§ 82-283. IH heavy industrial district.

(a)

Purpose. The purpose of the IN district is to accommodate those heavier industrial uses which have objectionable influences, but which nevertheless, should be provided for in the community. The IH district is, insofar as it is possible, applied to locations removed from the residential districts on the basis of linear distance or natural or manmade features.

(b)

Required conditions. All uses in the IH district shall comply with the performance standard cited in the Environmental Protection Act as set forth in 415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.

(c)

Permitted uses. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or land may be used and no building may be erected, converted, enlarged or structurally altered in the IH district except for the following uses: any use listed as a permitted use in the IG district.

(d)

Special uses. Special uses in the IH district are as follows:

(1)

Any use which may be allowed as a special use in the IG district, unless already permitted under subsection (c) of this section, may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(2)

Sexually oriented business, subject to the following special uses criteria:

a.

A sexually oriented business may not be operated within 1,000 feet of the following previously established uses:

1.

A church, synagogue or regular place of worship

2.

A public or private elementary or secondary school

3.

Any property legally used or zoned for residential purposes

4.

A public park

5.

A day care facility

6.

Another sexually oriented business

b.

For the purpose of this subsection, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as a part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted, to the nearest property line of a church, school, park, residential use or other sexually oriented business, or to the nearest boundary of a residential zoning district.

c.

Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to authorize or permit any activity or conduct prohibited by any local, state or federal law including, but not limited to, obscenity and prostitution.

(e)

Yards. No building or structure in the IH district shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such buildings: A side yard equal to at least ten feet; except, on corner lots where the side yard adjoins a street, the side yard shall be the same as the front yard.

(f)

Height. In the IH district, no building shall be erected or altered to a height in excess of 100 feet.

(Code 1974, § 22-48)

Cross reference

Businesses, ch. 26.