A. Application: The light industrial (IL) district is intended primarily for application to those areas of the city which are designated for light industrial use by the general plan.
B. Permitted Uses:
1. All uses permitted in the CS service commercial district.
2. Light industrial and related uses including:
a. Assembly of small electric appliances such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans, toasters and electric toys, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers and similar home appliances.
b. Assembly of small electrical equipment such as home motion picture equipment, phonographs and radio and television receivers, but not including electrical machinery.
c. Manufacture of scientific, medical, dental and drafting instruments, orthopedic and medical appliances, cameras and photographic equipment except film, electronic equipment, musical instruments, precision instruments, optical goods, watches and clocks.
d. Manufacture of ceramic products, such as pottery, figurines and small glazed tile.
e. Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging and processing of cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals, toilet soap (not including refining or rendering of fats or oils) and toiletries.
f. Manufacture and assembly of electrical supplies such as coils, condensers, crystal holders, insulation, lamps, switches and wire and cable assembly, provided no noxious or offensive fumes or odors are produced.
g. Manufacture of cutlery, hardware, hand tools and furniture, die and pattern making, metal stamping and extrusion of small products such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razorblades, bottle caps, buttons and kitchen utensils.
h. Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging and processing of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: asbestos, bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber and synthetic fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paint (not employing a boiling process), paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, rubber and synthetic rubber, shell, straw, textiles, tobacco and wood.
i. Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, dairy products, food products, including fruits and vegetables, but not including fish and meat products, pickles, sauerkraut, vinegar or yeast, or refining or rendering of fats and oils.
j. Blacksmith shops; boat buildings; electric motor rebuilding, machine shops; paint shops.
k. Manufacture and maintenance of electric neon signs, billboards and commercial advertising structures.
l. Public utility and public service structures and facilities such as communications equipment buildings, electric distribution substations, electric transmission substations, gas regulator stations, public service pumping stations, public utility service yards, corporation yards, railroad rights of way and stations, reservoirs and storage tanks.
m. Lumber yards, including all planing mills; mattress manufacture; storage yards for commercial vehicles for feed; flour; feed and grain mills; grain elevators; and
n. Other uses which are added to this list by interpretation in accordance with the procedures prescribed in Chapter 1 of this Title.
3. Food lockers and accessory sales.
4. Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel and liquid petroleum gas fuels and complete truck service.
5. Offices, retail stores and watchman's living quarters incidental to and on the same site with an industrial use.
6. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use.
7. Cotton seed research facility.
C. Permitted Uses; Administrative Review/Approval:
1. Gas and electric transmission lines, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18 of this Title.
2. Expansion, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of single- family dwellings, provided that such continued use will not create a health or safety threat to the inhabitants of the dwelling from noise, odor, dust, or exposure to hazardous conditions, and that continued use of the dwelling will not significantly interfere with the normal operation of businesses currently existing in the industrial district.
3. Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use.
4. Mobile or modular offices.
5. Hazardous waste treatment equipment which is added to an existing use at the same site shall be subject to CEQA.
D. Conditional Uses; Commission Approval:
1. Any of the uses listed in subsection 11-13-3B of this Chapter, provided that, on the basis of the use permit application and evidence submitted, the Planning Commission makes the following findings in addition to the findings prescribed in Chapter 17 of this Title:
a. That consideration of all the determinable characteristics of the use which is the subject of the application indicates that the use has the same essential characteristics as the uses listed in subsection B of this Section, with respect to methods of operation, type of process, materials, equipment, structures, storage and appearances.
b. If the use involves nuisance or hazardous characteristics, that the application include sufficient evidence to indicate that special devices, construction or site design are planned to eliminate the nuisance or hazardous characteristics normally attendant to operation of the use.
c. That the use reasonably can be expected to conform with the required conditions prescribed for the I District in Section 11-13-6 of this Chapter.
2. Public buildings and grounds.
3. Bulk storage and delivery of liquefied petroleum gas. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)