14-2D-2: LAND USES ALLOWED:

   A.   Determining Principal Uses Allowed:

      1.   Table 2D-1, located at the end of this section, indicates whether a principal land use is permitted (P), allowed with provisions (PR), or allowed by special exception (S) in a particular industrial or research park zone. A number in superscript indicates that a special provision applies. See table notes for more information.

      2.   Specific land uses are grouped into the categories and subgroups listed in the table. For example, a firm that specializes in developing computer software is classified as technical/light manufacturing. To find out how a specific land use is categorized, see chapter 4, article A, "Use Categories", of this title.

      3.   Provisional uses are allowed, subject to the additional requirements contained in chapter 4, article B, "Minor Modifications, Variances, Special Exceptions, And Provisional Uses", of this title.

      4.   Uses listed as special exceptions are allowed only after approval from the Iowa City board of adjustment. The general approval criteria for special exceptions are stated in chapter 4, article B of this title along with specific approval criteria for most special exception uses.

   B.   Accessory Uses Allowed: Regulations pertaining to accessory uses are stated in chapter 4, article C, "Accessory Uses And Buildings", of this title. (Ord. 05-4186, 12-15-2005)

Table 2D-1: Principal Uses Allowed In Industrial And Research Zones

Use Categories	Subgroups	I-1	I-2	RDP	ORP
Commercial uses:
Building trade		P	P
Commercial recreational1	Outdoor
	Indoor			S	S
Office	General office			P	P
	Medical/dental office			P	P
Retail	Sales oriented
	Personal service oriented
	Alcohol sales oriented
	Repair oriented
	Hospitality oriented retail			S	S
	Outdoor storage and display oriented
Industrial uses:
Industrial service		P	P
Manufacturing and production	Technical/light manufacturing	P	P	P	P
	General manufacturing	PR	P
	Heavy manufacturing	S	P
Salvage operations			S
Self-service storage		P	P
Warehouse and freight movement		P	P	PR	PR
Waste related		PR	PR
Wholesale sales		P	P	PR	PR
Institutional and civic uses:
Basic utility		PR	PR	PR/S	PR/S
Colleges and universities	Public
	Private			S	S
Community service	General community service	S
	Community service - shelter
Daycare				PR	PR
Parks and open space				PR	PR
Utility-scale ground-mounted solar energy systems		PR	PR	S	S
Other uses:
Aviation related	Airports
	Helicopter landing facilities	S	S	S	S
Extraction			PR
Communication transmission facility		PR	PR	PR/S	PR/S
Consumer fireworks sales		PR	PR

 

 

P	=	Permitted
PR	=	Provisional
S	=	Special exception (See chapter 4, article B of this title for requirements for provisional uses and special exceptions.)

 

Note:

    1.    Any establishment that is licensed by the State to sell alcohol or alcoholic beverages is subject to the use classification process as set forth in subsection 14-4A-2G of this title.

(Ord. 05-4186, 12-15-2005; amd. Ord. 09-4341, 6-2-2009; Ord. 09-4358, 10-20-2009; Ord. 11-4452, 10-18-2011; Ord. 17-4732, 11-21-2017; Ord. 20-4817, 1-7-2020)