Appendix A. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE

Appendix 4.0. BASE DISTRICTS

§ 4.5. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

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4.5.1

Intent Statements

Industrial/Business Park (I1)

The I1 District is intended for "clean" (low environmental impact) industrial and commercial uses that will be compatible with neighboring residential, office, and commercial districts. It is intended to accommodate warehousing, distribution, commercial light fabrication, assembly, and storage activities, as well as associated office uses and certain other uses that are incidental to the principal ones as well as certain special uses. To ensure a high-quality industrial/business park setting, strict controls will limit outdoor storage, building facades, and on-site parking lot location and design.

Railroad/Warehouse Industrial (I2)

This district is intended to accommodate already existing industries and warehouses that were developed parallel to the Illinois River and railroad tracks. The intent is to allow these uses to exist and to accommodate redevelopment as the market focus changes the nature of the district. Hence, standards are aimed at encouraging infill development that will maintain current block fronts, while providing for necessary parking and public improvements.

General Industrial District (I3)

The I3 District is intended to accommodate all forms of industrial development allowed in Peoria, including, but not limited to: warehousing, production, fabrication, assembly, and storage activities. Certain retail and other uses, that are incidental to and intended to service employees of the principal industrial uses, also are allowed as special uses.

4.5.2

Permitted Land Uses

Permitted uses by zoning district are set forth in Chapter 5.0, Permitted Land Uses. Every use of land or structures shall be operated in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal regulations including the State of Illinois Pollution Control Board rules and regulations hereby incorporated by reference.

All permitted uses within the industrial districts shall be subject to the performance standards as set forth in 4.5.7.

4.5.3

Site Plan Review

All applications for new construction or substantial additions or changes, to any building or structure as determined by the Zoning Administrator shall be subject to the to the site plan review process as set forth in 2.1.3, Development Review Board.

4.5.4

Building Envelope Standards

Structures, parking, and vehicle areas in the industrial districts shall meet the applicable building envelope standards as set forth below.

	I1	I2	I3
STANDARD
Lot area (min sq. ft.)	21,780	none	none
Lot width (min ft.)	100	none	none

YARDS
Front (min ft.)	25	Avg. ⁽¹⁾	Avg. ⁽¹⁾
Side, Interior (min ft.)	20	—	—
Side, Corner ⁽²⁾ (min ft.)	25
Rear	20	—	—

PARKING
Front (min ft.)	25	—	—
Side, Interior (min ft.)	10	—	—
Side, Corner (min ft.)	25	—	—
Rear	10	—	—

HEIGHT
Height (max ft.)	45 ⁽³⁾	45	75 ⁽⁴⁾

(1) Average of existing block or no setback required if no structures on block.

(2) This yard may be observed only when no other lots with frontage on this street have, or have the ability to have, a building fronting on this street.

(3) Except for chimneys, antennas, flagpoles, roof mounted electrical equipment, solar collectors, and stair and elevator penthouses none of which shall exceed 50 feet in height.

(4) Except for chimneys, antennas, flagpoles, roof mounted electrical equipment, solar collectors, and stair and elevator penthouses which shall not exceed 120 feet.

4.5.5

Abutting Residential

A Transitional Buffer Yard as set forth in 8.2.9 shall be required.

4.5.6

Limit on Outdoor Activity

The following activity shall be prohibited in the industrial districts:

In the I1 and I2 districts, any business, servicing or processing, outside of an enclosed building, except for off-street parking and loading, unless otherwise indicated hereinafter.

In the I3 districts, any business, servicing or processing outside of an enclosed building, within 300 feet of a residential, commercial or form district except for off-street parking and loading.

4.5.7

Performance Standards

Applicability

Any use established in an industrial district after the effective date of this development code shall be so operated as to comply with the performance standards established hereafter. Any use already established on the effective date of this development code shall be permitted to be altered, enlarged, expanded, or modified, providing that the addition conforms to the performance standards established hereinafter for the district in which such use is located.

Certification

Every application for a building permit or occupancy permit within an industrial district shall have affixed to it the certificate of a registered professional engineer licensed by the State of Illinois certifying that the building or structure, and the proposed use thereof, complies with all the provisions of this development code respecting performance standards for industrial and similar uses. The Zoning Administrator shall, upon receipt and upon complete review (either by said Zoning Administrator and/or any outside technical review agency selected by the City) of such application, approve and authorize the issuance of a building permit or occupancy permit as the case may be, provided the applicant has complied with all other relevant provisions of this development code.

If the Zoning Administrator determines it desirable to have some outside technical agency review plans and application, then the applicant shall pay to the City in advance a sum sufficient to reimburse the City for such technical reviews. The Zoning Administrator may, however, withhold issuance of a building permit or occupancy permit as a result of examination of the plans or on the basis of other evidence if he determines that the proposed activity will not in fact comply with the performance standards and he shall so advise the architect or engineer in writing of such denial.

The Zoning Administrator may also obtain an injunction or other appropriate legal or equitable relief, including but not limited to specific performance, writ of mandamus or mandatory injunction, to prevent, remedy, or abate any violations which occur after a building or occupancy permit is issued, which relief shall be in addition to any ordinance prosecutions for fines only. Each day a violation exists shall be considered a separate occurrence and violation as outlined in 2.15.

Performance Measures

Noise

Prohibition of Noise Pollution

No person shall cause or allow the emission of sound beyond property lines so as to cause noise pollution or a nuisance, or so as to violate any provision of this development code.

Measurement Techniques

Test procedures to determine whether emission of sound is in conformance with this regulation shall be in substantial conformity with Standards and Recommended Practices established by the American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI), and the latest revisions thereof, including ANSI S1.1-1960, ANSI S1.6-1967, ANSI S1.8-1969, ANSI S1.2-1962, ANSI S1.4-1971—Type 1 Precision, ANSI S1.11-1966 and ANSI S1.13-1971 Field Method.

Sound Emitted

Except as elsewhere provided in this development code, no use shall cause or allow the emission of sound which exceeds the allowable octave band sound pressure level specified below:

	PRESSURE LEVELS (db) OF SOUND EMITTED TO ANY RECEIVING:
Octave Band Center Frequency (hertz)	Residential District from and Industrial District (Daytime Hours)	Residential District from and Industrial District (Nightime Hours)	Business and Commercial District from an Industrial District	Lot from Neighboring Industrial Lots
31.5	72	63	79	80
63	71	61	78	79
125	65	55	72	74
250	57	47	64	69
500	51	40	58	63
100	45	35	52	57
2000	39	30	46	52
4000	34	25	41	48
8000	32	25	39	45

Measured at any point within such receiving residential district, however not less than twenty-five (25) feet from such noise source.

Includes Business (B1), Commercial (CN, CG, C1, C2), Institutional (N1), Office (O1, O2) and Parking (P1) Districts. Measured at any point within such receiving district, however not less than twenty-five (25) feet from such noise source.

Measured at any point within such receiving residential district, however not less than thirty-five (35) feet from such noise source.

Impulsive Sound

No person shall cause or allow the emission of impulsive sound from any noise source located in an industrial district to any receiving residential or nonresidential district, except to an I2 or I3 lot, which exceeds the allowable Db(A) sound level specified below, when measured at any point within such receiving residential or nonresidential district or I lot; provided, however, that no measurement of sound levels shall be made less than 25 feet from the noise source.

Allowable Db(A) Sound Levels of Impulsive Sound Emitted from Districts to Designated Classes of Receiving Uses.

Industrial	Non Residential	Residential
61	50	45

Prominent Discrete Tones

No use shall cause or allow the emission of any prominent discrete tone from any noise source located in an I District to any other receiving district or neighboring industrial district lot; provided, however, that no measurement of one-third octave band sound pressure levels shall be made less than 25 feet from such noise source.

This rule shall not apply to prominent discrete tones having a one-third octave band sound pressure level 10 or more Db below the allowable octave band sound pressure level specified in the applicable above for the octave band which contains such one-third octave band.

Exceptions

Performance measures of 4.5.7.C shall not apply to:

Sound emitted from emergency warning devices and unregulated safety relief valves.

Sound emitted from lawn maintenance equipment and snow blowers and similar snow removal equipment used during daytime hours.

Sound emitted from equipment being used for temporary construction between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. of each day.

Sound emitted from trucks and vehicles under the control of the property user and/or owner, except for vehicles entering and leaving the property. Examples of sound from such vehicles and trucks not either entering or leaving the premises are idling engines and trailer mounted refrigeration units.

Sound emitted from railroad facilities shall be exempt.

Screening

Any scrap, junk, salvage, reclamation or similar yard, or any auto salvage yard shall provide a solid fence or wall on all lot lines with only such openings as are necessary for ingress or egress. Said fence or wall shall be maintained in a neat and orderly appearance and shall be of such height that any materials stored within the confines of the fence cannot be seen above a line of sight established between a point four and one-half feet above the center line of the street nearest to that fence, and the top of said fence.

( Ord. No. 17505 , § 1(Exh. A), 9-26-17)

                    
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