The purpose of this district is primarily intended to provide an integrated, high-quality, and flexible mixture of industrial uses and facilities, supporting businesses, services, and offices, along with uses and facilities compatible with, associated with and supporting the continued operation of the William T. Piper Memorial Airport; subject to general compatibility, design and performance standards, to not only help minimize detrimental impacts on surrounding, lower-density and/or intensity uses and districts, but also to provide for a high-quality environment for businesses and employees.
[Amended 12-13-2010 by Ord. No. 870]
Only the following uses are permitted within this district, provided that, in addition to the supplemental regulations for specific uses established in Article XX, all applicable general use provisions in Article XIX and elsewhere in this chapter are met. Uses permitted by special exception are subject to the approval by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to a public hearing set forth with the provisions of Article XXIII of this chapter. Uses permitted by conditional use are subject to the approval by the City Council pursuant to a public hearing set forth with the provisions of Article XXII of this chapter.
Permitted
Use
Supplemental Regulations
By Right
Special Exception
Conditional Use
Nonresidential
Airport.
X
Aircraft assembly and rehabilitation
X
Aircraft maintenance and storage hangar
X
Aircraft sales
X
Airport office
X
Airport parking
X
Airport runway/taxiway
X
Airport service facility
X
Airport terminal
X
Airport traffic control facility
X
Bank
X
Business service
X
Communications antenna
X
Communications tower and equipment building
X
Day care, commercial
X
Emergency services facility
X
Essential service installations
X
Forestry
X
Indoor commercial recreation
X
Industrial, general
X
Industrial, light
X
Mini-storage/self-storage facility
X
Office, business
X
Office, medical
X
Personal service
X
Public building
X
Public/private works facility
X
Rail yard
X
Research and development
X
Restaurants
X
Retail business
X
School, commercial
X
School, public and private
X
Truck terminal
X
Warehousing, distributing and wholesaling
X
Accessory
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to a permitted principal use
X
A. 
Unless further specified in the supplemental regulations for specific uses established in Article XX and all applicable general use provisions in Article XIX and elsewhere in this chapter are met, all new permitted uses and structures (and additions/expansions to existing structures as specified in Subsection B) within this district shall comply with the table of lot and building dimensional requirements.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The table of dimensional requirements for this district is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
Applications for zoning permits construction of new principal buildings or additions/expansions to existing principal buildings. In addition to the information required in § 410-145 of this chapter, applications for the construction of new principal buildings or additions/expansions to existing principal buildings in this zoning district shall be submitted with the following information:[2]
(1) 
A complete set of calculations (i.e., averages of heights, setbacks, etc.) used to determine and demonstrate compliance with all applicable standards set forth in the dimensional requirements for this district.
(2) 
A schematic architectural drawing of the principal building's front facade.
[2]
Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
In addition to other applicable sections of Article XIX, General Regulations, all development or uses permitted within this district shall also comply with the following design standards, as applicable.
A. 
Signs as required by Article XVII.
B. 
Parking and loading as required by Article XVIII.
C. 
Access and traffic control as required by Article XVIII.
D. 
Landscaping, screening and buffering as required by Article XIX.
E. 
Storage as required by Article XIX.
If located within or affected by the following zoning overlay districts, development or uses shall meet the requirements of the applicable overlay provisions in accordance with:
A. 
Article XIV, Airport Overlay;
B. 
Article XV, Flood Damage and Control Standards; and
C. 
Article XVI, Historic District Overlay.