Sec. 656.320. - Purposes and intent.

The industrial categories allow for uses associated with processing, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution operations. Also included are construction and utility maintenance yards and machinery repair shops. In addition, non-industrial supporting uses with similar external impacts are allowed. Such uses include railroad switching yards, truck terminals, bus and train stations, trade and technical training facilities, medical facilities, and utility plants and facilities, including spoil disposal sites, sanitary landfills, recycling centers, air strips, business/professional offices, hotels, motels, restaurants, gas stations and similar supporting commercial uses. Mobile food vehicles which employ an open flame, propane, or combustible fuel to prepare food are prohibited from preparing, distributing or selling food or beverages, or in any other way operating as a food service business, on any property that dispenses gasoline or other flammable petroleum products for commercial sale within 300 feet from the pump or other mechanism that dispenses the gasoline or other flammable petroleum products for commercial sale. This prohibition does not extend to adjacent properties regardless of their distance from the pump or other mechanism that dispenses gasoline or other flammable petroleum products. The Comprehensive Plan includes four industrial land use categories: Light Industry, Heavy Industry, Water Dependent-Water Related and Business Park. Some industries produce adverse impacts, such as noise, odors, toxic chemicals and wastes, and transportation conflicts and should therefore be isolated away from residential and other low intensity use areas. Not all potential uses are permissible anywhere in the industrially designated areas. The exact type of land use and the intensity appropriate at any one location will be determined using the criteria and standards in this Chapter and in the Comprehensive Plan. The loss of industrial lands combined with residential intrusion into established industrial areas has created a need to protect existing strategically located industrial lands for future expansion and economic development. Industrial Sanctuaries are areas of the City that have been identified as being crucial to the long term economic well-being of the City. Existing Sanctuaries include property surrounding the Cecil Commerce Center and port related properties along the St. Johns River and northeast quadrant of the County inside of S.R. 9A. It is the intent of the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code to protect these industrial areas from intrusion of non-industrial users. Relaxation of certain site development standards within an Industrial Sanctuary are intended to attract and retain industrial users in these areas. (Ord. 91-59-148, § 1; Ord. 2007-560-E, § 1; Ord. 2025-159-E , § 3)