ARTICLE VI Regulations for Light Manufacturing Districts
§ 252-37. Permitted uses.

A. There is permitted in this district all uses allowed in any Dwelling or Commercial District and the uses hereafter set forth, namely:

(1) The manufacturing of articles or the assembling of unfinished parts by hand or machine or both, except heavy industry, provided that the noise caused by the operation of the machinery, the emission of odors, stenches, dust, smoke, gas or noise are confined within the building or premises where such manufacturing or assembling of articles is carried on, and provided that, where machines are used in such manufacturing or assembling, each such machine shall be operated by a motor of not more than five (5) horsepower. In buildings in which elevators are operated, the limitation of horsepower herein set forth shall not apply with respect to such elevators and conveyors. A blower may be of such horsepower as may be necessary, provided that the noise thereof shall be confined within the building, and provided that the duct shall not extend more than six (6) feet above the roof level of the building.

(2) Auto laundries.

(3) Bake shops or bakeries where bread or cake, or both products, are baked or sold at wholesale or retail.

(4) Buildings which are used to transiently store merchandise or packages for distribution, with the right to house therein the motor vehicles used in such business, except as otherwise expressly prohibited in this chapter. Not more than one (1) gasoline pump may be used; it must be inside the building and used only for servicing of the motor vehicles used in such business. The vehicles used in such business may be repaired therein, provided that not more than three (3) men are so employed on such repairs.

(5) Repair of vehicles.

(6) Public garages, except as otherwise provided in Article VIII.

(7) Repair shops, except in public garages.

(8) Upholstery shops. No upholstery work shall, however, be performed in any part of any building where excelsior, dry moss or sisal is used in connection with such work, unless said part of said building is made fireproof and so maintained or unless such excelsior, dry moss or sisal be kept in covered metal containers.

(8) The pasteurization of milk and bottling of same.

(9) Lodges and clubs subject to approval of the Board of Trustees, after public hearing and notice. [Added 10-26-1992 by L.L. No. 11-1992']

(10) [Added 1-3-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994] Outdoor storage of new automobiles upon an open lot by dealers of new cars having a franchise to sell new cars in the village, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees after public notice and hearing and subject to the following conditions and limitations:

(a) A special use permit issued hereunder shall expire three (3) years after the time of its issuance. Application to renew the special use permit may be made to the Board of Trustees in the same manner as an original application.

(b) A special use permit may be granted hereunder if the Board of Trustees finds that the proposed use will not be dangerous or detrimental to the public health, safety or general welfare and will not adversely affect residential or other properties. In making its determination, the Board of Trustees may also take into consideration any other factors it deems relevant.

(c) If any part or parts of this Subsection A(10) are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Subsection A(10). The Board of Trustees hereby declares it would have enacted this Subsection A(10) and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one (1) or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases might be declared invalid.

§ 252-38. Prohibited uses.

A. No building or premises shall be used, and no building shall be erected or altered, which is arranged, intended or designed to be used for any of the following specified trades, industries or uses:

(1) Any power unit of over five (5) horsepower, except a blower.

(2) Asphalt manufacturing or refining, cement plants or cement mix plants, or lime mix or mixture, cement or cement mix or mixture, gypsum or plaster of paris mix or mixture, or manufacture thereof, and such trade or substantially similar trade, industry or use in which any such mixture or material used therein falls or drips upon the roadway, street or streets of the village and industry, trade or use is carried on of any material or substance where such stance is not so covered that the same may not be blown or dispersed into the air or street while being hauled to or from any place of business in said district.

(3) Assaying (other than gold or silver).

(4) Blacksmithing or horseshoeing.

(5) Brewing or distilling of beer or liquors.



(6) Carpet or rug cleaning.

(7) Crematories.

(8) Dyeing or dry cleaning; tailors may do hand spotcleaning as an incident to tailoring.

(9) Electrical central station power plants.

(10) Fat rendering.

(11) Lampblack manufacturing.

(12) Lumberyard.

(13) Lunch wagon, whether on wheels or foundation.

(14) Sawmill or planing mill.

(15) Smelting.

(16) Stable for horses.

(17) Starch, glucose or dextrine manufacturing.

(18) Sugar refining.

(19) There is prohibited in this district all buildings, structures and uses prohibited in the Industrial District, unless herein expressly permitted.

(20) One- and two-family dwellings.

(21) Boardinghouses, rooming houses or lodging houses. [Added 8-13-1968 by Ord. No. 68-21]

(22) Hotels. [Added 10-26-1992 by L.L. No. 11-1992]

(23) Amusement centers containing more than two (2)amusement center games, as defined in Chapter 66, Amusements. [Added 4-18-1994 by L.L. No. 4.1994]

(24) Tattoo parlors. [Added 5-6-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]

(25) A business which allocates a substantial portion of its operations engaging in the piercing of parts of the human body for the purpose of attaching or inserting jewelry, decoration or other like ornaments therein. [Added 5-6-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]

§ 252-39.Height restrictions.

[Amended 1-4-1988 by L.L. No. 4-1988; 8-12-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991]

No building or part thereof or structure or accessory structure or accessory building shall be erected, altered or raised that is higher than three (3) stories or forty (40) feet above the curb level of the street.

§ 252-40. Rear yards.

[Amended 10-26-1992 by L.L. No. 11-1992]

Rear yards are required of no less than ten (10) feet, except that no apartment house multiple dwelling or club which shall hereafter be erected shall a have a rear yard of less than twenty (20) feet.

§252-41. Yard requirements for single-family or two-family dwellings .

Any building erected or hereafter constructed for a single-family detached or a two-family detached house must comply with the front yard, side yard or rear yard requirements as set forth in §§ 252-17, 252-18 and 252-19 of this chapter.

§ 252-42. Lot coverage.

[Amended 10-26-1992 by L.L. No. 11-1992]

Apartment houses, multiple dwellings or clubs shall be erected in this district upon a plot not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of such lot or plot and, to furnish space for garages or car spaces, shall be as set forth in this chapter based upon the number of apartments or housekeeping units in such buildings.

§ 252-43. Front yard and setback requirements for certain uses.

[Amended 10-26-1992 by L.L. No. 11-1992]

The front yard requirements for apartment houses, multiple dwellings or clubs shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet. On corner lots the setback distance from the street line other than the street upon which the building fronts shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet.

§ 252-44. Side yards.

[Amended 10-26-1992 by L.L. No. 11-1992]

Side yards are not required, except for apartment houses, multiple dwellings or clubs, which side yards shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet in width on each side of the buildings.