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West Frankfort City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

24 - I-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

17.24.010 - Permitted uses.

In the I-2 industrial district no land shall be used and no building shall be erected or structurally altered, except for one or more of the following uses:

A.

Any use permitted in the I-1 district except multiple-family dwellings, boarding and lodging houses and tourist houses;

B.

Automobile wrecking yards and junk yards if enclosed with a tight fence not less than eight feet high;

C.

Brick, tile, glass and clay products manufacture;

D.

Stone quarries and stone crushing, grading, washing and loading equipment;

E.

Railroad shops and roundhouses;

F.

Open air theaters;

G.

Any heavy industrial and manufacturing use and any other use not in conflict with any ordinance of the city regulating nuisances; provided, however, that no building or occupancy permit shall be issued for any of the following uses until the location of such use shall have been authorized by the council of the city after a public hearing conducted by the plan commission in accordance with provisions of this title for amendments hereto:

1.

Acid manufacture,

2.

Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture,

3.

Distillation of bones,

4.

Explosives, manufacture or storage,

5.

Fat renderings,

6.

Fertilizer manufacture,

7.

Garbage, offal or dead animal reduction or dumping,

8.

Glue manufacturing,

9.

Petroleum refining,

10.

Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores,

11.

Stockyards or slaughter of animals,

12.

Radioactive materials manufacturing or storage.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 7 § 1, 1962).

17.24.020 - Off-street parking.

Whenever a building is erected, converted or structurally altered for a use permitted in I-2 district there shall be provided an available and accessible off-street parking area in the following instances:

A.

Hospitals, theaters, hotels, and places of assembly shall provide such parking area as shall be required by the applicable provisions of Chapter 17.32.

B.

Commercial service 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 17.32.070.

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 establishment.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 7 § 2, 1962).

17.24.030 - Area regulations.

No front, side or rear yard shall be required except as may be necessary to provide the required off-street parking space.

(Ord. B-22 Art. 7 § 3, 1962).