Industrial District (I) is intended to provide certain areas
within the County for the development of industrial uses that are
incompatible with residential uses because of dust, smoke, odor, vibration,
etc. This district should not be allowed to locate in any area adjacent
to significant residential development.
The following uses shall be permitted subject to all other requirements
of this chapter as a matter of right in the Industrial District (I).
A.
Abattoirs/slaughter houses.
C.
Agriculture except the use of fertilizers which are byproducts of
brewer or sewerage operations and require a conditional use permit.
E.
Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices,
radios and phonographs. Also the manufacture of small parts, such
as coils, condensers, transformers, and crystal holders.
F.
Automobile assembling, painting, upholstering, repairing, rebuilding,
reconditioning, body and fender work, truck repairing or overhauling,
tire re-treading or recapping.
G.
Automobile graveyards and dismantling facilities and junkyards.
H.
Blacksmith shop, welding or machine shop, excluding punch presses
exceeding forty-ton rated capacity and drop hammers.
I.
Boat building.
J.
Boiler shops.
K.
Book bindery.
L.
Brick manufacture.
M.
Building material sales yards, plumbing supplies storage.
N.
Cabinets, furniture and upholstery shops.
O.
Coal and wood yards, lumber yards, feed and seed stores.
P.
Commercial fisheries.
Q.
Communications towers and facilities related to business use.
S.
Contractors' equipment storage yards or plants or sale or rental
of equipment commonly used by contractors.
T.
Creamery.
V.
Drainage, erosion and flood control facilities.
W.
Engraving or printing plant.
X.
Feed and flour mills.
Y.
Forestry.
Z.
General advertising, business and identification signs, subject to
Article 13.
AA.
Laboratories, pharmaceutical and/or medical.
BB.
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such
products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs,
perfumes, pharmaceuticals, perfumed toilet soap, toiletries and food
products.
CC.
Manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of
merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone,
cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass,
hair, horn, leather, paper, plastic, precious or semiprecious metals
or stones, shell, straw, textiles, tobacco, yarn, and paint.
DD.
Manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products,
using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity
or gas.
EE.
Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties, and rubber and
metal stamps.
FF.
Meat, poultry and seafood processing and packing operations.
GG.
Monumental stone works.
HH.
Motor vehicle sales and leasing as an accessory use provided that:
(1)
A conforming industrial use operates as the primary use on the
property;
(2)
No more than 25 vehicles for sale/lease are permitted on the
property;
(3)
All vehicles for sale/lease are screened from public view with
a hedge of 3 1/2 feet high along the road and all sides visible
from the road;
(4)
No more than 25% of the total number of employees are to engage
in the sales/lease operation; and
(5)
One sign not to exceed 16 square feet per side is permitted.
II.
Petroleum storage operation, including by products.
JJ.
Recycling location (dropoff).
KK.
Sawmills and planing mills.
LL.
Self-storage facilities and offices.
MM.
Solid waste management facility as herein recognized public or private
construction/demolition/debris landfill, public or private materials
recovery facility, publicly owned or operated sanitary landfill, and
publicly owned or operated transfer station.
NN.
Utility use, minor.
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OO.
Veterinary or dog or cat hospitals and kennels.
PP.
Wholesale businesses, storage warehouses.
The following uses shall be permitted in the Industrial District
(I), subject to all the other requirements of this chapter, only upon
obtaining of a conditional use permit from the Board of Supervisors.
A.
Aviation facilities.
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B.
Crushed stone operations.
C.
Farmer's market.
D.
Manufacture of cement and stone products.
E.
Railroads and facilities.
F.
Sand and gravel operations.
G.
Sewage treatment systems (private) where the subject lot or parcel
shall be located outside the area identified by the Floodplain Management
Ordinance of Mathews County[1] as being subject to inundation by waters of the one-hundred-year
flood event.
H.
Use of fertilizers which are byproducts of brewery or sewage operations.
I.
Utility
use, major (Specific uses identified as by right included in the definition
of "utility use, major" shall be exempt from obtaining a conditional
use permit).
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A.
Permitted uses, exclusive of forestal and agricultural activities,
shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or
within an area enclosed on all sides by a solid masonry wall, a uniformly
painted solid board fence or evergreen hedge six feet in height. Public
utilities and signs requiring natural air circulation, unobstructed
view, or other technical consideration necessary for proper operations
may be exempt from this provision. The exception does not include
storage of any materials. However, this requirement may be waived
by the Planning Commission should the applicant be able to demonstrate
hardship or that this requirement is incompatible with the activity.
B.
Landscaping may be required within any established or required front
setback area. The plans and specifications must take into consideration
traffic hazards. Landscaping may be permitted up to a height of three
feet and to within 50 feet from the corner or any intersecting streets.
D.
Automobile graveyards and junkyards shall be allowed up to three
years after adoption of this chapter in which to completely screen,
on any side open to view from a public road, the operation or use
by a masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid board fence, or an evergreen
hedge, six feet in height.
A.
Lot size. The minimum lot area for each principal use shall be 25,000
square feet.
B.
Setback regulations. Buildings shall be located 50 feet or more from
any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 75
feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less
than 50 feet in width. This shall be known as the "setback line."
C.
Frontage and lot width regulations. The minimum frontage for permitted
uses shall be 24 feet on any street or right-of-way and the lot shall
be 100 feet at the setback line.
D.
Yard regulations.
(1)
For permitted uses the minimum side or rear yard adjoining or
adjacent to a residential use or a business, rural, residential or
conservation district shall be 50 feet. The side yard of corner lots
shall be 50 feet or more.
(2)
The minimum side and rear yard setbacks for accessory buildings
shall be per the requirements set forth in the Building Officials
and Code Administrators (BOCA) Basic/National Building Code. If abutting
residential use or residential, rural or conservation zone, setback
shall be 10 feet.
E.
Coverage regulations. The maximum percentage of any lot used for
a permitted industrial use, including parking and roads, shall be
70% of the area of the lot.
A.
Buildings and accessory buildings may be erected up to a height of
50 feet. For buildings over 50 feet in height, approval shall be obtained
from the administrator.
B.
Chimneys, flues, cooling towers, flag poles, radio or communication
towers or their accessory facilities not normally occupied by workmen
are excluded from this limitation. Parapet walls are permitted up
to four feet above the limited height of the building on which the
walls rest.
Sign regulations shall conform to Article 13 of this chapter.
Off-street parking shall be provided in conformance with Article
12 of this chapter.
