§ 38-981. Performance standards.

Within each I-2/I-3 industrial district, the requirements for each lot are established as follows:

(1)

Floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.75.

(2)

Front yards: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(3)

Side yards: Fifteen (15) feet.

(4)

Rear yards: Ten (10) feet.

(5)

Rear yards and side yards may be reduced to zero when the rear or side property lines abut the boundary of a railroad right-of-way, but only in those cases where an adjacent wall or walls of a building or structure are provided with railroad loading and unloading capabilities; however, no trackage shall be located nearer than three hundred (300) feet from any residential district.

(6)

Setbacks shall be a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the normal high water elevation on every natural surface water body.

(7)

Maximum building height: Fifty (50) feet, except thirty-five (35) feet within one hundred (100) feet of any residential use or district.

(8)

Driveways, streets, and facilities for routing traffic shall be designed in such a manner that entrances and exits to public streets are not hazardous and that traffic congestion is minimized. Furthermore, no entrances or exits shall direct traffic into adjacent residential districts.

(9)

The open storage of equipment, materials or commodities may be permitted, provided such storage shall not be located within any required front or buffer yard; shall be screened from all public streets; and, when located on a lot adjacent to a residential district, shall be screened from such residential district. Such screens may be in the form of walls, fences or landscaping; shall be at least six (6) feet in height; and shall be at least fifty (50) percent opaque as viewed from any point along the public street, right-of-way, or the residential district boundary. When landscaping is used for screening, the height and opacity requirements shall be attained within eighteen (18) months after open storage uses are established.

(10)

The parking of commercial vehicles, such as trucks, cargo trailers and tractors may be permitted on hard surface lots, provided such lots shall not be located in any required buffer yard or within the front fifty (50) percent of any required front yard. Furthermore, such commercial vehicles, when located on a lot abutting a residential district, shall be screened from the residential district. Such screen may be in the form of walls, fences or landscaping; shall be at least six (6) feet in height; and shall be at least fifty (50) percent opaque as viewed from any point along the residential district boundary. When landscaping is used for screening, the height and opacity requirements shall be attained within eighteen (18) months after commercial parking lots are established.

(11)

The parking of passenger vehicles shall be permitted in any required yard except the front fifty (50) percent of required front yards and portions of the buffer yards as otherwise established in this article.

(12)

An increased setback not less than sixty (60) feet in width shall be provided along each I-2/I-3 industrial district boundary line which abuts any residential zoning district. Specific landscaping within the setback area shall be in accordance with section 24-5 of this Code. That portion of the setback area that is not required to be landscaped shall not be used for processing activities, buildings or structures other than fences, walls or off-street parking.

(P & Z Res., art. XV, §§ 5, 6; Ord. No. 92-41, § 43, 12-22-92; Ord. No. 92-42, § 13, 12-15-92; Ord. No. 95-16, § 27B, 6-27-95; Ord. No. 97-05, § 9, 4-29-97; Ord. No. 98-37, § 14, 12-15-98; Ord. No. 2016-19 , § 19, 9-13-16)