The industrial districts established in this ordinance are designed to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare. These general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:

A.

To provide sufficient space, in appropriate locations, to meet the needs of the city for development of various types of manufacturing and related activities, with allowance for a choice of sites;

B.

To provide, as far as reasonable, that such space will be available for use for manufacturing and related activities, and to protect residences by separating them from manufacturing activities and by prohibiting the use of industrially zoned space for new residential development;

C.

To protect manufacturing and related development against congestion, as far as is possible and appropriate in each area, by limiting the bulk of buildings in relation to the land around them and to one another, and by providing space off public streets for parking and loading facilities associated with such activities;

D.

To promote the most desirable use of land and development in accord with a comprehensive plan, to promote stability of manufacturing and related development, to strengthen the economic base of the city, to protect the character of the district and its suitability for particular uses, and to conserve the value of land and buildings.

8.2.1.

Intent. This district is designed to primarily accommodate wholesale and warehouse activities and industrial operations whose external physical effects are restricted to the area of the districts and in no manner detrimentally affect any of the surrounding districts. The I1 Light Industrial District is structured to permit, along with any specified uses, the manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, assembly and/or treatment of finished or semi-finished products from previously prepared material. It is the intent of this article that the processing of raw material for shipment in bulk form, to be used in an industrial operation at another location, not be permitted.

8.2.2.

Authorized Uses. In an I1 Light Industrial District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or relocated, except for one or more of the uses allowed by right, by right with conditions or by special use permit as listed on Table 4-2, Section 4.6.4.

8.2.3.

Accessory Buildings, Structures and Uses, Parking and Signs.

A.

Accessory uses listed in Table 4-3, Section 4.6.5 are permitted with any additional requirements as listed on the table, or in Article III.

B.

Signs; see Chapter 25—Code of Ordinances of the City of St. Joseph, Michigan.

C.

Vehicle parking; see Article XVIII.

8.2.4.

Special Uses and Conditional Uses. The special uses specified in Table 4-2, Section 4.6.4, shall be allowed provided they meet the specified standards imposed for a particular use and subject further to the standards and procedures of Article XI, Special Use and Conditional Use Regulations.

8.2.5.

Planned Unit Developments. Any uses permitted in I1 Light Industrial Districts may be allowed by planned unit development, provided they meet the standards and procedures of Article XIII, Planned Unit Development Regulations.

8.2.6.

Dimensional Requirements. All lots of record shall conform to the minimum dimensions for lot area, lot width, front, rear and side yards, maximum lot coverage, minimum floor area and maximum height of buildings specified in the schedule of district regulations in Article V of this ordinance, except as otherwise stated in the above text of this district or as modified by Article III, General Provisions, Article XI, Special Use and Conditional Use Regulations or Article XIII, Planned Unit Development Regulations, or as varied by the zoning board of appeals pursuant to Article XV of this ordinance.

8.3.1.

Intent. The I2 Heavy Industrial District is designed to accommodate necessary industrial and related uses of such a nature that they require isolation from many other kinds of land uses and to make provision for commercial uses which are necessary to service the immediate needs of people in these areas.

8.3.2.

Authorized Uses. In an I2 Heavy Industrial District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or relocated, except for one or more of the uses allowed by right, by right with conditions or by special use permit as listed on Table 4-2, Section 4.6.4.

8.3.3.

Accessory Buildings, Structures and Uses, Parking and Signs.

A.

Accessory uses listed in Table 4-3, Section 4.6.5 are permitted with any additional requirements as listed on the table, or in Article III.

B.

Signs; see Chapter 25—Code of Ordinances of the City of St. Joseph, Michigan.

C.

Vehicle parking; see Article XVIII.

8.3.4.

Special Uses and Conditional Uses. The special uses specified in Table 4-2, Section 4.6.4, shall be allowed provided they meet the specified standards imposed for a particular use and subject further to the standards and procedures of Article XI, Special Use and Conditional Use Regulations.

8.3.5.

Planned Unit Developments. Any uses permitted in I2 Heavy Industrial Districts may be allowed by planned unit development, provided they meet the standards and procedures of Article XIII, Planned Unit Development Regulations.

8.3.6.

Dimensional Requirements. All lots of record shall conform to the minimum dimensions for lot area, lot width, front, rear and side yards, maximum lot coverage, minimum floor area and maximum height of buildings specified in the schedule of district regulations in Article V of this ordinance, except as otherwise stated in the above text of this district or as modified by Article III, General Provisions, Article XI, Special Use and Conditional Use Regulations or Article XIII, Planned Unit Development Regulations, or as varied by the zoning board of appeals pursuant to Article XV of this ordinance.