Sykesville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XII
I-R Restricted Industrial District
§ 180-74 Purpose.
The purpose of the I-R Restricted Industrial District is to provide locations for the lighter manufacturing processes; however, the district is not exclusive to most of the B-G District uses. For the most part, the manufacturing is composed of processing or assembly of previously processed materials.
§ 180-75 Applicability.
The following regulations and applicable regulations contained in other articles shall be permitted in the I-R Restricted Industrial District.
§ 180-76 Principal permitted uses.
The principal permitted uses in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Truck or motor freight terminals or warehouses.
B.
Uses of a light industrial nature including, but not limited to, the following, provided that such uses shall be subject to the distance requirements specified in § 180-16:
(1)
Manufacture and assembly of electrical appliances, electronics and communication equipment, professional, scientific and controlling instruments, and photographic or optical products.
(2)
Manufacturing, compounding, assembling, or treatment of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials such as bone, cloth, fur, cork, fibre, canvas, leather, cellophane, paper, glass, plastics, horn, stone, shells, tobacco, wax, textiles, yarns, wood and metals, including light steel or other light metal, light metal mesh, pipe, rods, shapes, strips, wire or similar component parts.
(3)
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food products, except fish and meat products, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, and the rendering or refining of fats and oils.
(4)
Manufacture of musical instruments, novelties, and molded rubber products, including tire manufacture, recapping and treading.
(5)
Manufacture of pottery or other similar ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.
(6)
Laboratories, chemical, physical and biological.
(7)
Clothing and shoe manufacture.
(8)
Carpet and rug cleaning plants.
(9)
Petroleum products storage underground.
(10)
Blacksmith, welding, machine or similar shops.
(11)
Heliports.
C.
Agriculture for interim use.
D.
Any use permitted and as regulated as a principal permitted use and a conditional use in the B-L and B-G Districts, except dwellings, alcoholic package goods stores, amusement arcades and except as may be modified in this section or as may be hereinafter modified.
[Amended 5-30-1982 by Ord. No. 125; 3-24-1997 by Ord. No. 208]
E.
Any other use that is determined by the Board to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses, and which would not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or general welfare of the community, but not including any use which is prohibited in the I-R District.
§ 180-77 Conditional uses.
The conditional uses requiring Board authorization in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Alcoholic package goods stores as regulated in the B-G District.
B.
The following uses when the location of such use shall have been authorized by the Board, provided that such use shall be subject to two times the distance requirements specified in § 180-16:
(1)
Bituminous concrete mixing plants.
(2)
Concrete and ceramic products manufacture, including ready-mixed concrete plants.
(3)
Contractors' equipment and storage yards.
(4)
Petroleum products storage tanks above ground, any one of which has the capacity in excess of 1,000 gallons, provided that all state and federal laws, as well as National Fire Underwriters Codes, are complied with.
(5)
Sawmills, commercial.
(6)
Manufacture and assembly of aircraft, automobiles, or other vehicles.
(7)
Manufacture and bottling of alcoholic beverages.
(8)
Machine shops, structural steel fabricating.
(9)
Coalyards.
(10)
Copperage works.
(11)
Manufacture or processing of meat or food products.
(12)
Manufacture of rayon or similar products.
(13)
Manufacture of rubber or rubber products.
(14)
Manufacture of starch, glucose, dextrin, or spice.
(15)
Manufacture of wire or wire products.
(16)
Fertilizer, potash, insecticide manufacture.
C.
Adult bookstores.
[Added 2-11-1985 by Ord. No. 141]
D.
Adult theaters.
[Added 2-11-1985 by Ord. No. 141]
E.
Communication towers, freestanding towers, guyed towers, communication tower complexes, poles and transmission lines including amateur radio facilities as defined pursuant to this chapter and as regulated as provided hereinafter.
[Added 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 207; amended 7-9-2001 by Ord. No. 223b]
§ 180-78 Accessory uses.
The accessory uses allowed in this district shall be as follows:
A.
Uses customarily accessory and incidental to any principal permitted use or authorized conditional use, including a temporary office or dwelling associated with an industrial use.
§ 180-79 Height regulations.
No structure shall exceed 50 feet in height, except as provided in § 180-100.