Trenton City Zoning Code
XV “I-1
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
General Purpose and Description: The I-1 District is established to accommodate those uses which are of a non-nuisance type located in relative proximity to residential areas, and to preserve and protect lands designated on the comprehensive plan for industrial development and use from the intrusion of certain incompatible uses which might impede the development and use of lands for industrial purpose. Development in the I-1 District is limited primarily to certain wholesale and jobbing commercial uses and certain industrial uses, such as the fabrication of materials, and specialized manufacturing and research institutions, all of a non-nuisance type. No use or types of uses specifically limited to the I-2 District may be permitted in the I-1 District.
15.1
Use Regulations:
Uses permitted in the I-1 District are subject to the following conditions:
A.
All business, servicing, or processing, except for off-street parking, off-street loading, display of merchandise for sale to the public, and establishments of the “drive-in” type, shall be conducted within completely enclosed areas.
B.
All storage within one hundred (100) feet for a residential district, except for motor vehicles in operable condition, shall be within completely enclosed buildings or effectively screened with screening not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height, provided no storage located within fifty (50) feet of such screening shall exceed the maximum height of such screening.
C.
Permitted uses in the I-1 District shall not disseminate dust, fumes, gas, noxious odor, smoke, glare, or other atmospheric influence.
D.
Permitted uses in the I-1 District shall produce no noise exceeding in intensity, at the boundary of the property, the average intensity of noise of street traffic.
E.
Permitted uses in the I-1 District shall not create fire hazards on surrounding property.
15.5
Special Yard and Lot Regulations:
A.
Side Yards:
When the industrial district is adjacent to any residential district, a minimum side yard of twenty (20) feet shall be observed and a six (6) foot solid masonry or wood [wall] shall be constructed adjacent to the residential district’s property line.
B.
Rear Yards:
There shall be a rear yard of depth of twenty (20) feet, unless adjacent to a residential district, in which case a fifty (50) foot rear setback shall be observed and a six (6) foot solid masonry or wood wall shall be constructed adjacent to the residential district’s property line.
(Ordinance 477 adopted 11/7/14)