CHAPTER 14-500. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
§14-506.1. "L-5" Limited Industrial District. [168]
(1) Use Regulations. The specific uses permitted in this
district shall be the erection, construction, alteration or use of buildings,
structures and/or land for the following uses, to be conducted wholly within a
completely enclosed building, or an inner court, except for off-street parking
and loading incidental to the use, and the uses specified in paragraphs (a), (k)
and (t) below:
(a) The uses permitted in any Commercial District with
all use qualifications removed, except as follows:
(.1) Dwellings,
except such as are used for the residence of a caretaker, watchman, or custodian
on the same lot with the principal use and located at least ten feet from any
other building;
(.2) Outdoor advertising signs;
(.3) Uses
requiring a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate in any Commercial District
shall require a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate in this
District;
(.4) When any use is herein defined, listed, or prohibited,
the regulations of this district shall apply;
(b) Bottling, canning
and/or distribution of liquids for human consumption, including the manufacture
of soft drinks and carbonated waters;
(c) Building material storage,
carpenter, plumbing, roofing and heating shops; provided there is no open air
storage of materials;
(d) Carpet cleaning and
repairing;
(e) Central heating plant;
(f) Cinema, radio and
television studio; radio and television transmission tower, provided a Zoning
Board of Adjustment Certificate is obtained;
(g) Die cutting of
purchased paper, purchased paperboard or purchased cardboard; pressing and
moulding of purchased paper pulp goods; printing and embossing of purchased
wallpaper stock; excluding any manufacture or processing of pulp, waste paper,
or waste paper products;
(h) Distribution plants, parcel delivery, cold
storage plants, and food commissaries;
(i) Drying, dehydrating and/or
packaging of fruits and vegetables; and the freezing of fruits, fruit juices,
vegetables and meats and the packaging of such frozen
products;
(j) Laundry and dry cleaning;
(k) Water booster or
sewer booster substations, telephone exchange buildings, railroad passenger
stations, electric transforming or gas regulating substations; provided, that
any facilities used in connection with an electric transferring or gas
regulating substation located in the open air shall:
(.1) Not be
within 50 feet of any Residential District;
(.2) Have a green belt at
least four feet high containing evergreens, shrubbery and/or trees to be planted
and maintained in an area at least ten feet in depth around the entire inside
perimeter of the lot, except at points of ingress or
egress;
(l) Laboratories (analytical, chemical, and research) and assay
offices, not to exceed 5,000 square feet in gross floor area; provided, that any
laboratory animals shall be kept within completely enclosed buildings at all
times;
(m) Manufacture of:
(.1) Advertising displays and
signs;
(.2) Apparel and garments of all sorts; lace, linen and fur
goods; textile raincoats and outer garments of textile; apparel accessories;
curtains, draperies and textile house furnishings; canvas products; trimmings,
stamped art goods and needlework; embroideries; pleatings, stitchings and
tuckings; felt goods; and other kindred textile
articles;
(.3) Automatic merchandising and amusement
machines;
(.4) Bread and other bakery products;
(.5) Butter,
cheese, condensed and evaporated milk, ice cream and frozen desserts, and
special dairy products;
(.6) Candy, chocolate, cocoa, chewing gum, and
other confectionery products;
(.7) Cigarettes, cigars, smoking and
chewing tobacco, and snuff;
(.8) Cleaning, polishing and sanitation
preparations (excluding soap and detergents), provided a Zoning Board of
Adjustment Certificate is obtained;
(.9) Drugs, including biological
products, botanical products; medicines and pharmaceutical
preparations;
(.10) Electrical measuring instruments, and test
equipment; switchgear and switchboard apparatus; electrical industrial controls;
electrical welding apparatus; electrical household appliances; electrical wiring
and wiring equipment (including light bulbs and lighting fixtures); radio and
television receiving sets; communication equipment; X-ray apparatus and tubes;
electrical equipment for internal combustion engines; and kindred electrical
components and products; provided, that no process involving coating with rubber
shall be permitted in this district;
(.11) Engineering, laboratory,
scientific and research instruments; mechanical measuring and controlling
instruments; automatic temperature controls; optical instruments and lenses;
surgical, medical, and dental instruments and supplies; ophthalmic goods;
watches, clocks, clockwork operated devices and watch cases; sighting and
gunnery fire-control equipment; provided, that any fully assembled product
regularly produced by any use in this subparagraph shall not exceed 2,000 pounds
in weight, except on approval of the Zoning Board of
Adjustment;
(.12) Furniture, partitions, shelving, lockers, office and
store fixtures, venetian blinds and window shades;
(.13) Games, toys,
children’s vehicles, sporting and athletic goods;
(.14) Paper
envelopes and bags; paperboard and fibre boxes, tubes, drums, and containers;
other paper and paperboard products; provided, that the products herein shall be
made from purchased paperboard, or purchased fibre board; and further provided,
that the manufacture or processing of pulp, waste paper or waste paper products
is prohibited;
(.15) Jewelry; jewelers’ findings and materials;
lapidary work (including the cutting and polishing of diamonds); dolls; pens,
pen points, mechanical pencils and parts; hand stamps, stationery seals;
stencils, costume jewelry and costume novelties; ornamental feathers, plumes and
artificial flowers; needles, pins and fasteners; lamp shades (except of glass or
metal); umbrellas, parasols, and canes; tobacco pipes and cigarette holders;
scale models; insignia, emblems and badges;
(.16) Leather gloves and
mittens, luggage, handbags and personal leather goods, excluding footwear and
saddlery;
(.17) Lead pencils; crayons; kindred artist materials;
carbon paper; inked ribbons; steel letters; and figures for
marking;
(.18) Macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, ravioli and
noodles;
(.19) Statuary and art goods made of plaster of Paris or
papier-mache;
(.20) Typewriters; computing and accounting machines
(including cash registers); scales and balances; and other office
machines;
(.21) Rope and twine, except if made of jute or
sisal;
(.22) Musical instruments and
parts;
(.23) Photographic equipment and supplies, including processing
of films;
(n) Milk and cream processing and
distribution;
(o) Offices and office record
storage;
(p) Plastic articles from purchased plastic materials;
provided, that no pressure molding or casting shall be
permitted;
(q) Police and fire stations;
(r) Printing,
publishing, and allied arts and trades;
(s) Repair of any products
permitted to be manufactured or produced in this district; provided, that this
paragraph shall not be construed to limit repair uses specifically permitted in
any Commercial District;
(t) Rail freight, truck terminal or other
similar necessary public utility uses; provided, that any facilities used in
connection therewith located in the open air shall:
(.1) Not be within
100 feet of any Residential District;
(.2) Have a green belt at least
four feet high containing evergreen, shrubbery and/or trees to be planted and
maintained in an area at least ten feet in depth along any boundary of the lot
facing a Residential District;
(u) Storage buildings and warehouses,
not including storage and baling of junk, scrap metal, rags, waste paper or used
rubber;
(v) Accessory uses, customarily incidental to any of the above
permitted uses.
(2) Use Conditions. The above uses are permitted
only when the following conditions are met:
(a) All uses in this
district shall be carried on exclusively with off-site prepared ingredients
and/or materials;
(b) Except as herein defined, listed, or permitted,
all General Industrial or Least Restricted uses shall be
prohibited;
(c) No kiln shall be fired except by oil, gas or
electricity, and no individual kiln capacity shall exceed 200 cubic
feet;
(d) No blast or reverberatory furnaces, or foundries shall be
used;
(e) No punch or stamping presses over 20 tons rated capacity
shall be used;
(f) No drop hammers shall be used;
(g) Any
floodlight shall be focused onto the property, and no combustion or welding
shall be visible beyond the lot lines;
(h) Where any fully assembled
product regularly produced by any use under Section (1) above exceeds 2,000
pounds in weight, such use shall require a Zoning Board of Adjustment
Certificate.
(3) Area Regulations.
(a) Occupied
area. Not more than 80% of the lot area shall be occupied by
buildings.
(b) Open area. The open area shall be not less than
20% of the lot area. To be computed as open area, rear and side yards shall be
not less than the minimum widths as required by this
Section.
(c) Yards.
(.1) Front. No front yard
shall be required.
(.2) Side. No side yard shall be required,
but if any is used, it shall be a minimum width of 8
feet.
(.3) Rear. No rear yard shall be required, but if any is
used, it shall have a minimum depth of 8 feet.
(4) Height
Regulations. The maximum height of any structure shall be 60 feet above the
average ground level at the base of the structure.
(5) Floor
Area. No building in this district shall have a gross floor area greater
than 400% of the area of the lot.
(6) Off-street Loading.
Off-street loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 14-1400
of this Title.
(7) Off-street Parking. With every building
erected or extended in this district, after the effective date of this
ordinance, there shall be provided one off-street parking space for each 2,000
square feet of floor area within such building, in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 14-1400 of this Title; provided,
that:
(a) Parking required for extensions or additions shall be
computed for the floor area of the extended or added portion
only.
(8) Signs. Signs shall be permitted in this district only
under the following conditions:
(a) Signs shall pertain to the
permitted use of the building.
(b) Signs shall not be erected nor
projected above the roof line or wall coping.
(c) Lots facing one
street line shall be permitted a sign area of three square feet for each lineal
foot of street line.
(d) Lots facing more than one street line shall be
permitted a sign area upon each street line.
(.1) The shorter street line
frontage shall be permitted a sign area of three square feet for each lineal
foot of street line.
(.2) The longer street line frontage shall be
permitted a sign area of the two square feet for each lineal foot of street
line; provided, that in no case shall the total sign area on the longer street
line frontage be less than the equivalent sign area permitted upon the shorter
street line frontage.
(.3) Where a lot has two or more short and/or
long street line frontages, the provisions of (.1) and (.2) shall apply to each
of said street frontages.
(e) The sign areas permitted in subparagraph
(d) above may be cumulated and located on any street frontage; provided, that
the total sign area permitted for the lot is not exceeded.
(f) Signs
which are free-standing structures on the ground shall not exceed 20 feet in
height, measured from the average level of the ground of the lot to the top of
said structure.
(g) Signs may be animated or illuminated; provided,
that the illumination shall be focused upon the sign itself, so as to prevent
glare upon the surrounding areas.
(h) Signs with flashing or
intermittent illumination shall not be erected within 100 feet of any
Residential District, nor facing any Residential District within 200 feet of the
sign.
(i) Signs which revolve shall require a Certificate from the
Zoning Board of Adjustment.
(j) Any revolving device which causes
intermittent flashes of light to be projected shall be prohibited.