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Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right41
- artist studio
- auction house
- bakery
- brewery, distillery, or winery
- building supplies and service
- catering
- contractor's office
- commercial kitchen
- datacenter
- distribution center
- equipment and machinery, heavy rental or sales
- equipment and machinery, light rental or sales
- financial institutions
- freestanding emergency department
- garage, public parking
- hospital
- indoor recreational facilities
- laboratory and research facility
- laundry and cleaning
- manufacturing, apparel, textiles, and fabric
- manufacturing, food, beverage, tobacco, or agricultural products
- manufacturing, computer and electronic products
- manufacturing, machinery or fabricated metal products
- manufacturing, paper and wood products
- manufacturing, leather and allied products
- manufacturing, furniture, pottery, cabinets, and other related products
- manufacturing, plastics and rubber products
- manufacturing, printing and related support activities
- manufacturing, transportation equipment
- media development or production studio
- medical office
- micro-brewery/distillery/winery
- offices
- park-and-ride lot
- public facilities
- repair services
- restaurants
- truck terminal
- utilities, minor
- veterinary hospital or clinic
- wholesale business
Conditional / special use17
- adult day care
- car wash
- day nursery or day care center
- drive-in theater
- feed mill
- firework sales
- funeral home
- fuel station
- manufactured home and portable storage building sales
- manufacturing, basic chemicals or nonmetallic mineral production
- outdoor recreational facilities
- parks and playgrounds
- railroad spur, tracks and accessory facilities
- repurposing facility
- temporary uses
- towers and aerials
- utilities, major
Accessory3
Extracted standards
24 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Additional heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. ratios
All portions of a building or structure over forty-five (45) feet in height are set back from properties designated for residential use by the Comprehensive Plan a minimum of three (3) feet for each one (1) foot of height. All portions over 45 feet are set back from all public rights-of-way a minimum of two (2) feet for each one (1) foot in height. All portions over 45 feet are set back from all other property lines a minimum of one (1) foot for each one (1) foot in height.
- Communications tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.100 ft
No communications tower shall exceed a height of one hundred (100) feet from grade, unless otherwise specified in this chapter. Additional height for communications towers exceeding one hundred (100) feet may be permitted with a conditional use permit.
Noise
- No permanent exterior amplification
No permanent exterior amplification devices or sound systems shall be used.
Other
- CUP required for outdoor storage over 50%
A Conditional Use Permit is required for any outdoor storage that exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the size of the property.
- CUP for distribution center expansion
any expansions or structural alterations to a grandfathered distribution center shall require a conditional use permit.
- CUP for certain food processing
If processing involves meat, fish, yeast, or the refining of fats, then a conditional use permit is required.
- CUP for used heavy equipment
If used products only, then a conditional use permit is required.
- Testing of jet engines or rockets prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Testing of jet engines or rockets is not permitted.
- Landscape plan required
A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.
- CUP for leather tanning
If processing involves leather and hide tanning and finishing, then a conditional use permit is required.
- No chain link fencing from view
No chain link fencing shall be installed from view of the public right-of-way or from adjacent residential property.
- Office trailer limitations
Office trailers will be allowed while a permanent office is being constructed. Business may be conducted from this location for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months from the date of occupancy; an extension for a period not exceeding twelve (12) months may be approved by town council. If the building is completed before the twelve-month period expires, the occupants of this office trailer must move into the building within two (2) weeks of completion.
- Outdoor display requirements
Outdoor display shall be for the sale and display of seasonal or temporary merchandise as an incidental part of retail activities regularly conducted from a permanent building, provided that such merchandise is displayed in an orderly manner within sidewalk or courtyard areas located immediately adjacent to or upon the same lot or parcel as the primary use. A clear path of no less than 5 feet shall be maintained to ensure pedestrian and/or safety personnel access along sidewalks and areas of ingress/egress from structures. Any fencing visible from the public right of way shall be wooden, vinyl, or have an appearance similar to iron ornamental fencing, but may be fabricated from non-iron materials and no chain link fencing shall be installed from view of the public right-of-way.
- Outdoor paper mills prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Outdoor paper mills are not permitted.
- Outdoor storage screening
Outdoor storage of materials shall not be located in any front yard and must be fully screened from view of public right-of-way or adjacent residentially zoned property. Screening materials to be used shall be wood, vinyl, vegetation or other types of materials defined as screening in the Development Guidelines Handbook. No chain link fencing shall be installed from view of the public right-of-way or from adjacent residential property.
- Public water and sewer required
All uses shall be constructed on properties served by public water and sewer systems.
- CUP for punch press over 20 tons
If operation includes the use of a punch press over twenty (20) tons rated capacity, then a condition use permit is required.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.100 ft
when a use is abutting a residential district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than one hundred (100) feet with a vegetative buffer per Section 21-236.
- Repair and servicing must be within enclosed building
Repair and servicing of all equipment, vehicles, or other items shall take place within an enclosed building or structure, unless specified in Section 21-119.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
when a use is abutting a residential district, there shall be a side yard of not less than fifty (50) feet with a vegetative buffer per Section 21-236.
- Site plan required
A site plan shall be required as set forth in ATC article XVII of this chapter.
- CUP for heavy transportation equipment
If products are equipment, heavy (over 12,000 lbs), then a conditional use permit is required.
- CUP for truck terminal expansion
any expansions to a grandfathered truck terminal shall require a conditional use permit.
Parking
- Parking lot connectivity
Parking areas shall be designed to connect to similar adjoining parcel(s) via a stub-out to the property line(s) with the objective of providing internal vehicular and pedestrian access between neighboring commercial parcels. The Zoning Administrator may waive the connection requirement upon finding that such connection is found to be impractical due to the existence of security concerns of business operation, or sensitive environmental features such as wetlands, floodplain, or forested area, that would be encumbered by the required connection of parking areas.
From the ordinance
The intent of this district is to provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for certain types of manufacturing uses, relatively free from offense, in modern landscaped buildings