§ 1313. HI heavy industrial district.

The HI heavy industrial district is established as a manufacturing district in which outside storage of products is permitted.

1313.01 The uses permitted in LI light industrial district are permitted in the HI heavy industrial district with the following exceptions from section 1312.01: p., v., x., y., mm.

1313.02 In addition to the abovementioned permitted uses, the following uses are also permitted in the HI heavy industrial district:

a.

Aggregates, soil, and fill dirt stockpiling and storage.

b.

Alcohol and alcoholic beverages manufacture.

c.

Brick, tile, clay pipe and other clay products.

d.

Bus repair and storage terminals.

e.

Canvas and burlap products manufacture, sale and storage.

f.

Coal or coke yards.

g.

Contractor's plants or storage yards.

h.

Cooperage works.

i.

Cosmetics and perfume manufacture.

j.

Dairy products processing, bottling, distribution, and ice cream manufacture, all on a wholesale basis.

k.

Dye stuff manufacture.

l.

Electric light or power generating station.

m.

Emery cloth or sandpaper manufacture.

n.

Enameling, japanning, lacquering, or the plating or galvanizing of metals.

o.

Excelsior and fiber manufacture.

p.

Farm machinery assembly, repair and sales.

q.

Repealed.

r.

Feed and seed processing.

s.

Felt manufacture.

t.

Flammable liquids: handling and storage in bulk, provided the same comply with applicable codes.

u.

Flour, feed, and seed processing.

v.

Foundries casting nonferrous metals where conducted wholly within an enclosed structure, except for open air storage and having a total furnace capacity of not more than 1,000 aluminum pounds.

w.

Foundries producing iron and steel products.

x.

Gasoline storage aboveground provided the same comply with applicable codes and regulations.

y.

Glass manufacture.

z.

Grain elevators.

aa.

Heavy industry not otherwise listed, as conditional use provided board of adjustment finds such industry is similar to other industries in HI heavy industrial district.

bb.

Industrial chemical manufacture except highly corrosive materials.

cc.

Insulation material manufacture and sale.

dd.

Lumberyards, building materials, storage and sale.

ee.

Machine tool manufacture.

ff.

Metal fabrication plants using plate and structural shapes and including boiler or tank works.

gg.

Mixing plants for concrete, or paving materials and manufacture of concrete products.

hh.

Office complex.

ii.

Oxygen manufacture and/or storage.

jj.

Paint and enamel manufacture not employing a boiling process.

kk.

Paper, pulp, cardboard, wood pellet and building board manufacture.

ll.

Planing or saw mills.

mm.

Plastics manufacture.

nn.

Plating works.

oo.

Plumbing shop and yard.

pp.

Potash works.

qq.

Pottery, porcelain and vitreous china manufacture.

rr.

Poultry dressing for wholesale and related retail activities.

ss.

Public utility service and storage yards.

tt.

Railroad car repair and manufacture.

uu.

Railroad freight yards, terminals or classification yards.

vv.

Repair and servicing of industrial equipment machinery, except railroad equipment.

ww.

Rock crushers.

xx.

Rodenticide, insecticide and pesticide mixing plants.

yy.

Repealed.

zz.

Scrap material storage yards.

aaa.

Sheet metal shops.

bbb.

Sign manufacture, painting, and maintenance.

ccc.

Signs: outdoor advertising signs, as permitted in article XIV, section 1408, and otherwise as permitted in article XIV, section 1410.

ddd.

Soap, detergent and washing compound manufacture.

eee.

Stonecutting, monument manufacture and sales.

fff.

Storage warehouses and yards, but not including scrap material storage yards.

ggg.

Storage yards, but not including scrap material storage yards.

hhh.

Tar and waterproofing materials manufacture, treatment and storage.

iii.

Textile machinery manufacture.

jjj.

Tire recapping and retreading.

kkk.

Truck terminals, repair shops, hauling and storage yards.

lll.

Repealed.

(Ord. of 4-19-84; Ord. of 4-4-88; Amend. of 12-5-05; Res. of 7-2-12, §§ 1, 3)

1313.03 Dimensional requirements:

a.

Minimum required mean lot width—50 feet.

b.

Minimum required front yard—30 feet.

c.

Minimum required side yards. At least 12 feet on one side of every principal building provided that on a corner lot such side yard shall be on the street side. Where a lot sides upon a lot zoned residential or office and institutional there shall be a side yard of at least six feet in width. In all cases where a side yard not required is provided, it shall be at least four feet in width.

d.

Minimum required rear yard. Ten feet is required except where the rear yard abuts upon a residential or office and institutional district there shall be a rear yard of 15 feet.

e.

No building shall exceed 45 feet in height unless the depth of front and width of side yards required herein are increased one foot for each two feet, or fraction thereof, of building height in excess of 45 feet.

(Res. of 7-2-12, § 2)

1313.04 Location of accessory buildings: No accessory building shall be erected in any required front or side yard. An accessory building may be located in a rear yard provided it is located a distance of not less than eight feet from any principal building and three feet from the rear lot line; and provided further, that on reversed corner lots no accessory building shall extend toward the street line beyond the required front yard line of the lot to the rear or nearer than 15 feet to the street line whichever is the greater.

1313.05 Corner visibility: On a corner lot, within the triangular area formed by the centerlines of the intersecting streets and a direct line joining points in such centerlines at a distance of 80 feet from their intersection, there shall be no obstruction to vision between a height of two feet and a height of ten feet above the average centerline grades of the streets, such grades being measured along the above cited 80-foot portions.

1313.06 Offstreet parking: As required in article XVI.

1313.07 Offstreet loading and unloading: As required in article XVI.

1313.08 The following uses may be permitted upon the approval of the Halifax County board of adjustment, in accordance with article VII, section 701.03 of this ordinance. It shall be the duty of the board of adjustment to hold a public hearing in regard to any proposed conditional use in order to review the plans for the location and use of all buildings, structures, and open land. The board of adjustment shall evaluate the effect of the proposed conditional use on the surrounding property and on the traffic capacity of the existing road system.

a.

Circuses, carnivals, fairs, sideshows operated for profit, racing of motor vehicles or animals only when granted by a special use permit.

b.

Public utility transformer substations, transmission towers, and water tanks on towers, and telephone central offices but not service or storage yards as permitted as a conditional use in all districts subject to the conditions as specified in article XIV, section 1403. Public utility distribution lines shall be permitted as a permitted use in all zoning districts.

c.

Reclamation landfills, temporary, as permitted in article XIV, section 1401.

d.

Temporary uses subject to the appeal to the board of adjustment.

e.

Heavy industry not otherwise listed provided the board of adjustment finds such industry is similar to other industries in HI heavy industrial district.

f.

Electronic gaming operations (as defined in subsection 1413.01), arcades or similar forms of amusement and entertainment within the establishment.

(Res. of 7-10-17(1), § 4)