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West Frankfort City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

20 - I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

17.20.010 - Permitted uses.

In the I-1 light industrial district no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected, enlarged, converted or structurally altered, except for one or more of the following uses:

A.

Any use permitted in the B-1 district;

B.

Blacksmith shop;

C.

Bottling plants;

D.

Dyeing and cleaning establishments and laundries;

E.

Building equipment and solid fuel storage and yards, and yards for contracting equipment, maintenance or operating equipment of public agencies or public utilities, or materials or equipment of a similar nature; provided, that where such storage or yards are in the open, if any part of the land so used lies within three hundred feet of any residence district, or any park, or state or federal highway, the entire open area used shall be surrounded by a substantially built tight board or sheet metal fence, or masonry or other wall, or dense evergreen hedge not less than eight feet high;

F.

Bulk storage of gasoline, fuel, oil or other inflammable or explosive liquids for retail or wholesale distribution;

G.

Creameries and milk distributing stations;

H.

Canning, packing, preserving or bottling of food products;

I.

Grain elevators;

J.

Open air lot for display and sale of automobiles or farm equipment, expressly excluding auto wrecking and junk yards;

K.

Warehouses and storage plants;

L.

Truck or bus storage yards;

M.

Ice plants or storage;

N.

Electric transforming or converting station;

O.

Tourist or trailer camp;

P.

Food locker;

Q.

Animal hospital;

R.

Drive-in restaurant;

S.

Light industrial and manufacturing plants, expressly excluding those uses noted in the I-2 districts, and where the scale of operations and process of manufacturing or treatment of materials is such that, in the opinion of the city clerk, the amount of dust, gas, smoke, odor or noise resulting therefrom will not be detrimental to property or to the health of persons residing in surrounding residential districts;

T.

Lumber yards.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 6 § 1, 1962).

17.20.020 - Off-street parking.

Whenever a building is erected, converted or structurally altered for a use permitted in the I-1 district there shall be provided an available and accessible off-street parking area in the following instances:

A.

Multiple-family dwellings, hospitals, theaters, churches, motels, boarding and rooming houses and places of assembly shall provide such parking area as shall be required by the applicable provisions of Chapter 17.32.

B.

Commercial and professional uses listed as permitted uses in Chapter 17.16 shall provide such parking area as shall be required for commercial and professional uses in a B-l district by Section 17.32.080.

C.

In all other instances parking space shall be provided on the lot or on an adjacent lot adequate to accommodate the cars of employees engaged on the premises, as well as trucks and other vehicles of the establishments.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 6 § 2, 1962).

17.20.030 - Height regulations.

A building designed for or occupied by uses listed as permitted in the B-1 district shall not exceed six stories nor shall it exceed seventy-five feet in height, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 17.36.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 6 § 3, 1962).

17.20.040 - Area regulations.

The front yard, side and rear yard regulations and the intensity of use regulations are the same as in the B-l district.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 6 § 4, 1962).