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134-3. USeS DRAFT

Industrial Use Category

1. No more than 3 vehicles may be stored outdoors with a sales area of at least 625 square feet, with
while awaiting repair or pick-up. direct access from the main building entrance.
2. Vehicles awaiting repair or pick-up may not B. limited. Uses that process, fabricate, assemble,
occupy required parking spaces. treat, or package finished parts or products without
3. All vehicles must be have current license tags. the use of explosive or petroleum materials.
This subcategory does not include the assembly
4. Outdoor storage of junk, debris, tires or vehicle of large equipment and machinery and has
parts is prohibited. very limited external impacts in terms of noise,
e. Vehicle Maintenance and repair, Major. Uses vibration, odor, hours of operation, and traffic.
that primarily conduct motor vehicle body work and Common examples include apparel manufacturing,
repairs or that apply paint to the exterior or interior bakery products manufacturing, bottling plants,
surfaces of motor vehicles by spraying, dipping, ice manufacturing, mattress manufacturing and
flow-coating or other similar means. Major vehicle assembly, microbreweries, micro distilleries, musical
maintenance and repair uses are subject to the instrument manufacturing, newspaper printing and
following supplemental use regulations: binderies.
1. No more than 3 vehicles may be stored outdoors c. General. Uses that process, fabricate, assemble,
while awaiting repair or pick-up. or treat materials for the production of large
2. Vehicles awaiting repair or pick-up may not equipment and machines as well as fabrication
and production uses that because of their scale
occupy required parking spaces. or method of operation regularly produce odors,
3. Vehicles awaiting repair or pick-up must be dust, noise, vibration, truck traffic or other external
screened from view of rights-of-way. impacts that are detectable beyond the property
4. All vehicles must be have current license tags. lines of the subject property. Common examples
5. Outdoor storage of junk, debris, tires or vehicle include dairy products manufacturing, foundries,
chrome plating, crematoriums, electroplating,
parts is prohibited. fiberglass manufacturing, flour mills and paper
products manufacturing.
134-3.6 industrial Use category D. intensive. Uses that regularly use hazardous
The industrial use category includes uses that produce chemicals or procedures or produce hazardous
goods from extracted materials or from recyclable byproducts, including the following: manufacturing of
or previously prepared materials, including the acetylene, cement, lime, gypsum or plaster-of-paris,
design, storage and handling of these products and chlorine, corrosive acid or fertilizer, insecticides,
the materials from which they are produced. It also disinfectants, poisons, explosives, paint, lacquer,
includes uses that store or distribute materials or varnish, petroleum products, coal products, plastic
goods in large quantities and uses involved in basic and synthetic resins, and radioactive materials. This
industrial processes. subcategory also includes petrochemical tank farms,
gasification plants, smelting, animal slaughtering, oil
3.6.1 FABricAtiON AND PrODUctiON refining, asphalt and concrete plants, and tanneries.
Uses primarily involved in the manufacturing, Intensive industrial uses have high potential for
processing, fabrication, packaging, or assembly of goods external impacts on the surrounding area in terms
made for the wholesale market, for transfer to other of noise, vibration, odor, hours of operation, and
plants, or for firms or consumers. traffic.
A. Artisan. Uses involved in the creation of art
works or custom goods by hand manufacturing 3.6.2 iNDUStriAl SerVice
involving the use of hand tools and small-scale, light Uses engaged in the maintenance, repair or servicing of
mechanical equipment in a completely enclosed industrial, business or consumer machinery. Examples
building with no outdoor operations, storage or include janitorial, carpet cleaning, extermination,
regular commercial truck parking/loading, but plumbing, electrical, window cleaning and similar
which may include retail sales of goods produced building maintenance services; welding shops; machine
on on-site. Where subject to supplemental use shops; heavy truck servicing and repair; publishing and
regulations, artisan fabrication and production uses lithography; redemption centers; laundry, dry-cleaning,
must include retail sales of goods produced on-site, and carpet cleaning plants; photofinishing laboratories

134-3-14 DRAFT AUgUST 3, 2017