Sheboygan Falls City Zoning Code
§ 365-14
Business Park District BPD.
A.
Intent. The Business Park District is intended to provide for the development of compatible manufacturing, warehouse, service business and office uses. The physical and operational characteristics of uses in this district are based on performance standards which would not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare or detrimental to the surrounding area as a result of noise, vibration, external lighting, odor, particulate emissions, other visible emissions, hazardous pollutants, traffic, physical appearance, or other similar factors. All uses in this district must comply with applicable local, state, and federal codes and standards. Uses in the district are also intended to provide ample off-street parking and loading areas, and landscaped planting screens in those areas adjacent to or abutting residential areas or other noncommercial uses, to prevent adverse effects upon the adjoining areas.
B.
Permitted uses.
(1)
Business, professional, clerical, or general offices.
(2)
Research laboratories.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Retail sales of products integral with and incidental to a service or manufacturing business located on the same premises.
(2)
Off-street parking and loading areas.
(3)
Garages or buildings used for the storage of vehicles or equipment used in conjunction with the operation of a permitted use.
(4)
Ground-mounted and building-mounted dish antennas.
(5)
Food service areas or cafeterias incidental to permitted use, but not restaurants.
(6)
Outdoor storage of materials or manufactured products, trucks, trailers, and equipment accessory to the principal use. All such outdoor storage areas shall be screened from view from nearby public streets and from nearby residential areas in accord with a site plan providing for such screening or fencing.
D.
Conditional uses. See § 365-21A(8).
E.
Prohibited uses.
(1)
Motor vehicle storage or salvage, recycling yards, or similar uses.
(2)
Schools or similar institutional uses.
(3)
Drop forges, ferrous and brass foundries, grain elevators, refineries and tanneries.
(4)
Stockyards, slaughterhouses, rendering plants, asphalt and concrete plants.
(5)
Fertilizer storage or packaging.
(6)
Principal uses involving the storage, utilization, or manufacture of hazardous materials or products which decompose by detonation.
(7)
Storage and dispensing of fuels and petroleum products.
(8)
Retail uses and wholesale buying clubs unrelated to products manufactured on the premises.
(9)
Contractor's yards and the outdoor storage of construction equipment except if approved by the Common Council upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission. The Plan Commission review is in the nature of a concept review not a conditional use permit approval.
(10)
Mini-warehouses.
(11)
New and used car and truck sales.
(12)
Solid or liquid waste disposal, dumping, incineration, medical waste storage or disposal, or similar waste management uses.
(13)
All types of residential uses, except guard's quarters.
(14)
Restaurants, but not prohibiting food service areas or cafeterias incidental to a permitted use.
F.
Site design standards. Sites shall be designed to comply with the following standards:
(1)
Number of buildings per lot. Each lot shall contain a maximum of one principal building. There shall be no limit on the number of accessory buildings, provided they comply with the lot coverage and open space requirements of § 365-14F(3).
(2)
Lot area and width.
(a)
Lots shall be a minimum of 40,000 square feet (0.918 acre) in area.
(b)
Lots shall not be less than 200 feet in width at the building setback line.
(3)
Lot coverage and open space.
(a)
To achieve an attractive appearance and to provide green areas for stormwater management and sedimentation control, lot coverage by buildings, accessory structures, and surface parking and driveways shall not exceed 70% of the lot area. Landscaped open space not covered by buildings, accessory structures, and surface parking and driveways shall occupy a minimum of 30% of the lot area. The open space may include stormwater retention/detention areas. All landscaped space in the parking lot shall be considered part of the open space requirement.
(b)
All sites shall also meet the City's landscaping and bufferyard regulations in § 365-31 of this chapter.
(4)
Setbacks and yards.
(a)
Minimum setbacks for buildings:
[1]
Street (front) yard: 40 feet from any existing or planned street right-of-way.
[2]
Interior side yard: 25 feet on a side.
[3]
Street side corner lot: 40 feet from any existing or planned street right-of-way.
[4]
Rear yard: 25 feet.
[5]
If abutting a residential district, minimum setbacks shall be 50 feet.
(b)
Accessory uses, accessory buildings, accessory structures and outdoor storage areas shall be located in side or rear yards only, and shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from a side or rear lot line.
(c)
Parking lots located in side or rear yards shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from a side or rear lot line. This includes parking lots in corner lot side yards.
(d)
Parking lots located in front yards shall be set back a minimum of 25 feet from the street right-of-way.
(e)
Loading areas or docks shall be located in side or rear yards. No outdoor loading docks shall be allowed in the BPD.
(f)
All trash must be kept in proper containers enclosed by a fence of solid decorative material that will provide a visual screen. Such fence shall be a minimum of six feet in height and shall be painted or otherwise maintained so as to present a good appearance and be in good repair at all times. Planting shall be provided at the base of all fencing where such base is visible from any existing or planned public street right-of-way.
(g)
All utility lines within said property shall, where feasible, be installed underground in easements provided therefor.
(h)
Setbacks and bufferyards adjacent to residential districts. See the landscaping and bufferyard regulations in § 365-31 of this chapter.
(5)
Building height. No building or parts thereof shall exceed 35 feet in height. Accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed 15 feet in height. Communication towers or antennas require a conditional use permit and the approval of the Architectural Review Board.
(6)
Site plan and architectural approval required. No building, structure, or improvement shall be constructed, placed on any lot, remodeled or altered, until a detailed site plan for the same has been reviewed and approved by the Architectural Review Board pursuant to § 11-10 of this Code. At least five business days before a meeting at which the Board is scheduled to hear a matter, the following must be submitted:
(a)
A completed application (available from the City Clerk);
(b)
Eight sets of site plans, floor plans, and colored elevations of all building views; and
(c)
Samples of proposed building materials.
G.
Architectural standards.
(1)
Buildings and structures shall comply with the following standards:
(a)
Buildings shall be designed by an architect or engineer. All sides, elevations and facades of buildings and structures shall be visually pleasing and architecturally and aesthetically compatible with the surrounding environment. Building materials shall be selected for their ability to present a visual statement of a building's purpose, attractiveness, and permanence. Building materials shall be harmonious with the general character of other buildings and structures in the business park.
(b)
The front of all buildings shall be faced with not less than 25% brick, decorative masonry, stone, architecturally finished precast concrete panels or other decorative material approved by the Architectural Review Board. All corner lot buildings shall have each street side faced with not less than 20% brick, decorative masonry, stone, architecturally finished precast concrete panels or other decorative material approved by the Architectural Review Board. For the purpose of this architectural standard, lightweight or cinder concrete block shall not be considered a decorative masonry material. Exterior gutters and downspouts shall be permitted only along the side and rear of buildings.
(c)
Metal panels, if used, must be attractive, durable, of an earth tone or compatible color, and not merely an inexpensive method of building.
(d)
All mechanical equipment should be screened with parapets or the roof form.
(e)
The architectural standards and design of any accessory buildings shall be consistent with the design and materials of the principal buildings(s).
(2)
Approval of building plans. No building, structure, or improvement shall be constructed, placed on any lot, remodeled or altered until detailed plans and specifications for such building, structure, improvement, remodeling, alteration, or addition have been reviewed and approved by the Architectural Review Board.
H.
Exterior lighting standards. Exterior lighting shall be in accord with the following standards:
(1)
Exterior lighting shall be located, oriented, and shielded and of an intensity so as to illuminate only the building or lot without adversely affecting activity on adjacent buildings, lots, or traffic on streets and highways. Exterior light poles shall not exceed a maximum height of 20 feet.
(2)
The emission of exterior light shall be directed away from nearby residential areas.
(3)
Exterior lights shall not flash, pulsate, nor impair or hinder vision on public streets, rights-of-way or adjacent properties.
(4)
Exterior lighting shall meet the standards promulgated by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
I.
Parking standards. Parking shall be in accord with the following standards:
(1)
The amount of parking spaces provided shall be in accord with other applicable requirements of this chapter.
(2)
Parking facilities, driveways, and loading and storage areas shall be paved with either asphaltic concrete or portland cement concrete prior to the occupancy of the building.
(3)
Parking lots shall follow the landscaping design standards in § 365-31J.
J.
Landscaping standards. All developments within the Business Park District shall adhere to the landscaping and bufferyard regulations in § 365-31 of this chapter.
K.
Signage standards. All signs within the Business Park District shall adhere to the sign regulations in § 365-22 of this chapter.
L.
Performance standards.
(1)
Intent and compliance. It is the intent of this subsection to describe performance standards for the regulation of industrial and commercial uses in the Business Park District to establish an objective and equitable basis for control and to ensure that the community is adequately protected from potential hazardous and nuisance-like effects. These performance standards are designed to limit, restrict, and prohibit the effects of those uses outside their premises and outside the BPD. In addition, these performance standards are intended to comply with other applicable local, state, and federal codes and standards. All uses, structures, land, air, and water in the BPD shall hereafter comply with the performance standards set forth herein.
(2)
Control of hazardous air pollutants and emissions. Operations or activities which emit into the ambient air from any direct or portable source any matter that will affect air quality shall perform in accord with the limitations and procedures established in Chs. NR 400 through NR 449, Wis. Adm. Code, including any revisions or amendments thereto. Hazardous pollutants shall be specifically controlled and perform in accord with Ch. NR 445, Wis. Adm. Code, including any revisions or amendments thereto.
(3)
Control of particulate emissions and dust.
(a)
Operations or activities which emit into the ambient air from any direct or portable source any particulate emissions shall perform in accord with the limitations and procedures established in Ch. NR 415, Wis. Adm. Code, or in other applicable chapters which regulate particulate emissions.
(b)
Fugitive dust and other types of emissions and air pollution from sources such as storage areas, outdoor operation yards, and roads or parking lots shall be kept to a minimum by appropriate paving, spraying and watering, application of suitable chemicals, landscaping, or other acceptable and environmentally safe methods in accord with § NR 415.04, Wis. Adm. Code, including any revisions or amendments thereto.
(4)
Control of odors. No operation or activities shall emit any substance or combination thereof in such quantities that create an objectionable odor as defined in Ch. NR 429, Wis. Adm. Code, including any revisions or amendments thereto.
(5)
Control of fire and explosive hazards.
(a)
All uses involving the manufacturing, utilization, processing, or storage of flammable and explosive materials shall be provided with adequate safety devices against the hazard of fire and explosion and with adequate firefighting and fire-suppression equipment and devices as may be required by the City Fire Department.
(b)
All materials that range from active to intense burning shall be manufactured, utilized, processed, and stored only in completely enclosed buildings which have noncombustible exterior walls and an automatic fire extinguishing system.
(c)
The storage of fuels and other materials that produce flammable or explosive vapors shall be permitted only after review and approval by the City Fire Department and in accord with its requirements to minimize fire and explosive hazards.
(6)
Glare, heat, and external lighting.
(a)
No operation or activity shall produce any intense lighting, glare, or heat with the source directly visible beyond the boundary of the Business Park District. Operations producing light, glare, or heat shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building at all times.
(b)
External lighting shall be shielded so that light rays do not adversely affect adjacent uses.
(7)
Water quality.
(a)
No activity shall locate, store, or permit the discharge of any treated, untreated, or inadequately treated liquid, gaseous, or solid materials of such nature, quantity, obnoxiousness, toxicity, or temperature that might run off, seep, percolate, or wash into surface or subsurface waters so as to contaminate, pollute, or harm such waters or cause nuisances such as objectionable shore deposits, floating or submerged debris, oil or scum, color, odor, taste or unsightliness, or be harmful to human, animal, plant, or aquatic life.
(b)
No activity shall withdraw water or discharge any liquid or solid materials so as to exceed or contribute toward exceeding the minimum standards and those other standards and the application of those standards set forth in Ch. NR 102, Wis. Adm. Code, including any revisions or amendments thereto, or in other applicable chapters which regulate water quality.
(c)
No activity shall discharge wastewater other than toilet wastewater to the City's sanitary sewer system without installing a sampling manhole to allow monitoring of wastewater discharges.
(8)
Noise. No operation or activity shall transmit any noise so that it unreasonably disturbs the peace and quiet of persons beyond the boundaries of the Business Park District.
(9)
Vibration.
(a)
No operation or activity shall transmit any physical vibration that is above the vibration perception threshold of an individual at or beyond the property line of the source. Vibration perception threshold means the minimum ground- or structure-borne vibrational motion necessary to cause a normal person to be aware of the vibration by direct means such as, but not limited to, sensation by touch or visual observation of moving objects.
(b)
Vibrations not directly under the control of the property user and vibrations from temporary construction or maintenance activities shall be exempt from the above standard.
M.
Business park district regulations to control in case of discrepancy. The specific uses, requirements, and standards contained in this section shall be applicable and control development in Business Park Districts. Any provisions of the City Zoning Code or other developmental codes that are in conflict or inconsistent with the regulations contained herein shall be inapplicable and shall not control development in Business Park District zoned areas.