Unified Development Ordinance

Sec. 6.5.1. Heavy Industrial

Sec. 6.5.1. Heavy Industrial

  1. Heavy Industrial Use Category
    Any facility that involves dangerous, noxious or offensive uses or a facility that has smoke, odor, noise, glare, fumes, gas, vibration, threat of fire or explosion, emission of particulate matter, interference with radio, television reception, radiation or any other likely cause. Heavy industrial includes the following uses.
    1. Asbestos, radioactive materials.
    2. Animal processing, packing, treating and storage, concentrate plant, processing of food and related products, production of lumber, tobacco, chemical, rubber, leather, clay, bone, paper, pulp, plastic, stone, or glass materials or products, production or fabrication of metals or metal products including enameling and galvanizing.
    3. Automobile dismantlers and recyclers.
    4. Bulk storage of flammable liquids, chemical, cosmetics, drug, soap, paints, fertilizers and abrasive products.
    5. Commercial feed lot.
    6. Concrete batching and asphalt processing and manufacture, batch plant Earth moving, heavy construction equipment, transportation equipment.
    7. Detention center, jail, prison.
    8. Explosives.
    9. Fabricated metal products and machinery.
    10. Industrial sign-making.
    11. Leather and leather products includes tanning and finishing.
    12. Lumberyard and wood products.
    13. Manufactured or modular housing sales.
    14. Outdoor storage yard for vehicles.
    15. Primary metal manufacturing.
    16. Pulp mill, rubber and plastic products, rubber manufacturing.
    17. Scrap metal processors, sawmill, secondary materials dealers.
    18. Trailer leasing, auction vehicle, broker vehicle.
    19. Tire recapping, tobacco products, transportation equipment.
  2. Detention Center, Jail, Prison
    1. Defined
      A secured facility for the incarceration of individuals either awaiting trial or convicted of a crime.
  3. Towing Yard for Vehicles
    1. Defined
      A facility for the impound and temporary storage of vehicles that is operated by someone engaged in the wrecker or towing business.
    2. Use Standards
      1. The facility must be used exclusively for vehicle storage and no parts from stored vehicles can be sold.
      2. The towing yard shall not be located on a site with frontage along a Major Street or on a site within 100 feet of a Major Street.
      3. The towing yard shall not be located on a site with frontage along a rail corridor or on a site within 1,320 feet of a rail corridor.
      4. No part of any vehicular surface area or vehicle storage yard enclosure shall be closer than 150 feet from a Residential District or residential use.