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Prohibited Uses


List of Prohibited Uses of Railroad Property

  1. Storage of Hay and/or Straw
  2. New Residential use. If lease is for an existing home encroaching on Railroad Right of Way (ROW) lease will usually be granted.
  3. Domestic Water Well (will be approved only in special cases by the Property Development Manager)
  4. Use of existing Railroad fireguard road for applicant’s convenience. Applicant must build road on own property unless otherwise approved by the Engineering Department.
  5. Electrical transformer repair or reconditioning
  6. Wood treatment/tie plant
  7. Salvage operation, junk yard (including junk vehicles), scrap dealer (unless salvaging railroad materials)
  8. Battery recycling
  9. Tire storage or recycling
  10. Any type of material recycler, reconditioning, reclamation or recovery operation
  11. Landfill, incinerator, and waste disposal operations of any kind
  12. Surface impoundment, waste pile
  13. Above ground or underground storage tanks (some exceptions may apply on a case by case basis)
  14. Electroplating operation
  15. Mining, ore processing, refining, smelting
  16. Fuel blending, waste or used oil recycling or reclamation
  17. Explosive disposal, manufacturing or detonation
  18. Leather tanning
  19. Electrical machinery manufacturing and repair
  20. Petrochemical refining
  21. Automotive repair and service station
  22. Bulk oil storage
  23. Machinery degreasing operations
  24. Cement kiln
  25. Laundry and/or dry cleaner
  26. Any chemical manufacturing or processing operation, including:
  • Industrial organic or inorganic chemicals
  • Plastics, synthetic resins, synthetic rubber
  • Paints, pigments, lacquers, enamels, varnishes and allied products
  • Solvents
  • Soap, detergents and cleaning preparations
  • Perfumes, cosmetics and other toiletry preparations
  • Agricultural chemicals
  • Pesticides
  • Fertilizers
  • Wood Preservatives
  • Drugs
  • Miscellaneous chemicals such as adhesives, printing ink and carbon black

Please note that there are existing exceptions to most of this list.


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