Sec. 30.4.01-30.4.15
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Overlay districtOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. established where deposits of sand, gravel, stone or other minerals exist
Uses
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum air overpressure133 dB
Air overpressure resulting from surface blasting shall not exceed 133 decibels measured at the closest boundary line of a lot abutting the NR district.
- Blasting hours
Blasting operations shall be restricted to Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
- Fence distance from excavation60 ft
Fencing shall be provided ... by a substantial fence erected at least 60 feet outside the limits thereof.
Fencing shall be provided ... by a substantial fence erected at least 60 feet outside the limits thereof, such fence being at least five feet in height.
- Internal road dust-free surface distance300 ft
All internal access roads shall be surfaced with bituminous or other dust free surface for a distance of 300 feet from any public road.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. area20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum area for the establishment of any NR overlay district shall be 20 acres.
- Hours for power equipment
Operations involving power equipment of an industrial type shall be limited to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to midnight except in cases of a public emergency.
Parking
- Employee parking required
Off-street parking areas adequate for all employees' vehicles and used in any extractive operation shall be provided.
Setback
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public road right-of-way100 ft
No natural resource extraction operation, including associated uses, and structures containing any such use shall be located less than 100 feet from any public road right-of-way or adjoining property within any residential district.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential lots and occupied dwellings200 ft
No such operation, uses or structure shall be located within 200 feet of any contiguous property subdivided into residential lots of one acre or less not under the ownership or control of the applicant nor within 200 feet of any occupied dwelling.
From the ordinance
Within any NR district, uses may be permitted by right as for and subject to the district regulations of the underlying zoning district. In addition, there shall be permitted by right within any NR district the following uses: removal of soil, sand, gravel, stone or other minerals...