(a) Purpose. The IL: Light Industrial District is established as a district in which the principal use of the land is for warehousing and mixes of industrial and heavy commercial uses which will not generate a health or safety hazard to area residents, nor consume water in amounts beyond the capabilities of existing water systems in the Village. In promoting the general purposes of this Zoning Ordinance, the specific intent of this district is provide land suitable for a wide variety of light industrial activities, including manufacturing, processing, production, storage, research and testing. Access to transportation facilities, availability of public utilities, and adequate fire and police protection are required.
(b) Uses.
(1) Permitted uses.
A. Accessory Uses or uses clearly incidental to any permitted or conditional use and which will not create a nuisance or hazard
B. Ambulance Services
C. Animal Hospitals, with no outdoor pens or runs within twenty (20) feet from any property line
D. Assembly Plants
E. Bottling Plants
F. Building Materials and Supplies
G. Canneries for public use
H. Carpentry Shops and Other Building Contractors Offices, Shops, and Yards
I. Dry-Cleaning and Laundry Plants
J. Fabrication
K. Farm Equipment Sales and Service
L. Feed and Seed Sales
M. Governmental Uses
N. Greenhouses and Nurseries, Commercial
O. Job Shops
P. Laboratories, including scientific, research, testing and medical
Q. Machine Shops
R. Manufacturing, including textiles, furniture, electronic equipment, appliances, machinery, clothing, glass products, and similar products
S. Moving and Storage Companies
T. Public Utility Substations, Carrier stations, and Water Tanks
U. Temporary Construction Buildings
V. Vehicle and Farm Equipment Rental and Leasing
W. Warehouses and Distribution
X. Other Manufacturing, Processing, Storage or Commercial Uses similar to those listed as permitted in the IL District
(2) Conditionally permitted uses.
A. Automobile or other vehicle sales and service
B. Automobile Service Stations
C. Similar Uses
D. Water Treatment Plants
E. Wireless Communications Facilities subject to the provisions of subsection (f) hereof
(c) Water and Sanitary Sewer Requirements. All uses and lots established within this district must be served by public water and sanitary sewer service.
(e) Enclosure Requirements. All business, servicing, processing, or storage, except off-street parking and loading, shall be within completely enclosed buildings, or enclosed by a wall or fence (including entrance and exit gates) not less than six (6) feet in height. Such fences or walls shall not be less than forty (40) feet from the front lot line, not less than ten (10) feet from the side lot lines, and not less than twenty (20) feet from the rear lot line.
(f) Wireless Communications Facilities. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities shall be permitted with a Conditional Use Certificate in IL Light Industrial Districts provided such facilities are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.
(1) No person shall install or maintain a Wireless Telecommunications Facility without first obtaining a Conditional Use Certificate from the Planning Commission as provided in Chapter 1165.
(2) As used in this chapter, the following words and/or phrases shall have the meaning set forth below:
A. "Wireless Telecommunications Facility" means the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with land-based telephone lines.
B. "Tower" means a structure intended to support equipment used to transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals.
C. "Antenna" means the physical device through which electromagnetic, wireless telecommunications signals authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are transmitted or received.
(3) Any application for a Conditional Use Certificate for a proposed Wireless Telecommunications Facility which includes a new Tower shall include:
A. A site plan indicating all existing and proposed buildings within three hundred (300) feet of the proposed Tower,
B. A landscaping plan to screen the facility from adjacent uses,
C. Information regarding the proposed service area for the facility and the necessity or demonstrated need for the proposed location,
D. Information regarding the feasibility of collocation on an existing Tower,
E. An elevation drawing of the proposed Tower,
F. A statement that the applicant will reasonably make space available on the Tower for collocation by other providers.
(4) Towers shall be of a monopole design only and shall be painted or colored to camouflage or minimize its visibility unless otherwise required by the FCC or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Towers shall not contain advertising and shall not be illuminated unless required to do so by the FAA, in which case the Tower shall conform to FAA regulations for safety markings and obstruction lighting.
(5) All Towers shall be designed to withstand wind loads of ninety (90) miles per hour with one half (½) inch of icing and to accommodate Wireless Communications Facilities for a total of at least two (2) providers.
(6) The maximum height of any free-standing Wireless Communication Facility shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet unless a variance to permit a greater height is granted by the Planning Commission based upon a showing of necessity to provide communications service. The maximum height of any roof mounted Antenna shall be twenty (20) feet above the roof.
(7) Towers shall be located from all property lines a distance at least equal to one-half (½) the height of the Tower. Where adjacent to any Residential District, Towers shall be located a distance at least equal to the height of the Tower from all property zoned Residential.
(8) All Wireless Telecommunications Facilities shall be secured with fencing.
(9) Where a Wireless Telecommunications Facility is the principal or sole use on a lot, the lot shall conform to the minimum area and frontage requirements of the zoning district.
(10) Where a Wireless Telecommunications Facility is permitted as an accessory use on a lot or parcel, the Planning Commission may require buffering from the main use. In such locations, the provisions for vehicular access to the Wireless Telecommunications Facility shall not interfere with parking or circulation patterns of the main use.
(11) All equipment buildings and structures required or proposed as part of a Wireless Communications Facility shall conform to the height and setback requirements of the zoning district.
(12) Obsolete or unused Towers shall be dismantled and removed upon abandonment. Cessation of use for a period in excess of twelve (12) consecutive months shall constitute abandonment.
(Ord. 98-12. Passed 4-7-98; Ord. 2023-20. Passed 6-14-23.)