The Heavy Industrial District is intended to
accommodate industrial, warehousing and similar uses where the operations
of such uses can be carried on without conflicting with the safe use
and enjoyment of land within the other districts of the Village. Industrial
development is encouraged as an essential ingredient of economic development
in the community subject to reasonable provisions set forth to avoid
or limit air, noise, visual pollution and traffic congestion.
In the Heavy Industrial District, no building
or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for
one or more of the following uses when carried out entirely within
an enclosed building:
A. Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments
or precision devices, radios, phonographs (including the manufacture
of parts), musical instruments, toys, novelties, sporting goods, and
photographic equipment.
B. Central dry cleaning plants (see standards in §
515-129).
C. Cold storage, warehousing and distribution uses, and
similar businesses involved in the receipt, storage, sales and delivery
of remanufactured products.
D. Commercial greenhouses/nurseries (see standards in §
515-131).
E. Commercial indoor recreation (see standards in §
515-132) and outdoor recreation (see standards in §
515-133).
G. General and special trade contractors.
H. Industrial sales offices and professional offices.
J. Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging,
treatment or fabrication of such products as bakery goods, candy,
ceramics, cosmetics, clothing, electrical and electronic equipment,
jewelry, instruments, optical goods, pharmaceutical, toiletries, hardware,
cutlery and pottery.
K. Medical offices, clinics (excluding hospitals), and
research facilities (including accessory laboratories).
L. Meeting halls for union, trade or similar organizations.
M. Offices of an engineering, drafting, architectural,
electrical, plumbing or industrial design firm.
N. Outdoor storage yards for contractors' equipment, vehicles and materials but excluding salvage, junk, recycling, reclamation, or scrap yards (see standards in §
515-152).
O. Public buildings with outdoor storage (see standards in §
515-154).
Q. Retail uses which have an industrial character in terms of either their outdoor storage requirements or activities, including a lumberyard, home center, or building materials outlet, wholesaler of food, machinery and other materials (see standards in §
515-152).
R. Research, experimental, film or testing laboratories.
T. Self (mini) storage facilities (see standards in §
515-164).
U. Vehicle repair garages, vehicle service centers, and vehicle wash facilities (see standards in §§
515-161,
515-162 and
515-163, respectively).
V. Veterinary clinics and hospitals.
W. Uses similar to the above, when located and arranged
according to a plan demonstrating compatibility with other permitted
uses in the district.
The following special land uses shall be permitted only after review and approval by the Planning Commission, subject to the requirements and standards of Article
XX and the submission of a site plan conforming with the requirements of §
515-100:
A. Agricultural implement sales and service facilities (§
515-124).
B. Bulk storage of petroleum products (§
515-126).
E. Extraction, soil removal and mining operations (§
515-139).
I. Motor freight and trucking terminals (§
515-148).
K. Shooting ranges and gun clubs (§
515-157).
L. Tool, die, gauge, metal polishing, metal plating, and machine shops (see standards in §
515-158).
M. Utility structures (§
515-159) and wireless communication facilities (§
515-130).
O. Waste hauling, transfer or processing facilities (§
515-165).
P. Uses which the Planning Commission determines are similar to and compatible with the intent of this section and the special land uses in Article
XX.
Accessory buildings, structures and uses shall be permitted in accordance with §
515-78, including accessory outdoor storage which conforms with the provisions of §
515-152 (special approval not required).
All uses within the HI District shall comply
with the following required conditions:
A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, all
uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building.
B. Outdoor activities, storage and parking areas shall be screened in accordance with §
515-91.
C. No truck well, loading dock or door shall be permitted
on or in the wall of the building which faces an abutting residential
district, and only pedestrian exits or emergency doors shall be allowed
on such wall. All loading/unloading docks and truck wells shall be
placed on or in the wall of the building that is opposite the boundary
of the residential district or on the wall that lies approximately
at a 90° angle to the residential district boundary. If such door,
truck well and/or dock faces the front street, then such dock, truck
well or door shall be recessed by not less than 60 feet from the front
wall of the building in order to provide that a truck tractor and
trailer shall not, when in place for loading or unloading at the dock
or well, project past the front wall of the building. Also, the site
plan and driveways shall be designed in such a manner to discourage
truck access to that portion of the lot or site that is adjacent to
a residential district.
D. Waste materials of any sort shall be screened from public view by a masonry wall and shall be consolidated in a defined trash receptacle area in conformance with §
515-91K(1).
E. Exterior site lighting shall be in accordance with §
515-90G. In addition, where a building wall faces an abutting residential district there shall be no floodlighting of such facade. This shall not preclude the lighting of doorways on such facades.
F. For all uses permitted in the HI District there shall
be a finding by the Planning Commission that:
(1) The scale, size, building design, facade materials,
landscaping and activity of the use is such that current and future
adjacent residential uses will be protected from any adverse impacts.
(2) The intended truck delivery service can be effectively
handled without long-term truck parking on site.
(3) The lighting, noise, vibration, odor and other possible impacts are in compliance with standards and intent of this article and performance standards of §
515-90.
(4) The storage and/or use of any volatile, flammable
or other materials shall be fully identified in the application and
shall comply with any Village ordinances regarding toxic or hazardous
materials.
G. All uses in this district require site plan review and approval. Site plans shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements of §
515-100 of this chapter and shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission prior to issuance of a building permit.
H. See Article
XVIII, General Provisions, relating to off-street parking, off-street parking layout, landscaping and screening requirements and other sections of the article as they relate to uses permitted in the district.
I. Except where otherwise regulated in this article, refer to Article
XVII, Schedule of District Regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot by permitted land use, the minimum yard setback requirements and development options.
J. No required front yard space in any HI Heavy Industrial
District shall be used for the storage of vehicles or any other materials
or equipment. No more than 33% of the required front yard may contain
off-street parking areas.
K. Prohibited use of open areas: No machinery, equipment,
vehicles or other materials shall be stored or parked unless in full
accordance with the Village of New Haven Nuisance Ordinance.