Skiatook City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 7

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

11-7-1: PURPOSES:

A. General Purposes: The industrial districts are designed to:

1. Achieve the industrial objectives of the comprehensive plan.

2. Meet the needs for industrial services and goods of the city trade area.

3. Preserve and promote the development of efficient industrial areas and to minimize the adverse effects of industrial uses on other land uses and thoroughfares by:

a. Differentiating the types and purposes of industrial activities.

b. Establishing bulk and area controls.

c. Requiring off street loading and parking facilities.

d. Controlling the number, area, location, and types of signs.

e. Protecting the character of industrial districts and their peculiar suitability for industrial uses.

B. IL Industrial Light Manufacturing And Research And Development District: The IL district is designed to provide an environment conducive to the development and conservation of modern industrial and scientific research facilities and to provide areas suitable for manufacturing, wholesaling, warehousing, and other industrial activities which have no objectionable environmental influences.

C. IM Industrial Moderate District: The IM district is designed to group together a wide range of industrial uses which may produce moderately objectionable environmental influences in their operation and appearance.

D. IH Industrial Heavy District: The IH district is designed to provide areas for manufacturing and other industrial activities which may constitute substantial environmental influences or hazards. (1991 Code § 16-17-700)

11-7-2: PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED:

The principal uses permitted in the industrial districts are designed by use units. The use units are groupings of individual uses and are fully described, including their respective off street parking, loading, and screening requirements and other use conditions in chapter 13 of this title. The use units permitted in the industrial districts are set forth in table 1 of this section. (1991 Code § 16-17-710)

TABLE 1

USE UNITS PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

(Chapter 11 Of This Title)

X - Use By Right E - Special Exception

No.	Use Unit	Districts
No.	Use Unit	IL	IM	IH
1	Areawide uses	X	X	X
2	Areawide special exception uses	E	E	E
3	Agriculture	X	X	X
4	Public protection and utility facilities	X	X	X
10	Off street parking area	X	X	X
11	Offices and studios	X	X	X
12	Eating places other than drive-ins	E	E	E
13	Convenience goods and services	E	E	E
14	Shopping goods and services	E	E	E
15	Other trades and services	X	X	X
16	Ministorage	X	X	X
17	Automotive and allied activities	X	X	X
20	Commercial recreation facilities, intensive	E	X	X
21	Business signs and outdoor advertising	X	X	X
22	Warehousing and wholesaling	X	X	X
23	Mining and mineral processing		E	E
24	Light manufacturing and industrial research and development	X	X	X
25	Moderate manufacturing and industry		X	X
26	Heavy manufacturing and industry		E	X

(Ord. 2007-04, 10-30-2007; amd. Ord. 2015-03, 2-10-2015)

11-7-3: ACCESSORY USES:

A. Accessory Uses Permitted: Accessory uses customarily incident to a principal use permitted in an industrial district are permitted in such districts.

B. Accessory Use Conditions:

1. Accessory buildings shall meet the minimum building setback lines of the applicable district.

2. An accessory building erected as an integral part of the principal building shall be structurally a part thereof, shall have a common wall therewith, and shall comply with the requirements applicable to the principal building.

3. Accessory storage of materials, equipment, or products within two hundred feet (200') of an abutting R district shall be screened by the erection of a screening wall or fence along the lot line or lines in common with the abutting R district.

4. Business signs for scientific research facilities and institutions not exceeding in the aggregate one-half (0.5) square foot of display surface area per one linear foot of street frontage may be erected on each street frontage of a lot. Ground signs shall not exceed thirty feet (30') in height. No business signs shall be located within fifty feet (50') of an R district if visible from such district. Illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.

5. Except as provided in subsection B4 of this section, accessory signs in the IL, IM, and IH districts are subject to the use conditions in use unit 21 in chapter 11 of this title. (1991 Code § 16-17-720)

11-7-4: BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS:

A. Table 2: The following shall apply, except as provided in table 3 of this section for scientific research facilities and institutions:

TABLE 2

BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS

IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

		Districts
		IL	IM	IH
Frontage (minimum feet):
	Arterial	150	200	200
	Not an arterial	50	50	50
Floor area ratio (maximum)		n/a	n/a	n/a
Setback from centerline of abutting street (minimum feet): Measured from centerline of abutting street; add to the distance designated in the column to the right, 1/2 of the right of way width designated on the major street plan, or 25 feet if the street is not designated on the major street plan
	Arterial	50	50	50
	Not an arterial	25	25	25
Setback from abutting AG, R, or O district boundary lines (minimum feet)		75	75	75
Building height (maximum feet)		n/a	n/a	n/a

B. Table 3:

TABLE 3

BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FACILITIES AND INSTITUTIONS

Frontage (minimum feet):
	Arterial	200
	Not an arterial	200
Floor area ratio (maximum)		0.50
Setback from centerline of abutting street (minimum feet): Measured from centerline of abutting street; add to the distance designated in the column to the right 1/2 of the right of way width designated on the major street plan, or 25 feet if the street is not designated on the major street plan
Setback from abutting AG, R, or O district boundary lines (minimum feet)		50
Building height (maximum feet)		n/a

(1991 Code § 16-17-730)

11-7-5: SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES, REQUIREMENTS:

Special exception uses shall conform to the bulk and area requirements of the use district in which located. (1991 Code § 16-17-740)