The purpose of this district is to encourage the development of major manufacturing, processing, warehousing, and major research and testing operations. These activities require extensive community facilities and reasonable access to arterial highways; they may have extensive open storage and service areas, generate heavy traffic but shall be prohibited if they create nuisances beyond Federal and State guidelines.
(A) Permitted Uses
(1) Any use permitted in the light industrial district.
(2) Retail sale of any commodity manufactured, fabricated, or processed on the premises or of any commodity designed especially for use in agricultural, mining industry, business, transportation, or construction.
(3) The generation of electric power and/or gas distribution or the manufacturing or processing of clay, tile, primary metals, wood, paper, glass, plastic, rubber, and related products and services.
(4) All permitted uses must meet all State and Federal regulatory requirements.
(B) Accessory Uses Permitted
(2) Garages and other buildings and uses accessory to the principal use.
(C) Conditional Uses.
(1) All manufacturing and industrial processes not enumerated in subsection (A) shall require a conditional use permit. Furthermore, such conditional use must meet all State and Federal regulatory requirements.
(2) The following uses are permitted only with Board of Adjustment approval after consideration of the intent and purpose of these regulations.
(a) Sexually oriented businesses, provided there is an appropriate buffer between adult entertainment businesses and adjoining land uses. There must be a 500-foot buffer between an adult entertainment business and property currently in residential use, another adult business, a church, school, day care center, park or playground, civic facility, historic resource, or cemetery. Limitations on business hours may be imposed. Any other restrictions or conditions as deemed appropriate by the Board of Adjustment shall apply.
(D) 1-2 Yard Area Minimum Requirements:
(1) Lot area is 87,120 square feet.
(2) Lot width is 150 feet.
(3) Front yard setback is 100 feet.
(4) Rear yard setback is 50 feet.
(5) Side yard setback is 50 feet on both sides of each lot.
(E) I-2 - Maximum Requirements:
(1) Lot coverage is 60 percent (60%).
(2) Building height is five (5) stories or 70 feet.
(F) Private sewage systems. Where private sewage systems or on-site septic treatment facilities are used, if the minimum lot area required by the health department is greater than the minimum listed within the chapter, then the health department required lot size shall be the required size.
(Ord. 99-6, passed 7-19-99; Am. Ord. 2006-7, passed 5-1-06)