(A) The LID Light Industrial District is designed to accommodate industries and warehousing operations which can be operated in a relatively clean and quiet manner and which will not be obnoxious to adjacent residential and business districts.
(B) The following uses are permitted.
(1) A building or group of buildings that contain varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized, controlled, and exterior-accessed stalls or lockers for the dead storage of non-hazardous materials. No business activities other than the rental storage units shall be conducted premises; provided however, that storage units shall be enclosed by a fence not less than six feet in height.
(2) Aluminum can and glass bottle collection, crushing, and distribution.
(3) Automobile sales, new and used.
(4) Automobile parking lots and structures.
(5) Bakeries and other establishments manufacturing prepared food products for wholesale distribution.
(6) Boat works and sales.
(7) Bottling works.
(8) Building materials and equipment sales, including open storage when fenced.
(9) Cabinet, woodworking, and upholstery shops.
(10) Circuses and carnivals.
(11) Clothing and textile manufacturing.
(12) Contractors' offices and storage yards, provided open storage is enclosed by a fence of at least eight feet in height.
(13) Customary accessory uses and structures including open storage, provided the area devoted to open storage is enclosed by a fence at least eight feet in height.
(14) Dairy products processing and distributing facilities including dairy bars.
(15) Dry cleaning and laundry plants.
(16) Electrical appliances and electronic equipment manufacturing.
(17) Electrical supplies and equipment sales, and service.
(18) Farm machinery, assembly, sales, and repairs.
(19) Furniture manufacturing.
(20) Glass and mirror shops, venetian blind and awning shops, tile companies, and similar building specialties outlets.
(21) Greenhouses and horticultural nurseries.
(22) Industrial supplies and equipment, sales, and service.
(23) Industrial trade schools, research laboratories.
(24) Light manufacturing or processing not otherwise named herein, provided no operations are carried on, or are likely to be carried on which will create smoke, fumes, noise, odor, or dust which will be detrimental to the character of the district or to the health, safety, or general welfare of the community.
(25) Leather products and luggage manufacturing.
(26) Lumberyards, building materials storage, and sales, including open storage when fenced.
(27) Paper goods manufacturing and distributing.
(28) Pharmaceutical manufacturing and distributing.
(29) Plumbing and heating supply houses, including open storage when fenced.
(30) Precision instrument manufacturing.
(31) Printing, publishing, and reproducing establishments.
(32) Public safety facilities, subject to the conditions listed under § 92.093(C)(5), relative to public safety facilities.
(33) Public works and public utility facilities subject to the conditions listed under § 92.093(C)(6), relative to public utility facilities.
(34) Railroad stations and yards.
(35) Service stations and automobile repair garages, including body works, but excluding open storage of wrecked vehicles. However, no portion of a service station building nor any of its equipment shall be nearer than 15 feet to the street right-of-way.
(36) Sign painting and fabricating shops.
(37) Trucking terminals, transfer companies.
(38) Vending companies.
(39) Wholesale and warehousing establishments, except for the storage of dangerous or offensive items such as uncured hides and explosives.
(40) Wholesale storage of gasoline and oil products, including bottled gas and oxygen.
(41) Church services conducted temporarily in a tent when off-street parking is provided and a permit is obtained from the City Fire Department as required by § 29.1 of the Fire Prevention Code. Any person or organization desiring to conduct tent services shall first file an application with the City Clerk stating the location, date, time, duration, and size and capacity of the tent.
(42) Bowling alleys.
(43) Skating rinks.
(44) Baseball and golf driving ranges.
(45) Miniature and par-three golf courses.
(46) Mechanical rides.
(47) Riding stables.
(48) Commercial recreational facilities.
(49) Offices, business, professional and public.
(50) Auction houses where all sales are conducted within an enclosed structure and non goods or wares are stored or displayed on the premises outside the auction house and there is provided one space of off-street parking for each four seats of patron use plus one space for each 100 square feet of floor space not containing seats.
(51) Feed and seed stores.
(52) Garden centers and produce markets.
(53) Secondhand stores and swap shops.
(54) Skateboarding (indoor and outdoor except upon any public sidewalk and street as prohibited by G.S. § 82-37.1.
(55) Inflatables (indoor and outdoor).
(56) Paintball (indoor and outdoor).
(57) Batting cages (indoor and outdoor).
(58) Zip-line (indoor and outdoor).
(59) Rock climbing (indoor and outdoor).
(60) Laser tag (indoor and outdoor).
(61) Micro-brewery.
(62) Brewery.
(63) Tasting room (accessory use for retail beer or wine store - indoors, if allowed by state regulations).
(64) Automotive rentals (car and truck).
(65) Boarding kennel, provided no outdoor kennels are allowed.
(66) Crematory.
(C) The following special uses are permitted when authorized by the City Council after the Council holds a public hearing: colleges, universities, technical institutes, public elementary and secondary schools, and private schools having curricula substantially the same as offered in public schools and including dormitories when located on the campus of any of the above; automobile towing and temporary storage services; go-cart tracks; flea market - outdoor; and telecommunication towers and facilities complying with the provision of § 92.075 of the City Code of Ordinances.
(‘58 Code, § 19-92) (Ord. 79-1, passed 1-15-79; Am. Ord. 79-12, passed 8-20-79; Am. Ord. 80-3, passed 3-3-80; Am. Ord. 81-3, passed 3-16-81; Am. Ord. 87-8, passed 5-11-87; Am. Ord. 90-13, passed 7-17-90; Am. Ord. 94-30, passed 12-19-94; Am. Ord. 96-23, passed 9-16-96; Am. Ord. 97-58, passed 1-5-98; Am. Ord. 00-36, passed 10-16-00; Am. Ord. 06-06, passed 2-6-06; Am. Ord. 06-08, passed 4-3-06; Am. Ord. 07-15, passed 5-21-07; Am. Ord. 09-35, passed 10-19-09; Am. Ord. 12-33, passed 10-15-12; Am. Ord. 14-28, passed 10-6-14; Am. Ord. 14-38, passed 12-1-14; Am. Ord. 18-31, passed 9-4-18; Am. Ord. 21-02, passed 1-19-21; Am. Ord. 21-26, passed 7-12-21; Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.80