§ 3-7000. Industrial use types.

Abattoir or livestock processing.\ The use of land for the slaughter of livestock, including cattle, sheep, swine, goats and poultry, as a service, and from which there is sold no meat or other product of such slaughter other than materials generally considered inedible for humans and which are generated as waste and/or by-products of such slaughter, including, but not limited to, blood, bones, viscera, hides, etc., which may be sold for purposes of removal from site.

Asphalt or concrete plant.\ An establishment engaged in manufacturing or mixing of paving materials derived from asphaltic mixtures of tar or establishments primarily engaged in:

(1)

Manufacturing Portland, natural, masonry, pozzolanic, and other hydraulic cements;

(2)

Acting as batch or mixing plants, producing concrete to be delivered to the customer in a plastic and unhardened state;

(3)

Manufacturing concrete pipe brick, and block; and

(4)

Manufacturing other concrete products (except block, brick, and pipe).

Brewery, distillery, cidery.\ An establishment for the production and packaging of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, liquor, cider, mead, etc., for distribution, retail or wholesale, on-premises or off-premises, and which meets all Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control laws and regulations. The facility may include other accessory uses such as retail sales, tasting rooms, restaurants, etc., as permitted in the district and as long as the accessory uses do not exceed the primary use in floor area or value.

Construction yard.\ Establishments housing facilities of businesses primarily engaged in construction activities, including the outside storage of materials and equipment used for the business operations. Typical uses may include site work companies to include excavating and grading activities, roadway construction and utility infrastructure companies, and other heavy construction companies.

Custom manufacturing.\ Establishments primarily engaged in the on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing, within enclosed structures, involving the use of hand tools, and the use of mechanical equipment commonly associated with residential or commercial uses or a single kiln. Typical uses would include pottery, cabinet or woodwork shops.

Industry, Type I.\ Enterprises engaged in the processing, manufacturing, compounding, assembly, packaging, treatment or fabrication of materials and products, from processed or previously manufactured materials. Included would be assembly of electrical appliances, bottling and printing plants, and the manufacturing of paint, oils, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, solvents and other chemicals, production of items made of stone, metal or concrete.

Industry, Type II.\ Enterprises in which goods are generally mass produced from raw materials on a large scale through use of an assembly line or similar process, usually for sale to wholesalers or other industrial or manufacturing uses. Included in this use type are industries involved in processing and/or refining raw material such as chemicals, rubber, wood or wood pulp, forging, casting, melting, refining, extruding, rolling, drawing, and/or alloying ferrous metals, and the production of large durable goods such as automobiles, manufactured homes, or other motor vehicles.

Industry, Type III.\ An establishment which has the potential to be dangerous or extremely obnoxious. Included are those in which explosives are stored, petroleum is refined, natural and liquid and other petroleum derivatives are stored and/or distributed in bulk, radioactive materials are compounded, pesticides, fertilizers and certain acids are manufactured, and hazardous waste is treated or stored as the establishment's principal activity.

Landfill, industrial.\ The use of land for the legal disposal of specific industrial waste which is a by-product of a manufacturing or production process.

Landfill, rubble.\ The use of land for the legal disposal of construction and demolition wastes consisting of lumber, wire, sheetrock, broken brick, shingles, glass, pipes, concrete, metals and plastic associated with construction and wastes from land-clearing operations consisting of stumps, wood, brush, and leaves.

Landfill, sanitary.\ The use of land for the legal disposal of municipal solid waste derived from households, business and institutional establishments, including garbage, trash, and rubbish, and from industrial establishments, other than hazardous wastes as described by the Virginia Hazardous Waste Regulations.

Meatpacking.\ The processing of meat products and by-products directly from animals or offal from dead animals.

Recycling center.\ A privately operated facility for the collection and storage of recyclable materials designed and labeled separately for citizens to voluntarily take source materials for recycling.

Refuse and recycling center.\ A government-operated facility used for the collection of trash, garbage, and rubbish, including receptacles for the collection and storage of recyclable materials.

Resource extraction.\ A use involving on-site extraction of surface or subsurface mineral products or natural resources. Typical uses are quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operation, mining, and soil mining. Specifically excluded from this use type shall be grading and removal of dirt associated with an approved site plan or subdivision, or excavations associated with, and for the improvement of, a bona fide agricultural use.

Sawmill, commercial.\ A facility where logs or partially processed cants are sawn, split, shaved, stripped, chipped or otherwise processed to produce wood products for sale.

Scrap and salvage service.\ Any lot or place engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling or other processing or uses of waste materials which are not intended for reuse in their original forms. Typical uses include paper and metal salvage yards, automotive wrecking yards, junkyards, used tire storage yards, or retail and/or wholesale sales of used automobile parts and supplies. (See also the definitions of automobile wrecking yard and junkyard in section 2-1002.)

Shipping container.\ Primarily a metal container used to pack, ship and store goods. On land they are kept in shipping or storage yards.

Transfer station.\ Any storage or collection facility which is operated as a relay point for municipal solid waste which ultimately is transferred to a landfill.

Towing service storage yard.\ An outdoor area or yard used by a tow service for the storage of inoperable, junk, or wrecked motor vehicles, with or without consent of the owner.

Warehousing and distribution.\ Uses including storage, warehousing and dispatching of goods within enclosed structures, or outdoors. Typical uses include storage warehouses, truck terminals and moving/storage firms. (7-7-05; 12-18-06; Ord. No. 2012-10-C, 10-18-12; 6-19-14; 9-18-14; 4-21-16; 5-19-16; 7-19-18; 11-15-18.)