In an I-1 Light Industrial District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code. These uses may be subject to additional standards as specified in Chapter 1293 Use Standards:
(a) Educational, research and design facilities charged with the principal function of research and development of new products and processes and technical training.
(b) Industrial, scientific or commercial research, development and testing laboratories.
(c) Executive and administrative offices.
(d) Industrial, medical and dental clinics, medical, optical, pharmaceutical and dental laboratories and veterinary hospitals and clinics.
(e) Data processing and computer centers, including service and maintenance of electronic data processing equipment.
(f) Legal, engineering, surveying, accounting, architectural and similar professional offices.
(g) Trade, industrial or technical schools.
(h) Radio and television broadcasting stations, excluding towers.
(i) Printing, publishing, photographic processing or allied industries.
(j) Limited retail sales of products customarily incidental to the principal uses.
(k) The manufacturing, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles from previously prepared materials, such as: electronics, food goods, candy, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, toiletries, optical goods, toys, electrical equipment, appliances, pottery, hardware, cutlery, and small auto parts. This is provided that such activity is completely contained within the building. Outside storage is prohibited in the District.
(l) Laboratories for experiments, filming or testing.
(m) The manufacture and repair of electric or neon signs, light sheet-metal products, including heating and ventilating equipment, cornices, eaves and the like.
(n) Warehousing and wholesale establishments.
(o) Greenhouses with retail adjuncts.
(p) Central dry-cleaning plants or laundries.
(q) Fence, awning, roofing and landscaping sales uses, including outdoor display areas.
(r) Automotive painting, bumping and welding shops and tire recapping, when completely enclosed.
(s) Metal plating, buffing and polishing.
(t) Lumber yards.
(u) Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transformer stations and substations, gas regulator stations with service yards, but without storage yards, and water and sewer pumping stations, when operational requirements necessitate the locating of said buildings within the District in order to serve the immediate vicinity. The Planning Commission and the Township Board may require walls and landscaping in order to screen such uses where they deem the same to be necessary.
(v) Churches.
(w) Other uses similar to the above.
(x) Accessory uses customarily associated with an above permitted principal use.
(y) Indoor commercial recreation facilities such as bowling alleys, archery ranges, sports arenas, skating rinks, racquet ball courts and similar establishments. However, billiard halls, coin or token-operated amusement arcades and adult-use businesses are expressly prohibited.
(z) Schools, operated for profit, for the training or instruction of non-academic subjects such as, but not limited to, dance, music, martial arts and similar artistic or athletic pursuits provided that the Department of Planning and Community Development determines that available off-street parking is adequate to serve the use.
(aa) Automotive service and repair of such items as batteries, brakes, tires, glass, exhaust systems, upholstery, undercoating, transmissions and engines.
(bb) Internet sales establishments.
(cc) Accessory or ancillary oil and gas uses or structures shall be permitted subject to the further provisions of Chapter 1293.
(dd) Carnivals and Festivals. These shall meet the conditions set forth in Chapter 1293.
(ee) Outdoor Sales and Display of Goods which are accessory to a Principal Permitted Use. These shall meet the conditions set forth in Chapter 1293.
(Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. 260-A-292. Passed 8-18-97; Ord. 260-A-314. Passed 8-10-98; Ord. 260-A-393. Passed 6-1-04; Ord. 260-A-402. Passed 12-20-04; Ord. 260-A-414. Passed 11-7-05; Ord. 260-A-454. Passed 1-11-16.)