The I-2 Heavy Industrial Districts are primarily
for general and heavy industrial uses and development, with provisions
to help ensure that the integrity of nearby community development
and the overall environmental quality of the community are safeguarded.
The following uses are permitted in an I-2 Heavy Industrial District, subject to Planning Board approval under the provisions of Article
XI, Site Development Plan Review:
A. All those uses and buildings permitted in the I-1
Light Industrial District.
B. Commercial sand and gravel excavation, rock and stone crushing and mixing stone and gravel with asphaltic oils or other binders. Temporary permits (§
130-79) may be considered for a mixing plant in other zoning districts when these are for a particular construction project of limited duration.
C. Solid waste management operations, including recycling
center, waste-to-energy facilities and landfill disposal facilities,
and accessory uses and buildings in conjunction with the foregoing
uses.
D. The storage or processing of scrap metal, automobile
graveyards or disassembly plants; the storage of secondhand building
materials; or the storage, baling or treatment of junk, rags, bottles
or scrap paper contained entirely within a building.
E. Other industrial uses which are not expressly prohibited in §
130-38 below and which, by their individual characteristics, are determined to be dissimilar in nature to those listed in said section.
The following uses are prohibited in the I-2
Heavy Industrial District:
A. Any process of assembly, manufacture or treatment
of an unusually hazardous nature, including but not limited to such
things as the manufacture and storage of fireworks and explosives
and explosive or poisonous gases except as may be necessary and incidental
to a permitted industrial process; the manufacture of illuminating
gas and the storage of illuminating gas.
B. Roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels and
similar amusement features, except in connection with a carnival or
circus having a special permit issued by the appropriate Town authority.