The purpose of the M-1 General Industrial District is to provide
for the establishment of industrial uses and associated administrative
offices essential to the development of a balanced economic base and
the creation of local job opportunities in an industrial environment.
The M-1 General Light Industrial District is established to regulate
such development so that it will not be detrimental or hazardous to
the surrounding community and to the general health, safety and well-being
of the Town of West Bloomfield. The district is established to encourage
the development of non-noxious, nonpolluting industry. The following
outlines regulations that apply to the M-1 District.
The uses allowed in the M-1 District are subject to site plan
review as specified in this article.
The following uses are permitted as limited uses in the M-1
District:
A.
Retail and services, provided such limited use constitutes no more
than 10% of the developed floor area of the project and such limited
uses shall be located, arranged and integrated within the development
to serve primarily the shopping and service needs of employees and
businesses in and near the Industrial District.
C.
Parks, playfields and playgrounds when developed as part of an overall
project.
The following are the accessory uses, buildings and structures
permitted in the M-1 District, provided that such accessory uses and
buildings shall not be constructed until the permitted use has been
established:
A.
Dish antennas six feet or less in diameter.
D.
Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which
buildings shall be removed within 14 days upon completion or abandonment
of the construction work.
E.
Utility buildings and facilities incidental to permitted uses and
uses requiring site plan review or special permit.
G.
Other uses and structures that are customarily incidental and clearly
subordinate to permitted uses or uses that require site plan review
or special permit.
The following uses are permitted in the M-1 District subject
to site plan review:
A.
Corporate headquarters, regional headquarters and administrative
offices. Local service offices, such as real estate sales, insurance
agencies, doctors' offices, or other offices typically found in commercial
districts may only be included in a structure or integrated complex
of at least 25,000 square feet of gross floor area.
B.
Hotels and motels.
C.
Manufacturing uses, high-tech or light industrial, when conducted
within an enclosed building.
D.
Mixed-use facilities developed according to an approved site plan.
Structures in the complex must have a gross square footage of at least
25,000 square feet at initial development.
E.
Recycling centers.
F.
Research laboratories, including testing facilities.
G.
Sexually oriented businesses, subject to the additional requirements for specified uses in § 140-95.
H.
Technical and vocational schools.
J.
Vehicle repair stations with accessory automobile sales, subject to the additional requirements for specified uses in § 140-103.
M.
Warehouses.
The following uses are allowed as special permit uses in the
M-1 District:
