The intent of this district is to provide for the orderly and integrated development of existing and future service establishments, industrial uses, offices and a mix of commercial uses, including wholesale and retail establishments, exclusive of incompatible industries and high traffic-generating uses. The intent of this article is to:
A. 
Encourage the construction on and continued use of land for a variety of nonresidential uses that complements and serves the local community.
B. 
Encourage the construction of new buildings and establishment of new uses at a scale consistent with existing buildings, uses and development patterns.
C. 
Encourage and direct uses that will utilize existing facilities, such as public sewer, public water, public transit, roadways and the existing railroad system.
D. 
Provide reasonable performance standards for the establishment of structures and uses that will permit continued economic development, yet conserve the value of abutting residential areas. Such performance standards shall manage the type and intensity of uses permitted and minimize impacts upon abutting residential areas.
The permitted uses are as follows:
A. 
Nonresidential uses shall be permitted in accordance with the NAICS as follows:
[Amended 7-24-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
NAICS No.
Category
111
Crop Production, limited to indoor growing facilities
11251
Aquaculture, limited to indoor growing facilities
22112
Electric Power Transmission, Control and Distribution
2212
Natural Gas Distribution
2213
Water, Sewage and Other Systems
23
Construction
31-33
Manufacturing
42
Wholesale Trade
44-45*
Retail Trade, excluding Industry 4543 (Direct Selling Establishments)
4812
Heliport, as a conditional use only
482
Rail Transportation
483
Water Transportation
484
Truck Transportation
485
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
486
Pipeline Transportation
487
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation
488
Support Activities for Transportation
491
Postal Service
492
Couriers and Messengers
493
Warehousing and Storage
51
Information
52
Finance and Insurance
53
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
54
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
55
Management of Companies and Enterprises
56
Administration and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services, except Subsector 562, Waste Management and Remediation Services
61
Educational Services
62
Health Care and Social assistance
71
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation, except Industries 7131 (Amusement Parks and Arcades) and 7132 (Gambling Industries)
72
Accommodation and Food Services, except Industry 721191 (Bed-and-Breakfast Inns).
81
Other Services (except Public Administration)
92
Public Administration, except Industry 92214 (Correctional Institutions)
NOTE:
* No proposed retail use or combination of retail uses occupying an existing building or proposed for a new building shall exceed 30,000 square feet of floor area. No single building, existing or proposed, shall be occupied by more than 30,000 square feet of floor area of retail use or combination of retail uses described by NAICS Sectors 44 and 45.
B. 
Parking lots as a principal use.
C. 
Accessory dwellings for watchmen or caretakers employed on the premises.
D. 
Signs, when erected and maintained in accordance with Article XXV.
E. 
Accessory uses and structures on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses, in accordance with § 220-150.
A. 
All uses shall be provided for in accordance with performance standards as contained within Article XIX herein.
B. 
Outdoor storage and display, when accessory to a permitted use, shall be regulated as follows:
(1) 
Outdoor storage or display shall not occupy any part of the street right-of-way and no other area intended or designed for pedestrian use, required off-street parking areas or required front yard.
(2) 
Outdoor storage areas, excluding display areas, shall be shielded from view from adjacent residential uses, and from view from public streets if storage is located between a building and the public street, in accordance with § 220-201.
C. 
Permitted uses shall be conducted within an enclosed building, except as otherwise permitted within Article XIX herein.
No building shall exceed a height of 75 feet. When adjacent to a residential district or use, two feet in additional setbacks along the adjacent property lines shall be provided for every foot that the building height exceeds 50 feet.
Impervious coverage shall not exceed 70% of the lot.
A. 
There shall be no minimum lot area. Lot area shall be based upon required setbacks, impervious coverage, off-street parking and loading/unloading, floodplains/wetlands, steep slope requirements, woodland preservation and other applicable criteria as set forth in this chapter.
B. 
The minimum lot width shall not be less than 50 feet at the dedicated right-of-way line.
A. 
Yards of the following minimum depths and widths shall be provided:
(1) 
The minimum front yard depth shall be 30 feet at the dedicated right-of-way.
(2) 
The minimum side yard depth shall be 10 feet.
(3) 
The minimum rear yard depth shall be 35 feet. The rear yard may be reduced to 15 feet when it abuts a railroad or limited-access highway right-of-way.
(4) 
Interior yards. Open space between separate principal buildings on the same lot, minimum 35 feet.
B. 
An additional setback of two feet for all sides of the tract shall be required for each foot of building exceeding 50 feet in height.
C. 
The establishment of unlimited area buildings, as defined within Chapter 70, Building Construction and Safety Standards, as amended, may require yard depths and widths exceeding the minimum depths and widths required by this article.
Screening and buffering shall be provided pursuant to §§ 220-201 and 220-202.
Off-street parking, loading and unloading areas and access drives shall be provided in accordance with Article XXIV.