Tremont City Zoning Code
I-2 GENERAL
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
§ 153.175 INTENT.
The I-2 General Industrial District is designed primarily for manufacturing, assembly and fabrication activities including large scale or specialized industrial operations, whose external physical effects will be felt to some degree by surrounding districts. The I-2 District is so structured as to permit the manufacturing, processing and compounding of semi-finished or finished products from raw materials as well as from previously prepared material.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018)
§ 153.176 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED.
In the General Industrial District, no building or land shall be used, and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses unless otherwise provided in this chapter:
(A) Any principal use first permitted in an I-1 District;
(B) Heating and electric power generating plants;
(C) Any of the following production or manufacturing uses (not including storage of finished products) if they are located not less than 800 feet distant from any residential district and not less than 300 feet distant from any other district:
(1) Junk yards, provided such are entirely enclosed within a building or within an eight-foot obscuring wall;
(2) Incineration of garbage or refuse when conducted within an approved and enclosed incinerator plant;
(3) Blast furnace, steel furnace, blooming or rolling mill;
(4) Manufacture of corrosive acid or alkali, cement, lime, gypsum, or plaster of Paris;
(5) Petroleum or other inflammable liquids, production, refining or storage; and
(6) Smelting of copper, iron or zinc ore.
(D) Any other use which shall be determined by the Village Board, after recommendation from the Zoning Board, to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses in § 153.161. The Village Board may impose any required setback and/or performance standards to ensure public health, safety and general welfare; and
(E) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 153.177 SIZE AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
The following table provides minimum criteria for the issuance of building permits within the General Industrial zoning districts of the village.
Criteria | General Industrial District | ||
I-2 | |||
Value | Notes | ||
Criteria | General Industrial District | ||
I-2 | |||
Value | Notes | ||
Lot size (square feet) | |||
Maximum floor area ratio | |||
Maximum height of structure | |||
Height above grade (feet) | |||
Stories above grade | |||
Maximum percent of lot coverage | |||
Minimum width (feet) | |||
Minimum yard setback | |||
Front yard | 50 | ||
Rear | 10 | c | |
Side yard - at least one | 0, 10 or 15 | a, b | |
Side yard - total of both | 0 to 30 | a, b | |
Parking spaces per 250 square feet of floor space | d | ||
(A) Buildings with doors facing side yards shall provide a side yard setback not less than 15 feet.
(B) Side yards are not required along the interior lot lines of Central Business and General Business subdivisions. The exterior side bordering a residential district or public street shall maintain a side yard not less than ten feet.
(C) One-half the width of alleys at the rear of the lot may be considered in computing rear yard setbacks.
(D) Parking is permitted in the front yard pending approval by the Zoning Board of the parking plan layout and points of access. The Zoning Board may request recommendations from the Village Engineer pertaining to parking and access prior to approval.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 153.178 BUILDING LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
(A) (1) Development and re-development of industrial properties bordering any non-industrial zoned properties, Park District property, and on any front yard abutting a public thoroughfare shall provide an obscuring wall constructed along property lines.
(2) Such a wall shall not be less than 72 inches in height and may, depending upon land usage, be required to be 96 inches in height, and shall be in accordance with § 153.204.
(B) In lieu of a 72-inch high wall, a 72-inch tall chain link fence and a 20-foot wide greenbelt may be provided.
(1) In lieu of a 96-inch high wall, a 72-inch tall chain link fence and a 40-foot wide greenbelt may be provided.
(2) The heavily planted greenbelt shall be in accordance with § 153.199.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99