The following uses are permitted by right in
the I-1 Zone:
A. Single-family and two-family dwellings and accessory
buildings existing prior to the effective date of this regulation.
Residences in Industrial Zones shall conform to the regulations prescribed
for R-1 Zones. See Table I for lot requirements for single- and two-family
dwellings.
B. Uses existing prior to the effective date of this
regulation, provided that expansion, except for uses permitted in
Subsection
A, or change in use of existing buildings or uses is subject
to §
270-37 of these regulations.
C. Agriculture, forestry, truck gardening, livestock
and poultry raising and dairy farming.
D. Temporary roadside stands for the seasonal sale of
farm produce and products, only when accessory to the premises on
which they stand, provided they shall contain not more than 200 square
feet in area. Such stands shall be not less than 20 feet from any
street line, and not less than 50 feet from any street intersections,
and not less than 10 feet from the side boundary.
E. Tag sales, subject to the provisions of Article
XXIII
of these regulations.
The following uses are permitted in the I-1
Zone subject to the issuance of a special permit by the Planning and
Zoning Commission:
A. Legal industrial uses which are not dangerous by reason
of fire or explosion hazard, nor injurious, noxious or detrimental
to the community or neighborhood by reason of the emission of dust,
odor, fumes, smoke, wastes, refuse matter, noise, vibration, or because
of any other objectionable feature, except for the following which
are prohibited: acetylene gas manufacture; acid manufacture; alcohol
and ammonia manufacture; ash storage or treatment/arsenals; asphalt
manufacture or refining; blast furnace; bleaching powder or chlorine
manufacture; boiler works, brewery; cement, lime, gypsum or plaster-of-Paris
manufacture; coke ovens; crematories; creosote manufacture or treatment,
disinfectants manufacture; distillation of bones, coal or wood; dyestuff
manufacture; explosives or fireworks manufacture or storage; fat rendering;
fertilizer manufacture; gas manufacture; glue, size or gelatin manufacture;
oilcloth or linoleum manufacture; paper and pulp manufacture; refining
of or wholesale storage of petroleum or its products; rolling mills
or drop-forges; shoe polish manufacture; smelting of tin, copper,
zinc, or iron ores; slaughter of animals or fowls and stockyards;
tanning, curing or storage of rawhides or skins; tar distillations
or manufacture; tar roofing or waterproofing manufacture; yeast plants;
junkyards.
B. Expansion or change in use of existing buildings or
uses, except for residential purposes. (See also Article
XXXII, Nonconforming
Buildings and Uses.)
C. Professional and business offices and post offices.
D. Contracting or construction yards, subject to the
following:
(1) The Commission may require a buffer strip between
five feet and 100 feet in width and, where necessary, require landscaping
as in accordance with §
270-83.
(2) All fences erected shall be no closer than 15 feet
to the parcel boundaries and at a height determined appropriate by
the Commission.
(3) All other aspects of the activity must be compatible
with other surroundings uses as determined by the Commission.
E. Communication towers, subject to the provisions of
Article
XXVIII.
Where any lot or part thereof abuts a lot devoted
to residential use without separation by a street or where the lot
is used for a construction or contracting yard and the Commission
determines a buffer strip necessary, there shall be a fifteen-foot-wide
landscaped buffer strip properly seeded with grass and planted with
trees and shrubs to ensure an adequate screening between commercial
or industrial and residential uses. Plans showing the work to be done,
with assurance of completion and future maintenance, shall be filed
with and approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission before such
lot or portions thereof may be used for industrial purposes. The buffer
strip shall be located on the lot devoted to the industrial use. Failure
to maintain such strip in good condition shall constitute a violation
of these regulations by the owner of such lot or portion thereof.