A. General Description: This industrial district is established to provide areas in which the principal use of land is for light manufacturing and assembly plants, processing, storage, warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution. It is the intent that permitted uses are conducted so that noise, odor, dust and glare of each operation is completely confined within an enclosed building or structure. Although these industries may require direct access to transportation routes, the size and volume of the raw materials or finished products involved should not produce the volume of freight generated by the use of the heavy industrial districts. These regulations are intended to prevent friction between uses within the district and protect nearby A or R districts.
B. Permitted Uses: Property and buildings in an I-1 light industrial district shall be used only for the following purposes:
1. Any use, except dwellings, permitted in the B-1 business district and B-2 business district. No dwelling use, except sleeping facilities required by caretakers or night watchmen employed on the premises, shall be permitted in an I-1 light industrial district.
2. Those uses which employ more than ten (10) employees on the premises, such as: bakeries, dry cleaning and commercial laundries, lumber supply houses, printing establishments and plumbing shops.
3. Freighting or trucking yard or terminal.
4. The following uses when conducted within a completely enclosed building:
a. The manufacturing, compounding, assembling, or treatment of articles prepared from bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt fibre, fur, glass, hair, leather, paper, plastic, stone, shell, textiles, tobacco, wood, yarn, and paint not employing a boiling process.
b. The manufacture of pottery and similar ceramic products.
c. The manufacture and maintenance of electric and neon signs, light sheet metal products including heating and ventilating ducts and similar products.
d. Automobile assembling, painting, upholstering, rebuilding, reconditioning body and fender works, truck repairing and overhauling, tire retreading or recapping, and battery manufacturing.
e. Machine shop.
f. Foundry casting lightweight nonferrous metal not causing noxious fume or odors.
g. Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radio and phonographs, including the manufacture of small parts only, such as coils, condensers, transformers and similar such equipment.
5. Buildings, structures, and uses accessory and customarily incidental to any of the above uses.
6. Warehouse and storage buildings, including feed and seed stores.
7. Frozen food locker.
The uses permitted under this subsection shall be conducted in such a manner that no noxious odor, fumes or dust will be emitted beyond the property line of the lot on which the use is located.
C. Height Regulations: No building shall exceed three (3) stories or forty feet (40') in height except as herein provided.
D. Area Regulations: All buildings within the I-1 light industrial district shall comply with the following yard requirements:
1. Intensity Of Use: No building or buildings shall cover more than eighty percent (80%) of the lot area.
2. Front Yard: All buildings shall be set back from the street or highway right of way a depth of not less than ten feet (10').
3. Side Yard: No side yard shall be required, except if an I-1 light industrial district abuts an R or A district in which case a side yard of not less than ten feet (10') shall be required on the side abutting the R or A district.
4. Rear Yard: No rear yard shall be required, except if an I-1 light industrial district abuts an R or A district or a building is to be serviced from the rear in which case a rear yard of twenty five feet (25') shall be required. If a rear yard is required, this area may be used for an alley or service court if an adequate maneuvering area can be provided.
When a rear or side yard is required because an I-1 light industrial district abuts an R or A district, a screening fence of not less than four (4) nor more than six feet (6') maintained in good condition shall be required, or a screening hedge or other landscaping of not less than four (4) nor more than six feet (6') maintained in good condition shall be required.
E. Off Street Parking Requirements: All buildings within the I-1 light industrial district shall provide off street parking spaces of not less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet for every three (3) employees on any one working shift. In addition to these spaces, adequate area for trucks and vehicles used in the conduct of the enterprise shall be provided.
F. Off Street Loading Requirements: All buildings within the I-1 light industrial district shall provide off street loading spaces of not less than twelve feet (12') wide, thirty five feet (35') in length and have a minimum vertical clearance of fourteen feet (14') and may occupy all or part of any required yard. One such loading space shall be provided for the first ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area, and one additional loading space for each additional fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet or fraction thereof. (Ord. 314, 3-23-2009)