Chapter 16.206 — INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

The purpose of the Industrial "I" Zoning Districts is to:

A.

Designate adequate land for businesses, manufacturing and industrial operations, and related storage, distribution and services supporting industry in the city;

B.

Maintain and strengthen the city's economic and fiscal resources and provide employment opportunities for residents of the city and surrounding communities.

C.

Establish appropriate development and design standards and buffering requirements to protect adjacent uses and ensure land use compatibility; and

D.

Minimize the impacts of industrial development on adjacent residents.

More specifically, the purposes of the industrial zoning districts are as follows:

IL Limited Industrial: The IL Zoning District is intended to create and establish regulations for a diverse range of light industrial and supportive uses as well as limited office and live/work uses. This district is primarily intended to accommodate industrial and flex space types of development.

IG General Industrial: The IG Zoning District is intended to create and establish regulations for a broad range of industrial activities, including general industrial, heavy industrial, manufacturing and supportive ancillary offices. This district is intended for activities that may potentially generate more noise, hazards and truck traffic than those in the IL district and establishes buffering and transition standards for any adjacent residential uses. Uses in this designation may also utilize rail and ships to transport materials and manufactured goods.

Table 16.206-A: Development Standards : Industrial Districts, prescribes the development standards for industrial districts. Additional regulations are denoted in a right-hand column. Chapter numbers in this column refer to other chapters of the Zoning Code, while individual letters refer to sections that directly follow the table. The numbers in each illustration below refer to corresponding regulations in the "#" column in the associated table.

TABLE 16.206-A: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS : INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

A.

Mixed-Use Development. A combination of permitted industrial or commercial uses may be established in the same building or on the same lot as a live/work use in the IL Zoning District, subject to compliance with all applicable requirements for the use and the development intensity. A minimum of fifty percent of nonresidential space on the ground floor is required along street frontage (street does not include alley).

B.

Transitional Standards. Where an industrial district adjoins an R Zoning District, the following standards apply:

1.

The maximum height is thirty-five feet within fifty feet of an RLD Zoning District, and forty-five feet within fifty feet of an RMD and RHD Zoning Districts.

A landscaped planting area, a minimum of ten feet in width, shall be provided along all residential zoning districts boundaries, with trees planted at a minimum interval of twenty feet.

C.

Perimeter Landscaping. A perimeter planting strip of at least five feet shall be provided along all arterial streets and street frontages that are adjacent to mixed-use and residential zoning districts.

D.

The following additional improvements are required:

1.

Public Improvements.

a.

Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be provided if none already exist or if the existing sidewalks are in poor condition.

b.

Streetlights. Pedestrian-scale streetlights shall be provided.

c.

Street Trees. Shade trees shall be planted no more than thirty feet on center. Tree guards shall be provided. Trees shall be a minimum fifteen gallons in size, and at least ten percent of the required trees shall be twenty-four-inch box size or larger.

2.

Orientation of Primary Building Entrance. The primary building entrance shall face or be oriented to within forty-five degrees of or parallel to the street frontage.

a.

Building Articulation. Building facades shall include building projections or recesses, doorway and window trim, and other details that provide architectural articulation and design interest.

b.

Exterior Building Materials. A unified palette of materials shall be used on all sides of buildings. Exterior building materials shall be stone, brick, stucco, and concrete block, painted wood clapboard, painted metal clapboard or other quality, durable materials.

3.

Pedestrian Access on Large Site (Over ten acres). On-site pedestrian circulation and access must be provided in compliance with the following standards.

a.

Internal Connections. A system of pedestrian walkways shall connect all buildings on a site to each other, to on-site automobile and bicycle parking areas, and to any on-site open space areas or pedestrian amenities.

b.

Circulation Network. Regular connections between on-site walkways and the public sidewalk shall be provided. An on-site walkway shall connect the primary building entry or entries to a public sidewalk on each street frontage.

c.

Transit. Safe and convenient pedestrian connections shall be provided from transit stops to building entrances.

d.

Interior Pedestrian Walkway Design.

i.

Walkways shall have a minimum unobstructed width of six feet and shall be hard-surfaced.

ii.

Where a required walkway crosses driveway, parking areas, or loading areas, it must be clearly identifiable through the use of a raised crosswalk, a different paving material, or similar method.

iii.

Where a required walkway is parallel and adjacent to an auto travel lane, it must be raised or separated from the auto travel lane by a raised curb at least four inches high, bollards, or other physical barrier.

E.

Truck Docks, Loading, and Service Areas. The outermost point of the truck docks, loading, and service areas are not permitted within fifty feet of the boundary of an R Zoning District.

Chapter 16.207 - PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICTS