The Industrial District is intended primarily for uses in the conduct of light manufacturing, assembling and fabrication, and for warehousing, wholesaling and service operations that do not depend upon frequent customer or client visits. Such uses do require accessibility to major highways, rail lines or other means of transportation. This zoning district is appropriate in areas designated as Industrial on the Future Land Use Plan.
A. 
Size of Yards:
1. 
Minimum Front Yard: 50 feet.
2. 
Minimum Side Yard:
a. 
Thirty feet adjacent to a nonresidential district.
b. 
Sixty feet adjacent to a residential district.
c. 
Fifty feet adjacent to a street.
3. 
Minimum Rear Yard:
a. 
Thirty feet adjacent to a nonresidential district.
b. 
Sixty feet adjacent to a residential district.
4. 
Additional Setback: For structures requiring railroad access, setback requirements from the centerline of the railroad right-of-way shall be in accordance with applicable state law.
B. 
Size of Lots:
1. 
Minimum Size of Lot Area: 10,000 square feet.
2. 
Minimum Lot Width: 100 feet.
3. 
Minimum Lot Depth: 100 feet.
C. 
Maximum Height: Eight stories, not greater than 100 feet. Where buildings or structures exceed 40 feet in height, such buildings or structures shall not be located closer to any residential district boundary line than a distance equal to the sum of the required side or rear yard specified plus twice the height of the building above 40 feet.
D. 
Floor Area Ratio: Maximum 1:1
A. 
Compliance with State and Federal Law: No uses shall be allowed which are prohibited by state law or which operate in excess of state or federal environment or pollution standards as determined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Texas Air Control Board, Texas State Department of Health, or the Texas Water Commission, as the case.
B. 
Open Storage: Not more than 20 percent of the lot or tract may be used for the open storage of products, materials, or equipment, all of which shall be screened from adjoining properties or streets.
C. 
High Risk or Hazardous Uses:
1. 
The uses listed in § 2.23.3(D) below are permitted in the Industrial District, provided that such uses shall not disseminate dust, fumes, gas, noxious odor, smoke, glare, or other atmospheric influence beyond the boundaries of the property on which such use is located and which produces no noise exceeding the average intensity of noise of street traffic at that point and provided that such use does not create fire hazards on surrounding property.
2. 
A "high risk or hazardous industrial use" is permitted by specific use permit only. In this division, "high risk or hazardous industrial use" means any industrial use whose operation, in the opinion of the Fire Chief, involves a much higher than average risk to public health and safety. These uses include but are not limited to facilities where significant amounts of radiation, radioactive materials, highly toxic chemicals or substances, or highly combustible or explosive materials are present, used, produced, stored, or disposed of.
D. 
Permitted Uses.
Permitted uses shall be in accordance with the "Schedule of Uses" as outlined in § 3.1.3 of article 3.
(Ordinance 15-74, adopted 12/8/2015)