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INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN BYSSINS
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. If , SERIES OF 1974
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE
(ORDINANCE NO. 26, SERIES 1963, AS AMENDED) CREATING A NEW
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO BE ENTITLED "I-3 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT" WHEREIN SAID NEW INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS DEFINED AND
ESTABLISHING PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES, PROVIDES FOR MINIMUM
YARDS, ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES, AND
PROVIDES FOR SCREENING OR FEN~ING OF SAID ZONE DISTRICT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1.
Tilat the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Englewood, Ordinance No. 26, Series 1963, as amended,
is here by amended by adding a n.cw section being 22.4-15
entit l ed "I-3 Heavy Industrial District" to read as follows:
22.4-15 I-3 HeayY Industrial District
Tile I-3 Industrial District is designed to accom-
modate certain activities of a heavy industrial nature which
are necessarily operated in an open area such as sand and
gravel mining, concrete batching plants and auto wrecking
yards, as well as certain other related industrial uses.
Tile 1-3 Industrial District should be located near major
roadways, truck rvutes, and railways to provide adequate
facilities for both importation and exportation of goods and
should not be located in areas adjoining or adjacent to res-
idential districts.
a. Supplementary regulations. The provisions found
in this Zone District shall be subject to the requirements and
standards found in §22.5, Supplementary Regulations, unless
otherwise provided for in this Ordinance or an amendment hereto.
b. Minimum private off-street parking and loading.
(See Supplementary Regulations.)
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c. Permitted prinic ipal ust'.S. No land shall be used
or occupied and no structure shall be designed, erected, altered,
used or occupied e.xcept for one or mort. of the following uses:
(1) Any USP. permitted in the I-1 Industrial
District;
(2) Auto Wrecking Yard, subject to the provisions
of Title 6, Chapter 2, of the 1961 Englewood
Municipal Code;
(3) Concrete batching plant;
(4) Dump;
(5) Junk yard;
(6) Quarry;
(7) Sand, gra"·e 1 or mineral excavation;
(8) Sa:,.d pit s .
d. Minimum YE-!:2.~· All usc~s in this District shall
set back fifty (50) feet· from prc·p ~rty lines abutting upon,
adjoining or adj a cent to all r~sid t::.ntial zones, and twenty-
five (25) feet from all comme:cc ·tal zones •
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e. AcccssorY. b~il din~ and_,p.£_rmitted accessory uses.
Any accessory butlding or use inc i d~~tal only to a Permitted
Principal Use, which access o ry building or use. complies with
all of the following conditions:
(1) Is clearly inci .de~'ltal and customary to and
commonly assl1ci.at£l:d with the op~ration of
the Permitted Princi pal Use.
(2) Is operated and maintalnC'!d under the s .:nne
ownership o r by le.ss~~s or concessionaires
thereof and on the. same lot as the Per-
mitted Principal Us e..
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(3) Does not include structures or structural
features inconsistent with the Permitted
Principal Use •
(4) Does not include residential occupancy
except by caretakers 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 Permitted Principal
. Use is located.
(6) If operated partially or entirely within
the structure containing the Permitted
Principal Use the gross floor area within
such structure utilized by accessory uses
(except garages, loading docks and company
dining rooms) shall be not greater than ten
(10) percent of the gross floor area of the
structure containing the Permitted Principal
Use.
f. Limitations on external effects of uses. All uses
established or placed into operation after the effective date
of this ordinance shall comply forthwith with the following
limitations. All uses actually established and in operation
.·-on the effective date of this ordinance shall be made to com-
ply with the following limitations on or before January 1, 1977.
(1) Emission of heat, glare, radiation, dust
and fumes. Every use shall be so operated
that it does not emit a dangerous degree
of heat, glare, radiation, dust or ftnnes
beyond any boundary line of the zone lot
on which the use is located.
(2) Outdoor storage and waste disposal.
(a) No materials or wastes shall be de-
posited upon a zone lot in such form
or manner that they may be transferred
off the zone lot by natural causes or
forces;
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(b) All materials or wastes which might
cause fumes or dust or which constitute
a fire hazard or which may be edible
by or otherwise be attractive to rodents
or insects shall be stored outdoors
only in closed containers;
(c) Liquefied petroleum gas shall be stored
no closer to any boundary line of a zone
lot on which they are located than the
following minimum distances.
Water Capacity per Container
If Stored
Underground
Less than 125 gallons ••••••••••• 10 feet
125 -500 gallons ••••.•.•••••••. 10 feet
501 -2,000 gallons ....•••....•• 25 feet
Over 2,000 gallons •• ~··········· 50 feet
If Stored
Aboveground
None
10 feet
25 feet
50 feet
(d) Explosives shall be stored no closer
to any boundary line of the zone lot
on which they are located than the
following distances:
Minimum
Pounds Distances
2 -5 . ., .............. 70 Feet
5 -10 ............... 90 Feet
10 -20 .............. 110 Feet
20 -25 ••.••••.•••••• 125 Feet
Over 25 .•............. Not Permitted
g. Screening and/or fencing. Because many of the
uses permitted in this Zone District are operated in an open
area and involve the use of equipment or the storage of equip-
ment, materials, supplies, trash, junk, scrap· metal, scrap
material, and/or unoperable or abandoned vehicles all of which
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can become an attractive nuisance in the area, certain pre-
cautions must be taken by the owners and/or operators of such
uses to protect the residents of the area from hazardous,
unpleasant and unwholesome conditions; to this end, the fol-
lowing screening shall be required:
(1) Auto wrecking yards, subject to the pro-
visions of Title 6, Chapter 2, of the
1969 Englewood Municipal Code;
(2) Junk yards, subject to the provisions of
Title 6, Chapter 2, of the 1969 Englewood
Municipal Code;
(3) Sand, gravel or mineral excavation, the
property containing the sand, gravel or
mineral operations shall have access to
such operations barred by fencing or other
similar barrier, except access roads which
shall have gates to be closed and locked
during non-operating hours; such fencing
shall be subject to the provisions of §3-2-3
of the 1969 Englewood Municipal Code.
(4) All other uses:
(a) If the Principal Permitted Use is
within a building 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
accepted by the additional use of
ornamental fcatur~s such as driftwood,
rock, fountains or objects of art.
(b) If the portion of the building site
which abuts upon~ adjoins or is ad-
jacent to the Residential Zone Dis-
trict is not t:he bui ldlng entrance,
but is used for off-stre~t parking,
loading or the stor~c of equipment,
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materials 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
necessary at an intersection or at an entrance to an alley
or driveway, in order not to obstruct the view of a motorist;
this can be done by reducing the height of the fence or wall
or the plantings for such distance and to such extent as
required by the Code Enforcement Division.
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 lf"'th
day of April, 1974.
Published by title as Ordinance No. Ii , Series
of 1974, on the/fth day of April, 1974.
ATTEST:
ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
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. 1¥ , Series of 1974 •
ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
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