The following shall apply in the Industrial Park (IP) District:
A. All operations shall be conducted and all materials used in such
operations or held in storage shall be contained within enclosed buildings
or enclosed by a solid wall, fence or planting of such nature and
height as to conceal such operation or materials from view from any
public way or area or neighboring premises.
B. Waste materials produced by such operations shall be disposed of, stored in buildings or enclosed as specified in Subsection
A of this section.
C. Dust, smoke, fumes, gas, glare, noxious odors, noise and vibrations
shall be limited so as not to be injurious to the public health or
to the use of neighboring property as provided by the laws of the
commonwealth.
D. Not less than 20% and not more than 70% of the lot shall be covered
by improvements, meaning buildings, parking areas, driveways and access
roads, and outside storage or assembly areas.
E. Buildings housing manufacturing operations shall be set back at least
50 feet from any street line and at least 40 feet from any side or
rear lot line. Offices, parking areas and outdoor storage or work
areas shall be at least 25 feet from any street line and 20 feet from
any side or rear lot line. The setback areas shall be left in a natural
unimpaired state or landscaped.
G. Signs. See Article
VI, Division 2, §
86-450 et seq.
H. In a specific case, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall, after a public
hearing, grant a permit for the following uses, unless, in the opinion
of the Board, such use would be detrimental to the Industrial Park
District and not in the best interest of the City:
(1) To locate an office building or vehicle parking closer than 25 feet
to any street line.
(2) To locate a display sign in a location or of a type different from those allowed under Subsection
E of this section.
(3) To use the land for public accommodations such as a hotel, motel
or inn, or for a restaurant.
(4) To allow a distribution facility, including trucking terminals, wholesale
distribution facilities, wholesale food processing and warehousing.
(5) To reduce the required number of parking spaces.
I. Sanitary landfill operations existing on the effective date of the
ordinance from which this subsection is derived may be enlarged, increased
and extended to occupy a greater area of land than that occupied on
such date, to the limit of the property owned or held on such date
for the landfill operations. Once such property limits have been reached,
or if such sanitary landfill operation shall cease for any reason
for a period of more than two years, any subsequent use of such land
shall conform to the regulations specified by this chapter for this
district.