1046 Avon, Rochester Hills, MI 48307

Industrial District

The I industrial districts are designed to primarily accommodate wholesale activities, warehouses, and industrial operations whose external, physical effects are restricted to the area of the district and in no manner affect in a detrimental way any of the surrounding districts. The I district is so structured as to permit, along with any specified uses, the manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, assembly, and/or treatment of finished or semi-finished products from previously prepared material, it being the intent of the district that the processing of raw material for shipment in bulk form, to be used in an industrial operation at another location not be permitted. The general goals of this use district include, among others, the specific purpose to: A. Provide sufficient space, in appropriate locations, to meet the needs of the City's expected future economy for selected types of manufacturing and related uses.; B. Protect abutting residential districts from the negative impacts of industrial land uses by separating them from manufacturing activities, and by prohibiting the use of such industrial areas for new residential development.; C. Promote manufacturing development which is free from danger of fire, explosions, toxic and noxious matter, radiation, and other hazards and from offensive noise, vibration, smoke, odor and other objectionable influences.; D. Promote the most desirable use of land in accordance with a well-considered plan.; E. Protect the character and established pattern of adjacent development, and in each area conserve the value of land and buildings and other structures and protect the City's economic tax base.