(A) I-2: Special Industrial. The purpose of this district is to designate sufficient land for industrial development and to provide attractive land for the purpose of expanding the city’s tax base and providing needed employment. This district shall accommodate a wide variety of industrial establishments which may operate to their maximum advantage without adversely affecting other nearby similar or dissimilar uses and activities.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted within the I-2 General Industry District:
(1) General. Any industrial use which is not specifically prohibited herein or any industrial use not listed as a conditional use herein may be permitted; and
(a) Wrecking and salvage yards. Junk yard, including automobile wrecking and industrial metal and waste salvage, but not including refuse or garbage disposal, if located at least 200 feet from any residential district; provided, all operations are conducted within an area enclosed with a solid wall or uniform tight board fence, including gates, at least eight feet in height and the enclosure shall be properly maintained;
(b) Crematory. If located not less than 200 feet from any residence district;
(c) Railroad sidings. If located not less than 200 feet from any residence district; and
(d) Other uses. The following uses may only be authorized as a conditional use by the Council if located at least 400 feet from any residence district, and if the location of such use has been recommended by the Planning Commission after receiving reports from the Chief of the Fire Department and the state’s Pollution Control Agency.
1. Acid manufacture;
2. Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture;
3. Distillation of bones, coal or wood;
4. Explosive manufacture or storage;
5. Fat rendering;
6. Fertilizer manufacture;
7. Garbage, offal or dead animals, reduction or dumping;
8. Gas manufacture;
9. Glue or gelatin manufacture;
10. Petroleum refining (including bulk storage);
11. Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores;
12. Manufacture of paint products, paper pulp, pyrexylin, inks, soap, tars, vinegars, salts;
13. Meat packing or processing plant;
14. Elevators or other grain storage facilities; and
15. Any other uses which, in the opinion of the Commission, is of similar character to those therein before described.
(C) Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted only when auxiliary to a principal use permitted above; they may not exist as principal uses: accessory uses as listed in the I-1 District.
(D) Special district provisions.
(1) Landscaping. All open areas of any site, lot, tract or parcel shall be graded to provide proper drainage, and except for areas used for parking, drives or storage, shall be landscaped with appropriate dust-free and attractive material. The landscaping shall conform with the development plan approved at the time the building permit was issued. It shall be the owner’s responsibility to see that the lot area is maintained in a well-kept condition. All vacant lots, tracts or parcels abutting and under the same ownership shall be properly maintained.
(2) Storage. All raw materials, supplies finished or semifinished products and equipment shall be stored in an orderly manner with all materials stored in neat and well organized stacks, piles or other orderly method appropriate for the material. In no event shall junk, rubbish, debris, weeds or tall grass, by-products, salvage and inoperable equipment or any other material or matter not used in the normal course of business be allowed to accumulate, or become offensive in any manner, to any measurable degree whatsoever. The Council may require all raw materials, supplies, finished or semi-finished products and equipment shall be stored within a completely enclosed building, or within the confines of a 100% opaque wall or fence not less than five feet high; provided, however, that, motor vehicles necessary to the operation of the principal use may be stored within the permitted parking lot areas.
(3) General regulations. Additional requirements for dimensional, signs, parking and other regulations in the I-2 General Industry District are set forth in other section of this chapter. Side yard setback requirements of 20 feet in industrial zones may be waived to a minimum of five feet (while meeting State Building Code requirements) with approval of the City Administrator and city’s Building/Zoning Official when a building is proved to require access to a rail spur for regular business operation. A RAIL SPUR is defined as a branch of railroad track extending from the main line. Additional requirements for dimensional, signs, parking and other regulations in the I-2 General Industry District are set forth in other sections of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 11.09) (Ord. 280, Third Series, effective 1-12-2006; Ord. 298, Third Series, effective 8-21-2008)