§ 154.066 I-1 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL.

   (A)   Generally. This district is composed of industrial areas for manufacturing and related uses that generate few if any off-site impacts. Applied to areas usually considered self-sufficient rather than inter-related uses. They are encouraged to develop in a campus atmosphere.

   (B)   Principal uses. Uses substantially similar to those listed herein shall also be permitted, in light of the above described purposes of this zoning district and the comprehensive plan.

      (1)   Commercial uses:

         (a)   Automobile, motorcycle, truck, commercial truck (greater than 7,500 GVW), boat and farm implement sales, rental, service and repair or sale of parts and supplies for such, provided the outdoor display or storage of vehicles shall conform to the requirements of the zoning chapter;

         (b)   Breweries, distilleries, wineries;

         (c)   Building supply sales;

         (d)   Cable television systems, signal distribution centers and studios, including, but not limited to, towers;

         (e)   Childcare centers;

         (f)   Construction equipment sales, rental, service and repair or sale of parts and supplies for such;

         (g)   Crematorium;

         (h)   Data processing centers;

         (i)   Electrical contractors office;

         (j)   Farm equipment and agricultural supply sales;

         (k)   Off-premises sign. Must meet spacing requirements found in §§ 154.205 through 154.217;

         (l)   Offices;

         (m)   Research laboratory;

         (n)   Sexually oriented business;

         (o)   Sign making;

         (p)   Towing services. No more than 15 inoperable vehicles shall be stored on site for a period not to exceed 90 days. Vehicles shall be stored within a fenced and screened area; and

         (q)   Waste haulers. Offices, vehicle parking and storage of empty containers are permitted. No storage of waste materials allowed.

      (2)   Industrial uses:

         (a)   Air and ground freight transportation services;

         (b)   Automobile and automobile parts manufacturing;

         (c)   Manufacturing, compounding, assembling and/or wholesaling of the following:

            1.   Chemical products;

            2.   Concrete products;

            3.   Electrical/electronic products;

            4.   Food and food related products;

            5.   Machinery manufacturing;

            6.   Metals and metal products;

            7.   Plastic products;

            8.   Stone and similar materials;

            9.   Textiles and textile products; and

            10.   Wood and wood products.

         (d)   Public or private utility facilities;

         (e)   Recycling center for sorting baling and processing of glass and metals, including automobile and home appliance recycling, but not including automobile wrecking yard, building materials salvage or junk yards or toxic or hazardous wastes; and

         (f)   Warehousing.

   (C)   Accessory uses.

      (1)   Uses and structures which are customarily accessory, clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted uses.

      (2)   Commercial uses:

         (a)   Dwelling units for watchman or caretakers provided that such facilities shall be located on the same premises as the permitted use;

         (b)   Facilities for serving food only for employees and visitors and having no direct access to the exterior and having no signs visible from the right-of-way;

         (c)   Off-street parking areas and structures and loading facilities;

         (d)   Offices;

         (e)   Outdoor storage of products manufactured on the premises or materials to be used in manufacture on the premises; and

         (f)   Recreational facilities.

   (D)   Conditional uses. Uses permitted only with Board approval after consideration of the intent and purpose of these regulations and consideration of the development guidelines as detailed in the comprehensive plan.

      (1)   Commercial uses: Sale of manufactured goods related or incidental to the principal use.

      (2)   Industrial uses:

         (a)   Compressed natural gas cascade system, provided such system meets the compressed natural gas standard of the National Fire Prevention Association. Such a system shall be fully enclosed with a chain link fence at least to the height of the tanks and not less than six feet in any case; and

         (b)   Gas storage and distribution facility where the means of distribution is railroad tank cars, gas piping or tank trucks which may each have a water capacity in excess of 4,000 gallons; however, the volume shall be governed by National Fire Prevention Association regulations.

      (3)   Institutional uses: Correctional institutions.

   (E)   Special provisions.

      (1)   All uses shall be conducted in a completely enclosed building, except for outdoor storage uses which may be enclosed on all sides by a wall or fence not less than six feet in height.

      (2)   Total building area in square feet is not to exceed 175,000, inclusive of all buildings on an individual site.

      (3)   Recycling operations, including, but not limited to, automobile and home appliance recycling must be enclosed by a solid fence no less than 12 feet in height. Public parking areas must be paved with a durable dustless bound surface. Yard storage areas must be gravel or similar material. All street frontages shall contain, in addition to the required fence, a landscape buffer consisting of trees, shrubs and similar landscape material.

      (4)   No subdivision or re-subdivision of a lot that results in a lot fronting on a right-of-way of less than 30 feet in width shall be permitted.

      (5)   Sexually oriented businesses must be located a minimum of 1,000 feet from any residentially zoned area, planned neighborhood area, and a minimum of 1,000 feet from any public or private recreation facility, school, church, childcare center or any establishment that sells or serves alcohol.

      (6)   When new construction or additions are made to an existing structure, the structure or addition may be located on the lot with setbacks the same as other similar industrial structures on parcels within 1,000 feet.

      (7)   The minimum frontage for corner lots may be reduced to the minimum lot frontage criteria when access is restricted along the street frontage of the lot.

   (F)   Lot criteria.

Minimum lot frontage	100 ft.
Exception: Corner lots, minimum frontage	150 ft.
Minimum front yard setback	75 ft. when abutting property zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 or R-6
	50 ft. when abutting all other zones
Minimum side yard setback	50 ft. when abutting property zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 or R-6
	20 ft. when abutting all other zones
Minimum rear yard setback	75 ft. when abutting property zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 or R-6
	25 ft. when abutting all other zones
Maximum impervious surface ratio (I.S.R.)	.85
Maximum building height	75 ft.
Note: For the purposes of this chapter abutting shall address each lot line to determine applicable setbacks for each yard

 

   (G)   Signs, I-1 Zone. Additional information and standards for signs as well as specific requirements are found in §§ 154.205 through 154.217.

I-1 Signs
Use	Allowed Types	Maximum Number	Maximum Sign Area	Maximum Height	Location Require- ments	Lighting Allowed	Additional Require- ments
Commercial Use	Wall		Wall: 15%			Yes	Wall sign 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1/street	Mon.: 150 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.	Mon.: 10 ft. off paved surface
	Pole	Pole: 1/street	Pole: 150 sq. ft.	Pole: 45 ft.	Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Industrial Use	Wall		Wall: 15%			Yes	Wall sign 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1/street	Mon.: 150 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.	Mon.: 10 ft. off paved surface
	Pole	Pole: 1/street	Pole: 150 sq. ft.	Pole: 45 ft.	Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Institutional Use	Wall		Wall: 15%			Yes	Wall sign 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1/street	Mon.: 150 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.	Mon.: 10 ft. off paved surface
	Pole	Pole: 1/street	Pole: 150 sq. ft.	Pole: 45 ft.	Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Use Groups
Commercial Uses: automobile sales and supplies; building supply sales; cable television systems; childcare centers; crematorium; data processing centers; dwelling units for watchmen; farm equipment and agricultural supply sales; food service (for employees); off-street parking; offices; outdoor storage; recreational facility; research laboratory; sale of manufactured goods on site; sexually oriented business; sign making; waste haulers
Industrial Uses: Any use not listed as commercial or institutional
Institutional Uses: Correctional facility
Special Provisions
1.   If use is a multi-tenant building (3 or more separate tenants) the development name must be placed on the sign. It may be a maximum of 25% of the sign face. This shall not be calculated in the maximum area for tenant signs
2.   If more than one pole or monument sign allowed, the size may be increased by 50% if only one sign is erected
3.   For the following commercial uses a multiplier is in effect:
1) Automobile sales;
2) Automobile service station;
3) Contractor, farm equipment sales;
4) Marine sales;
5) Motorcycle sales; and
6) Stadium
Multiplier:   101 ft.—500 ft. street frontage: Maximum number – pole/monument sign x 2
501 ft.—1,000 ft. street frontage: Maximum number – pole/monument sign x 3
1001 ft. - > street frontage: Maximum number – pole/monument sign x 4

 

   (H)   Parking, I-1 Zone. Additional information and standards for parking as well as specific

requirements are found in §§ 154.175 through 154.192.

I-1 Parking Standards
Land Use	Parking Required	Notes
Brewery, distillery, winery	1 space/employee	On a maximum shift
Childcare	1 space/employee + 1 space/400 sq. ft.	Provide on-site area for safe drop off and pick up, wholly on site
Commercial truck sales	1 space/600 sq. ft.	Parking for product in display area not required to be striped
Correctional facility	1 space/employee
Construction equipment	1 space/600 sq. ft.
Crematorium	1 space/employee	1 space/vehicle owned by use
Data processing centers	1 space/200 sq. ft.
Manufacturing	1 space/employee	On a maximum shift
Office	1 space/250 sq. ft.
Public/private utility	1 space/employee	1 space/vehicle owned by the use
Recycling	1 space/employee + 5 spaces	1 space/vehicle owned by the use
Research laboratory	1 space/employee + 5 visitor spaces
Sexually oriented business	1 space/50 sq. ft.	All spaces must be visible from public right-of-ways
Sign making	1 space/600 sq. ft.	Based on maximum employees on a shift, including medical staff; minimum of 5 spaces
Transportation services	1 space/250 sq. ft.	Air; bus; rail; truck
Towing service	1 space/employee	1 space/each vehicle owned by the facility
Warehouse	1 space/3,000 sq. ft.	Any office area calculated at 1 space/500 sq. ft.
Waste haulers	1 space/employee	1 space/each vehicle owned by the facility

 

   (I)   Landscaping, I-1 Zone. Additional information and standards for vehicular use area (VUA) landscaping as well as specific requirements are found in §§ 154.150 through 154.164.

 

I-1 Perimeter Landscape Buffer Area
Landscape Buffer Area Category	Width Options (In Feet)	Planting Density Multiplier
Category D	30 ft.	1.5
	40 ft.	1.33
	50 ft.	1

 

I-1 Buffering Requirements
Landscape Buffer Area Category	Buffering Use Classification
	Buffered Use	Buffering Use
Category D	R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, WCD	I-2, MAZ

 

Perimeter Planting Density *(OFT) or Fraction Thereof
Planting Density Requirement Categories
A	B	C	D
2 large trees or 1 medium and 2 small trees + 3 ft. screening/80 ft. of linear boundary (OFT)*	2 large trees or 1 medium and 2 small trees + 4 ft. screening/60 ft. of linear boundary (OFT)*	3 large trees or 2 medium and 2 small trees + 5 ft. screening/60 ft. of linear boundary (OFT)*	3 large trees or 2 medium and 2 small trees + 6 ft. screening/60 ft. of linear boundary (OFT)*

 

(Ord. 06-2008, passed 6-16-2008, § 2.8.12; Ord. 08-2009, passed 5-18-2009; Ord. 05-2011, passed 2-7-2011; Ord. passed 9-6-2011; Ord. 20-2011, passed 10-17-2011; Ord. 26-2011, passed 11-21-2011; Ord. 10-2014, passed 4-7-2014; Ord. 28-2014, passed 12-15-2014; Ord. 05-2015, passed 5-4-2015; Ord. 24-2016, passed 12-19-2016)