§ 23.46.023. General industrial (I-2) district in the joint jurisdiction area.

A.

INTENT STATEMENT. The intent of the general industrial (I-2) district in the joint jurisdiction area is to support both light and heavy manufacturing. This district is intended to provide for a number of light manufacturing, light processing, warehousing and service uses. This district includes the supportive commercial uses for the industrial businesses. This district is intended to provide for heavy industrial uses which may create a degree of nuisance which may not be compatible with residential and light commercial uses. All uses in this district shall comply with any state or local regulations regarding noise, emissions, dust, odor, glare, vibration or heat when applicable.

B.

PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES. Within any "I-2" general industrial district in the joint jurisdiction area, no structure or land shall be used except for the purpose of conducting one or more of the following uses: sale, servicing, manufacture, fabrication or processing of any of the following articles or products:

1.

Artificial limbs;

2.

Auction houses;

3.

Automobile painting, upholstering, tire recapping, repairing, body and fender repair;

4.

Apparel;

5.

Bakery goods;

6.

Batteries;

7.

Bedsprings and mattresses;

8.

Belting and chain conveyors;

9.

Bicycles and toys;

10.

Billboards and signs (install according to City Sign Ordinance);

11.

Blacksmithing;

12.

Boat building, repair and storage;

13.

Builder's or contractor's yards;

14.

Building materials yard;

15.

Bus or truck storage or maintenance shops;

16.

Cabinet and carpentry shop, electrical service, heating, plumbing, upholstery, air condition shop;

17.

Camera and photographic supplies;

18.

Canning or packaging of food stuffs;

19.

Canvas and canvas products;

20.

Creameries, dairy plants, ice cream plants;

21.

Cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and toiletries;

22.

Electric motors, generators, transformers and other controls including rebuilding;

23.

Engraving and printing;

24.

Heat treating and plating of metal products;

25.

Ice, cold storage plants, bottling works;

26.

Laundries;

27.

Lumber yards;

28.

Machine shops;

29.

Metal polishing and plating;

30.

Motor freight terminals;

31.

Motor fuel station with minor repair;

32.

Offices;

33.

Paper products, boxes, bags, envelopes, etc.;

34.

Packaging;

35.

Railroad shops, yards, depot and related facilities;

36.

Rental service;

37.

Rental storage units;

38.

Restaurant;

39.

Rubber, synthetic rubber and plastic products;

40.

Sales of:

(a)

Farm machinery;

(b)

Automobiles and/or trailers;

(c)

Farm feed and/or seed;

(d)

Bulk firewood;

(e)

Dirt, sand, gravel or rock;

(f)

Heavy equipment;

41.

Stone, marble and granite grinding and cutting;

42.

Television, radio, appliances, sheet metal work, ornamental iron, welding and stamping;

43.

Tools, hardware and small metal products;

44.

Trade school;

45.

Warehousing and office wholesaling.

C.

CONDITIONAL USES. Within any "I-2" general industrial district in the joint jurisdiction area, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses except by conditional use permit:

1.

Airports or heliports;

2.

Automobile reduction yard;

3.

Automobile, tractor, trailer or farm implement sales, assembly or manufacturing;

4.

Brick, pottery, tile, terra cotta manufacturing;

5.

Emery cloth or sandpaper manufacturing;

6.

Enameling, lacquering or Japanning;

7.

Flammable liquid storage;

8.

Flour or grain mill;

9.

Grain drying or feed manufacturing from refuse mash or grain;

10.

Junkyard;

11.

Material processing in relation to mining;

12.

Meat packing, including a stockyard;

13.

Millworks;

14.

Open sales lots;

15.

Planing mill, lumber mill and veneer manufacturing;

16.

Poultry slaughtering, meat processing, sausage manufacturing and smokehouse;

17.

Printing ink manufacturing;

18.

Public utility structures;

19.

Radio, television and transmission towers;

20.

Ready-mix, concrete block plants and black top plants;

21.

Research laboratories;

22.

Sand blasting or stone cutting;

23.

Sewage disposal plant or incinerator;

24.

Steam or diesel power plants;

25.

Trucking terminal.

D.

PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES. Within any "I-2" general industrial district in the joint jurisdiction area, the following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:

1.

Signs as regulated in the Huron Zoning Ordinance;

2.

Residential structures and related residential uses necessary for security and safety reasons in relation to a principal use subject to the following:

(a)

No structure or building shall exceed three stories or thirty-five feet, whichever is the lesser in height except as provided in the Huron Zoning Ordinance;

(b)

A side yard abutting on a street shall not be less than twenty feet in width.

E.

DETERMINATION OF USES AND STRUCTURES. The uses and structures specifically listed in this chapter are not considered to be the only conceivable uses of "I-2" general industrial large lot residential land. However, these uses listed do represent the types of uses which may be considered. If an applicant desires to construct a building or conduct a use which is not specifically listed, such applicant shall carry the burden of proof to the board of adjustment that this request is the type of use allowed in the "I-2" general industrial district, it is not more compatible with a different zoning district, and it does in no way violate the intent of this chapter.

F.

MINIMUM/MAXIMUM REQUIREMENTS. Requirements shall be as follows:

1.

Floor Area Ratio: The floor area ratio, within the "I-2" general industrial district shall not exceed 1.0.

2.

Minimum Lot Size: The minimum lot area shall be five acres unless the business owner can illustrate that a certified wastewater treatment system will operate properly on a smaller lot. In no case will lots smaller than two acres be permitted.

3.

Front Yard Setback: Front yard setback shall be a minimum of fifteen feet.

4.

Side Yard Setback: Side yards abutting streets or roads on a corner lot shall not be less than fifteen feet in width. Side yard width not abutting a street shall be a minimum of twelve feet. See exception in [subsection] D.2.(b) above.

5.

Rear Yard Setback: If the building has no openings on the alley side or abutting rear lot line, and off-street loading is provided to the side or front of the building, the building may extend to within twelve feet of the lot line; or if no alley exists, the building may extend to within one-half the height of the building or twelve feet from the lot line, whichever is greater; or if the abutting lot is in the "B" or "I" district, the building may extend to within twelve feet of the lot line. If the building is to have openings, the building may extend to within twenty-five feet of the rear lot line.

6.

Side and/or Rear Yard with Railroad Trackage: Where a use has railroad trackage abutting the side or rear of a site, a variance may be requested to the side or rear yard requirements to provide for a railroad loading facility.

7.

Minimum Lot Frontage: Every lot shall have a minimum frontage on a public right-of-way of one hundred feet.

G.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

1.

Platting: All lots within this district shall be platted.

2.

Outside Storage Next to "R" District: Within any "I-2" general industrial district, any use which requires uncovered outside storage and/or open sales lots and is located adjacent to land or uses which are zoned residential shall be enclosed by a solid wall or opaque fence not less than six feet in height erected along the lot line except along abutting required front yards. Outside storage of materials, other than outside display of goods for sale, shall be enclosed by a solid wall or fence not less than six feet in height and such uses shall not be located less than one hundred (100) feet from any "R" district.

3.

Setback Adjacent to "R" District: There shall be a one-hundred-foot wide setback between any "I-2" use (including permitted, conditional, accessory uses or structures or on site parking) and the lot line of any adjacent "R" district lot.

H.

VARIANCES and CONDITIONAL USES. Requests for variances or conditional use permits in the "I-2" district will be heard by the joint planning commission, after notification of the adjoining property owners by mail and posting of the property. Notice of such hearing shall be in the same form and manner as is required in response to any other zoning variance. Recommendations provided by the joint planning commission will be forwarded to city and county Boards of Adjustment for their consideration and action.

I.

PROTECTION OF NATURAL WATERWAYS. No building or construction shall be permitted within one hundred feet of the high water mark of natural water drainage ways, nor shall any such building or construction be permitted within the flood-prone area of the James River. Flood hazard boundary maps are available at the Beadle County Director of Equalization Office in the Beadle County Courthouse, at the Beadle County Emergency Manager's Office and at the city planning and inspection office.

J.

MINIMUM SHELTERBELT SETBACK. Shelterbelts, field belts, and living snow fence consisting of one or more rows when parallel to the right-of-way shall be set back a minimum of one hundred (100) feet from the center of the road. Existing shelter belts are exempt from minimum setback requirements. Any new or replacement shelterbelts should follow the minimum requirements if surrounding area allows it.

K.

APPROACHES. Before any road approaches are constructed, the applicant must contact the South Dakota Department of Transportation on state roads, the Beadle County Highway Superintendent on county roads, or appropriate town or township board for approval of the location and construction requirements. On county roads there shall be no more than one access approach on a public road or highway per one-quarter (¼) mile on each side of the road. Public utilities are exempt from the one approach per one-quarter mile limitation.

L.

PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS. All private sewage disposal systems will comply with Department of Environmental Protection Agency regulations, and their updates as promulgated in Chapter 34:04:01 General Authority 46-25-107; Law Implemented 46-25-28 through 46-25-47. All residences and businesses will file a septic system plan with the Beadle County Equalization Office. The city planning and inspections office and Beadle County zoning administrator can provide copies of the state regulations that explain installation and inspection requirements for septic systems.

All sewage disposal systems are to be installed by a certified contractor. If certified owner installed, it will be up to the discretion of the Beadle County Planning Commission to have the system inspected. Individuals will be required to submit a plot plan of the septic system to the Beadle County Planning Commission, for approval prior to installation. Violations will be reported to the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

M.

ENFORCEMENT. The enforcement of the "I-2" district within the joint jurisdictional area in Beadle County shall be the responsibility of the city and county zoning administrators under the authority of the Huron City Commission and the Beadle County Commission.

N.

RIGHT TO FARM COVENANT. Prior to receiving a building permit for new residential structure the applicant for the permit must sign and file in the register of deeds office a Right to Farm Covenant.

(Ord. 2048, 2008; Ord. 1894, 2000; Ord. 1843 (part), 1999).

(Ord. No. 2079, 6-7-2010; Ord. No. 2192-23-396, 4-9-2018)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2079, adopted June 7, 2010, amended § 23.46.023 title to read as herein set out. Former § 23.46.023 title pertained to "I-2" general industrial district.