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Thibodaux Zoning Review 2010Pineville Zoning Ordinance Appendix ASECTION 10. I INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTWithin all I Industrial Districts, as shown on the official zoning map, the following regulations shall apply:Article 10.01. Uses permitted.(a) Any use permitted in R-2 Residence, C-1 or C-3 Business Districts provided further that any type of activity includingall types of manufacturing, processing, fabricating, warehousing, distributing, transporting, storing, repairing, terminals,power plants, contracting, wharves, docks, railyards, stables, stockyards, kennels, agricultural pursuits or processing, pumpingor electrical stations, junk yards, utility stations.(b) The above and other uses may be permitted, provided they are not in conflict with any other ordinance, and, provided further,that such uses are approved by the governing body and subject to such safeguards, as this body may establish.(c) In approving uses the governing body will be guided by the following standards:(a) Any use which emits odors, gas, or dust which is unpleasant, obnoxious, or injurious to health, will be required todesign and construct necessary buildings, enclosures, filtering systems, or other facilities necessary for eliminating orreducing the intensity or concentration of such odors and/or dust to a level which will not be detrimental to zoned residentialdistricts close to the particular use. In determining what is “detrimental,” inspection of similar facilities operatingin other locations with particular attention to the appearance and condition of adjacent residential area will assist thegoverning body in making a determination. Study of court decisions involving cases where damage has been claimed byresidents living near such odor or dust emitting plants may be used as an instrument to interpret this paragraph.(b) Proper provision must be made for storage of raw materials and wastes to prevent unsanitary conditions or thebreeding of flies, insects and rodents. A safeguard against such conditions may be the requirement to store such materialsin tight buildings or bins.(c) If the industrial operation requires aboveground storage of explosive materials, the industry may be required to acquiresufficient land area surrounding the plant to minimize danger to people and property adjacent to the industry. A similarrequirement may be established for an industry engaging in an activity which creates noise or vibrations.(4) Disposal or escape of waste products into existing drainage structures or sanitary sewers without proper treatment isprohibited.Commercial Landscaping Ordinance Appendix CSection 8. Buffer zone requirements for commercial developments.(a) Where commercial development abuts any part of a residential district, a buffer zone shall be required. The buffer shall be partof the yard requirements and run the entire length of the abutting lot line(s). The buffer shall be included in the landscapeplan.While the buffer can be a natural forest, vegetative screen or wooden fence, a natural forest is encouraged as being in keeping withthe character and atmosphere of Pineville.36Ruston Industrial ZonesSec. 29-50. D-1 light industrial district.(a) Description and purpose. The D-1 light industrial district shall permit limited fabricating, compounding, assembly or treatmentof articles or materials, except nuisance industries and heavy manufacturing processing raw materials. All raw materialsmust be stored, and all assembly operations must be carried out inside an enclosed building or structure.(b) Permitted buildings and uses. The following buildings and uses shall be permitted in a D-1 district:(1) Any use permitted in a B-4 Highway Business District; provided, however, that no building or structure, or portionthereof, shall be erected, converted or moved onto any lot for dwelling purposes, except living quarters used by watchmenor custodians of industrially used property by special permit from the zoning administrator. Such living quarters, whichmay also be occupied by the immediate family of the watchman or custodian, may be in the form of a manufacturedhome.(2) The manufacturing, compounding, processing, packing or treatment of such products as candy, cosmetics, drugs,perfumes, pharmaceuticals, toiletries and food products, except the rendering or refining of fats and oils.(3) The manufacturing, compounding, assembly or treatment of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials,such as aluminum, bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horns, leather, paper,plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, shell, rubber, tin, tobacco, wood (excluding sawmills), tars and paint notinvolving a boiling process.(4) The manufacturing of pottery and figurines, or other similar ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clayand kilns fired only by electricity or gas.