Westminster City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
I-R Restricted Industrial Zone
§ 164-52 General provisions.
The following regulations shall apply in the I-R Restricted Industrial Zones.
§ 164-53 Uses permitted.
[Amended 8-9-1993 by Ord. No. 579]
No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except for uses of a light industrial nature, including but not limited to the following:
A.
Manufacture and assembly of aircraft, automobiles, house trailers or other vehicles.
B.
Manufacture and assembly of electrical appliances, electronics and communication equipment, professional, scientific and controlling instruments and photographic or optical products.
C.
Manufacturing, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials, such as but not limited to bone, cloth, fur, cork, fiber, canvas, leather, cellophane, paper, glass, plastics, stone, shells, tobacco, other light metal, light metal mesh, pipe, rods, shapes, strips, wire or similar component parts.
D.
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food products, except rendering or refining of fats and oils.
E.
Manufacturing of musical instruments, novelties and molded rubber products, including tire manufacture, recapping and treading.
F.
Manufacture of pottery or other similar ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.
G.
Laboratories: chemical, physical and biological.
H.
Clothing and shoe manufacture.
I.
Carpet and rug cleaning plants.
J.
Blacksmith, welding, machine or similar shops.
K.
Heliports, subject to standards recommended or required by the Federal Aviation Agency.
M.
Truck or motor freight terminals or warehouses.
P.
Accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to any permitted use in this section.
§ 164-54 Special exceptions.
[Amended 2-27-1995 by Ord. No. 594; 10-26-1998 by Ord. No. 631; 10-13-2003 by Ord. No. 706; 5-23-2011 by Ord. No. 824; 11-25-2013 by Ord. No. 848-A; 12-14-2015 by Ord. No. 861; 9-25-2017 by Ord. No. 869; 2-27-2018 by Ord. No. 873; 12-13-2021 by Ord. No. 938; 2-10-2025 by Ord. No. 2024-09; 10-13-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-01]
The following uses may be permitted as a special exception in accordance with the provisions of Article XXII:
B.
Automobile detailing shops.
C.
Automobile repair and service shops, minor.
D.
Automobile repair and service shops, major.
E.
Concrete and concrete products manufacture, including ready-mixed concrete plants.
F.
Contractor's equipment and storage yards.
G.
Funeral homes and mortuaries.
H.
Indoor dog training and event facilities.
I.
Indoor shooting ranges, subject to the provisions of § 164-155.1 of this chapter, and including, as accessory thereto, the sale, on-site rental and/or repair of firearms, ammunition, archery equipment and the like in accordance with and subject to all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations.
J.
Nontrade schools for which an application for a special exception has been filed on or before October 1, 2003.
K.
Petroleum products storage tanks above ground, provided also that there is compliance with all state and federal laws, as well as the National Fire Underwriters' Codes.
M.
Satellite automobile storage lot, excluding car washing facilities, subject to the requirements of § 164-155.5.
N.
Sawmills, commercial.
P.
Trade schools.
§ 164-55 Dimensional requirements.
The following minimum requirements shall be observed:
Use | Front Yard Depth (feet) | Side Yard Width (each) (feet) | Rear Yard Depth (each) |
|---|---|---|---|
All buildings | 50 | 30 | 30 |
§ 164-56 Building height.
No structure shall exceed 50 feet in height.
§ 164-57 Landscaping.
Landscaping shall meet the following minimum requirements. A thirty-foot-wide minimum landscaped edge shall be required along any residential district or external right-of-way, to be planted with a minimum of two-and-one-half-inch caliper trees at a minimum of 30 feet on center and a similarly landscaped earth mound at least three feet high between the parking area and any adjacent residential district or public right-of-way.
§ 164-58 Additional distance requirements.
[Amended 2-27-1995 by Ord. No. 594]
All special exception uses except those provided in § 164-54A must be located three times the distance requirements specified in § 164-140; provided, however, that indoor shooting ranges must be located five times the distance requirements specified in § 164-140. All other uses are subject to the provisions of § 164-140.
§ 164-59 Signs.
Signs shall be permitted subject to the provisions of Article XVII of this chapter.