2474 ORDINANCE NO. 1
AN ORDINANE TO AMEND THE WEST MEMPHIS ZONING MAP AND ZONING
ORDINAr CE 1988, AS AMENDED, ARTICLE II; SECTION 1 - ZONING
DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED, ADDING I-1-M LIMITED INDUSTRIAL
MANUFACTURING DISTRICT; ARTICLE III; SECTION 3 — INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT'S; PARAGRAPH A— GENERAL DESCRIPTION, ADDING #1.B. I-1-M
LIMITED INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING; PARAGRAPH B — PERMITTED
USES,AND PARAGRAPH C - LOT,YARD AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
WHEREAS, application was made to the City Planning Commission to amend the West
Memphis Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance, and after notice having been published for the
time and in the manner as provided by Ordinance No. 1988, as amended,the matter was heard by
the City Plalning Commission on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, and the Planning Commission
recommended to amend the West Memphis Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance 1988, as
amended, Article II; Section 1 -Zoning Districts Established, adding I-1-M Limited Industrial
Manufactur.ng District; Article III; Section 3 —Industrial Districts; Paragraph A—General
Description, Adding#Lb. I-1-M Limited Industrial Manufacturing; Paragraph B—Permitted
Uses, AND Paragraph C - Lot, Yard and Height Regulations
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST MEMPHIS,ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. That the West Memphis Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance 1988, as amended be
and the sarne, is hereby amended, as follows:
ZONING MAP (See attachment)
ARTICLE II- ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES
SECTION 1: ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED
I-1-M Limited Industrial Manufacturing District
ARTICLE III
SE(:TION 3: INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
A. General Description
The industrial zoning districts are intended to provide for the development of light
to heavy industrial uses and their related facilities. Appropriate standards for the
various districts are designed to assure compatibility with other similar uses and to
ameliorate any conflicts with non-industrial uses located in close proximity to the
industrial use. The Zoning Ordinance hereby establishes 5 industrial zoning
districts to be known as the I-1, Industrial; I-1C, Container Storage Yard; I-1-M,
Limited Industrial, Manufacturing; 1-2; I-2C, Container Storage Yard; and PBP,
Planned Business Park.
1. I-1,Limited Industrial—As this industrial district is often located in
proximity to residential districts, its principal purpose is to permit the
operation of industries,trades, and services that can be operated in a
relatively clean and quiet manner and which will not be obnoxious to
adjacent residential or business districts. Thus, it is intended primarily for
the conduct of light manufacturing, assembling, and fabrication and for
warehousing, wholesaling, and service uses, conducted buy operations
which are primarily carried on within enclosed buildings having adequate
land area for parking and landscaping.
La. I-1-C Limited Industrial, Intermodal Container Storage Yard—This
district is sized and located to limit such uses within the City and provide
access via a principal and/or minor arterial or industrial collector street as
classified by the West Memphis-Marion Area Transportation Plan and/or
by the West Memphis Planning Commission and approved by the City as a
designated truck route for a particular approved site. It is created for the
purpose of allowing the storage of shipping containers that have the
capability of being stacked. The location such district(s) shall be based on
considerations of public health, safety and welfare and shall conform to all
other applicable City ordinances and regulations.
Lb. I-1-M Limited Industrial,Manufacturing- This district is
geographically located in an area that has access to an Interstate or
dedicated truck route. It is created for the purpose of allowing for the
manufacturing of automobiles as well as associated industries. The
location such district(s) shall be based on considerations of public health,
safety and welfare and shall conform to all other applicable City
ordinances and regulations.
2. I-2, General Industrial—This district allows for heavier or more intense
industrial uses than permitted in the I-1, Limited Industrial District. The
regulations for the I-2 District are the minimum required for mutual
protection of the industrial users and for the safety and general welfare of
the citizens of West Memphis and of surrounding districts.
2.a. I-2-C General Industrial District—Intermodal Container Storage
Yard—This district shall permit all land uses allowed in a I-2 General
Industrial District and will be sized and located to limit such uses within
the City and provide access via principal and/or minor arterial or industrial
collector street as classified by the West Memphis—Marion area
Transportation Plan and/or by the West Memphis Planning Commission
and approved by the City as a designated truck route for a particular
approved site. It is created for the purpose of allowing the storage of
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shipping containers that have the capability of being stacked. The location
of such district(s) shall be based on considerations of public health, safety
and welfare and shall conform to all other applicable city ordinances and
regulations.
3. PBP Planned Business Park District—The purpose of the Planned
Business Park District is to foster stability and growth in light industry,
research and development similar industries that are enhanced by access to
transportation networks and that provide desirable employment
opportunities for the general welfare of the community. The Planned
Business Park District targets relatively large contiguous land areas that
can be developed according to a unified plan in a high quality, campuslike
setting rather than on a lot-by-lot basis. The uses and standards in this
district are intended to promote flexibility and innovation in site design
and enhance the environmental quality and attractiveness of business parks
in the community, engage the natural or scenic qualities of the
environment and protect the public health and safety. The minimum areas
for a"PBP" Planned Business Park Designation shall be 25 acres. In
calculating the minimum area for a PBP District,the measurements shall
include the area of all dedicated streets entirely within the boundary of the
proposed PBP and one-half of the area of all boundary or perimeter streets.
B. Permitted Uses
The permitted uses in the industrial districts are set for the below. Where the letter "X"
appears opposite a permitted use and underneath an industrial zoning district, the use is
permitted in that district subject to (1) the providing of off-street parking in the amount
required, (2) conformance to the development criteria applying to uses as set forth in this
section, and (3) the providing of off-street loading in accordance with Article VI. Where
letters "SP"appear instead of"X", this use is permitted subject to acquiring a Special Use
Permit as set forth in Article IV.
ZONING DISTRICT PERMITTED USES
1. INDUSTRIAL USES: I-1 1-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
(a; MANUFACTURING USES
Advertising Displays X X X X X X
Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment X X X X X
X
Apparel or Other Textile Products
Including Hats and Hosiery X X X X X X
Asphalt or Asphalt Products X X
[Automobiles, Trucks or Trailers, Mobile
Homes X X X
Boats, Building or Repair X X X
Carpentry, Woodworking, or Furniture
Working X X X X X X
Cement, Lime or Plaster-of-Paris SP SP
Ceramic Products — Brick, Tile, Clay,
Glass, Porcelain SP SP SP X X SP
Chemicals, Compounding or Packaging SP SP SP X X SP
Compounding or Packaging of
Cosmetics, Toiletries, Drugs, and
Pharmaceutical Products X X X X X X
Co-ton Ginning or Processing X X
Electrical Appliances, Equipment and
Supplies X X X X X X
Fertilizers SP SP
Food Products, including dairy products,
bakery products, candy, fruit and
vegetable processing and canning,
packing and processing of meat and
poultry,but not including and distilling of
beverages, slaughtering of animals or
poultry, or manufacture of vinegar or
pickles SP SP SP X X
Fad products, including slaughtering of
animals and poultry or manufacture of
vir.egar or pickles SP SP
Grain, Milling, or Processing X X
Hair, Felt, Feather, or Leather Products X X
Ice, Dry or Natural X X X X X X
Industrial Uses Not Listed SP SP SP SP SP SP
Jewelry X X X X X X
Machines, Machine Tools X X X X SP
Mattresses, including rebuilding or
renovating X X X X X X
Monument Works X X
Orthopedic or Medical Supplies X X X X X X
Paint, Enamel, Lacquer, Turpentine, X X
Varnish
Paper Manufacturing or Processing SP SP SP X X SP
Pl.istic Products, including luggage,
tableware, buttons, or similar products IX IX X X X SP
Printing and Publishing, including
Engraving or Photoengraving X X X X X X
Rubber Products,Natural or Synthetic X X X
Steel Products, Fabrication and X X
Assembly
Stone and Gravel Processing or Products X X
Tai or Tar Products, Creosoting, or
Similar Processes X X
Wood or Lumber Processing, including
the manufacture of paper pulp, furniture,
or similar products X X
(2) NON-MANUFACTURING USES I-1 I-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
Animal Hospital, Kennel, Pound or
Sh.:lter SP SP SP X X
Arpliance Repair X X X X X X
Automobile Wrecking, Salvage, or
Junkyard SP SP
Al to Wrecker Service, subject to Article
V SP SP SP SP SP
Batching or Mixing Plant, Asphalt or
Portland Cement, Concrete, Mortar or
Plaster SP SP
Cc nstruction Sites Without Heavy
Equipment or Material Storage X X X X X
X
Construction Office/Building,
Ec uipment Repair, Sales, or Contractor X X X X
Storage Yard X
Extraction of Clay, Gravel, Quarrying of
Rock X X
G,Lses or Liquids, Flammable, Storage X X
Grain Elevator X X
Laboratory, Research or Testing X X X X X X
Light Fabrication and Assembly Process X X X X X X
(2) NON-MANFACTURING USES II=1 I-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
CONT'D
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Livestock Auction Sales Barn and Pens X X
Machine or Welding Shop X X X X X
Petroleum Products Storage X X
Plumbing, Electrical, Air Conditioning
anc. Heating Shop X X X X X X
School, Commercial or Trade X X X X X X
Sheet Metal Shop X X X X X
Tnick Stop and Travel Center, or Truck
Pwking SP SP SP SP SP
(3) COMMERCIAL USES II=1 I-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
Auction Room,Auctioneer X X X X X X
Automobile Accessory and Supply Store X X X X X X
Automobile Bus or Truck-Painting,
Repair, Service or Body Shop X X X X X
Automobile Sales,New and Used X X X X X SP
Banks or Similar Financial Institutions X X X X X X
Beauty, or Barber Shop X X X
Building Materials and Supplies,
Including Sales of Lumber X X X X X SP
Bc ats, Repair X X X X X
Cc Id Storage X X X X X X
Dz.y Care Center, Subject to Article V,
Se-.tion 5 X X X X
Eating Place X X X X X X
Farm Equipment Sales, Service, Repairs X X X X X
Feed and Fertilizer Sales X X X X X X
Fr,;ight Depot, Railroad, Truck or Barge X X X X X X
Hardware X
Hardware, Industrial Sales X X X X X SP
Hotel or Motel X X X SP
Laundry Plant X X X X X X
Offices, Medical and Professional X X X X
Office Warehouse X X X X X X
Mobile Homes, Sales and Service X X X X X X
Personal Service Establishments
including Health and Fitness centers,
primarily intended to serve businesses in
the I-1 and PBP Districts X X X X
Race Track SP SP SP SP SP
Sexually Oriented Business/Adult
Entertainment(Footnotes) X
(3) COMMERCIAL USES CONT'D II=1 I-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
Small Tool and Equipment Rental X X X X X X
Tir-- Recapping Shop X X X X X
Tool and Equipment Rental X X X X X
WErehousing and Storage X X X X X
Wholesale Establishment X X X X X X
(4) COMMUNITY FACILITIES
AND PUBLIC UTILITIES I-1 I-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
Club or Lodge X X X X X X
Community Building X X X X X X
Electrical Substation X X X X X X
Gas Regulator Station X X X X X X
Gclf Course, including commercially
op gated driving range or miniature golf
w arse X X X X X X
Hospital, Health Center, Institution for
Aged or Children,Assisted Care Facility SP SP
Post Office X X X X
State Garage, Yard or Similar Facility SP SP SP X X
Telephone Exchange, Shop, or Garage SP SP SP X X SP
(5;,AGRICULTURAL USES I-1 I-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
Animal and Poultry Husbandry, Dairying
or Pasturage X X X X X
Field Crops, Floriculture, Greenhouse,
Horticulture,Nursery, Truck Gardening X X X X X X
(6). OTHER USES I_1 I-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
All accessory uses as defined in Article X
that are accessory to any permitted use in
these districts X X X X X X
Dwelling for Resident Security Guard or
Caretakers employed on the premises X X X X X X
FOOTNOTES:(1.)Sexually Oriented Business/Adult Entertainment enterprises shall be at least 1000 feet from any school,church,
hospital,park,governmental building open to the public,or residence.The spacing requirement will be measured from the nearest part
of the I premises where a Sexually Oriented Business is conducted to:
(a.) T ie nearest property line of the premises of any school,church,hospital,park,or government building open to the public;
(b.) T ie nearest point of any residential structure.
C. Lot,Yard and Height Regulations
No lat or yard shall be established or reduced in dimension or area in any industrial district
thatdoes not meet the minimum requirements set forth in the following tables.No building
or structure shall be erected or enlarged that will cause the maximum lot coverage to be
exceeded for such district.
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YARD REGULATIONS ZONING DISTRICT
I-1 I-1-C I-1-M I-2 I-2-C PBP
Minimum Lot Area(Square Feet) 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 1 acre
Minimum Lot Width at Building
Line (Feet) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Maximum Lot Coverage ( Percent) 50 50 50 50 50 50
YARD REGULATIONS (in
Feet)
Abutting a Street Right-of-Way 30 30 50 50 50 30
Across street from residential 30 30 50 50 50 30
district
Across from nonresidential 30 30 30 30 30 30
district
1-1 1-1-C I-1-M 1-2 I-2-C PBP
Abutting Other Property Lines
(1)
Abutting a residential district 30 30 40 40 40 30
Abutting a nonresidential district 12 12 12 12 12 12
HEIGHT REGULATIONS (2)
Maximum Number of Feet 36 36 75 75 75 36
Maximum Number of Stories 3 3 6 %26 t/Z 61/,. 3
N( OTE:)(a)Where property abuts a railroad where siding facilities are utilized,structures may be built up to railroad property
lines.
(b)A building or structure may exceed the maximum heights shown provided each of its front,side,and rear yards are
increased an addition foot for each foot such building exceeds the maximum height.
(c)Container Yards: Containers shall not be stacked in excess of 36 feet.
All I-1 and I-2 Districts
a. Any lighting visible from outside the site shall be designed to reflect away
from adjacent residential districts. No noise, odor, or vibration shall be
emitted so that it constitutes a nuisance which substantially exceeds the
general level of noise, odor or vibration emitted by uses adjacent to or
immediately surrounding the site. Such comparisons shall be made at the
boundaries of the site.
b. Outdoor storage of trash receptacles shall be at the sides or rear of the site
and shall be totally encircled or screened by a site-proof fence, planting or
other suitable visual barrier.
C. A permanent opaque screening fence or wall shall be constructed along
any side or rear property line which abuts property zoned for residential
purposes. The height of this screen or wall shall be not less than 6 feet and
s
shall be constructed of wood, masonry or other durable opaque material,
and finished in a manner appropriate to the appearance and use of the
property.
d. No loading or storage of material shall be permitted in the required front
yard.
2. Acditional Criteria in I-1 Industrial District
a. Every use, or any part thereof, that is not conducted within a
building completely enclosed on all sides shall be screened by a permanent
opaque screening fence or wall so that it cannot be seen from an adjoining
lot. The following screening and display criteria shall apply to uses located
in the "I-1" Industrial District:
1) The height of any opaque screening fence or wall shall not be less
than 6 feet.
2) Automobile, bus,truck,tractor, mobile home, boar or motorcycle,
and wheeled and/or tracked industrial vehicle storage areas are not
required to screen fully assembled merchandise which is ready for
sale.
3) Other business uses shall be permitted open display of
merchandise commonly sold by such operations as long as the area
of said display is not larger than an area equal to one-half of the
facade area of the front of the building.
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PASSED AND APPROVED THIS --�_ DAY OF 2018.
N Ac— a,
WILLIAM H. JO SON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Phil.ip Para, City Clerk
SPCNSOR:
RECEIVED
City Clerk's offlee
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