[Amended 1-8-1992 by Ord. No. 92-001; 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 93-001]
A. 
A building or land shall be used for the following purposes, consisting of general light industrial, warehousing and storage uses, including certain open or enclosed storage of products, materials and vehicles, and including the following uses and similar uses which are not likely to create any more offensive noise, vibration, dust, heat, smoke, odor, glare or other objectionable influences than the minimum amount normally resulting for other uses listed, such listed uses being generally wholesale establishments, service industries and light industries that manufacture, process, store and distribute goods and materials and are, in general, dependent on raw materials, refined elsewhere, and manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment, as specified, of the following products or similar products:
(1) 
Any use permitted in the UR1 Urban Residential District, UR2 Medium Residential District, UR3 Neighborhood Residential District, UB1 Urban Business District, UB2 Neighborhood Business District, UB3 Professional Business District or LI1 Limited Industrial District, provided that the provisions of the districts are met, where applicable.
(2) 
Agriculture or farm implement manufacture, sale, storage or repair.
(3) 
Aircraft and aircraft parts.
(4) 
Aluminum extrusion, rolling, fabrication and forming.
(5) 
Animal, poultry and bird raising, commercial.
(6) 
Automobiles, trucks, buses, truck motorcycles and bicycles repair and assembly; transmission repair service.
(7) 
Bedding manufacture (mattress, pillow and quilt).
(8) 
Blacksmith shops, not including gas and steam fitting shops.
(9) 
Boat manufacture and repair (vessels less than five tons), boat sales, service, storage or rentals.
(10) 
Building materials (cement, lime in bags or containers, sand gravel, stone lumber, structural or reinforcing steel, pipe and the like) storage and sales, open or enclosed, but no manufacture or steel fabricating or junk storage.
(11) 
Button manufacture.
(12) 
Canning, preserving, drying and freezing of fruit and vegetables.
(13) 
Carbon paper and inked ribbon manufacturer.
(14) 
Condensed and evaporated milk, processing and canning.
(15) 
Dairy operations and dairy products, ice cream, cheese.
(16) 
Electrical appliances or electronic apparatus, medical, optical or drafting equipment, toys, games, musical instruments manufacture or assembly.
(17) 
Equipment rental.
(18) 
Farms and farming.
(19) 
Fertilizer storage in bags or bulk storage or liquid or dry fertilizer in tanks or in a completely enclosed building, but not manufacture or processing.
(20) 
Fireplace logs.
(21) 
Food products manufacture, processing and packaging of such products as candy, chewing gum, cocoa products, coffee, tea and spices, macaroni and noodles.
(22) 
Foundry products manufacture (electrical only).
(23) 
Fuel and petroleum storage and/or distribution centers.
(24) 
Furniture manufacture (wood, reed, rattan, metal, plastic).
(25) 
Grain blending and packaging, but not milling.
(26) 
Heating, ventilating, cooling and refrigeration supplies and appliances.
(27) 
Ice manufacture, including dry ice.
(28) 
Industrial vocational training school, including internal combustion engines.
(29) 
Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants and related industrial and household chemical elements (blending only).
(30) 
Knitting, weaving, printing, finishing of textiles and fibers into fabric goods, or clothing, hats, hosiery.
(31) 
Laundries, linen service.
(32) 
Leather goods manufacture, but not including tanning operations.
(33) 
Livery stables and riding academies.
(34) 
Machinery manufacture and machine shops.
(35) 
Masonry materials and equipment storage.
(36) 
Meat products, packing and processing (not slaughtering).
(37) 
Metal products manufacture, such products as bolts, nails, staples, needles, pins, metal containers, ornamental iron fabrication, silverware and plated wire.
(38) 
Mobile home and modular home manufacturing.
(39) 
Oleomargarine (compounding and packing only).
(40) 
Planning and millwork, lumberyard.
(41) 
Plating, electrolytic process.
(42) 
Plumbing supplies, manufacture, sale or storage.
(43) 
Pulp goods, pressed or molded (including paper mache products).
(44) 
Poultry packing and slaughtering (wholesale).
(45) 
Radiator repair, cleaning and flushing.
(46) 
Railroad switching yard, primarily for railroad service in the district, team tracks and spur tracks.
(47) 
Research centers.
(48) 
Rubber and synthetic treated fabrics (excluding all rubber and synthetic processing).
(49) 
Sheet metal products, ductwork, containers.
(50) 
Shipping container (corrugated board, fiber or wire bound).
(51) 
Soap, washing or cleaning, powder or soda (compounding only).
(52) 
Telephone Central office, including outdoor storage and repair facilities.
(53) 
Theaters, including open-air drive-in theaters.
(54) 
Tire retreading.
(55) 
Tools, dies and hardware products, firearms.
(56) 
Trailer, truck bodies, assembly.
(57) 
Truck and transfer terminal, freight.
(58) 
Warehouses, wholesale houses and distributors, wholesale market.
(59) 
Welding or soldering shops.
(60) 
Wood products manufacture, including baskets, boxes, crates, barrels and veneer.
(61) 
Yarn, threads, cordage and industrial fibers.
[Amended 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 93-001]
The following uses, due to potential accompanying hazards, such as fire, explosion, noise, vibration, dust or the emission of smoke, odor, toxic gases or other pollutants may, if not in conflict with any federal, state, county or Town of Georgetown law or ordinance, be located in LI2 Light Industrial District, only after the location and nature of such use have been approved by the Town Council, after public hearing thereon. The Town Council shall review the plans and statements and shall not permit such buildings, structures or uses until it has been shown that the public health, safety, morals and general welfare will be properly protected and that necessary safeguards will be provided for the protection of water areas or surrounding properties and persons. The Town Council, in reviewing the plans and statements, shall consult with other agencies created for the promotion of public health and safety and shall pay particular attention to protection of the Town of Georgetown and its water areas from the harmful effects of air or water pollution of any type.
A. 
Stone crushing, asphalt and wood recycling, provided that:
(1) 
Any equipment used in stone crushing or asphalt and wood recycling shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from any residence and shall be set back in minimum of 200 feet from any public roadway and a minimum of 40 feet from any side property line or rear property line.
(2) 
That portion of the site utilized for stone crushing or asphalt and wood recycling must be fenced in.
(3) 
Material stock piles may not exceed 25% of lot area, and shall be set back a minimum of 40 feet from any side property line or rear property line.
(4) 
The minimum lot area shall be eight acres.
(5) 
There shall be installed berm or decorative fencing to obstruct the view of equipment and stock piles.
(6) 
Site plan approval must be obtained which shall include, but not be limited to, a designation of vehicular routes to be used to gain access to the site, maximum noise levels at the site and maximum hours of operation.
[Amended 12-16-1992 by Ord. No. 93-001]
A permitted accessory use shall be the storage of goods or materials used in or produced by permitted commercial and industrial uses or related activities, subject to applicable district regulations.
Fencing for the storage or protection of supplies or materials or public safety shall be permitted, provided the height may not extend higher than eight feet.
Sufficient screening approved by the Planning Commission shall be required to separate the district from other districts and residences, as well as other uses in the district.
The regulations set forth in this article are supplemented or modified by the provisions contained in the following articles:
A. 
Article XX, Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements.
B. 
Article XXI, Height, Area and Bulk Requirements.
C. 
Article XXII, Signs.
D. 
Article XXIII, Board of Adjustment.
E. 
Article XXIV, Nonconforming Uses.
Definitions are set forth in Article III.