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6.0 PURPOSE:

To provide lands to be used for a full range of industrial uses and provide and protect the tax base and thereby the tax revenue to the County and to provide employment for the public benefit.

To govern the location, intensity, and method of development of industrial areas of Will County, and grouping together of industries that are compatible to one another and that are not objectionable to the community as a whole.

To preserve lands for industrial and allied uses and prohibit the intrusion of residential and other noncompatible uses into the industrial uses.

To regulate the performance of industrial uses by establishing standards for the external effects of noise, smoke, vibration, and other potential nuisances.

6.1 I-1 LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (10,000 sq. ft.)

6.1-1 Purpose:

To provide lands for development by industrial firms that have high standards of performance that can locate in close proximity to residential and business uses.

To provide regulations that are designated to permit the operation of most manufacturing, wholesaling, and warehousing activities with adequate protection to adjacent district uses and sufficient control of external effects to protect one industry from another.

To provide some retail uses that service the industrial uses within the industrial areas or that do not depend upon the direct visits of retail customers.

6.1-2 Policy:

To achieve the purpose of the I-1 Limited Industrial District it shall be the policy of the County:

To promote industrial development in municipal planned industrial parks.

To locate industrial uses on lands suitable for those purposes, yet at locations that would not be harmful or disadvantageous to nearby or adjacent lands.

To so locate I-1 industrial districts to available municipal police and fire protection so as to protect these areas from the dangers of fire, explosion, or noxious fumes and other threats to health and well-being.

To encourage the grouping of compatible industrial activities, thereby promoting convenience, efficiency, and safety in transportation.

To discourage the intrusion of residential and commercial uses which are incompatible with I-1 industrial uses.

To encourage the location of I-1 districts that foster the development of sewage disposal systems serving I-1 districts that are logical extensions of existing systems, the development of new systems, which are or can be recognized elements of a regional wastewater disposal plan, thereby discouraging the proliferation of small "package" treatment plants which effect fragmentation of service and impede the development of a regional plan for wastewater treatment.

6.1-3 Permitted Uses:

No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure, or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied, or used, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

1. Industrial type uses:

1. All manufacturing and industrial activities, including fabrication, processing, assembly, disassembly, repairing, cleaning, servicing, testing, packaging, and storage of materials, products, and goods that can be conducted wholly within enclosed buildings.
2. Laboratories and research firms involved in the research, experimentation, or testing of materials, goods, or products.
3. Printing, publishing, or lithography establishments.
4. Recycling Centers which process non-special, as defined by appropriate State and Federal government agencies, nonputrescible material for subsequent use in the secondary market. Material arriving at the site may contain only de minimus amounts of other non-hazardous solid wastes, which must be disposed of.

2. Wholesale and warehouse uses:

1. Direct selling establishments, where products are stored and distributed, but not displayed for retail sales.
2. Wholesale and warehouse establishments that deal in commodities, which are the products of a use, permitted in the I-1 district.
3. Establishments that warehouse and distribute beverages.

3. Commercial uses:

1. Service retail business for the convenience of persons and firms in the industrial district, such as but not limited to:

1. Automobile service station.
2. Banks, savings and loans, not including drive in facilities.
3. Barber shop.
4. Blueprinting establishments.
5. Currency exchange.
6. Delicatessen.
7. Dry cleaner.
8. Professional offices.
9. Hotel and/or motel.
10. Medical clinic.
11. Meeting hall.
12. Office building.
13. Restaurant.
14. Animal hospital.

4. Public, quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities:

1. Essential services – gas regulator stations, telephone exchange, electric substation, sewage disposal plant, well site.
2. Office building.
3. Public service or municipal garage.
4. Public utility establishment.
5. Vocational school.
6. Water filtration plant and/or water pumping stations.
7. Water reservoir.

6.1-4 Special Uses Permitted

The following uses shall be permitted only if specifically authorized by the County Board as allowed in Section 14.10:

1. Similar and compatible uses to those allowed as "permitted uses" in this district.

2. Drive-in financial facilities.

3. Planned unit development (see Section 15).

4. Residence of the proprietor, caretaker, or watchman when located on the premises of the commercial or industrial use.

5. Railroad right-of-way and passenger stations, but not including railroad yards and shops.

6. Outdoor storage.

7. Outdoor billboards in accordance with Section 13 of this Ordinance.

8. Floodplain development (see Section 10).

9. All pollution control facilities including, but not limited to, landfill injection, incineration and/or compact operations, used in the disposal recycling, storage and/or transfer of wastes, not classified as "special wastes," by appropriate State and/or Federal governmental agencies.

10. Automobile repair shops, provided that the borders of the property are screened with an opaque fence or wall of eight (8) feet in height as modified by the provisions regarding permitted obstruction in required yards.

11. Self-service storage facilities (See Section 8.19).

12. Wholesale power generators – Any electricity generating operation which is operated or owned by any organization, other than the owner an maintainer of a majority of electricity transmission facilities within the planning jurisdiction, that serves uses, structures, or sites outside the site on which the operation is located. This definition does not include any facility designated by the State of Illinois as exempt from such regulation.

No portion of any Wholesale Power Generator structure shall be placed within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of any residential structure, use, or district.

6.1-5 Temporary Uses

Upon application to and issuance by the Zoning Administrator of a permit therefore, the following uses may be operated as temporary uses:

1. Temporary building, trailer, or yard for construction materials and/or equipment, both incidental and necessary to construction in the zoning district. Each permit shall specify the location of the building, trailer or yard and the area of permitted operation. Each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than six (6) calendar months and not be renewed for more than four (4) successive periods.

2. Temporary office or residence both incidental and necessary for the sale, maintenance or rental of real property. Each permit shall specify the location of the office and the area of permitted operation. Each such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than one (1) year and shall not be renewed for more than five (5) successive periods.

6.1-6 Accessory Uses – Permitted

Accessory uses, buildings, or other structures and devices customarily incidental to and commonly associated with a permitted use or special use may be permitted provided they are operated and maintained under the same ownership, on the same lot, and do not include structures or features inconsistent with the permitted use or special use.

6.1-7 Prohibited Uses

All uses not expressly authorized in Sections 6.1-3, 6.1-4, 6.1-5 and 6.1-6.

6.1-8 Site and Structure Requirements

1. Minimum Lot Area – A separate ground area of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet shall be designated, provided, and continuously maintained for each structure or land containing a permitted or special use.

2. Minimum Lot Width – A minimum lot width of sixty (60) feet shall be provided for each lot used for permitted or special use.

3. Front Yard – All structures shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from the front lot line on dedicated roads and eighty (80) feet from the center line on non-dedicated roads.

4. Side Yard – All structures shall be se in from the side lot line a distance of not less than ten (10) feet on either side.

5. Rear Yard – All structures shall be set in a distance of not less than ten (10) feet from the rear lot line.

6. Maximum Height – No structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, except as provided in Section 8.6.

7. Floor Area Ratio – Not to exceed 1.2.

8. Lot Coverage – Fifty percent (50%).

9. Transitional Yards – The minimum transitional yard requirement for all structures shall not be less than those specified below:

1. Where a side lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent business or residence district, a yard shall be provided along such side lot line. Such yard shall not be less than thirty (30) feet in width.
2. Where a rear lot line coincides with a side lot line in an adjacent business or residence district, a yard shall be provided along such rear lot line. Such yard shall not be less than thirty (30) feet in depth.
3. Where a rear line coincides with a rear lot line in an adjacent business or residence district, a yard shall be provided along such rear lot line. Such yard shall not be less than thirty (30) feet in depth.

6.1-9 Special Provisions

1. Parking Requirements – In accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in Section 12.

2. Sign Requirements – In accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in Section 13.

3. IEPA Regulations adopted by reference.

The standards, specifications, and regulations of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency are hereby incorporated into this Ordinance and made a part thereof by this reference. Such standards, specifications, and regulations shall include those as required by the following:

1. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Public Works Supplies.
2. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Livestock Waste Regulation.
3. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Solid Waste.
4. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Air Pollution Regulations.
5. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Noise Pollution Control Regulations.
6. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Water Pollution.
7. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Procedure Rules and Regulation.
8. State of Illinois – The Environmental Protection Act.
9. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Mine Waste Regulations.

4. Glare and Heat.

Any operation or activity-producing glare shall be performed within a completely enclosed building and be conducted so that direct and indirect illumination for the source of light on the lot shall not cause illumination in the excess of one-half (½) foot-candle when measured at the lot line. Exposed sources of light shall be shielded and flickering or intense sources of light shall be controlled so as not to cause a nuisance across lot lines.

Any operation producing intense heat shall be performed within a completely enclosed building in such a manners not to create a public nuisance or hazard along lot lines.

5. Outdoor Sales.

All outdoor sales space shall be provided with a permanent durable and dustless surface, and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water.

6. Outdoor Storage.

The outdoor storage of materials, products, and goods is permitted only as a special use of completely screened from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way.

7. Enclosure of Use.

All industrial operations shall take place within completely enclosed buildings, unless otherwise specified.

8. Screening and Landscaping.

Where a commercial or industrial use abuts or is across the street from a residential district, adequate screening and landscaping shall be provided as required in Section 8.10.

9. 9. Power Generation Facilities – Power Generation Facilities as defined in this ordinance are prohibited from drawing water from subsurface water aquifers in excess of one thousand (1,000) gallons for each megawatt of electricity generated, and from using fuels other than natural gas, and are limited to one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of operation per turbine, per annum.

No portion of a Power Generation Facility’s structure shall be placed within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of any residential structure, use, or district.

6.2 I-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (10,000 sq. ft.)

6.2-1 Purpose:

To provide lands for development by most types of industrial firms.

To provide regulations designed to permit operations in a clean and quiet manner and to protect adjacent district uses and industries within the district.

To prohibit development of residences in this district and to keep homes from absorbing any adverse effect for the industries and to conserve the supply of industrial land for industrial use.

6.2-2 Policy:

To achieve the purposes of the I-2 General Industrial District and the purpose of this Ordinance, it shall be the policy of the County:

To promote industrial development in municipal planned industrial parks.

To provide lands to be used for a full range of industrial uses, thereby providing tax revenue to the County and providing greater employment opportunities.

To govern the location, intensity and method of development of industrial areas of Will County, and the grouping together of industries that are compatible to one another and that are not objectionable to the community as a whole.

To preserve lands for industrial and allied uses and prohibit the intrusion of residential and other noncompatible uses into the industrial area.

6.2-3 No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure, or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied, or used, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

1. Industrial Type Uses:

1. All manufacturing uses permitted in the I-1 District.
2. Industrial firms involved in the fabrication, processing, assembly, disassembly, repairing, production, compounding, cleaning, servicing, testing, storage, and/or manufacturing of materials, goods, or products.
3. Agricultural buildings and structures.
4. Railroad right-of-way and passenger stations.
5. Railroad freight station but not including switching, storage, freight yards, or maintenance facilities.
6. Automobile and scrap salvage yard, if in a completely enclosed building.
7. Manufacture, storage, and sale of mobile homes and/or trailers, farm implements, and other similar equipment on an open lot.
8. Airport associated with an airport industrial park.
9. Tire re-treading and repair shop.
10. Grain storage.
11. Fertilizer and seed sales.
12. Animal feed – preparation, grinding, mixing, and storage.

2. Wholesale and Warehouse Uses:

1. Wholesale and warehouse uses permitted in the I-1 District.
2. Wholesale establishment.
3. Warehouse.

3. Commercial Uses:

1. Service retail businesses permitted in the I-1 District.
2. Business establishments:

1. Automobile repair shop.
2. Bottled gas dealer.
3. Bottling works.
4. Building services and supplies.
5. Cartage, express, and parcel delivery establishments.
6. Commercial testing laboratory.
7. Contractor’s yard.
8. Fuel oil dealer.
9. Furniture repair and reupholstering.
10. Lumber yard.
11. Motor vehicle dealer.

4. Public, quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities:

1. Public, quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities permitted in the I-1 District.
2. Animal pounds and shelters.
3. Transit and transportation facilities.
4. Radio and television studios, stations, and transmission towers.

6.2-4 Special Uses Permitted

The following uses shall be permitted only if specifically authorized by the County Board as allowed in Section 14.10:

1. Similar and compatible uses to those allowed as "permitted uses" in this district.

2. Drive-in banking facilities.

3. Planned unit development (see Section 15).

4. Residence of the proprietor, caretaker, or watchman when located on the premises of the commercial or industrial use.

5. All pollution control facilities including, but not limited to: landfill, injection, incineration and/or compaction operations, used in the disposal, recycling, storage and/or transfer of wastes, classified as "non-hazardous, special wastes," by appropriate State and/or Federal governmental agencies.

6. Concrete ready-mix or asphalt concrete plants.

7. Mining and/or the extraction of minerals, sand, gravel, topsoil, or other aggregates, including equipment, buildings or structures for screening, crushing, mixing, washing, or storage, provided that:

1. No open pit or shaft is less than two hundred (200) feet from any side and rear property line.
2. All buildings or structures are located not less than two hundred (200) feet from any property line.
3. The borders of the property fenced with a fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height shall have a six (6) foot high earthen berm and a six (6) foot high chain link fence either in front or behind the berm.
4. A plan of development for the reclamation of the land is provided as part of the application for special use.

8. Mining and/or the extraction of minerals, sand, gravel, topsoil, or other aggregates, including equipment, buildings, or structures for screening, crushing, mixing, washing, or storage, provided that:

1. No open pit or shaft is less than two hundred (200) feet from any public road or fifty (50) feet from any side and rear property line.
2. All buildings or structures are located not less than two hundred (200) feet from any property line.
3. The border of the property fenced with a fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height shall have a six (6) foot high earthen berm and a six (6) foot high chain link fence either in front or behind the berm.
4. A plan of development for the reclamation of land is provided as part of the application for special use.
5. The use of blasting or other uses of explosives is permitted, provided it conforms to the following standards:

1. The use, handling, detonation of explosives (sometimes referred to as "blasting") in connection with said quarrying operations shall be under the direct supervision of persons having the requisite experience and knowledge to conduct such operations with safety. If such persons are hereafter required to be licensed by any Federal agency or by the State of Illinois or County of Will, such persons shall meet the licensing requirements and obtain such license.
2. The storage of explosives shall be in accordance with all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations and shall be stored in magazines, buildings, or structures which shall meet the safety requirements of such laws and regulations.
3. Blasting procedures shall be in accordance with modern techniques, generally accepted in the quarrying industry, whereby a shot shall consist of a series of drill holes containing quantities of explosives fired or detonated in sequences of multiple delays at intervals of milliseconds, so as to counteract and reduce the ground motion or earthborn vibrations from each successive detonation (sometimes referred to as "short-period delay blasting"). Blasting procedures shall be designed, on the basis of maximum charge per delay (that is, quantity of explosives in pounds per detonation) and distances in feet, so that the maximum ground vibration intensity shall not exceed 0.5 inches per second of ground particle velocity resulting from any shot or blast measured by any one of the three mutual perpendicular planes of ground motion as recorded at the nearest existing building.
4. Blasting procedures shall be subject to and comply with the applicable lawful requirements of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) of the United States Department of the Interior, and any other governmental agency having jurisdiction thereof.
5. Blasting procedures shall be in conformity with approved safety regulations, customs, and practices generally accepted in the quarrying industry, and the safety regulations of governmental agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
6. Compliance with the provisions of these regulations governing blasting procedures and quarrying operations shall be subject to review and inspection from time-to-time by authorized County officials, upon reasonable prior notice and during reasonable business hours.
7. The actual detonation of any blast will be restricted to the local time period between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday of each week. No blasting shall take place on Sunday or on the following legal holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

9. Central sewage treatment plant.

10. Automobile laundry or car wash.

11. Outdoor storage of uncontained bulk materials.

12. Anhydrous ammonia sales and storage.

13. Manufacture, storage, sale, or utilization of detonable materials.

14. Outdoor billboards in accordance with Section 13 of this Ordinance.

15. Floodplain Development (see Section 10).

16. Self-service storage facilities (see Section 8.19).

17. Wholesale power generators – Any electricity generating operation which is operated or owned by any organization, other than the owner an maintainer of a majority of electricity transmission facilities within the planning jurisdiction, that serves uses, structures, or sites outside the site on which the operation is located. This definition does not include any facility designated by the State of Illinois as exempt from such regulation.

18. No portion of any Wholesale Power Generator structure shall be placed within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of any residential structure, use, or district.

6.2-5 Temporary Permit Uses Permitted

Upon application to and issuance by the Zoning Administrator of a permit therefore, the uses may be operated as temporary uses:

1. Temporary permit uses permitted in the I-1 District.

6.2-6 Accessory Uses

Accessory uses, buildings, or other structures and devices customarily incidental to and commonly associated with a permitted use or special use may be permitted provided they are operated and maintained under the same ownership, on the same lot, and do not include structures or features inconsistent with the permitted use or special use.

6.2-7 Prohibited Uses

All uses not expressly authorized in Sections 6.2-3, 6.2-4, 6.2-5 and 6.2-6.

6.2-8 Site and Structure Requirements

1. Minimum Lot Area – A separate ground area of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet shall be designated, provided, and continuously maintained for each structure or land containing a permitted or special use.

2. Minimum Lot Width – A minimum lot width of eighty (80) feet shall be provided for each lot used for permitted or special use.

3. Front Yard – All structures shall be set back at least fifty (50) feet from the front lot line on dedicated roads and one hundred (100) feet from the center line on non-dedicated roads.

4. Side Yard – All structures shall be set in from the side lot line a distance of not less than ten (10) feet on either side with the sum of the two (2) sides not less than twenty-five (25) feet.

5. Rear Yard – All structures shall be set in a distance of not less than forty (40) feet from the rear lot line.

6. Maximum Height – No structure shall exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height when within two hundred (200) feet of any residential district. Beyond two hundred (200) feet from a residential district, one additional foot in height may be added from each two (2) feet of horizontal distance beyond two hundred (200) feet, except as provided in Section 8.6.

7. Floor Area Ratio – Not to exceed 1.5.

8. Lot Coverage – Not more than sixty percent (60%) of the lot area may be occupied by buildings and structures, including accessory buildings.

6.2-9 Special Provisions

1. Parking Requirements – In accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in Section 12.

2. Sign Requirements – In accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in Section 13.

3. IEPA Regulations adopted by reference.

The standards, specifications, and regulations of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency are hereby incorporated into this Ordinance and made a part thereof by this reference. Such standards, specifications, and regulations shall include those as required by the following:

1. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Public Water Supplies.
2. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Livestock Waste Regulation.
3. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Solid Waste.
4. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Air Pollution Regulations.
5. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Noise Pollution Control Regulations.
6. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Water Pollution.
7. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Procedure Rules and Regulation.
8. State of Illinois – The Environmental Protection Act.
9. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Mine Waste Regulations.

4. Glare and Heat.

Any operation or activity-producing glare shall be performed within a completely enclosed building and be conducted so that direct and indirect illumination for the source of light on the lot shall not cause illumination in the excess of one-half (½) foot-candle when measured at the lot line. Exposed sources of light shall be shielded and flickering or intense sources of light shall be controlled so as not to cause a nuisance across lot lines.

Any operation producing intense heat shall be performed within a completely encloses building in such a manners not to create a public nuisance or hazard along lot lines.

5. Outdoor Sales.

All outdoor sales space shall be provided with a permanent durable and dustless surface, and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water.

6. Outdoor Storage.

The outdoor storage of materials, products, and goods is permitted if completely screened from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way. Outdoor storage of uncontained bulk materials is prohibited, except as a special use.

7. Enclosure of Uses.

All industrial operations shall take place within completely enclosed buildings, unless otherwise specified.

8. Power Generation Facilities – Power Generation Facilities as defined in this ordinance are prohibited from drawing water from subsurface water aquifers in excess of one thousand (1,000) gallons for each megawatt of electricity generated, and from using fuels other than natural gas, and are limited to one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of operation per turbine, per annum.

No portion of a Power Generation Facility’s structure shall be placed within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of any residential structure, use, or district.

6.3 I-3 INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (40,000 sq. ft.)

6.3-1 Purpose:

To provide lands for use by heavy or intense industries.

To provide lands for manufacturing, assembling, and fabricating activities, including large scale or specialized operations whose external effects will be felt to some degree by surrounding districts.

6.3-2 Policy:

To achieve the purpose of the I-3 Intensive Industrial District and the purpose of this Ordinance, it shall be the policy of the County:

To promote industrial development in municipally planned industrial parks.

To provide lands to be used for a full range of industrial uses and provide and protect the tax base and thereby the tax revenue to the county and to provide employment for the public benefit.

To govern the location, intensity, and method of development of industrial areas of Will County and grouping together of industries that are compatible to one another and that are not objectionable to the community as a whole.

To preserve lands for industrial and allied uses and prohibit the intrusion of residential and other non-compatible uses into the industrial area.

6.3-3 Permitted Uses:

No uses shall be used or occupied and no building, structure, or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied, or used, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance for other than one (1) or more of the following specified uses:

1. Industrial type uses:

1. All manufacturing uses permitted in the I-2 District.
2. Acid manufacturing.
3. Cement block manufacturing.
4. Chemicals manufacturing and compounding.
5. Drop forge.
6. Foundry.
7. Incinerator.
8. Industrial farms and/or feed yards.
9. Meat packing, but not stockyards or slaughterhouses except as a special use.
10. Power plant.
11. Railroad yard, including switching, storage, and maintenance facilities.
12. Sawmill.
13. Stamping mills.
14. Steel production and fabrication.
15. Vocational schools.

2. Wholesale and Warehouse Uses:

1. Wholesale and warehouse uses permitted in the I-2 District.
2. Storage yard for building supplies and equipment.
3. Concrete products storage.

3. Commercial Uses:

1. Service retail business permitted in the I-1 District.
2. Business establishments:

1. Business establishments permitted in the I-2 District.
2. Establishment manufacturing monuments and tombstones.
3. Exterminators.
4. Truck terminal.
5. Fuel and coal company.
6. Sign contractor.

4. Public, quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities:

1. Public, quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities permitted in the I-2 District.

6.3-4 Special Uses Permitted

The following uses shall be permitted only if specifically authorized by the County Board as allowed in Section 14.10:

1. Special uses permitted in the I-2 District.

2. Similar and compatible uses to those allowed as "permitted uses" in this district.

3. Automotive and scrap salvage yard, including wrecking and dismantling, provided all operations are conducted within the areas enclosed on all sides with an acceptable solid wall or fence not less than eight (8) feet high so that such operation is not visible from the nearest street or adjacent property. Such operation shall be properly maintained and kept in acceptable appearance.

4. Stockyards or slaughterhouses.

5. Mining and/or the extraction of minerals, sand, gravel, topsoil, or other aggregates, including equipment, buildings or structures for screen crushing, mixing, washing, or storage, provided that:

1. No pit or shaft is less than two hundred (200) feet from public road or fifty (50) feet from any side and rear property line.
2. All buildings or structures are located not less than two hundred (200) feet from any property line.
3. The borders of the property fenced with a fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height shall have a six (6) foot high earthen berm and a six (6) foot high chain link fence either in front or behind the berm.
4. A plan of development for the reclamation of the land is provided as part of the application for special use.

6. Mining and/or the extraction of minerals, sand, gravel, topsoil, or other aggregates, including equipment, buildings, or structures for screening, crushing, mixing, washing, or storage, provided that:

1. No open pit or shaft of less than two hundred (200) feet from any public road or fifty (50) feet from any side and rear property line.
2. All buildings or structures are located not less than two hundred (200) feet from any property line.
3. The border of the property fenced with a fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height shall have a six (6) foot high earthen berm and a six (6) foot high chain link fence either in front or behind the berm.
4. A plan of development for the reclamation of land is provided as part of the application for special use.
5. The use of blasting or other uses of explosives is permitted, provided it conforms to the following standards:

1. The use, handling, detonation of explosives (sometimes referred to as "blasting") in connection with said quarrying operations shall be under the direct supervision of persons having the requisite experience and knowledge to conduct such operations with safety. If such persons are hereafter required to be licensed by any Federal agency or by the State of Illinois or County of Will, such persons shall meet the licensing requirements and obtain such license.
2. The storage of explosives shall be in accordance with all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations and shall be stored in magazines, buildings, or structures which shall meet the safety requirements of such laws and regulations.
3. Blasting procedures shall be in accordance with modern techniques, generally accepted in the quarrying industry, whereby a shot shall consist of a series of drill holes containing quantities of explosives fired or detonated in sequences of multiple delays at intervals of milliseconds, so as to counteract and reduce the ground motion or earthborn vibrations from each successive detonation (sometimes referred to as "short-period delay blasting"). Blasting procedures shall be designed, on the basis of maximum charge per delay (that is, quantity of explosives in pounds per detonation) and distances in feet, so that the maximum ground vibration intensity shall not exceed 0.5 inches per second of ground particle velocity resulting from any shot or blast measured by any one of the three mutual perpendicular planes of ground motion as recorded at the nearest existing building.
4. Blasting procedures shall be subject to and comply with the applicable lawful requirements of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) of the United States Department of the Interior, and any other governmental agency having jurisdiction thereof.
5. Blasting procedures shall be in conformity with approved safety regulations, customs, and practices generally accepted in the quarrying industry, and the safety regulations of governmental agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
6. Compliance with the provisions of these regulations governing blasting procedures and quarrying operations shall be subject to review and inspection from time-to-time by authorized County officials, upon reasonable prior notice and during reasonable business hours.
7. The actual detonation of any blast will be restricted to the local time period between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday of each week. No blasting shall take place on Sunday or on the following legal holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

7. Outdoor billboards in accordance with Section 13 of this Ordinance.

8. Concrete and asphalt mixing.

9. Petroleum or flammable liquids production, refining, and storage.

10. Rendering plants.

11. Dynamite storage.

12. Floodplain Development (see Section 10).

13. Self-service storage facilities (see Section 8.19).

14. Adult Entertainment facility (See section 8.24).

15. Wholesale power generators – Any electricity generating operation which is operated or owned by any organization, other than the owner an maintainer of a majority of electricity transmission facilities within the planning jurisdiction, that serves uses, structures, or sites outside the site on which the operation is located. This definition does not include any facility designated by the State of Illinois as exempt from such regulation.

No portion of any Wholesale Power Generator structure shall be placed within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of any residential structure, use, or district.

16. Cargo Container storage and maintenance facilities, provided that:

1. The parcel in which the facility is located shall have a minimum lot size of 5 acres.
2. Cargo containers are not stacked more than three (3) units high. When stacked, an additional twenty (20) feet shall be added to all setbacks for each additional level of stacked containers.
3. No side-by-side grouping shall exceed twenty (20) containers in width and no end-to-end grouping shall exceed two (2) containers in length. The interiors of all containers in a grouping shall be accessible from the outside of the grouping. Thirty (30) foot paved access drives shall be maintained at all times on all sides of a grouping.
4. A screening buffer strip shall be provided with a minimum width of ten (10) feet around the entire perimeter of the facility. The buffer strip shall consist of a combination of landscaped berm as prescribed in Section 8.10 and of man-made materials as prescribed in Section 8.5-7 Subsection (f).

6.3-5 Temporary Uses Permitted

Upon application to and issuance by the Zoning Administrator of a permit thereof, the following uses may be operated as Temporary Uses:

1. Temporary permit uses permitted in the I-1 District.

6.3-6 Accessory Uses

Accessory uses, buildings, or other structures and devices customarily incidental to and commonly associated with a permitted use or special use may be permitted provided they are operated and maintained under the same ownership, on the same lot, and do not include structures or features inconsistent with the permitted use or special use.

6.3-7 Prohibited Uses

All uses not expressly authorized in Sections 6.3-3, 6.3-4, 6.3-5 and 6.3-6.

6.3-8 Site and Structure Requirements

1. Minimum Lot Area – A separate ground area of not less than forty thousand (40,000) square feet shall be designated, provided, and continuously maintained for each structure or land containing a permitted or special use.

2. Minimum Lot Width – A minimum lot width of one hundred (100) feet shall be provided for each lot used for permitted or special use.

3. Front Yard – All structures shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from the front lot line on dedicated roads and one hundred and fifty (150) feet from the center line on non-dedicated roads.

4. Side Yard – All structures shall be set in from the side lot line a distance of not less than twenty (20) feet on either side with the sum of the two (2) sides not less than fifty (50) feet.

5. Rear Yard – All structures shall be set in a distance of not less than forty (40) feet from the rear lot line.

6. Maximum Height – No structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height when within two hundred (200) feet of any residential district. Beyond two hundred (200) feet from a residential district, one (1) additional foot in height may be added from each two (2) feet of horizontal distance beyond two hundred (200) feet, except as provided in Section 8.6.

7. Floor Area Ratio – Not to exceed 1.5.

8. Maximum Lot Coverage – Not more than seventy percent (70%) of the lot area may be occupied by buildings and structures, including accessory buildings.

6.3-9 Special Provisions

1. Parking Requirements – In accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in Section 12.

2. Sign Requirements – In accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in Section 13.

3. IEPA Regulations adopted by reference.

The standards, specifications, and regulations of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency are hereby incorporated into this Ordinance and made a part thereof by this reference. Such standards, specifications, and regulations shall include those as required by the following:

1. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Public Water Supplies;
2. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Livestock Waste Regulation;
3. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Solid Waste;
4. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Air Pollution Regulations;
5. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Noise Pollution Control Regulations;
6. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Water Pollution;
7. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Procedure Rules and Regulation;
8. State of Illinois – The Environmental Protection Act; and
9. Illinois Pollution Control Board Rules and Regulations; Mine Waste Regulations.

4. Outdoor Storage-

The outdoor storage of materials, products, and goods is permitted if completely screened from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way. Outdoor storage of uncontained bulk materials is prohibited, except as a special use.

5. Power Generation Facilities – Power Generation Facilities as defined in this ordinance are prohibited from drawing water from subsurface water aquifers in excess of one thousand (1,000) gallons for each megawatt of electricity generated, and from using fuels other than natural gas, and are limited to one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of operation per turbine, per annum.

No portion of a Power Generation Facility’s structure shall be placed within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of any residential structure, use, or district.