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Section 603: Development Regulations for any Industrial Use603.1: Provisions of UseAny permitted principal and/or accessory industrial use shall be subject to the followinguse regulations.(1) All accessory storage of junk, waste, discarded or salvaged material, machinery orequipment, including automobile, truck or other vehicle parts shall not be permittedexcept within a completely enclosed structure or solid wall or fence of at least six (6)feet in height.(2) Access driveways and entrances shall be paved or concreted. Access driveways andentrances shall be permitted in locations in which sight distance is adequate to allowsafe movement of traffic in or out of the driveway or entrance, the free movement ofnormal street traffic is not impaired and the driveway or entrance will not create ahazard or an area of undue traffic congestion on streets to which it has access. Thezoning officer may require the permit applicant to submit engineering data and/ortraffic analyses to support its proposed plan of access driveways and entrances.(3) Adequate storm drainage facilities shall be installed to ensure that stormwater doesnot flow onto abutting property, sidewalks or streets in such quantities as to causedetrimental effect or inconvenience. Maximum rates of stormwater runoff from theproperty after development shall not be greater than as existed prior to thedevelopment.(4) Any part or portion of a lot developed for industrial uses which are not used forbuildings, other structures, parking or loading spaces or aisles, driveways, sidewalksand designated storage areas shall be planted and maintained with grass or other allseason ground cover vegetation. Grass shall be kept neatly mowed. Landscapingwith trees and shrubs is permitted and encouraged.(5) It shall not emit any noxious, toxic, or corrosive fumes or gases nor shall it emit anyoffensive odors.(6) It shall provide necessary shielding or other protective measures against interferenceoccasioned by mechanical equipment or uses or processes with electrical apparatus.(7) All exterior lighting shall be placed and shielded so as not to create a nuisance foradjacent properties and passing motorists.38
603.2: Buffer and Screening Requirements for any Industrial UseWhere any permitted principal and/or accessory industrial use, excluding governmentservices and public utilities, abuts any land zoned residential or abuts any landcommercially or industrially zoned that contains an existing residential use, the followingbuffer and screening shall be required. These requirements shall apply in instances wheresuch use is located within 50 feet of the abutting residential lot line, is being newlydeveloped on vacant land, expanded in floor area by 50% or greater, or removed and a newuse developed.(1) A building setback of at least 50 feet shall be maintained along the entire length of aside or rear yard where it abuts a Residential District or a commercial or industrialzoned lot with an existing residential use.(2) Inclusive in the 50 foot setback a buffer strip at least 10 feet wide shall be providedand maintained along the entire length of a side or rear yard where it abuts aresidential district or a business district with an existing residential use. Buffer stripsshall not be used for parking, storage of vehicles, equipment or materials, nor for anyother use incompatible with their purpose as a visual, noise, dust and pollutionbarrier.(2) The buffer strip shall contain suitable screening of the following type:(a) A sight-obscuring planting of two off-set rows of evergreens, not less than 4feet in height at the time of planting and of a variety that will maintain full,dense growth from the ground up to a height of not less than 6 feet uponmaturity, planted at a spacing of the lesser of 8 feet or the diameter of a maturespecimen of the species being planted. The evergreen specimen shall be of atype suitable to the surrounding area as determined by the <strong>Zoning</strong> Officer.(b)A sight-obscuring thick hedge, or a solid fence or wall four to six feet in height.(3) Areas of the buffer strip not covered with a fence, wall or screening plantings shall beplanted with grass or other appropriate ground cover vegetation.(4) Installation and maintenance of the buffer and screening shall be the responsibility ofthe owner of the property on which the permitted use is located. Installation must becompleted prior to issuance of a Certificate of Use and Occupancy by the <strong>Zoning</strong>Officer. Fences or walls must be maintained in safe and structurally sound condition.Dead or diseased plants shall be removed and replaced within 180 days. Grass shallbe kept neatly mowed.39
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Page 9 and 10: ARTICLE ISHORT TITLE - PURPOSE - SC
Page 11 and 12: ARTICLE IICOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJ
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Page 38 and 39: operated by a medical practitioner
Page 40 and 41: ARTICLE VIDEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS F
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Page 44 and 45: (2) Access driveways and entrances
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Page 54 and 55: (7) Special event signs- advertisin
Page 56 and 57: 703.5: Sign Requirements TableZonin
Page 58 and 59: 705.1: Applications for Sign Permit
Page 60 and 61: 707.1: TermA temporary sign permit
Page 62 and 63: ARTICLE VIIIPARKING AND LOADING REG
Page 64 and 65: Medical OfficesHotel, Motel, Touris
Page 66 and 67: Public Utility FacilitiesEssential
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Page 70 and 71: 802.5: Lot CoverageMajor recreation
Page 72 and 73: (3) Terraces:Where a terrace exists
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Page 78 and 79: 1004.2 - Any non-conforming use may
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Page 82 and 83: 1102.3: Forms of ApplicationThe App
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Forestry. The management of forests
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(2) The place where members of a lo
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Parking Space. A space, whether out
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- Billboard. A sign which directs a
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- Suspended Sign. A sign that is su
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Transient. Any individual residing
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ARTICLE XVIIIEFFECTIVE DATESection
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