The intent of the Light Industrial District (I-1) is to establish and preserve areas for industrial and certain related uses of such nature that they do not create serious problems of compatibility with other types of land uses; and such establishments should be clean, quiet and free from hazardous or objectionable levels of noise, odor, dust, smoke or glare.
(A) Permitted uses.
(1) Manufacturing; wholesaling; warehousing; bulk storage; laundries; cleaning and dyeing plants; bottling works; building material yards; dairies; food processing; printing; vehicle or equipment repair or service;
(2) Retail sale of commodity manufactured, fabricated or processed on the premises; gas stations; restaurants; sale and service of agricultural and construction equipment;
(3) The forgoing use authorizations do not include any of such uses which emit any fumes, vibrations, smoke, noise or glare, except the noise of vehicles coming and going, which is detectable from off the premises by the senses of normal human beings. All operations, including the storage of anything except merchandise displayed for sale, are top be conducted in a fully enclosed building or entirely behind walls or fences which conceal them from visibility from sites off the lot; and
(4) Other industrial uses not listed above shall be considered conditional uses and will require written approval of the Board of Adjustment.
(B) Conditional uses. The following uses are special exceptions and require written approval of the Board of Adjustment:
(1) Trucking terminals; junkyards; single-family homes, including mobile homes, for use by on-site caretakers or security personnel employed by the industrial development; drive-in theaters; gasoline, oil or alcohol storage above ground in excess of 500 gallons if Board of Adjustment review determines that such proposed use will not constitute a fire hazard; and
(2) The Board may attach certain conditions to its approval which it feels are necessary to preserve and protect the character of the district in which the proposed use could locate.
(C) Required conditions.
(1) Yards. On lots adjacent to a residential district all buildings shall be located so as to provide a minimum side and rear yard of 50 feet.
(2) Storage facilities. No materials or supplies shall be stored or permitted to remain on any part of the property outside the buildings constructed thereon without proper screening and adequate distances from adjoining properties.
(3) Waste disposal. No waste material or refuse shall be dumped upon or permitted to remain upon any part of an industrial property outside of buildings constructed thereon. In addition, the property shall not be used by an industry whose primary business requires industrial sewerage, unless the governing municipal body authorizes the use of its sewage disposal facilities or said industry constructs its own sewage disposal plant.
(D) Development standards.
Minimum lot area | 43,560 sq. ft. (septic) |
22,000 sq. ft. (public sewer) | |
Minimum front yard | 50 feet |
Minimum side yard | 25 feet, except 50 feet if adjacent to residential district |
Minimum rear yard | 25 feet, except 50 feet if adjacent to residential district |
Max. percentage of lot covered by buildings | 60% |
Signs | |
Parking | |
(Ord. passed 1-11-2005; Ord. passed 3-26-2009)