12.34.010 M-1 limited manufacturing district.
(a) Primary Purpose and Characteristics. The M-1 Limited Manufacturing District is intended to provide for manufacturing, industrial and related uses of a limited nature in size and for situations where such uses are not located in basic industrial groupings and where their relative proximity to other uses requires more restrictive regulation as to hours of operation, method of manufacturing, traffic patterns, storage of materials and products, shipment of materials and products, etc., so as to better provide for the health, safety and welfare of the public. There shall be strict compliance with the performance standards set forth in sections 12.11.010 through 12.11.040 of this ordinance. All new structures and uses and changes or additions to existing structures and uses shall be in compliance with the site plan review requirements of this ordinance (See Section 12.08.020). (8/6/02)
It is recognized that it is neither possible nor practicable to list all of the principal and accessory uses that are compatible with those listed below and therefore it is intended that the following list of principal and accessory uses only be illustrative. Any individual aggrieved by a failure to list a particular principal or accessory use in this subsection shall have the right to file a petition with the Kenosha County Department of Planning and Development pursuant to section 12.55 of this ordinance for a determination as to the similarity of the intended use with the principal and accessory uses listed below.
(b) Principal Uses (4/18/00). The processing, manufacturing and/or storage of the following including office buildings, office parks, and ancillary uses shall constitute the principal uses permitted in the M-1 Limited Manufacturing District:
1. Agricultural and general warehousing
2. Apparel and findings
3. Automatic temperature controls
4. Baked goods and bakery products
5. Blank books, loose-leaf binders and devices
6. Blending and preparing of flour
7. Books; publishing, printing and binding
8. Boot and shoe cut, stock and findings
9. Bottling and canning soft drinks and carbonated waters
10. Brooms and brushes
11. Candy and other confectionery products
12. Canned, frozen, and preserved fruits, vegetables, seafood and food specialties
13. Canvas products
14. Coffee roasting and coffee products
15. Commercial storage, curing, drying, churning, processing and packaging of agricultural products
16. Contract sorting, grading and packaging services for fruits and vegetables
17. Corn, wet milling
18. Costume jewelry, costume novelties, buttons, and miscellaneous notions
19. Curtains and draperies
20. Dental equipment and supplies
21. Drying and dehydrating fruits and vegetables
22. Electro typing and stereo typing
23. Engineering, laboratory, and scientific (other than chemical) and research instruments and associated equipment
24. Envelopes
25. Fabrics
26. Feeds prepared for animals and fowl
27. Flavor extracts and flavoring syrups
28. Flour and other grain mill products
29. Fluid milk processing
30. Footwear
31. Fresh or frozen fruits, fruit juices, vegetable and specialties
32. Fruit and vegetable pickling, vegetable sauces and seasoning, salad dressing preparation
33. Fur goods
34. Grain elevators and bulk storage of feed grains
35. Handbags and other personal leather goods
36. Hats, caps and millinery
37. Household furniture and furnishings
38. Ice
39. Ice cream and frozen desserts
40. Industrial leather, belting and packing
41. Jeweler’s findings and materials
42. Jewelry and precious metals
43. Lamps and lamp shades
44. Leather and sheeplined clothing
45. Leather gloves and mittens
46. Luggage
47. Macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, fettuccini, lasagna, angel hair and noodles
48. Malt liquors
49. Manifold business forms
50. Mechanical measuring and controlling instruments
51. Mens, youths and boys furnishings, work clothing and allied garments
52. Milling of rice, vegetable and soybean oil
53. Morticians’ supplies
54. Motion picture and video production
55. Musical instruments and parts
56. Newspapers; publishing, and printing
57. Office furniture
58. Office buildings, office parks, and ancillary uses, with or without space for principal or accessory manufacturing, assembly, repair or warehousing uses. Ancillary uses within office building or office parks include, but are not limited to: financial services such as banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and stock brokers; professional services such as medical, legal, and accounting services; personal services such as day care centers, dry cleaners, barbers and beauty shops; fast service printing and communication; food services such as restaurants and delicatessens; and convenience item retail stores. (4/18/00)
59. Ophthalmic goods
60. Optical instruments and lenses
61. Orthopedic, prosthetic and surgical appliances and supplies
62. Paperboard and cardboard
63. Paper coating and glazing
64. Partitions, shelving, lockers and office and store fixtures
65. Office and artists supplies
66. Photoengraving and photographic equipment and supplies
67. Pleating, decorative and novelty stitching
68. Poultry and small game dressing and packing providing all operations shall be conducted within an enclosed building
69. Preparation of cereals
70. Preparation of feeds for animals and fowl
71. Printing, commercial
72. Production of chocolate and cocoa
73. Production of condensed and evaporated milk
74. Production of creamery butter
75. Production of flour and other grain mill products
76. Production of frozen fruits, fruit juices, vegetables and other specialties
77. Production of natural and processed cheese
78. Production of wine, brandy, and brandy spirits
79. Raincoats and other waterproof outer garments
80. Sanitary paper products
81. Sausages and other prepared meat products provided that all activities are conducted within an enclosed building
82. Seed and grain processing and preparation
83. Signs and advertising displays
84. Sugar processing and production
85. Surgical and medical instruments and apparatus
86. Tobacco products
87. Toys, amusement, sporting and athletic goods
88. Typesetting
89. Umbrellas, parasols, and canes
90. Vegetable oil milling
91. Venetian blinds and shades
92. Wallpaper
93. Self-Storage Facilities
94. Watches, clocks, clockwork operated devices, and parts
95. Wet milling of corn
96. Womens’, misses, Jr. girls and infants furnishings, work and dress clothing and allied garments
97. Yarns and threads
(c) Accessory Uses.
1. Garages for storage of vehicles used in conjunction with the operation of the industry
2. Office, storage, power supply and other uses normally auxiliary to the principal industrial operations
3. Off-street parking and loading areas
4. Small wind energy system
5. Solar energy system
(d) Conditional Uses (see also section 12.40.080) (8/6/02).
1. Auto-truck body and engine repair and painting
2. Concrete and asphalt batch plants located on a parcel
3. Flea Markets
4. Freight terminals, yards, freight forwarding services, packing and crating services and related equipment storage and maintenance facilities.
5. Malt production
6. Millwork, lumber yards, saw mills and planing mills
7. Packing and crating services
8. Petroleum bulk stations and terminals
9. Processing of hardwood dimension, flooring, veneer, and plywood
10. Retail or wholesale sales of manufactured products on premises
11. Utility substations
12. Large wind energy system
(e) Lot Area and Width.
1. Individual industries served by public sanitary sewage facilities shall provide a minimum lot area of 10,000 square feet and a minimum frontage of 75 feet in width
2. Individual industries served by on-site soil absorption sewage disposal systems or other approved private means of sewage disposal, shall provide a minimum lot area of 40,000 square feet and a minimum frontage of 150 feet in width
(f) Building Height and Area.
1. No building or parts of a building shall exceed 35 feet in height
2. No maximum or minimum building area shall be required in the M-1 Limited Manufacturing District due to the variety of uses within this district and the diverse building demands of each use
(g) Yards.
1. Street yard - not less than 65 feet from the right-of-way of all Federal, State Trunk or County Trunk highways; and not less than 30 feet from the right-of-way of all other roads. (8/6/02)
2. Shore yard - not less than 75 feet from the ordinary high water mark of any navigable water. (11/5/86)
3. Side yard - not less than 15 feet in width on each side of all structures
4. Rear yard - not less than 25 feet.
(h) Authorized Sanitary Sewer Systems.
1. Public sanitary sewer
3. Holding tank on lots of record created prior to July 1, 1980 [Code § 12.23-1.]