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 San Antonio
 Unified Development Code
 Article III. ZONING
 Division 2. BASE ZONING DISTRICTS

  § 35-310.14. "I-2" Heavy Industrial.  

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  • STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

    This district accommodates uses that are highly hazardous, environmentally severe in character and/or generate very high volumes of truck traffic. The "I-2" district is established in order to provide sites for activities which involve major transportation terminals, and manufacturing facilities that have a greater impact on the surrounding area than industries found in the "L" or" I-1" district. These districts are located for convenient access for existing and future arterial thoroughfares and railway lines. These districts are in many instances separated from residential areas by business or light industry areas or by natural barriers; where they are adjacent to residential areas some type of artificial separation may be required. The "I-2" district implements the following policies of the master plan:

    •  Ensure that proposed land uses and development are compatible in their use, character and size to the site and the surrounding areas (Growth Management, Policy 1b).

    •  Support and encourage efforts to diversify the economic base of San Antonio (Economic Development, Policy 1e).

    •  Natural Resources, Policy 1g: Promote the safe storage of hazardous materials in locations that do not endanger neighborhoods.

    •  Natural Resources, Policy 1g: Identify and establish appropriate locations and standards for the storage of hazardous and toxic materials.

    •  Natural Resources, Policy 1g: Consider during the zoning process and when issuing building permits and certificates of occupancy, the proximity of residential neighborhoods to the storage of hazardous materials.

    The zone and its uses should continue the orderly development and concentration of industrial and manufacturing uses. The land area should be sufficient to maintain compatibility with surrounding uses.

    (a)

    General Provisions.

    (1)

    Storage yards shall be completely screened from the boundary of any property not zoned "L," "I-1" or "I-2."

    (2)

    All driveways, parking areas, and pedestrian ways shall be surfaced with an all weather surface.

    (3)

    Sites shall not be accessed from residential streets.