§ 62-89. M-3 Industrial district.
(a)
Uses permitted. No building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed or structurally altered in an M-3 district which is designed, arranged or intended to be used or occupied for any purpose, unless otherwise provided for, excepting for one or more of the following uses and provided further that all storage of materials and products and all operations of work of every character are carried on entirely within the enclosing walls and under the roof of a building and/or enclosed by a masonry wall with a minimum height of eight feet when the work is of a nature to be carried on the outside of the buildings:
(1)
Any industrial plant that produces offensive odors, fumes, gases, dust, smoke, vibration or noise, but petroleum products storage facilities are prohibited in M-3 districts.
(2)
Meat preparation plants, but slaughterhouses shall not be permitted in the town.
(3)
Radio and television towers, transmitters, if approved by CAA and FCC.
(4)
Speedways for automobile and motorcycle racing.
(5)
Foundries.
(6)
Sewage disposal plants as set forth in section 62-88(97).
(7)
Residences, duplexes and apartments shall not be constructed within M-3 districts, except one apartment attached to an industrial building for the operator of the industry only and not for rental use.
The total lot coverage permitted for all buildings on the lot shall not exceed 60 percent of the total lot area. Ample and adequate space and highway facilities shall be left adjacent to each industrial plant or other development to permit ready and easy access of firefighting apparatus in case of fire; and adequate space shall be provided for necessary parking facilities. The owner of any building erected in any industrial district after the adoption of this chapter shall at all times provide adequate space for necessary parking facilities.
No building plans shall be approved and no certificate of occupancy for final inspection shall be issued until plans for parking as provided herein shall be shown within 500 feet in a direct line from the building for which the parking space is to be made available. No such parking will be considered in any area where there is no ingress or egress. Discontinuance of the parking facilities shall require the Building Inspector to condemn the building until such facilities shall be restored. No building other than masonry construction, metal or any other building material meeting Florida Building Code requirements shall be erected in an industrial district.
(b)
Limitations and restrictions on uses.
(1)
In those areas where M-3 industrial districts abut or face R-1 one-family districts, the uses permitted as set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply.
(2)
No loading dock, ramp or any other form of loading facility shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed or structurally altered which is designed, arranged or intended to be used where such facility would face abutting R-1 districts.
(3)
No building shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed or structurally altered which exceeds the height of 16 feet, which height shall be measured from the front street level, if the property on which the building is located directly abuts or is across a street or alley from a property which is zoned R-1. On properties which are not directly abutting or located across a street or alley from a property which is zoned R-1, the maximum building height shall be 50 feet. A variance from the height limitations of this subsection shall not be permitted for a building which is located directly abutting or across a street or alley from a property which is zoned R-1.
(4)
The ownership and operation of electric fences shall be permitted subject to approval of a special exception use, in accordance with section 62-105, et seq. and the criteria listed in section 62-44(f).
(5)
Replacement of tread on worn tires, commonly known as tire "retreading," "recapping" or "remolding," provided that this use shall comply with the following standards:
a.
All processing and storage activities shall occur within completely enclosed buildings.
b.
The proposed use shall not emit offensive odors, fumes, gases, dust, smoke, vibration or noise.
(c)
Uses permitted subject to approval. The following uses shall be permitted subject to approval as a special exception use, in accordance with section 62-105, et seq.
(1)
Shipping container facility, subject to the standards under section 62-88(b)(5).
(Ord. No. C-180, § 3, 8-7-78; Ord. No. C-184, § 5, 12-4-78; Ord. No. C-368, § 5, 12-2-2013; Ord. No. C-390, § 2, 5-4-2015; Ord. No. C-391, § 2, 5-4-2015; Ord. No. C-407, § 2, 10-5-2015; Ord. No. C-417 , § 3, 4-3-2017)