Environmental Overlay Zones
These overlays are applied to protect natural resources and manage environmental risks within industrial areas. They impose additional development restrictions to preserve air and water quality.
- Wetland and watershed protection zones limit construction and waste discharge
- Floodplain overlays require elevation and drainage standards for buildings
- Air quality management zones may restrict emission-heavy industries
Transportation and Infrastructure Overlays
Designed to support and regulate the movement of goods, these overlays enhance logistics while ensuring public safety and infrastructure sustainability.
- Airport overlays limit building heights and manage noise near runways
- Rail and freight corridors promote logistics uses but restrict non-industrial development
- Highway or arterial overlays control site access and truck circulation
Design and Compatibility Overlays
These overlays aim to ensure industrial development is compatible with adjacent land uses and community plans. They may regulate appearance, noise, and land use transition.
- Industrial buffer overlays require screening, setbacks, and noise control
- Mixed-use transition overlays restrict certain heavy industrial activities
Historic or urban design overlays apply aesthetic and usage controls on redevelopment projects