§ 30-4.11. M-1, Intermediate Industrial (Manufacturing) District.

a.

General . The following specific regulations and the general rules set forth in Section 30-5 shall apply in all M-1 Districts, as delineated and described in the zoning map(s). It is intended that this district classification be applied in areas suitable for light manufacturing and other industrial purposes, and in which a reasonable degree of control is desirable for the protection of uses within and adjacent to the area so classified.

b.

Uses Permitted .

1.

Any use as permitted and regulated in the C-M District.

2.

The following and similar uses from which noise, smoke, dust, noxious fumes and gasses, glare, heat and vibration are confined within the premises or held to volumes, intensities and levels at the perimeters of individual properties which are no greater than those in the general area, in which disposal of all waste matter and material is in conformity with local and State standards and regulations, and in which all operations are conducted principally within buildings, except that other operations may be permitted within enclosures under conditions consistent with the intent of this article, if approved by the Planning Board:

(a)

Automobile parts, accessories and assemblies rebuilding,

(b)

Battery manufacturing,

(c)

Blacksmith shops,

(d)

Canneries,

(e)

Ceramic products manufacturing, excluding pulverizing of clay,

(f)

Commercial advertising structure, poster panel and painted bulletin maintenance and manufacturing,

(g)

Compounding, treating or manufacturing of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cellophane or other plastic sheeting, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, hair, horn, glass, leather, light sheet metal products, paint (not employing a boiling process), paper, shell, textiles, tobacco, wire, and yard,

(h)

Cosmetics manufacturing,

(i)

Drugs and pharmaceuticals manufacturing,

(j)

Electric motors (under one (1) horsepower) manufacturing,

(k)

Electrical sign maintenance and manufacturing,

(l)

Electronic equipment manufacturing, including radio, television and similar items,

(m)

Food products (excluding fish products, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, rendering or refining of fats and oils, or any other product tending to produce noxious or offensive odors) processing,

(n)

Light metal stampings manufacturing,

(o)

Machine shops (not involving use of automatic screw machines, drop hammers or punch presses with a rated capacity of over twenty (20) tons),

(p)

Pencil manufacturing,

(q)

Perfume manufacturing and/or blending,

(r)

Plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber product manufacturing,

(s)

Toiletries and toilet soap manufacturing (excluding refining or rendering of fats and oils),

(t)

Truck repairing and overhauling,

(u)

Wire products manufacturing, including nails, staples, wire cloth and similar items,

(v)

Woodworking shops and sash and door manufacturing, including incidental mill work.

3.

The following uses may be conducted within an area enclosed on all sides by a solid or open grill type wall, or a chain link fence and gates, all not less than six (6′) feet in height, except that no wall or fence shall be required on the side that a property abuts a railroad right-of-way, the Estuary or U.S. Tidal Canal.

(a)

Boat building and repair of craft not exceeding one hundred (100) tons,

(b)

Building material including retail lumber sales; provided that all mill work is conducted within a completely enclosed structure; provided the sales of rock, sand, gravel, and like materials shall be clearly incidental,

(c)

Draying, freighting or motor truck terminal,

(d)

Feed and solid fuels sales yard,

(e)

Heavy equipment storage yard or plan, or rental facility for such,

(f)

Underground or aboveground public utility facilities for primarily local service such as substations, gas regulators, manned or unmanned communications equipment buildings, and similar uses.

4.

All other uses which are similar in character to the uses permitted above.

5.

Uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses when located on the same premises, including an attached or detached residence for an on-premises watchperson or manager and his or her family, subject to provision of two hundred forty (240) square feet of private useable open space immediately adjacent to and accessible from the residence. Open storage of materials and equipment shall be permitted only within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid or open grill type wall, or a chain link fence and gates, all not less than six (6′) feet in height and in a manner consistent with the intent of the section except that no wall or fence shall be required on the side that a property abuts a railroad right-of-way, the Estuary or U.S. Tidal Canal. A solid wall or fence not less than six (6′) feet high shall be required where the proposed use adjoins property in an R District.

6.

Signs: Those pertaining to the permitted and accessory uses on the property, and poster panels or painted bulletins, all as regulated further in Section 30-6 of these regulations.

7.

Emergency shelters provided that the proposed facility provides on site management and on site security during the hours that the shelter is in operation, provides twenty-five (25) beds or less, provides one (1) off street parking space for every three (3) beds, is located not less than three hundred (300) feet from another emergency shelter, and limits the length of stay to six (6) months or less.

c.

Uses Requiring Use Permits .

It is the intent of this paragraph that the following uses shall be reviewed by the Planning Board for their appropriateness in a specific location, or for such other factors as safety, congestion, noise and similar considerations.

1.

Blacksmith shops and machine shops involving the use of drop hammers, automatic screw machines or punch presses with a rated capacity of over twenty (20) tons,

2.

Outdoor amusement uses,

3.

Veterinary clinics and/or veterinary hospitals under the same terms and conditions set out in subsection 30-4.10c,

4.

Repair, rehabilitation, or modification of an existing dwelling unit where continued use of the dwelling unit would not inhibit attainment of General Plan industrial land use designations or the operation of legitimate industrial uses in the vicinity,

5.

Railroad yards,

6.

Shipping terminals,

7.

Truck cleaning and washing establishments,

8.

Permitted uses which are not conducted within an enclosed building or structure,

9.

Commercial marinas subject to the requirements of subsection 30-4.9c.15,

10.

Columbariums and crematoriums,

11.

Liquor stores,

12.

Convenience stores located within three hundred (300′) feet of any residential zoning district,

13.

Work/live studios subject to the requirements of Section 30-15.

14.

Large format retail including conversion of existing multiple retail tenant spaces to a single tenant space larger than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet (if part of a planned development, no use permit is required). Super stores, as defined in Section 30-2 are prohibited.

d.

Minimum Height, Bulk and Space Requirements .

1.

Lot Area: None.

2.

Lot Width: None.

3.

Maximum Total Building Coverage, including accessory buildings: eighty (80%) percent.

4.

Building Height Limit: One hundred (100′) feet.

5.

Front Yard: Five (5′) feet minimum.

6.

Side Yards: None, or where a side yard is desired, a minimum of twelve (12′) feet shall be provided: provided, further, that in the event the use is adjacent to an R District, a minimum of twelve (12′) feet shall be provided.

7.

Rear Yard: None required, except that in the event the use is adjacent to an R District, a minimum of twelve (12′) feet shall be maintained.

8.

Off-Street Parking and Loading Space: As regulated in Section 30-7.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. §§ 11-1345—11-1348; Ord. No. 1277 N.S.; Ord. No. 1356 N.S.; Ord. No. 1400 N.S.; Ord. No. 1802 N.S.; Ord. No. 2174 N.S.; Ord. No. 2289 N.S.; Ord. No. 2407 N.S. § 8; Ord. No. 2422 N.S. § 1; Ord. No. 2671 N.S. § 4; Ord. No. 2700 N.S. § 3; Ord. No. 2784 § 3; Ord. No. 2979 N.S. § 7; Ord. No. 2984 N.S. § 7)

(Ord. No. 3054 N.S., § 5, 7-17-2012)