A. Purpose: It is the purpose of the I-1 light industrial district to provide a place for uses which are generally considered industrial and benefit from specially designed or provided infrastructure. This district is intended to serve heavy truck traffic and assembly or distribution and warehousing functions.
B. Permitted Uses: The following are permitted uses in an I-1 district:
1. Agricultural implement dealerships.
2. Auto and implement dealerships.
3. Amusement parks.
4. Animal clinics and hospitals with no overnight care, outside pens or exercise yards.
5. Antique stores.
6. Appliance sales and service stores.
7. Art galleries, museums, art and school supply stores.
8. Auto sales, service and repair and mobile home sales, service and repair.
9. Auto service, accessory and parts stores.
10. Automobile and truck body repair shops (excluding salvage yards).
11. Bakery goods and baking goods for retail sales on the premises and bakery outlet stores.
12. Bank, savings and loan, savings credit unions and other financial institutions.
13. Barber and beauty school, business colleges, modeling school, trade and vocational schools.
14. Barber and beauty shops to include tanning facilities.
15. Bicycle sales and repair stores.
16. Bookstores.
17. Bowling alleys, billiard parlors, rollerskating and similar indoor recreational uses.
18. Building materials sales stores.
19. Business and professional offices.
20. Cable television distributors.
21. Camera and photographic supply stores.
22. Candy, ice cream, popcorn, nuts, frozen desserts and soft drinks stores.
23. Carpenter and cabinet shops.
24. Carpet, rugs and tile stores.
25. Cartage and express facilities.
26. Churches, synagogues and temples.
27. Civic centers, conference centers, city, county, state and federal offices, libraries, parks and playgrounds, police and fire stations.
28. Clinics (dental, medical and chiropractic).
29. Coin and stamp stores.
30. Commercial and professional offices.
31. Commercial film developing and processing stores.
32. Confectioneries.
33. Convenience store with or without gasoline.
34. Copy service shops.
35. Costume and clothing rental stores.
36. Dairy products store.
37. Dance studio.
38. Delicatessen.
39. Department and discount stores.
40. Drapery stores.
41. Drugstores.
42. Dry cleaning and laundries including plant accessory heretofore, pressing and repair.
43. Dry cleaning pick up and laundry pick up stations incidental repair and assembly but not including processing.
44. Dry goods store.
45. Electrical, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, masonry, painting and plumbing, refrigeration and roofing where outside equipment and storage does not exceed twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, provided that the outside storage area is effectively screened by a site obscuring fence at least six feet (6') in height.
46. Electrical or gas appliance stores including incidental repair and assembly hereto.
47. Employment agencies.
48. Entertainment: amusement parks; drive in theaters with a minimum of six foot (6') sight obscuring fence; go cart tracks provided that all of the boundary lines of the lot containing such use are located at least three hundred feet (300') from any existing residential district; health clubs.
49. Essential services.
50. Fabric stores.
51. Finance companies.
52. Florists.
53. Furniture and home furnishing stores.
54. Furniture refinishing.
55. Furriers when conducted only for retail trade on the premises.
56. Garage storage.
57. General contractors.
58. General merchandise stores.
59. Gift or novelty store.
60. Golf driving ranges and miniature golf courses.
61. Governmental and public utility buildings and structures.
62. Grocery, fruit or vegetable stores, but not including sales from movable, motorized vehicles.
63. Grocery, supermarket.
64. Haberdasheries and ladies ready to wear stores.
65. Hardware stores.
66. Health clubs – including tennis, handball, racquetball, basketball, dance, bodybuilding and toning and weight and diet related facilities.
67. Health food stores.
68. Heavy equipment sales, service and repair.
69. Hobby shops.
70. Hospitals.
71. Indoor commercial recreation.
72. Insurance sales, claims and branch offices.
73. Interior decorating.
74. Jewelry stores.
75. Leather goods and luggage stores.
76. Liquor stores, including on and off sale establishments.
77. Locksmiths.
78. Lumberyards provided that the outside storage area is effectively screened by a sight obscuring fence at least six feet (6') in height.
79. Mail order houses.
80. Meat market, but not including processing for a locker plant.
81. Medical and dental offices and clinics.
82. Mortuaries and funeral homes.
83. Motels and hotels.
84. Motor fuel stations, auto repair – minor and tire sale and service.
85. Museums, art galleries, and community learning resource centers.
86. Music stores.
87. Nightclubs.
88. Nurseries.
89. Office equipment and supply stores.
90. Optical centers.
91. Paint and wallpaper stores.
92. Parking lots and ramps.
93. Pawnshops.
94. Pet shops with no outside pens or exercise yards.
95. Plumbing and heating shops.
96. Plumbing, television, radio, electrical sales and such repairs as are accessory use to the retail establishment permitted within this district.
97. Printing shops.
98. Private clubs or lodges serving food and beverages.
99. Production, assembly or processing of certain nonoffensive materials:
a. Electrical appliances such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans and toasters.
b. Electrical equipment assembly, such as home radio and television receiver and home movie equipment.
c. Electronic instruments.
d. Jewelry.
e. Medical, dental and optical supplies.
f. Musical instruments.
g. Orthopedic and medical appliances, such as artificial limbs, braces, supports and stretchers.
h. Scientific and precision instruments.
i. Metal fabrication.
100. The production, assembly or processing of materials, goods or products limited to:
a. Advertising products, such as signs and billboards.
b. Armories.
c. Assembly from the following previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastic, precious or semiprecious stones, rubber, shell, wood (excluding lumber mills) and yarn.
d. Automobile repair – major.
e. Awnings, venetian blind and window shades.
f. Bakery, candy, dairy and other food products.
g. Bottling or distribution plants, milk or soft drinks.
h. Ceramic products such as pottery, figurines and small glazed tiles.
i. Contractor or construction office and yards such as building, cement, electrical, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, masonry, painting, plumbing, refrigeration and roofing.
j. Cosmetics and toiletries, drugs, perfumes and perfumed soaps and pharmaceutical products.
k. Drive in type restaurants and convenience food establishments.
l. Electrical supplies, manufacturing and assembly such as wire and cable assembly, switches, lamps, insulation and dry cell batteries.
m. Highway and street maintenance shops and yards.
n. Laboratories – research, development and testing.
o. Lumberyards.
p. Machines, iron, steel or other metal fabrication shops.
q. Mattress manufacturing, rebuilding and renovating.
r. Metal stamping and extrusion of small products such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons and kitchen utensil.
s. Milk and ice processing.
t. Monument works.
u. Motor freight terminals.
v. Packing and crating establishments.
w. Publicity and bookbinding establishments.
x. Publicly owned recreational uses.
y. Recreational and mobile home sales, service and repair.
z. Rental establishments.
aa. Shell egg business, candling, packaging and distributing.
bb. Smoking and curing of meat products.
cc. Soap and detergents, packaging only.
dd. Storage and warehousing establishments.
ee. Textiles, spinning, weaving, dyeing, printing, knit goods, yarn, thread and cordage but excluding textile bleaching.
ff. Tools and hardware such as bolts, nuts and screws, doorknobs, drills, hand tools and cutlery, hinges, house hardware, locks, nonferrous metal castings and plumbing appliances.
gg. Toys, novelties and watches.
hh. Transportation terminals and stations.
ii. Truck stops.
jj. Uses not listed but similar to the permitted uses contained herein and consistent with the stated purpose of this district.
kk. Offices related to the above.
101. Radio and television broadcasting studios and offices.
102. Radio and television office and stations.
103. Transportation terminals.
104. Real estate sales.
105. Record/music stores.
106. Restaurants, cafes, on and off sale liquor.
107. Restaurants – drive ins; truck stops; provided, that the parking area containing such use shall be located at least one hundred fifty feet (150') from any existing residential district.
108. Sewing machine sales and service.
109. Shoe and footwear stores.
110. Shoe repair shops.
111. Sporting goods stores.
112. Storage and distribution of certain nonoffensive, nontoxic materials.
113. Storage garages and miniwarehouses with no outdoor storage.
114. Tailor shops.
115. Tattoo parlors.
116. Theaters (excluding outdoor drive in type).
117. Tobacco shops.
118. Toy stores.
119. Transportation terminals and stations.
120. Travel bureaus or agencies, transportation ticket offices.
121. Variety stores, 5 and 10 cent stores, and stores of similar nature.
122. Warehousing of nonexplosive material or equipment.
123. Watch and clock repair and sales.
124. Wearing apparel stores.
125. Wholesale business and office establishments.
C. Accessory Uses: The following are permitted accessory uses in an I-1 district:
1. Commercial or business buildings and structures for a use accessory to the principal use but such use shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the gross floor space of the principal use.
2. Off street parking as regulated by section 10-5-1 of this title, but not including semitrailer trucks.
3. Off street loading as regulated by section 10-5-1 of this title.
4. Outdoor storage, sales, rental and service subject to section 10-5-10 of this title.
D. Conditional Uses: The following are conditional uses in an I-1 district and require a conditional use permit based upon procedures set forth and regulated by section 10-3-3 of this title:
1. Public regulated utility buildings, structures necessary for the health, safety and general welfare of the community; provided that:
a. Compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood is maintained and required setbacks and side yard requirements are met.
b. Equipment is completely enclosed in a permanent structure with no outside storage.
c. Adequate screening from neighboring uses and landscaping is provided in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
d. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
2. Commercial car washes (drive through, mechanical and self- service); provided that:
a. Stacking space is constructed to accommodate that number of vehicles which can be washed during a maximum thirty (30) minute period and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
b. At the boundaries of a residential district, a strip of not less than five feet (5') shall be screened in compliance with this title.
c. Parking or car storage space shall be screened from view of abutting residential districts in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
d. The entire area other than occupied by the building or plantings shall be surfaced with material which will control dust and drainage which is subject to the approval of the city engineer.
e. The entire area shall have a drainage system which is subject to the approval of the city.
f. All lighting shall be hooded and so directed so as not to be in violation of the provisions of section 10-5-8 of this title.
g. Vehicular access points shall be limited, shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement and shall be subject to the approval of the city.
h. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
3. Drive in type restaurants and convenience food establishments provided that:
a. There is adequate off street parking in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
b. There is adequate stacking space for drive in service so as to prevent stacking on public streets or stacking which would interfere with the required parking lots.
c. Vehicular access points shall be limited, shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement and shall be subject to the approval of the city.
4. Kennels and veterinary clinics, animal hospitals, animal shelters and pet stores with outside pens or exercise yards provided that:
a. Any outside area used for pens and exercise yards are to be located at least three hundred feet (300') from any existing residential use or district.
b. The site and related parking and service entrances are served by an arterial or collector street of sufficient capacity to accommodate the traffic which will be generated.
c. Adequate off street parking is provided in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
d. Adequate off street loading is provided in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
e. Vehicular entrances to parking or service areas shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement.
f. All signing and informational or visual communication devices shall be in compliance with the applicable provisions of this title.
g. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
5. Agricultural processing to include fertilizer manufacture, grain elevator and feed mixing and grinding plants; asphalt and concrete batching or ready mix plants; concrete or cement products manufacturing; battery manufacture; slaughter of animals (excluding stockyards); tire recapping or retreading; provided that:
a. A minimum lot area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and minimum lot width of one hundred fifty feet (150').
b. A drainage system subject to the approval of the city engineer shall be installed.
c. The lighting shall be accomplished in such a way so as to comply with the provisions of section 10-5-8 of this title.
d. At the boundaries of a residential district, a strip of not less than five feet (5') shall be landscaped and screened in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
e. Vehicular access points shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement, shall comply with section 10-5-1 of this title and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
f. No outside storage except as allowed in compliance with section 10-5-8 of this title.
g. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
6. Car impound lots (other than publicly owned); provided that:
a. The entire site other than that taken up by a building, structure or plantings shall be surfaced with a material to control dust and drainage which is subject to the approval of the city engineer.
b. A drainage system subject to the approval of the city engineer shall be installed.
c. The lighting shall be accomplished in such a way so as to comply with the provisions of section 10-5-8 of this title.
d. At the boundaries of a residential district, a strip of not less than five feet (5') shall be landscaped and screened in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
e. All fencing is to conform with the applicable provisions of this code.
f. Vehicular access points shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement, shall comply with section 10-5-1 of this title and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
g. No additional outside storage except as allowed in compliance with section 10-5-8 of this title shall be allowed.
h. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
7. Recreational uses and facilities (excluding those publicly owned); provided, that:
a. The site of the proposed use has direct access to an arterial street without utilizing public streets of a lower traffic handling classification to reach the arterial street.
b. Vehicular access points shall be limited and designed and constructed to create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement.
c. Parking area shall be screened from view of residential districts.
d. The lighting shall be accomplished in such a way so as to comply with the provisions of section 10-5-8 of this title.
e. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
8. Salvage yards, wrecking yards, or waste recycling facilities, public utilities and public service uses to include: car impound lots, power production, waste and water treatment plants, solid waste transfer station, coal transfer stations and holding ponds, solid waste incineration or composting with or without energy recovery; provided that:
a. A drainage system subject to the approval of the city engineer shall be installed.
b. The lighting shall be accomplished in such a way so as to comply with the provisions of section 10-5-8 of this title.
c. At the boundaries of a residential district, a strip of not less than five feet (5') shall be landscaped and screened in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
d. All fencing shall be in compliance with the applicable provisions of this code.
e. Exterior storage areas shall be screened from view in compliance with section 10-5-8 of this title.
f. Vehicular access points shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement, shall comply with section 10-5-1 of this title and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
g. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
9. Insecticide and pesticide, packaging only, and metal finishing, planting, grinding, sharpening, polishing, cleaning, rustproofing and heat treatment; provided, that:
a. A drainage system subject to the approval of the city engineer shall be installed.
b. The lighting shall be accomplished in such a way so as to comply with the provisions of section 10-5-8 of this title.
c. At the boundaries of a residential district, a strip of not less than five feet (5') shall be landscaped and screened in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
d. All fencing shall be in compliance with the applicable provisions of this code.
e. Exterior storage areas shall be screened from view in compliance with section 10-5-8 of this title.
f. Vehicular access points shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement, shall comply with section 10-5-1 of this title and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
g. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
E. Minimum Lot Requirements And Setbacks: The following minimum requirements shall be observed in an I-1 district subject to additional requirements, exceptions and modifications set forth in this title. All setbacks are from property lines. The street right of way and boulevard are not part of the setback area.
1. Front yard setback: twenty five feet (25').
2. Rear and side yard setback: ten feet (10').
3. Maximum lot coverage: ninety percent (90%).
4. Minimum lot width: seventy five feet (75').
5. Minimum lot size: five thousand (5,000) square feet.
6. Corner Lot: Only one front yard is required on the side that faces the main public street and may have the main building entrance. The remaining side may use side lot setbacks provided no structure or visual impediment is constructed within a distance of thirty five feet (35') from the intersection of the property lines of the two (2) streets.
F. Maximum Building Height: The following maximum building heights will apply in the I-1 district subject to additional requirements, exceptions, and modifications set forth in this title:
1. Principal building: none.
2. Accessory buildings: as governed by section 10-5-9 of this title.
G. Supplemental Standards: The supplemental standards are listed and enforced under chapter 5 of this title (i.e., parking lot, loading space, signs, fences and screening, drainage, traffic visibility, and grading). (Ord. 230, 5-6-2002)