Chapter 18.55
I-2 VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT

Sections:

18.55.010    Purpose.

18.55.020    Permitted uses.

18.55.030    Permitted accessory uses.

18.55.040    Conditional uses.

18.55.050    Lot area, width and coverage.

18.55.010 Purpose.

The I-2 business park district is established to provide a comprehensive employment park with an attractive working environment conducive to the development of offices, research and development institutions, and light manufacturing establishments of a nonnuisance type. The district is designed to be a fully serviced development in a park-like setting, and benefit neighbors and the community as a whole. It is the intent that all parcels of land zoned I-2 shall have protective covenants and restrictions approved by the village and properly recorded prior to development. [Ord. dated 3/6/12 § 99; Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-32].

18.55.020 Permitted uses.

The following uses are permitted in the I-2 district subject to the performance covenants and restrictions on the land:

(a) Research, development, and testing laboratories and facilities and the manufacture or fabrication of products in conjunction with such research and development.

(b) Manufacture, production, processing, cleaning, servicing, or repair of the following:

(1) Technically oriented materials, goods or products generally associated with such fields as electronics, medical and dental supplies, optics, process design and software development, scientific instruments, robotics, communications, and energy and the environment.

(2) Small-scale products (finished weight not exceeding 100 pounds, or in 55-gallon containers) related to resource industries of agriculture and food production, forestry, petrochemicals and mining.

(3) Other products primarily using light industrial processes which are connected to buildings, in which the open areas around such buildings are not used for the storage of goods or materials or for any industrial purpose other than loading and unloading operations; and which are not noxious or offensive by reason of emissions beyond the confines of the building.

(c) Offices and professional buildings, including banks and financial institutions.

(d) Printing and publishing.

(e) Telecommunication centers.

(f) Wholesaling.

(g) Restaurants, conference centers, and hotel and motel facilities not to exceed 20 percent of the gross land area of all contiguous parcels zoned I-2. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-32].

18.55.030 Permitted accessory uses.

(a) Educational and training centers.

(b) Nursery schools and daycare centers primarily for children of persons employed in the business park.

(c) Temporary buildings for construction purposes, for a period not to exceed the duration of the construction.

(d) Warehouse and mini-warehousing.

(e) Signs as permitted by village ordinance.

(f) Off-street parking and loading as regulated by village ordinance. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-32].

18.55.040 Conditional uses.

The following conditional uses may be allowed in the I-2 district subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.125 AMC:

(a) Warehousing and mini-warehousing not accessory to a business or industry within the business park.

(b) Industrial uses that are in keeping with the statement of purpose for the I-2 district, but which are not permitted uses. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-32].

18.55.050 Lot area, width and coverage.

(a) Lots shall have a minimum area of 15,000 square feet.

(b) Lots shall not be less than 75 feet in width.

(c) The floor area ratio within the I-2 district shall not exceed 0.5.

(d) Building Heights. No structure shall exceed 45 feet in height.

(e) Yards.

(1) Side Yards. Interior side yards shall be a minimum of 20 feet and corner side yards shall be a minimum of 30 feet.

(2) Front Yard Setback. There shall be a minimum front yard setback of 30 feet. Where adjacent lots within the block front, or those lots on both sides of a lot within 300 feet along the block front, whichever is less, are occupied by a principal structure having a setback less than 30 feet from the street, the required front yard depth shall be equal to or greater than the average setback of the adjacent structures. If only one lot is occupied by a principal structure, the front yard depth shall be one-half the sum of 30 feet plus the depth of the setback of the adjacent principal structure.

(3) Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a minimum depth of 20 feet. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-32].