercial and industrial display and sale;

         (g)   Contractor’s equipment storage yard or equipment or plant, or rental of equipment commonly used by contractors;

         (h)   Electrical equipment assembly;

         (i)   Fabrication, compounding and packaging of previously prepared materials;

         (j)   Farm machinery;

         (k)   Freighting or trucking yard or terminal;

         (l)   Ice plant;

         (m)   Laundry and cleaning plant;

         (n)   Lumberyard;

         (o)   Oil field equipment storage yard;

         (p)   Radio, television and microwave communication towers;

         (q)   Restaurant;

         (r)   Service station;

         (s)   Truck, bus and train terminals;

         (t)   Utility, equipment yards and substations;

         (u)   Warehouses; and

         (v)   Wholesale stores.

      (3)   Screen planting. No article or material permitted in this district shall be kept, stored or displayed outside the confines of a building unless it be so screened by fences, walls or planting that it cannot be seen from adjoining public streets or adjacent lots when viewed by a person standing on ground level.

   (D)   Accessory uses. Accessory uses in the I-1 District are uses that are clearly incidental to the permitted uses listed and not including residential uses except by employees employed on the premises.

   (E)   Area regulations. Any I-1 Zone lot established and any structure erected on any I-1 Zone lot after the initial effective date hereof shall comply with the following bulk and area requirements.

      (1)   Front yard. Minimum is 30 feet.

      (2)   Side yard. Minimum is ten feet.

      (3)   Rear yard. Minimum is ten feet.

      (4)   Intensity of use.

         (a)   Minimum distance between unconnected buildings on the same lot is 15 feet.

         (b)   Minimum size of new zone is five acres.

      (5)   Coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 75%.

      (6)   Off-street parking. Buildings shall be provided with a yard area adequate to meet the off-street parking requirements set forth in § 156.065 through 156.072.

   (F)   Signs. Permitted signs are outdoor advertising structures not over 300 square feet in area for each 50 feet of frontage.

   (G)   Height regulations. No building shall exceed three and one-half stories or 45 feet in height except as provided in § 156.047.

(Prior Code, § 12-3C-1)

   (A)   Characteristics. The characteristics of the I-2 Restricted Light Industrial District are a restricted manufacturing zone for medium sized clean and quiet industries that may be close to residential development. The regulations are intended to provide structures and operations that completely confine noise, odor, dust and glare of each operation within an enclosed building. The uses in this zone do not create excessive demands for facilities for sewage, water, gas, electricity and similar services.

   (B)   General uses. The following and all essentially similar uses are permitted in this zone:

      (1)   Residential uses excepted. Any use, except a residential use, permitted in a C-2 General Commercial Zone, except nightclubs, taverns, dance halls and liquor stores, and including facilities for caretakers and night watchpersons employed on the premises;

      (2)   Processing previously prepared materials. Fabrication, compounding, processing and packaging with previously prepared materials such as foods, drugs, cosmetics, cellophane, canvas, cloth, felt, fur, glass, leather, paints, paper, plastics, wood and metal;

      (3)   Uses enumerated. Any of the following uses:

         (a)   Bakery;

         (b)   Book bindery;

         (c)   Bottling works;

         (d)   Candy manufacturing;

         (e)   Electrical equipment assembly;

         (f)   Electronic equipment assembly and manufacture;

         (g)   Engraving plant;

         (h)   Food products processing and packing;

         (i)   Furniture manufacturing;

         (j)   Instrument and meter manufacturing;

         (k)   Jewelry and watch manufacturing;

         (l)   Laboratory, experimental;

         (m)   Laundry and cleaning establishment;

         (n)   Leather goods fabrication;

         (o)   Optical goods manufacturing;

         (p)   Paper products manufacturing;

         (q)   Radio, television, microwave communication towers;

         (r)   Restaurant;

         (s)   Service station;

         (t)   Sporting goods manufacturing; and

         (u)   Warehouse, mini.

      (4)   Operations conducted within building; screening of stored articles. All of the uses permitted under this division (B) shall have their primary operations conducted entirely within enclosed buildings and shall not emit any dust or smoke or noxious odor or fumes outside of the building housing the operations or produce a noise level at the property line that is greater than the average noise level occurring on the adjacent street. Any article or material stored temporarily outside of an enclosed building as an incidental part of the primary operation shall be so screened by ornamental walls and fences or evergreen planting that it cannot be seen from adjoining public streets or adjacent lots when viewed by a person standing on the ground level.

   (C)   Accessory uses. Accessory uses in the I-2 District are uses that are clearly incidental to the permitted uses listed, not including residential occupancy except by employees employed on the premises.

   (D)   Conditional uses. The following uses may be permitted only if authorized by obtaining a conditional use permit as provided in § 156.009 and after the Planning Commission has approved the site plan:

      (1)   Bulk storage of petroleum and gas; and

      (2)   Shipping container (subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission on an annual basis).

   (E)   Area regulations. Any I-2 Zone lot established and any structure erected on any I-2 Zone lot after the initial effective date hereof shall comply with the following bulk and area requirements.

      (1)   Front yard. Minimum is 40 feet.

      (2)   Side yard. Minimum is 15 feet.

      (3)   Rear yard. Minimum is ten feet.

      (4)   Intensity of use.

         (a)   Minimum distance between unconnected buildings on the same lot is 15 feet.

         (b)   Minimum size of new zones is ten acres.

      (5)   Coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 50%.

      (6)   Off-street parking. Buildings shall be provided with a yard area adequate to meet the off-street parking requirements set forth in § 156.065 through 156.072.

      (7)   Landscaping. All yard areas required under this section and other yards and open spaces existing around buildings shall be landscaped and maintained in a neat condition.

   (F)   Signs. Permitted signs are signs and sign panels not over 300 square feet in area for each 100 feet of street frontage. Flashing signs are prohibited.

   (G)   Height regulations. No building or structure shall exceed three and one-half stories or 45 feet in height, except as provided in § 156.047.

(Prior Code, § 12-3C-2) (Ord. 1018, passed 1-10-2006; Ord. 1056, passed 11-13-2007)

   (A)   Characteristics. The characteristics of the I-3 Heavy Industrial District are a zone for industries objectionable to business and residential uses by reason of operational characteristics of the industry and insulated from these other uses by strips of less objectionable industry or natural barriers. This zone is intended to provide a place for manufacturing products from raw materials.

   (B)   General uses. The following and all essentially similar uses are permitted in this zone:

      (1)   Dwellings excepted. No dwelling uses except sleeping facilities required by night watchpersons and caretakers employed upon the premises; all uses permitted in I-1 Light Industrial District;

      (2)   Uses enumerated. Any of the following uses:

         (a)   Abattoir;

         (b)   Animal and poultry slaughter and processing;

         (c)   Farm machinery and equipment;

         (d)   Foundries;

         (e)   Garbage disposal;

         (f)   Incinerators;

         (g)   Manufacturing, processing and/or fabrication of all commodities;

         (h)   Quarry;

         (i)   Radio, television, microwave communication towers;

         (j)   Railroad facilities;

         (k)   Repair, rental and servicing of commodities;

         (l)   Reservoir;

         (m)   Retailing and storage;

         (n)   Sewage disposal; and

         (o)   Wholesaling and storage.

      (3)   Screen planting. Property and buildings in an I-3 Heavy Industrial District, when used for the following purposes, shall have the uses thereon conducted in such a manner that all operation, display or storage of material or equipment is so screened by ornamental fences, walls and/or permanent evergreen planting that it cannot be seen from a public street:

         (a)   Automobile salvage or junkyard;

         (b)   Building materials salvage yard;

         (c)   Junk or salvage yard of any kind; and

         (d)   Scrap metal storage yard.

   (C)   Accessory uses. Accessory uses are uses that are clearly incidental to permitted uses, but not including residential occupancy except by employees employed on the premises.

   (D)   Conditional uses. All of the following uses are prohibited until they have been studied by the Planning Commission and have received the express approval of the City Council. The Council may require approval of the City or County Health Department, the State Fire Marshal and other state and county regulating agencies and may attach to the approval specific restrictions designed to protect the public welfare and safety:

         (a)   Acid manufacture;

         (b)   Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture;

         (c)   Explosives, manufacture or wholesale storage;

         (d)   Gas manufacture;

         (e)   Petroleum or its products, refining of;

         (f)   Shipping container (subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission on an annual basis); and

         (g)   Wholesale or bulk storage of gasoline, propane or butane, or other petroleum products.

   (E)   Area regulations. Any I-3 Zone lot established and any structure erected on any I-3 Zone lot after the initial effective date hereof shall comply with the following bulk and area requirements.

      (1)   Front and side yard. Minimum is 50 feet.

      (2)   Intensity of use.

         (a)   Minimum distance between unconnected buildings on the same lot is 15 feet.

         (b)   Minimum size of new zones is 20 acres.

      (3)   Coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 65%.

      (4)   Off-street parking. Buildings shall be provided with a yard area adequate to meet the off-street parking requirements set forth in § 156.065 through 156.072.

   (F)   Signs. Permitted signs are signs and sign panels not over 300 square feet in area for each 100 feet of frontage.

   (G)   Height regulations. Where a lot adjoins a dwelling district, the building shall not exceed 45 feet, unless it is set back one foot from all front and side yard lines for each foot of additional height above 45 feet.

(Prior Code, § 12-3C-3) (Ord. 1056, passed 11-13-2007)