11-8-1: USES EXCEPTED OR CONDITIONED:
In the general industrial district, unless otherwise provided in this title, buildings or land may be used for any purpose, except the following:
Any of the following uses, unless the location of such use has been approved in writing by the board of appeals after investigation and public hearing. In approving or disapproving proposed locations for uses under this subsection, the board shall give due consideration to the character and suitability for development of the neighborhood in which any such use is proposed to be located, and shall also base its decision on such evidence as may be presented to the board regarding those attributes of the proposed use, such as increased traffic on the public streets, heavy vehicular traffic and the emission of noise, smoke, dust or dirt, odorous or noxious gases and the like, that would be detrimental to such character and suitability for development:
   A.   Acid, ammonia, bleach, chlorine or soap manufacture.
   B.   Ammunition manufacture; explosives or fireworks manufacture or storage.
   C.   Asphalt, coal and coal tar or coke manufacture.
   D.   Automobile wrecking yard; junkyard.
   E.   Bones or wood, distillation of.
   F.   Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture.
   G.   Fat rendering.
   H.   Fertilizer manufacture.
   I.   Forge plant.
   J.   Garbage, rubbish, offal or dead animal reduction or dumping.
   K.   Gelatine, glue or size manufacture.
   L.   Inflammable gases or liquids, refining or manufacture of; overground tank farms.
   M.   Slaughterhouse, stockyard.
   N.   Smelting.
Residential, educational or institutional uses.
Uses in conflict with any laws of the state of Wisconsin or any ordinances of the city of Menomonie governing nuisances. (1975 Code Ch. 19 § X)