[Amended 6-2189 by Ord. No. P-58]
A. Purpose.
(1) I-1 District. The purpose of this district is to establish standards for urban industrial activity; to acknowledge the city's traditional locational advantages for materials handling and fabrication; to maintain employment opportunities for local residents while diversifying and strengthening the city's economic base.
(2) I-1(W) Subdistrict. The purpose of the I-1(W) Subdistrict is to protect existing employment opportunities and to recognize that since the potential of waterfront land to be used for traditional waterfront activities has declined sharply, alternative uses, such as residential developments with associated retail uses, should be encouraged near the waterfront. In order to adequately guide the redevelopment of this district, all proposed developments must undergo the urban design review procedures set forth in § 196-27.1 of this chapter.
B. Principal permitted uses shall be as follows:
(1) I-1 District:
(a) Manufacturing, processing, producing or fabricating operations which meet the performance standards set forth in Article XII, provided that all operations and activities, except parking, are carried on within enclosed buildings and that there is no outside storage of materials, equipment or refuse.
(b) Office buildings.
(c) Research laboratories.
(d) Warehouses and related office buildings.
(e) Essential utility and public services.
(f) Wireless telecommunications towers subject to Sections 196-26 and 196-35. [Added 5-7-2003 by Ord. No. DR-91]
(2) I-1(W) Subdistrict:
(a) Manufacturing, processing, producing or fabricating operations which meet the performance standards set forth in Article XII, provided that all operations and activities, except parking, are carried on within enclosed buildings and that there is no outside storage of materials, equipment or refuse.
(b) Office buildings.
(c) Research laboratories.
(d) Planned unit development, per § 196-27.1.
C. Accessory uses shall be as follows:
(1) I-1 District:
(a) Off-street parking, loading and unloading in accordance with Article XI.
(b) Accessory uses customarily incidental to principal permitted uses and on the same tract.
(c) Signs. See § 196-31.
(d)Wireless telecommunications antennas subject to Sections 196-26 and 196-35. [Added 5-7- 2003 by Ord. No. DR-91]
(2) I-1(W) Subdistrict.
(a) Off-street parking, loading and unloading, in accordance with Article XI.
(b) Accessory uses customarily incidental to principal permitted uses and on the same tract.
(c) Wireless telecommunications antennas subject to Sections 196-26 and 196-35. [Added 5-72003 by Ord. No. DR-91]
**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 196-16.E(7)(c) through 196-17.C(2)(c), have been amended as per Supplement No. 49.
D. Conditional uses shall be as follows:
(1) I-1 District:
(a) Automobile service stations.
(b) Commercial garages.
(c) Building supply and lumber yards.
(d) Factory outlet stores.
(e) Planned industrial development.
(f) Manufacturing and processing operations wherein additional evidence is required to demonstrate ability to comply with minimum performance standards, as set forth in Article XII.
(g) Public parking facilities.
(h) Intermediate material recovery facility for solid waste that meets but does not exceed the requirements of the 1979 Hudson County Solid Waste Management Plan, provided that all operations and storage are carried on entirely within enclosed buildings.
(i) Accessory use customarily incidental to a principal permitted use but not located on the same lot or parcel or, if contiguous, within the same zoning district.
(2) I-1(W) Subdistrict
(a) Essential utility and public services.
(b) Public or accessory parking garages.
(c) Marinas.
(d) Bars.
(e) Restaurants.
(f) Retail business or service.
(g) Riverborne public transportation.
E. Area, yard and building requirements for principal and accessory buildings shall be as follows:
(1) I-1 District.
(a) Lot area, minimum: twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
(b) Lot width, minimum: two hundred (200) feet.
(c) Lot depth, minimum: one hundred (100) feet.
(d) Lot coverage, maximum:
[1] For principal buildings: sixty-five percent (65%).
[2] For accessory buildings: ten percent (10%).
(e) Building height, maximum:
[1] For principal buildings, four (4) stories, but not more than eighty (80) feet.
[2] For accessory buildings, one and one-half (11/2) stories, but not more than thirty (30) feet.
(f) Yard dimensions, minimum:
[1] Front: ten (10) feet.
[2] Side: ten (10) feet each side.
[3] Rear: twenty (20) feet.
(2) I-1(W) Subdistrict. [Amended 10-20-1993 by Ord. No. R-8; 4-20-1994 by Ord. No. R-40]
(a) For all uses, other than planned unit development:
[1] Lot area, minimum: twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
[2] Lot width, minimum: two hundred (200) feet.
[3] Lot depth, minimum: one hundred (100) feet.
[5] Building height, maximum:
[a] For manufacturing, four (4) stories, but in no event more than eighty (80) feet.
[b] For offices and research, eight (8) stories, but in no event more than eighty (80) feet.
[c] For marinas and other retail, two (2) stories, but in no event more than thirty (30) feet.
[6] Yard dimensions, as per I-1 District requirements above.
(b) [Amended 9-6-1995 by Ord. No. R-141] For all planned unit development:
[1] Tract area, minimum: ten (10) acres, which may include piers, platform and water area.
[2] Application of lot, coverage and yard requirements per urban design review, § 196-27.1.
[3] Building height, maximum (includes floors devoted to off-street parking when located within the principal building):
[a] For manufacturing- four (4) stories, but in no event more than eighty (80) feet.
[b] For offices and research: eight (8) stories, but in no event more than eighty-five (85) feet.
[c] For marinas: two (2) stories, but in no event more than thirty (30) feet.
[d] For retail:
[i] Freestanding retail building: maximum two (2) -floors of retail use, up to thirty (30) feet in height; rooftop parking is permitted so long as the total building does not exceed eighty (80) feet in height.
[ii] Retail within a building occupied by another principal use: two (2) floors; where the balance of the building is occupied by residential use, retail space must have entryways separate from the residential use.
[e] For residential: eight (8) stories, but in no event more than eighty-five (85) feet; provided, however, that a planned unit development may include residential buildings [defined in planned unit developments as buildings with at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the gross use area devoted to residential use] with a maximum building height of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet, subject to § 196-17E(2)(b)[4] below.
[f] For parking structures not located within a principal building: eight (8) stories, but in no event more than eighty (80) feet.
[g] In no event shall any building exceed eighty-five (85) feet in height, except as otherwise specified and permitted under § 196-17E(2)(b)[4].
[4] In order to promote flexibility in the design of planned unit developments, residential buildings in any development block may be constructed to a height of up to one hundred twenty-five (125) feet, provided that the total gross use area for residential uses in the planned unit development does not exceed the gross use area which would be permitted (at the eight-story height limitation) in the planned unit development under the following formula: the sum total area of all development blocks in the planned unit development multiplied by eight (8) (representing the number of stories of residential use permitted under § 197.17E(2)(b)[3](e]} multiplied by fifty-one percent (51%).
[5] Permissible ranges of ratios of residential and nonresidential uses measured on the basis of gross use area:
[a] Permissible range of gross use area devoted to residential use: twenty-five percent (25%) minimum to eighty-five percent (85%) maximum.
[b] Permissible range of gross use area devoted to the total of all commercial, industrial, public or quasi-public uses: fifteen percent (15%) minimum to seventy-five percent (75%) maximum.
F. Off-street parking and loading shall be as follows:
(1) I-1 District: see Article XI.
(2) [Amended 9-6-1995 Ord. No. R-141] MM Subdistrict:
(a) Except in the case of a planned development as hereinafter provided, parking shall be provided in enclosed parking structures.
(b) In the case of a planned development containing at least an aggregate of one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet devoted to retail and/or recreational uses (including piers and platforms and excluding water area), parking may be provided in enclosed parking structures or open parking areas or in any combination thereof Vehicles parked in open areas must be shielded or screened in such manner as substantially to prevent them from being observed from grade level outside the planned development. Such shielding may be provided by buildings, landscaping, fences or walls within the planned development.
(c) See Article XI for all other requirements.
G. Performance standards shall be as follows: see Article XII.
