Light Industrial-PresentationAtlantic Beach Light Industrial
Warehouse (LIW) Zoning District
Workshop
Light Industrial and Surrounding
Neighborhoods
Economics of Light Industrial District
Light Industrial District Surrounding Residential
Area
Acreage 42.91 33.94
Assessed Value $11,087,187 $11,277,702
Taxable Value (after
exemptions)
$10,932,592 $6,393,088
Taxable Value Per Acre $254,780 $188,364
Light Industrial District
•The light industrial and warehousing zoning district is
intended for light manufacturing, storage and
warehousing, processing or fabrication of
nonobjectionable products, not involving the use of
materials, processes or machinery likely to cause
undesirable effects upon nearby or adjacent residential
or commercial activities. Heavy industrial uses
generally identified as industry groups 32-37 by the
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code Manual
issued by the United States Office of Management and
Budget shall not be permitted within the LIW district.
Allowable Uses in Light Industrial Area
1. Wholesaling, warehousing, Mini-warehouses and personal self-storage,
storage or distribution establishments and similar uses.
2. Light manufacturing, packaging or fabricating, without noxious or nuisance
odors or hazardous operations, within completely enclosed buildings.
3. Contractor's yards with outdoor storage. Required front yards yard shall not
be used for storage, anda six-foot visual barrier shall be installed around such
storage areas so as to conceal view from adjacent properties and streets.
4. Heating and air conditioning, plumbing and electrical contractors,
Wholesale bakeries and similar uses.
5. Vocational, technical or trade schools (except truck or tractor driving
schools) and similar uses.
6. Government buildings, uses and facilities.
7. Minor automotive repair, and boat, trailer or surfboard repair of a minor
nature.
Use-By -Exception in Light Industrial
Area
1. Bulk storage of flammable liquids or gases subject to provisions of county
and state fire codes.
2. Radio, TV and telecommunications transmitting tower.
3. Concrete batching plants.
4. Establishments for sale of new and used automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and tractors, boats, automobile parts and accessories (except salvage yards), machinery and equipment, farm equipment, lumber and building supplies, mobile homes, monuments and similar sales establishments.
5. Establishments for heavy automotive repair, towing service or the permanent storage of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and tractors, boats, machinery and equipment, farm equipment and similar uses.
6. Welding shops, metal fabrication and sheet metal works.
7. Manufacture and production of boats and surfboards.
8. Processing (excluding animal processing and slaughterhouses).
9. Wholesale food processing.
Uses Classified as Heavy Industrial
•Ceramic tile manufacturing
•Concrete block and brick manufacturing
•Steel, aluminum and copper foundries
•Die-casting with metals
•Metal production of lamp posts, gates, scaffolds, gratings, bolts, automotive parts, valves, knives (i.e. anything made of metal)
•Sheet metal works
•Production of ammunition
•Production of industrial machinery including turbine engines, construction equipment, farm equipment
•Production of computers and parts
•Production of electrical items like vacuums, refrigerators, stereos, tvs, etc
•Production of batteries
•Production of cars, boats, planes, missiles, tanks
Use-By -Exception Definition
•Shall mean a departure from the general
permitted uses set forth for the various zoning
districts, which if limited in number such that
these uses do not dominate an area, and
when subject to appropriate conditions, may
be acceptable uses in the particular area.
Possible Changes to Zoning Code
•One option to consider is allowing more
general office type uses
•City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, St.
Johns County, and Nassau County all have
zoning districts that include a mix of light
industrial and business uses
•Jacksonville has an Industrial Business Park
(IBP) Zoning District
Comprehensive Plan Revisions
•If the commission were to want to explore
changing the character of the Light Industrial
Area to more of a Residential Area, it would
require amending the Comprehensive Plan.
•The City is not scheduled for an Evaluation and
Appraisal Report (EAR) to the state until March
22nd 2017.
•This is generally, the appropriate time to make
major changes or review of the Comprehensive
Plan.
Possible Improvements to the Area
Light Industrial Buffering