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West Branch City Zoning Code

165.31 I-2

DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.

1.   Permitted Uses: Any use permitted in Industrial 1-1 District.
2.   Uses Allowed by Special Exception by the Board of Adjustment: Manufacturing, fabricating and processing, which has not previously been listed provided that the proposed use will not constitute a fire hazard or emit objectionable smoke, noise, vibration, odor or dust.
3.   Prohibited Non-industrial Uses. In Industrial Districts, no building may be used in whole or in part for any of the following purposes.
   A.   Residential uses or any dwelling use including hotels and motels.
   B.   Restaurant, tavern, filling station, theater, or other place of commercial recreation or amusement.
   C.   School, church, hospital, sanitarium, correctional institution, or other institutional use.
   D.   Cemetery.
4.   Prohibited Industrial Uses:
   A.   Acid manufacture, or storage except on limited scale as an accessory to a permitted industry and under conditions specified by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
   B.   Slaughter house and stock yard.
   C.   Manufacture of fertilizers.
   D.   Garbage, waste materials, offal, dead animal, or refuse incineration, or storage.
   E.   Manufacture or storage of gun powder, fireworks, or other explosives.
5.   Area Regulations.
   A.   Lot Requirements: None.
   B.   Yard Requirements:
      (1)   Front Yard. No building shall be constructed within 40 feet of the front lot line.
      (2)   Side Yards. On lots adjacent to a residential district, all buildings and incidental areas shall be located so as to provide a minimum side yard of 20 feet on the side adjacent to the residential district. All other side yards shall be a minimum of eight feet.
      (3)   Rear Yards. No building shall be constructed within 20 feet of the rear lot line.