(A) Purpose. This District is designed to accommodate industrial, storage, and other uses that generate a minimum of noise, glare, odors, dust, vibration, air and water pollution, fire and safety hazards, or the emission of any potentially harmful or obnoxious matter or radiation or any other nuisance characteristics. It is the purpose of these regulations to permit development of the enumerated functions to protect surrounding areas from incompatible industrial activities, to restrict the intrusion of nonrelated uses such as residential, agricultural, business and commercial, except retail businesses that normally do not require the customer to call at the place of business, and to encourage the discontinuance of uses presently existing in the district which are nonconforming by virtue of the type of use. To these ends, certain uses are excluded which would function more effectively in other districts and which would interfere with the operation of the uses permitted in this District.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Research-oriented and light industrial park uses;
(2) Printing, lithographic, blueprinting, commercial laundries, dry cleaning establishments, wholesale business, ice and cold storage plants, lumber, fuel and feed supply yards, and other similar uses;
(3) Light manufacturing, research, assembly, testing, and repair of components, devices, equipment, and systems of professional scientific and controlling instruments, photographic and optical goods, including the following:
(a) Communication, transmission, and reception equipment such as coils, tubes, semi-conductors, navigation control equipment, and systems guidance equipment;
(b) Data processing equipment and systems;
(c) Graphics and art equipment;
(d) Metering instruments;
(e) Optical devices, equipment, and systems;
(f) Stereo, audio units, radio equipment and systems;
(g) Photographic equipment;
(h) Radar, infrared, and ultraviolet equipment and systems;
(i) Scientific and mechanical instruments such as calipers and transits; and
(j) Testing equipment.
(4) Light manufacturing, processing, packaging, or assembling of the following:
(a) Biological products, drugs, medicinal chemicals, and pharmaceutical preparation;
(b) Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, electronic equipment and accessories;
(c) Office, computing, and accounting machines;
(d) Food and beverage products; and
(e) Alcohol (see brewery, distillery, wine production).
(5) Research and design centers where the center are intended for the development of pilot or experimental products, together with related office buildings for the research facilities where the offices are designed to accommodate executive, administrative, professional, accounting, engineering, architectural, and support personnel;
(6) Data processing and computer centers, including the servicing and maintenance of electronic data processing equipment;
(7) Warehousing, refrigerated and general storage, but not including self-storage facilities;
(8) Business service establishments such as printing and photocopying services, mail and packaging services, and typing and secretarial services; and
(9) Training and/or educational centers where the centers are designed and intended to provide training at the business, technical, and/or professional level.
(C) Conditional uses.
(1) Restaurants and cafeteria facilities for employees;
(2) Trucking and transit terminals;
(3) Contractors' establishments subject to the requirements set forth in § 151.080;
(4) Metal fabrication, and tool and die shops;
(5) Automobile repair garages and paint shops for autos and other vehicles, construction and farm equipment sales;
(6) Computer and business machine sales when conducted in conjunction with and accessory to a permitted principal use; and
(7) Self-storage facilities, subject to the requirement of § 151.078.
(Ord. 239, passed 3-5-2001, § 4.4.10; Am. Ord. 314, passed 12-19-2022) Penalty, see §
151.999