§ 11-203. IMU Industrial Mixed-Use Districts.

(a) Intent.

(1) The IMU Industrial Mixed-Use Zoning Districts are intended to encourage the reuse of older industrial buildings for light industrial use, as well as a variety of non-industrial uses.

(2) These older industrial buildings are often surrounded by residential and other non-industrial uses, though in many cases they are also transition zones between a heavy industrial area and a major road or a less intense use or district.

(b) Types of IMU Districts.

(1) 2 types of IMU Districts are established, as follows:

(i) one, the IMU-1 District, allows a variety of residential uses, including live-work dwellings; and

(ii) the other, the IMU-2 District, prohibits all residential uses.

(2) The IMU-1 District is generally for industrial buildings that are adjacent to existing residential buildings, typically rowhouses.

(3) The IMU-2 District is generally for industrial buildings that are adjacent to heavier industry, port uses, highways, or truck routes and not residential areas. This district is intended to protect industrial land and truck routes from pressures of residential uses.

(1) In an IMU-1 District, a use other than residential and other than parking must account for a floor area (located anywhere in any building on the same lot) equal to at least 60% of the total ground-floor area of all buildings on the lot, unless otherwise granted a variance by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals.

(2) In an IMU-2 District, a use listed in the "Industrial Use Category" of Table 11-301 {"Industrial Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses"} as allowed for an IMU-2 District must account for a floor area (located anywhere in any building on the same lot) equal to at least 50% of the total ground floor area of all buildings on the lot, unless otherwise granted a variance by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals.