§ 155.080 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I).

   (A)   Intent.

      (1)   General. The Industrial District (I) is intended to provide land for the more large-scale and intense manufacturing, fabricating and assembling uses. While such uses may occasionally produce external physical effects noticeable to a limited degree beyond the boundaries of the site, nevertheless, every possible effort shall be made to minimize such effects. All uses located within this district shall be so designed and operated as to observe the performance standards and regulations of use contained herein.

      (2)   Prohibited uses. The following shall be considered prohibited uses:

         (a)   Any business whose function would create, or have a high potential to create, an adverse or ongoing environmental impact.

         (b)   Any business whose function has historically demonstrated an adverse or ongoing negative environmental impact.

         (c)   Any business that emits, releases, or causes to be dispersed a contaminant or toxin in quantities that cause, alone or in reaction with other contaminants or toxins, either of the following, and should not be considered complete nor construed as a means of limiting the inclusion of other businesses:

            1.   Injurious effects to the public health or safety, animal life, plant life or significant economic value, or property;

            2.   Unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.

         (d)   This would include, but certainly not be limited to, the following listed types of businesses and those that perform similar purposes or functions:

            1.   Incinerators;

            2.   Commercial or industrial waste processing, injection, dispersion, or storage;

            3.   Scrap yards;

            4.   Any business having anything to do with the manufacture, processing, transport, or storage of nuclear products or waste;

            5.   Recyclers of hazardous materials or of products containing proportionately large amounts of hazardous materials.

   (B)   Permitted uses. In the I District, only the following uses shall be permitted subject to the provisions of this chapter, and such uses shall also comply with all applicable county, state, and federal health and pollution laws and regulations:

      (1)   Accessory buildings and uses as identified in this subchapter;

      (2)   Automobile repair, minor;

      (3)   Automobile repair, major;

      (4)   Brewery;

      (5)   Brewpub;

      (6)   Commercial, heavy;

      (7)   Distillery;

      (8)   Industrial or research park;

      (9)   Laboratory;

      (10)   Manufacturing, heavy;

      (11)   Manufacturing, light;

      (12)   Manufacturing, medium;

      (13)   Open air business uses;

      (14)   Production filming;

      (15)   Public services;

      (16)   Public utility station;

      (17)   Recycling facility;

      (18)   Recreation, indoor;

      (19)   School, commercial;

      (20)   Warehouse, wholesale or storage; and

      (21)   Planned unit development

   (C)   Uses subject to special land use approval. In the I District subject to the requirements of the special land use process as prescribed by §§ 155.185 through 155.188, and such uses shall also comply with all applicable county, state, and federal health and pollution laws and regulations:

      (1)   Automotive self-service stations;

      (2)   Automotive service stations;

      (3)   Open storage yards of construction contractor's equipment and supplies, building materials, sand, gravel, or lumber; and

      (4)   Towers (e.g. cell phone, radio, transmitting).

   (D)   Area, height, and bulk requirements.

      (1)   Minimum lot size in square feet: none, provided that the provisions of off-street loading berth requirements are complied with.

      (2)   Minimum lot dimensions in feet: width: none; Depth: none.

      (3)   Maximum height of building: six stories; 80 feet. A building or structure shall be permitted to exceed a building height of 80 feet provided that such building or structure is not less than 300 feet from any R or RM District.

      (4)   Minimum yard setback. For lots less than three acres in area, the front yard shall have a minimum depth of 25 feet, the rear yard shall have a minimum depth of 20 feet, and there shall be two side yards, each having a width of not less than ten feet and the combined width of both side yards shall not be less than 40 feet. For lots greater than three acres in area, the front yard shall have a minimum depth of 40 feet, the rear yard shall have a minimum depth of 25 feet, and the side yards shall be not less than 20 feet each.

      (5)   Maximum lot coverage by all buildings: 50%.

   (E)   Accessory buildings and uses.

      (1)   Parking lots.

   (F)   Structure and site requirements.

      (1)   No owner or lessee, or their respective agents, shall construct or maintain a barbed wire fence partially or wholly around any area along any street, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way, except that upon the issuance of a proper permit, fences not less than eight feet high may have barbed wire attached to arms or brackets extending inward over such private property of the person erecting or paying for such fence, but no such barbed wire shall be placed at any point closer to grade level than eight feet. Fences may be constructed only on lot lines enclosing property with industrial uses; provided further, that when an industrial use adjoins a residential use, the arms shall project over the industrial use of the lot line only.

      (2)   Upon the issuance of a proper permit, fences enclosing industrial or commercial uses may be permitted to be 12 feet four inches in height, subject to the consent of not less than 50% of all property owners within 500 feet from the fence.

(Ord. 497, passed 2-3-2004; Am. Ord. 523, passed 6-13-2006; Am. Ord. 2011-7, passed 12-13-2011; Am. Ord. 2019-02, passed 10-8-2019; Am. Ord. 2020-28, passed 3-3-2020; Am. Res. 2021-46, passed 4-13-2021)