It is the intent of this district to provide, in appropriate locations, for the development of warehousing, manufacturing, processing and limited commercial uses. Intensive industrial uses are not encouraged due to the absence of public water and sanitary sewer, the lack of adequate highway and rail access, the presence of sensitive natural features throughout the Township, and the availability of more suitable areas for intensive industrial uses in neighboring communities. Industrial districts are intended to be limited to those areas designated as industrial on the Future Land Use Map of the Township's Master Plan and with the objectives of that plan for industry.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-3Z[1]]
Land, buildings and structures in the I District shall be used only for the purposes stated in Table 450-13.02, as follows:
Table 450-13.02 Permitted Land Uses (I) | ||
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Permitted Land Use | Regulation or Exception | |
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging, treating, and assembling from previously prepared materials for the production of: | ||
Food products, including meat, dairy, fruit, vegetable, seafood, grain, bakery, confectionery, beverage, and kindred foods | ||
Textile mill products, including woven fabric, knit goods, dying and finishing, floor coverings, yarn and thread, and other textile goods | ||
Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics, leather goods, fur, canvas, and similar materials | ||
Lumber and wood products, including mill work, prefabricated structural wood products and containers | ||
Furniture and fixtures | ||
Paperboard containers, building paper, building board, and bookbinding | ||
Printed and published written and graphic materials | ||
Chemical products such as plastics, perfumes, synthetic fibers | ||
Engineering, measuring, optic, medical, lenses, photographic, and similar instruments | ||
Jewelry, silverware, toys, athletic equipment, musical instruments, and signs and displays | ||
Metal products; products derived from minerals, and other naturally occurring substances | ||
Research and development facilities, testing and experimental laboratories | ||
Trade and industrial schools | ||
Tool and die manufacturing establishments | ||
Essential public service buildings | ||
Wind energy conversion systems (WECS) | With facilities and equipment 60 feet or less in height | |
Wireless communications facilities | With towers and antennas not higher than 30 feet | |
Growers and processors of medical marihuana, as defined in Public Act 281 of 2016,[2] including outdoor cultivation, if conducted in accordance with Act 281, the rules promulgated thereunder, and Chapter 290, Marihuana Facilities, Article II, Grower and/or Processor Permits. In addition, growers and processors of marihuana, as defined in Chapter 290, Marihuana Facilities, Article II, Grower and/or Processor Permits, including outdoor cultivation. if conducted in accordance with that law, the rules promulgated thereunder, and Chapter 290, Marihuana Facilities, Article II, Grower and/or Processor Permits | ||
Other industrial or industrially related land uses which are similar in character to the land uses described in this section, if determined by the Planning Commission under § 450-1.07 | ||
[1]
Editor's Note: The ordinance also provided the following:
"This ordinance shall become effective seven days following such publication; provided, however, this ordinance shall not take effect unless the Ordinance Nos. 2018-01 and 2019-02 are amended to permit a grower and/or processor licensed under Initiated Law 1 of 2018."
[2]
Editor's Note: See MCL 333.27101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: See now MCL 333.26423(k)
The special land uses specified in Table 450-13.03 may be permitted if approved by the Planning Commission under Article 23.
Table 450-13.03 Special Land Uses (I) | |
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Special Land Use | Regulation or Exception |
Warehousing, storage, or transfer buildings | Excluding the storage of bulk petroleum or related products, garbage, or rubbish |
Truck terminals | Including maintenance and service facilities |
Wholesale establishments | Including automotive equipment, drugs, chemicals, dry goods, apparel, food, farm products, electrical goods, hardware, machinery, equipment, metals, paper products and furnishings, and lumber and building products |
Mini warehouses and self-storage facilities | |
Contractor yards | For construction equipment such as bulldozers, backhoes, and dump trucks |
Building contractors | Including painters, plumbers, electrical, cement, heating and air conditioning, fencing, and similar uses |
Lumberyards | Including other building supply establishments |
Stone yards or monument works | |
Salvage yards | |
Commercial composting operations | |
Open-air businesses | Including but not limited to the sale of farm implements, lawn and garden equipment sales and service, motor homes, mobile or modular homes, and similar uses |
Major motor vehicle repair and body shops | All work shall be done in an enclosed building; damaged vehicles shall not be kept on site for long term storage |
Outdoor storage accessory to a permitted use | All materials, vehicles, and equipment stored out of doors shall be effectively screened from view by fencing, walls, landscaping, or a combination thereof |
Sexually oriented businesses | |
Wireless communications facilities | With antennas and towers above a height of 30 feet |
Wind energy conversion systems (WECS) | Limited to towers and other equipment exceeding 60 feet in height |
Table 450-13.04 (I) | ||
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Minimum required lot area | 80,000 square feet | |
Minimum required lot width | 150 feet | |
Minimum required building setbacks | ||
Front yard | 50 feet | |
Side yards | 2 side yards totaling 50 feet, but a side yard shall be 50 feet if adjacent to a residential use | |
Rear yard | 50 feet, but 100 feet if adjacent to a residential district | |
Maximum permitted lot coverage | 40% | |
Maximum building height | 35 feet; not more than 2 stories | |
Minimum principal building floor area | None required | |
The use of land, buildings and structures in the I District shall comply with all of the requirements stated in Table 450-13.05, as follows:
Table 450-13.05 (I) |
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Building Facade |
At least 40% of any portion of a new or expanded building or structure which faces a street, residential district, or residential PUD shall be finished with vinyl, face brick, wood, glass, stone, fluted concrete block, or stucco-like material |
In recognition of developing technologies in building materials, the Planning Commission may approve other materials, provided they are compatible with surrounding buildings and the material meets applicable architectural and safety requirements, as may be provided in any Township ordinance or code |
Site Development Standards |
No outdoor storage of materials, vehicles, or equipment shall be permitted, unless permitted as a special land use for outdoor storage, in addition to the applicable requirements for the principal use |
All business shall be conducted in such a manner that any noise, smoke, dust, vibration, or like nuisance shall not adversely affect adjoining or nearby properties or streets |
Industrial equipment, including trucks, shall not produce noise above 75 decibels when measured at the nearest occupied dwelling unit |
Driveways shall be located to minimize negative impacts upon nearby properties, including traffic flow on adjacent streets, impact of truck traffic, and conflicts with intersecting streets |
To minimize fire hazards and prevent hazardous liquids from contaminating ground and surface waters, operations involving the repair or storage of damaged vehicles shall be required to remove all fluids from those vehicles if there is evidence of leaking of fluids or the potential for leaking fluids |
All properties in the I District shall abut and have direct access to a county primary road or state highway |
The additional land use regulations stated in Table 450-13.07 may apply.
Table 450-13.07 Other Regulations (I) | |
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Subject | Regulatory Provision in Zoning or Other Chapter |
Outdoor lighting | Chapter 282, Lighting, Outdoor |
Landscaping and buffering | Article 26 |
Signs | Article 25 |
Off-street parking and loading | Article 27 |
Minimum street frontage | § 450-3.05 |
Height exceptions | § 450-3.10 |
Maximum width-to-depth ratio | § 450-3.07 |
Cul-de-sac lots | |
Alteration of grades; excavations | |
Nonconforming lots, buildings and uses | Article 30 |
Platted subdivisions | |
Condominiums and site condominiums | Article 24 |
Trash, litter or junk | § 450-3.32 |
Flagpoles | § 450-3.28 |
Site plan review | Article 22 |
Overlay districts | |
Nuisances | § 450-3.31 |
Essential service equipment | § 450-3.23 |
Special land uses, minimum provisions | Article 23 |
Zoning permits | Article 32 |
Principal use per parcel | § 450-3.02 |
Wetlands | Wetlands Protection Ordinance No. 2005-1[1] |
Stormwater regulation | Chapter 388, Stormwater Management |
Land division | |
Outdoor burning | Chapter 142, Burning, Open |
Public sanitary sewer system | Chapter 367, Part 1, Sewer Use, Connection and Rates |
Public water supply system | Chapter 431, Water System |
Hazardous materials incidents | |
Liquid wastes | Chapter 367, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, Part 2, Grease Traps |