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BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. /.dw , SERIES OF 1974
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 22.4-13
ENTITLED "1-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT" OF THE CITY
OF ENGLE~D COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE {ORDINANCE
NO. 26, SERIES 1963, AS AMENDED) WHEREIN SAID SECTION
RELATES TO PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES, MINIMUM YARD AREAS,
LIMITATIONS ON EXTERNAL EFFECTS OF USES, OUTDOOR STORAGE
AND WASTE DISPOSAL AND SCREENING.
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CiTY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section l.
That Section 22.4-13 of the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 26, Series 1963, as amended,
is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
22.4-13 I-1 Light Industrial District
The I-1 Industrial District is composed of certain
Industrial areas o( the City plus certain open areas where
similar industrial development appears likely to occur. The
I-1 Industrial District should be located near major roadways
and truck routes ~o that traffic generated from the Industrial
District will not flood the residential streets in the area.
The regulations for this District are designed to stablilize
and protect the essential characteristic ~ of the District as
well as the areas surrounding the District. To these ends,
development is limited to light industrial uses plus certain
uses providing services to the area, and regulations are es-
tablished to provide for adequate screening and to govern the
external effects of uses found within the I-1 Light Industrial
District. BOTH TO PROTECT RESIDENCES FROM AN UNDESIRABLE EN-
VIRONMENT AND TO ENSURE THE RESERVATION OF ADEQUATE AREAS FOR
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, NEW RESIDENTIAL DEvELOPMENT IS EXCLUDED
FROM THIS DISTRICT, EXCEPT FOR FACILITIES FOR A CARETAKER,
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a w Supplementary regulations. The provisions found
in this Zone District shall be subject to the requirements and
standards found in §22 .S, Supplementary Regulations, unless
otherwise provided for in this Ordinance or an amendment hereto.
b. Permitted principal uses. No land shall be used
OR OCCUPIED and ~o structure shall be DESIGNED, erected, altered,
USED OR OCCUPIED ea~apgee-er-ma~a~ai~ed-~a~css-eekePWise.-~re
vieee-ier-ia-ekis-Qre~aaaee, except for one or mo r e of the fol-
lowing uses:
(1) Manufacturing, processing and/or fabrication:
The manufacturing, processing and/or fabri-
cation, as enumerated and limited herein,
of any commodity except the following:
Abrasives, basic manufacture;
Alcoholic distillation;
Animal by-products, basic manufacture and
processing;
ASPHALT, MANUFACTURE AND PROCESSING;
Bone black, basic manufacture;
BrewC'ry;
Carb0n black or lamp black, basic manufacture;
Charcoal, basic manufacture;
Chemicals, heavy or industrial, basic man~
ufaccure or processing;
Cinder and cinder blocks, basic manufacture
or fabrication;
Clay and clay products, basic manufacture or
fabrication;
Coal OR coke, manufacturing or processing;
~oncrete and concrete products, manufacture
or fabrication;
Detergents, soaps and by-products, using
animal fat, basic manufacture;
Electric power generatcr station;
Fermented fruits and vegetable products,
manufacture;
Fertilizers, manufacture or processing;
Fungicides, manufacture;
Gases, other than nitrogen and oxygen, manu-
facture;
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Glass manufacture;
Glue and size, manufacture;
Grain milling;
Graphite, manufacture;
Gypsum and other forms of plaster base,
manufacture;
Insecticides, manufacture;
Insulation, flannnabl~ types, manufacture or
fabrication;
Matches, manufacture;
Meat slaughtering e~-~aekiRg;
Metals, extraction or smelting;
Metals, ingots, pigs, eas~iRge, sheets, or
bars, manufacture;
Oils and fats, animal and vegetable, ~anu
facture;
Paints, pigments, enamels, japans, lacquers,
putty, varnishes, whiting and wood fillers,
manufacture or fabrication;
Paper pulp and cellulose, basic manufacture;
Paraffin, manufacture;
Petroleum and petroluem products, manufacture
or processing;
Portland and similar cements, manufacture;
Rubber, manufacture, p~eeeesisg, or reclaiming;
Sawmill or planing mills;
Serums, toxins, viruses, manufacture;
Sugars and starches, manufacture;
Tannery;
Turpentine, manufacture;
Wax and wax products, manufacture;
Wood preserving by creosoting or other pres-
sure impregnation of wood by preservatives;
Sale at wholesale or storage:
The sale at wholesale, the warehousing
and/or storage of any commodity except
the following:
(a) Live animals;
(b) Commercial explosives;
(c) Above-ground bulk storage of flammable
liquids or gases, unle$S and only to the
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extent that the storage of such liquids
or gases is directly connected with energy
or heating devices on the premises or to
service aejaeene railroad locomotives.
(3) Sale at retail:
The sale at retail of the following:
(a) Hardware;
{b) Any commodity manufactured, processed or
fabricated on the premises;
(c) Any conunodity warehoused on the premises;
(d) Equipment, supplies and materials (except
commercial explosives) designed especially
for use in agriculture, mining, industry,
business, transportation, building and
other construction;
(4) Repair, rental and servicing:
The repair rental and servicing of any connnodity,
the manufacture, processing, fabrication, ware-
housing or sale of which commodity is permitted
in the District;
(5) AMBULANCE SERVICE;
(6) Animal hospital; runs must be enclosed by a
six (6) foot solid fence;
(7) ANY USE INTENDED TO PROVIDE AMUSEMENT OR ENTER-
TAINMENT ON PAYMENT OF A FEE OR ADMISSION CHARGE;
(8) Bank;
(9) Blue printing;
(10) Clinic, dental or medical;
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( 11) CONTRACTOR YARD FOR VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS
AND/OR SUPPLIES:
A CONTRACTOR YARD FOR VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, MAT-
ERIALS, AND/OR SUPPLIES WHICH COMPLIES WITH ALL
OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
(a) IS PROPERLY GRADED FOR DRAINAGE, SURFACED
WITH CONCRETE, ASPHALTIC CONCRETE, ASPHALT,
OIL OR ANY OTHER DUS T-FREE SURFACING AND
MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION, FREE OF WEEDS,
DUST, TRASH AND DEBR I S;
(b) IS PROVIDED WITH BARRIERS OF SUCH DIMENSIONS
THAT OCCUPANTS OF ADJACENT STRUCTURES ARE
NOT UNREASONABLY DISTURBED, EITHER BY DAY
OR BY NIGHT, BY THE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES,
MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES;
(c) IS PROVIDED WITH ENTRANCES AND EXITS SO
LOCATED AS TO MINIMIZE TRAFFIC CONGESTION;
(d) IS PROVIDED WITH BARRIERS OF SUCH TYPE AND
SO LOCATED THAT NO PARKED VEHICLES WILL EX-
TEND BEYOND THE YARD SPACE OR INTO THE RE-
QUIRED SCREENING AREA IF ADJOINING OR AD-
JACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT;
(e) LIGHTING FACILITIES ARE SO ARRANGED THAT
THEY NEITHER UNREASONABLY DISTURB OCCUPANTS
OF ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES NOR
INTERFERE WITH TRAFFIC.
(12) Educational institution;
(13) Electric substation;
(14) Gas regulator stati.on;
(15) Greenhouse;
(16) Laboratories;
(17) LIQUOR STORE (SALE BY PACKAGE);
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(18) Motel or hotel;
(19) Motor vehicle servic·e or gasoline and oil
serivce stations;
(20) NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION STATION;
(21) Offices;
(22) Parking and/or connnercial storage of operable
vehicles;
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
Pet Stores;
PRIVATE CLUB, LODGE OR FRATERNITY;
Public buildings;
Railroad facilities, but not including shops;
Religious institutions;
Restaurants;
Savings ~nd loan association;
SCHOOL FOR TRAINING IN OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS, EN-
ROLLMENT MAY BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR LIMITED,
MAY INCLUDE DORMITORIES FOR STUDENTS AND INSTRUC-
TORS· ,
(31) Telephone exchange;
(32) Terminal for intra-city or inter-city vehicles
for movement of persons or freight;
(33) Utility plllllping station;
(34) Water reservoir.
c. Maximum gross floor area in structures. The sum
total of the gross floor area in all structures on a lot, ex-
cluding the gross floor area of off-street parking garages,
shall be not greater than two (2) times the area of the lot
on which the structures are located •
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d. Minimum Yard. WHERE AN I-1 BUILDING SITE ABUTS
UPON, ADJOINS OR IS ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT,
A SET-BACK OF TEN (10) FEET IS REQUIRED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
§ 22 .4-13 i.
e. Minimum private off-street parking. (See Sup-
plementary Regulations.)
f. Minimum private off-street loading. (See Sup-
plementary Regulations.)
g. Accessory buildings and permitted accessory uses.
Any accessory building or use incidental only to a permitted
principal use, which accessory building or use complies with
all of the following conditions: : ,-
(1) ls clearly incidental and customary to
and commonly associated with the operation
of the Woe-9y-Righe PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USE.
(2) Is operated and maintained under the same
ownershlp, or by lessees or concessionaires
thereof~ and on the same lot as the Wee-9y
Righ~ PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USE •
(3) Does not include structures or structural
features inconsistent with the Wee-9y-Righe
PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USE.
(4) Does not include residential occupancy
except by car~takers or watchmen;
(5) If operated partially or entirely in detached
structures, such detached structures shall be
limited to a gross floor area of not more than
ten (10) percent of the area of the lot on
which the Wee-hy-Rishe PERMITTED PRINCIPAL
USE is located;
(6) If operated partially or entirely within
the structure containing the Wee-9y-Righe
PERMITI'ED PRINCIPAL USE, the gross floor
area within such structure utilized by
accessory uses (except ga~ages, loading
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docks and company dining rooms) shall
be not greater than ten (10) percent of
the gross floor area of the structure
containing the Qse-9y-Righe PERMITTED PRIN-
CIPAL USE.
h. LIMITATIONS ON EXTERNAL EFFECTS OF USES. EVERY
USE ESTABLISHED OR PLACED INTO OPERATION AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL COMPLY FORTHWITH WITH THE FOL-
LOWING LIMITATIONS. ALL USES ESTABLISHED AND IN OPERATION ON
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE MADE TO COMPLY
WITH THE FOLLOWING ·LIMITATIONS ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1977:
(1) VOLUME OF SOUND GENERATED. EVERY USE,
UNLESS EXPRESSLY EXEMPTED BY THIS ORDINANCE,
SHALL BE SO OPERATED THAT THE VOLUME OF SOUND
INHERENTLY AND RECURRENTLY GENERATED DOES
NOT EXCEED SEVENTY (70) DECIBELS AT ANY
POINT OF ANY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE LOT ON
WHICH THE USE IS LOCATED.
(2) Vibration generated. Every use shall be so
operated that the ground vibration inherently
and recurrently generated is not perceptible,
WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS, at any point of any
boundary line of the lot on which the use
is located.
(3) Emission of heat, glare, radiation, dust
and fumes. Every use shall be so operated
that it does not emit an obnoxious or dan-
gerous degree of heat, glare e~e~, radiation,
dust or fumes gea-e~-smeke beyond any bound-
ary line of the lot on which the use is
located.
(4) OUTDOOR STORAGE AND WASTE DISPOSAL.
(a) NO HIGHLY FLAMMABLE OR EXPLOSIVE
LIQUIDS, SOLIDS _OR GASES SHALL BE
STORED IN BULK ABOVE GROUND. TANKS
OR DRUMS OF FUEL FOR RAILROAD LOCO-
MOTIVE FUELING OR DIRECTLY CONNECTING
WITH ENERGY DEVICES" HEATING DEVICES
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OR APPLIANCES LOCATED ON THE SAME
LOT AS THE TANKS OR DRUMS OF FUEL
ARE EXCLUDED FROM THIS PROVISION;
(b) ALL OUTDOOR STORAGE FACILITIES FOR
FUEL, RAW MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS
AND ALL PUEL, RAW MATERIALS AND
PRODUCTS STORED OUTDOORS SHALL BE
ENCLOSED BY A SOLID FENCE OR WALL
ADEQUATE TO CONCEAL SUCH FACILITIES,
FUEL, RAW MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS FROM
ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; PRO-
VIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH FENCE OR
WALL NEED NOT EXCEED EIGHT (8) FEET
lN HEIGHT;
(c) No materials or wastes shall be de-
posite.d upon a lot in such form or
manner that they may be transferred
ofi the lot by natural causes.
i. Scre.~ning. IN AN EFFORT TO LESSEN THE INCOM-
PATIBILITY BETWEEN A RESlDENTlAL DISTRICT AND AN INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT WHERE THOSE DIS TRICTS ABUT, ADJOIN OR ARE ADJACENT,
ONE TO THE OTHER. IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY THAT THE OWNER OF
THE USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICT TAKE CERTAIN .MEASURES
TO PROTECT THOSE PERSONS TN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT FROM THE
.-POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE NOISE AND LIGHTS FROM CARS,
THE PASSAGE OF MATERIALS OR WASTES FROM PARKING LOTS, LOADING
AREAS AND STORAGE YARDS AND TO DISCOURAGE JUVENILES FROM TRES-
PASS ING IN HAZARDOUS AREAS WHERE THE STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES MAY CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE: THE FOLLOWING PRO-
VISIONS ARE APPLIED:
(1) IF THE PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USE IS WITHIN
A BUlLDING AND THE BUILDING ENTRANCE FACES
THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT, THERE SHALL
BE NO LESS THAN A TEN (10) FOOT SETBACK IN
FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND THAT AREA SHALL
BE LANDSCAPED WITH LAWN, TREES AND SHRUBS
OF BOTH A DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN VARIETY.
THE LANDSCAPING MAY BE ACCENTED BY THE
ADDITIONAL USE OF ORNAMENTAL FEATURES SUCH
AS DRIFTWOOD, ROCK, FOUNTAINS OR OBJECTS OF
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(2) IF THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING SITE WHICH
ABUTS UPON, ADJOINS OR IS ADJACENT TO THE
RESIDENTAL ZONE DISTRICT IS NOT TIIE BUILDING
ENTRANCE, BUT IS USED FOR OFF-STREET PARKING,
LOADING OR THE STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT, MAT-
ERIALS AND/OR SUPPLIES, THOSE USES SHALL
BE ENCLOSED BY A DECORATIVE CLOSED-FACE
OR SOLID CONCRETE, BLOCK OR BRICK WALL
NOT LESS THAN SIX (6) FEET HIGH; WHICH
WALL NEED NOT BE SET BACK FROM THE PROPERTY
LINE.
AN EXCEPTION TO THIS PROVISION SHALL BE MADE AS NECES-
SARY AT AN INTERSECTIO OR AT AN ENTRP.NCE TO AN ALLEY OR DRIVE-
WAY IN ORDER NOT TO OBSTRCCT THE VIEW OF A MOTORIST; THIS CAN
BE DONE BE REDUCING THE HEIGHT OF l~E FENCE OR WALL OR THE
PLA NTI NGS FOR SUCH DISTANCE AND TO SUCH EXTENT AS REQUIRED
BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DI VIS ION •
Introduced, read in. full and passed on first reading
on the 18th day of March, 1974.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 21st day
of March, 1974.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the
1'd»iday of April, 1974.
Published by title as Ordinance No. 1.2.e , Series
of 1974, on thejtth day of April, 1974.
ATI'EST:
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I, Karl Nollenberger, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy
of the Ordinance, passed on final reading and published
by title as Ordinance No. I;., , Series of 1974.
ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
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