§ 11.1. Intent.

The I-M, Industrial Manufacturing District is designed so as 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 general goals of this use district include, among others, the following specific purposes:

1.

To provide sufficient space, in appropriate locations, to meet the needs of the municipality's expected future economy for additional manufacturing and related uses.

2.

To protect abutting residential districts by separating them from manufacturing activities, and by prohibiting the use of such industrial areas for new residential development.

3.

To 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.

4.

To protect the most desirable use of land in accordance with a well considered plan. To protect the character and established pattern of adjacent development, and in each area to conserve the value of land and buildings and other structures, and to protect the municipality's tax revenue.