Industrial Districts.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 59-6250
in effect§ 59-6250. - Industrial Districts.
6250.1. Purpose Statements.
A. TP Technology Park District. The TP District is intended to provide locations for office, research, and limited technology and industrial uses that do not have adverse impacts on surrounding properties or the environment, and are typically located in a campus or industrial park setting.
B. I-1 Light Industrial District. The I-1 District is intended to accommodate low impact industrial development and supporting commercial or public uses, in areas where little or no nuisance effects are generated. These industrial uses may require good accessibility to air, rail or street transportation routes, but the size and volume of the raw materials and finished products should not be as great as that produced by uses in the moderate and heavy industrial districts. No manufacturing, assembly, repair, work activity or storage, other than outside sales and display as permitted by this chapter, shall take place outside the confines of an enclosed building.
C. I-2 Moderate Industrial District. The I-2 District is intended primarily for the conduct of light manufacturing, assembly and fabrication, and for warehousing, wholesale and service uses, which may generate relatively low levels of noise, odor, smoke, dust or intense light. Industrial uses permitted may require good accessibility to air, rail or street transportation routes, but do not depend heavily on frequent personal visits of customers or clients. Provision is also made for outdoor operation and storage.
D. I-3 Heavy Industrial District. The I-3 District is intended to provide locations for those industrial uses that may generate relatively high levels of noise, vibrations, smoke, dust, odor or light. These industrial uses are incompatible with residential uses. For this reason it is desirable that they be located downwind, and as far away as possible, from residential and most commercial uses.
6250.2. District Use Regulations.
A. Special standards for specific uses identified in Table 6250.1 as Special Exception (SE), Special Permit (SP) or Conditional (C) are found in Section 59-9350, Standards for Specific Uses.
B. Table 6250.1 lists the uses allowed in the industrial districts.
C. Unless allowed conditionally as annotated in Table 6250.1, the owner/operator of any property who wishes to serve or sell alcoholic beverages, as defined by State law and subject to State licensing requirements, for on-premises consumption as an accessory function of the primary use of the property, may apply for a Special Permit, subject to the following condition, providing that the primary use is permitted within the zoning district, and providing that the facility in which the alcoholic beverages are served or sold complies with the City's building code requirements.
If food or beverages are consumed in an outdoor seating/activity area between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., the outdoor seating/activity area shall be separated by a distance of at least 100 feet from the nearest abutting property line of a residential use. Distances shall be measured from the closest edge of the outdoor seating/activity area to the nearest abutting property line of the residential use.
TABLE 6250.1: INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS USES REGULATIONS KEY: P = Permitted // C = Conditional // SE = Special Exception // SP = Special Permit // V = Variance Reference Section 59-9350 for standards for specific uses identified as (C), (SE), or (SP).
USE | TP | I-1 | I-2 | I-3
8350.1 | Aboveground Flammable Liquid Storage: General | SP | SP
8350.2 | Aboveground Flammable Liquid Storage: Restricted | C | C | C
8300.1 | Administrative and Professional Offices | P | P | P | P
8300.2 | Adult Day Care Facilities | P | P | P | P
8150.1 | Agricultural Processing: General | C | C | C | C
8150.2 | Agricultural Processing: Limited | C | C | C | C
8300.4 | Agricultural Supplies and Services | C | P | P
8300.5 | Alcoholic Beverage Retail Sales | P | P | P
8300.6 | Animal Interment Services | SP | SP | SP
8150.2.1 | Animal Raising: Chickens and Quail | C | C | C | C
8150.3 | Animal Raising: Commercial | C | C | C | C
8150.4 | Animal Raising: Commercial Feedlots | SP | SP
8150.5 | Animal Raising: Personal | C | C | C | C
8300.7 | Animal Sales and Services: Auctioning | P
8300.8 | Animal Sales and Services: Grooming | P | P | P
8300.10 | Animal Sales and Services: Kennel and Veterinary, General | P | P
8300.11 | Animal Sales and Services: Kennel and Veterinary, Restricted | P | P | P
8150.6 | Animal Waste Processing | P
8300.12 | Automotive: Parking Garages | P | P | P | P
8300.13 | Automotive: Parking Lots, as a Principal Use | P | P | P | P
8300.14 | Automotive and Equipment: Cleaning and Repairs, Light Equipment | C | P | P
8300.15 | Automotive and Equipment: Heavy Repairs, Heavy Equipment | P | P
8300.16 | Automotive Auction | P | P
8300.17 | Automotive Vehicle Impound Yards and Damaged Vehicle Auctions | C | C
8300.18 | Automotive and Equipment: Automobile Dealerships and Malls | C | P | P
8300.19 | Automotive and Equipment: Sales and Rentals, Farm and Heavy Equipment | P | P
8300.20 | Automotive and Equipment: Sales and Rentals, Trucks, Manufactured (Mobile) Homes and Recreational Vehicles | C | P | P
8300.21 | Automotive and Equipment: Storage | P | P
8300.22 | Bingo Parlors | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.23 | Building Maintenance Services | P | P | P
8300.24 | Business Support Services | P | P | P | P
8300.25 | Child Care Centers | P | P | P | P
8300.26 | Commercial Blood Centers | SP | SP | P
8300.27 | Communications Services: Antennas | C | C | C | C
8300.28 | Communications Services: Broadcast Towers | C | C | C | C
8300.29 | Communications Services: Limited | P | P | P | P
8300.30 | Communications Services: Telecommunication Towers | C | C | C | C
8150.6.1 | Community Garden | C | C | C | C
8150.6.2 | Composting | P | P | P | P
8300.31 | Construction Sales and Services | C | P | P
8300.32 | Convenience Sales and Personal Services | C 3 | P 3 | P 3
8250.5 | Cultural Exhibits | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8350.3 | Custom Manufacturing | P | P | P | P
8250.6 | Domestic Violence Shelters | SP | SP | SP | SP
8300.33 | Drinking Establishments: Sitdown, Alcohol Permitted | SP | SP | SP | SP
8200.2 | Dwelling Units Above the Ground Floor | P | P | P | P
8300.34 | Eating Establishments: Drive-In | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.35 | Eating Establishments: Fast Food | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.36 | Eating Establishments: Fast Food, With Drive-Thru Order Window | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.37 | Eating Establishments: Sitdown 4 | P 3 | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.38 | Eating Establishments: Sitdown, Alcohol Permitted | C | C | C | C
8300.39 | Eating Establishments: Sitdown, Limited Alcohol Permitted | P | P | P | P
8250.7 | Emergency Shelters and Feeding Sites | SP | SP | SP | SP
8300.41 | Food and Beverage Retail Sales | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8250.8 | Forced Detention or Correction Facilities | SP | SP | SP | SP
8300.42 | Funeral and Interment Services: Cremating | SP | SP | SP
8300.43 | Funeral and Interment Services: Interring | SP | SP | SP
8300.44 | Funeral and Interment Services: Undertaking | P | P | P
8300.45 | Gasoline Sales, Large | P | P | P
8300.46 | Gasoline Sales, Small: Restricted | P | P | P
8300.47 | Gasoline Sales: Truck Stop | P | P | P
8150.6.3 | Greenhouse | P | P | P | P
8350.4 | Hazardous Industrial | SP
8350.5 | Hazardous Waste Disposal | SP | SP | SP | SP
8250.9 | Heavy Public Protection and Utility | SP | SP | SP | SP
8250.10 | High Impact Institutional | SP | SP | SP | SP
8150.6.5 | Hoop House | P | P | P | P
8150.7 | Horticulture | C | P | P
8350.6 | Industrial, Heavy | P
8350.7 | Industrial, Moderate | P | P
8350.8 | Industrial, Light | P | P | P | P
8300.48 | Laundry Services | P | P | P
8250.12 | Light Public Protection and Utility: General | P | P | P | P
8250.13 | Light Public Protection and Utility: Restricted | P | P | P | P
8300.50 | Lodging Accommodations: Campgrounds | SE
8300.51 | Lodging Accommodations: Commercial Lodging | P 3 | P 3
8300.52 | Medical Services: General | P | P | P
8300.53 | Medical Services: Restricted | P | P | P
8450.1 | Mining and Processing: Minerals and Raw Material | SP | SP | SP | SP
8450.2 | Mining and Processing: Oil and Gas | V | V | V | V
8250.15 | Moderate Impact Institutional | SP | SP | SP | SP
8250.16 | Murals | P | P | P | P
8300.54 | Outdoor Sales and Display, and Outdoor Storage | C | C | C
8300.55 | Participant Recreation and Entertainment: Indoor | P 3 | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.56 | Participant Recreation and Entertainment: Outdoor | SP 3 | SP 3 | SP 3
8300.57 | Payday or Title Loan Agencies | P | P | P | P
8300.58 | Personal Services: General | P 3 | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.59 | Personal Services: Restricted | P 3 | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.60 | Personal Storage | P | P | P
8400.1 | Railroad Facilities: Refuse, Biomedical Waste and Hazardous Waste | SP | SP
8150.7.1 | Rainwater Harvesting | C | C | C | C
8350.11 | Recycling Collection and Processing Facilities | P | P | P
8300.61 | Repair Services: Consumer | P | P | P
8350.10 | Research and Development | P | P | P | P
8300.62 | Research Services: Restricted | P | P | P | P
8250.17 | Residential Facilities for Dependent and Neglected Children | SP | SP | SP | SP
8250.18 | Residential Facilities for Drug or Alcohol Treatment Centers | SP | SP | SP | SP
8300.63 | Retail Sales and Services: General | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.64 | Retail Sales and Services: Outdoor Swap Meet | SP | SP
8300.65 | Retail Sales and Services: Pawn Shops | P | P | P
8150.7.2 | Roof Garden | C | C | C | C
8350.12 | Sanitary Landfills | SP | SP | SP | SP
8350.13 | Scrap Operations | SP 1 | SP 2
8300.67 | Spectator Sports and Entertainment: General | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8300.68 | Spectator Sports and Entertainment: High Impact | SP 3 | SP 3 | SP 3 | SP 3
8300.69 | Spectator Sports and Entertainment: Restricted | P 3 | P 3 | P 3
8350.14 | Stockyards | SP | SP | SP
8250.19 | Transitional Mental Health Residential Facilities | SP | SP | SP | SP
8400.2 | Transportation Facilities: Aircraft | SP | SP | SP | SP
8400.3 | Transportation Facilities: Surface, Passenger | SP | SP | SP | SP
8400.4 | Transportation Facilities: Surface, Restricted | P | P
8400.5 | Transportation Facilities: Surface Goods, General | P
8450.4 | Underground Injection Wells: Enhanced Recovery Wells | SE | SE | SE | SE
8450.3 | Underground Injection Wells: Disposal Wells | SE | SE
8150.9 | Urban Farm | C | C | C | C
8350.15 | Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution: General | P
8350.16 | Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution: Restricted | P | P | P | P
;sz=8q; FOOTNOTES: TABLE 6250.1
1 No outside storage and/or activity.
2 Outside storage and/or activity permitted.
3 The owner/operator of any property who wishes to serve or sell alcoholic beverages, as defined by State law and subject to State licensing requirements, for on-premises consumption as an accessory function of the primary use of the property, shall meet the conditions below. If the conditions cannot be met, then said property owner/operator may apply for a Special Permit. The facility in which the alcoholic beverages are served or sold must comply with the City's building code requirements.
• If food or beverages are consumed in an outdoor seating/activity area between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., the outdoor seating/activity area shall be separated by a distance of at least 100 feet from the nearest abutting property line of a residential use. Distances shall be measured from the closest edge of the outdoor seating/activity area to the nearest abutting property line of the residential use.
• The area allocated to the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall not exceed 15,000 square feet.
4. Any Planned Unit Development or Simplified Planned Unit Development adopted prior to the effective date of this ordinance that permitted the 8300.37 Eating Establishment: Sitdown, Alcohol Not Permitted use unit shall be permitted to develop according to the 8300.38 Eating Establishment: Sitdown, Alcohol Permitted or 8300.39 Eating Establishment: Sitdown, Limited Alcohol Permitted uses provided they meet the applicable conditions, unless the PUD/SPUD specifically prohibited said uses.
6250.3 District Bulk Standards. Table 6250.2 establishes yard and bulk regulations for the industrial districts.
TABLE 6250.2: INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS BULK STANDARDS
BULK STANDARDS | TP1 | I-1 | I-2 | I-3
Minimum Lot Size | For Rezoning: 12,000 sf 2 | For Rezoning: 12,000 sf 3 | For Rezoning: 24,000 sf 4 | For Rezoning: 40,000 sf 5
Minimum Lot Width | — | — | — | 150 ft
Maximum Height6, 7 | Where abutting or within 35 ft of an AA, R A, R-1, R-1ZL, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, HL or HP District: 20 ft and 1 story Between 35 and 75 ft of said District: 35 feet and 2 stories Between 75 ft and 150 ft of said District: 6 stories within a diagonal line representing 2 ft of additional building setback for every 1 ft of additional height For the remainder of the parcel: building height may be increased above 6 stories within a diagonal line representing 1 ft of additional building setback for every 2 ft of additional height Where abutting or within 75 ft of a R-4M or R-4 District: 35 ft and 2 stories, thereafter no height limit Other: None | Where abutting or within 35 ft of an AA, R A, R-1, R-1ZL, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, HL or HP District: 20 ft and 1 story Between 35 and 75 ft of said District: 35 feet and 2 stories Between 75 ft and 150 ft of said District: 6 stories within a diagonal line representing 2 ft of additional building setback for every 1 ft of additional height For the remainder of the parcel: building height may be increased above 6 stories within a diagonal line representing 1 ft of additional building setback for every 2 ft of additional height Where abutting or within 75 ft of a R-4M or R-4 District: 35 ft and 2 stories, thereafter no height limit Other: None | Where abutting or within 75 ft of an AA, RA, R- 1, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, HL or HP District: 35 feet and 2 stories Between 75 ft and 150 ft of said District: 6 stories within a diagonal line representing 2 ft of additional building setback for every 1 ft of additional height For the remainder of the parcel: building height may be increased above 6 stories within a diagonal line representing 1 ft of additional building setback for every 2 ft of additional height Where abutting or within 75 ft of a R-4M or R-4 District: 35 ft and 2 stories, thereafter no height limit Other: None | Where abutting or within 75 ft of an AA, R-A, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, HL or HP District: 15 ft and 1 story Between 75 ft and 150 ft of said District: 6 stories within a diagonal line representing 2 ft of additional building setback for every 1 ft of additional height For the remainder of the parcel: building height may be increased above 6 stories within a diagonal line representing 1 ft of additional building setback for every 2 ft of additional height Where abutting or within 75 ft of a R-4M or R-4 District: 35 ft and 2 stories, thereafter no height limit Other: None
YARDS (Additional applicable yard regulations are found in Section 59-12100.3)
Front Yard | 25 ft | 25 ft | 25 ft | —
Side Yard | None Where abutting an AA, RA, R-1, R-1ZL, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-4, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, HL or HP District: building setback of 15 ft and landscaped buffer strip of 5 ft | None Except where a platted building line exists, that line shall take precedence if greater than this requirement; Where abutting an AA, RA, R-1, R-1ZL, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-4, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, HL or HP District: building setback of 15 ft and landscaped buffer strip of 5 ft | None Except where a platted building line exists, that line shall take precedence if greater than this requirement; Where abutting an AA, RA, R-1, R-1ZL, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-4, R-MH-1, R-MH-2 HL or HP District: 25 ft, provided a railroad spur or tracks shall be permitted within this area | None Except where abutting an AA, RA, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-4, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, O-1, O-2, HL or HP District: 50 ft, provided a railroad spur or tracks shall be permitted within this area
Rear Yard | None Except where abutting an AA, RA, R-1, R-1ZL, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-4, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, HL or HP District: building setback of 15 ft | None Except where abutting an AA, RA, R-1, R-1ZL, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-4, R-MH-1, R- MH-2, HL or HP District: building setback of 15 ft and landscaped buffer strip of 5 ft | None Except where abutting an AA, RA, R-1, R-1ZL, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-4, R-MH-1, R-MH-2 HL or HP District: 15 ft, provided a railroad spur or tracks shall be permitted within this area | None Except where abutting an AA, RA, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-3M, R-4M, R-4, R-MH-1, R-MH-2, O-1, O-2, HL or HP District: 50 ft, provided a railroad spur or tracks shall be permitted within this area and the required setback shall be permitted to be reduced by the width of any abutting railroad right-of-way
;sz=8q; FOOTNOTES: TABLE 6250.2
1 There are special building lines established along certain streets—See Section 12100.4 (Special Setback Regulations).
2 This requirement shall not apply where an existing and contiguous TP boundary line in the same block will be extended by rezoning.
3 This requirement shall not apply where an existing and contiguous I-1 boundary line in the same block will be extended by rezoning.
4 This requirement shall not apply where an existing and contiguous I-2 boundary line in the same block will be extended by rezoning.
5 Parcels of this minimum size, which have been rezoned to I-3, may be subdivided as part of a development planned for smaller individual ownerships in a larger industrial area. This requirement shall not apply where an existing and contiguous I-3 boundary line in the same block will be extended by rezoning.
6 The following use units: Low Impact Institutional: Neighborhood-Related (59-8250.14), Low Impact Institutional: Residential-Oriented (59-8200.5), Moderate Impact Institutional (59-8250.15), and High Impact Institutional (59-8250.10), when permitted in a zoning district, may be erected to a height not to exceed the height permitted in the district or 60 feet, whichever is greater, provided that the building is set back from each property line at least one additional foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit set by the applicable zoning district.
7 Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator shafts, bulkheads, broadcasting or receiving antennas on residences, private wind energy conversion system (PWECS) towers, fire towers, lofts, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers and spires, wireless towers and necessary mechanical appurtenances shall be excluded from the measured height of a building. These accessory features may be erected to a height not exceeding 15 feet above the applicable permitted maximum height for that building or to such greater height as may be provided in this chapter. Components located within electric sub-stations may be erected to a height not exceeding 35 feet above the applicable permitted maximum height but not to exceed 70 feet in height.
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6250.4. General Standards of Applicability.
A. Accessory Buildings, Structures and Uses. See Section 59-12200 (Standards for Accessory Buildings, Structures and Uses) for standards covering accessory buildings, structures and uses.
B. Permitted Encroachments. See Section 59-12250 (Permitted Encroachments) for standards governing encroachments.
C. Off-Street Parking, Loading and Access. See Article XI, Off-Street Parking, Loading and Access, for standards governing off-street parking and loading.
D. Landscaping and Screening. See Article XI, Landscaping and Screening Regulations, for standards governing landscaping and screening.
E. Environmental Performance Standards. See Section 59-12400 (Environmental Performance Standards) for standards governing environmental performance standards.
F. Temporary Uses. See Section 59-8500 (Temporary Uses) for standards governing temporary uses.
(Ord. No. 23755, § 3, 12-2-08; Ord. No. 24009, § 4, 2-2-10; Ord. No. 24781, § 1, 11-19-13; Ord. No. 24804, § 2, 12-31-13; Ord. No. 25972, § 3, 7-31-18; Ord. No. 26967, § 1, 2-1-22; Ord. No. 27526, § 3, 2-13-24, eff. 3-15-24)
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