ARTICLE XIV - INDUSTRIAL A DISTRICTS

Section 1400.Intent.Industrial A Districts make provisions make provisions for the full range of industrial and business uses compatible with a major urban center.However, special review and approval is required in the case of certain potentially hazardous or obnoxious uses.Because of the densely developed character of the city, certain other such uses are prohibited.

Section 1401.Use Regulations.Buildings may be erected or used, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other:

1. All uses in Section 1101, paragraph 1-11i - except a residential structure or mobile home as a main use, a heliport, a motor vehicle service station, a car wash establishment, the buying and selling of second-hand motor vehicles and a truck stop—are permitted outright.

2. All other manufacturing, fabricating, processing, storage, retail or service uses EXCEPT those listed in Section 1401-3 below.

3. The following uses only when authorized as a special permit by the City Council, subject to the general provisions prescribed in Section 2005:

a. Abattoir.

b. Ammonia, chlorine or bleaching powder manufacture.

c. Asphalt manufacture or refining.

d. Celluloid manufacture (except in isolated, fire-resisting buildings).

e. Coal tar products manufacture.

f. Creosote manufacture.

g. Distillation of coal, wood or bones.

h. Explosives or fireworks manufactures.

i. Fat rendering.

j. Fertilizer manufacture or potash refining.

k. Glue or size manufacturing or process involving recovery from fish or animal offal.

l. Gypsum, lime cement, plaster of paris or plaster manufacture.

m. Helicopter or airplane landing facility.

n. Incineration, reduction of or dumping offal, garbage, or refuse on a commercial basis, EXCEPT where controlled by the municipality.

o. Iron, steel or other metal manufacture or processing, drop forging with power hammer, boiler works, heavy weight casting including galvanizing and other treatment.

p. Junk yard or junk storage (see also Section 1508).

q. Leather processing.

r. Linoleum manufacture.

s. Motor vehicle service station, car wash establishment, or the buying and selling of second hand motor vehicles.

t. Paint manufacture.

u. Paper manufacture.

v. The manufacture, refining or bulk storage of petroleum and products made therefrom.

w. Plastic manufacture or the manufacture of articles therefrom.

x. Poisonous gases.

y. Quarry.

z. Rubber, cauotshouc or gutta percha manufacture from crude or scrap material.

aa. Sewage disposal plant, EXCEPT where controlled by the municipality.

bb. Soap manufacture. Sulphurous, sulfuric, nitric, or hydrochloric acid manufacture.

cc. Tar distillation and tar roofing manufacture.

dd. Building for storage of used materials.

ee. Truck stop.

ff. Recycling Center.

gg. Trash hauling services or the storage of trash hauling vehicles and associated equipment such as trash bins.

hh. The temporary storage of trucks or truck bodies as a principal use of a parcel or not accessory to the principal use of the parcel.

4. No building or other structure shall be erected, altered, or used, and no land shall be used or occupied for residential purposes, EXCEPT where subdivision plans or individual building lots existed, and were duly recorded or registered prior to the enactment of this amendment. (August 12, 1962).The dwelling or dwellings of caretakers or watchmen located on the premises where such use is incidental to the principal permitted use are exempt from the above provisions.

Section 1402.Area and Height Regulations.Every building shall comply with the following area, yard and height regulations.

1. Building Area.Not more than seventy (70) percent of the area of each lot may be occupied by buildings.

2. Front Yard.There shall be a setback on each street on which a lot abuts which shall be not less than ten (10) feet.

3. Side Yard.None required, EXCEPT that where a lot abuts a residential district, or a street on side lot line, a side yard shall be provided which shall be not less than ten (10) feet.In any case, where side yards are provided, although they are not required, each side yard shall be not less than five (5) feet in width.Where a side yard abuts a railroad right-of-way, the side lot line shall be deemed to be the center of the railroad right-of-way for the purpose of this paragraph 3.

4. Rear Yard.There shall be a rear yard on each lot which shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet in depth or the height of the building, whichever is greater.Where a rear yard abuts a railroad right-of-way, the rear lot line shall be deemed to be the center line of the railroad right-of-way for the purpose of this paragraph 4.

5. Height.No building shall exceed one hundred (100) feet in height.

Section 1403.Performance Standards.Any uses permitted in Industrial A Districts must also conform to all of the performance standards contained in Section 1511.

Section 1404.Special Regulations.In order to encourage sound and attractive industrial development, the following special requirements shall apply:

1. Along each side or rear property line, which directly abuts a residential district in the city or similar districts in an adjoining municipality, a buffer planting strip not less than ten (10) feet in width, as defined in Section 201-3 shall be provided.

2. Off-street parking, off-street loading and special requirements related to highway frontage described in Article XVII, Section 1502 shall apply in Industrial A Districts.