(A) Purpose. The I-1 light industrial district is intended to accommodate industrial operations that are conducted within completely enclosed buildings and operated in such a manner that nuisance factors are minimized.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the I-1 district, subject to the development standards set forth in this chapter:
(1) Automobile service station;
(2) Automobile repair garage;
(3) Crematory;
(4) Truck service center;
(5) Engineering or research laboratories, vocational or industrial training facilities, data processing or analysis;
(6) Light manufacturing, including processing, refining, fabricating, assembling, cleaning, testing or repairing of goods, materials or products; provided that uses with objectionable characteristics are deemed to be conditional uses;
(7) Railroad or other mass transportation rights-of-way and trackage, including passenger stations, shelter stations and layover areas for transit vehicles and off-street parking facilities; provided that the uses, except rights-of-way, shall not extend within 20 feet of a residential district;
(8) Enclosed wholesaling, warehousing, packaging, storage or distribution facilities;
(9) General offices associated with an industrial use, including service facilities for employees or guests; provided that any service facilities shall be entirely enclosed within a building;
(10) Utility installations and facilities;
(11) Retail sales related to the industrial use, such as a company store;
(12) Accessory uses which are incidental to, maintained on the same lot and commonly associated with the operation of a permitted use, including recreational areas for employees and lodging facilities for owners, guards or caretakers;
(13) Dwelling unit as an accessory use as a residence for an operator or employee of a business located on the premises. No more than one such dwelling unit shall be permitted on a single parcel of land; and
(14) Other uses deemed comparable and compatible to those set forth in this section.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted only if the Board issues a conditional use permit as provided for in § 152.242:
(1) Advertising structures;
(2) Airport;
(3) Cemetery;
(4) Church;
(5) Commercial recreation;
(6) Personal services;
(7) Professional offices;
(8) Retail services;
(9) Slaughterhouse; and
(10) Other uses deemed comparable and compatible to those set forth in this section.
(D) Development standards. The following property development standards shall apply to all land and structures in the I-1 district.
(1) Lot size. The minimum lot size in the I-1 district shall be 10,000 square feet.
(2) Setback.
(a) Front. Lots abutting a public street shall have a minimum setback of 25 feet. The minimum required front setback distance may contain off-street parking.
(b) Side and rear. No limit where the lot line abuts other business or industrial district lot lines.
(3) Building height. The maximum building height permitted shall be 40 feet in an I-1 district, provided that additional height shall be permitted to the maximum extent of 100 feet when additional setback distance is provided to the minimum extent of two feet for each five feet in height over the 40 feet.
(4) Floor area. The total floor area of a building shall not exceed 200% of the lot area in an I-1 district.
(Ord. 2006-13, passed 4-3-2006; Ord. 2012-9, passed 7-2-2012)