The purpose of the “I1” Light Industrial District is:
(A) To establish and maintain high standards of site planning, architecture, and landscape design that will create an environment attractive to the most discriminating industries and research and development establishments;
(B) To provide and insure the continuity of locations for industries that can operate on small sites with minimum mutual adverse impact;
(C) To reserve appropriately located areas for industrial and related activities;
(D) To protect areas appropriate for industrial uses from intrusion by inharmonious uses;
(E) To protect residential and commercial properties and to protect nuisance-free, non-hazardous industrial uses from noise, odor, insect nuisance, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat and cold, glare, truck and rail traffic, noxious fumes, radiation, and other hazards incidental to certain industrial uses;
(F) To provide opportunities for certain types of industrial uses to concentrate in mutually beneficial relationships to each other;
(G) To provide adequate space to meet the needs of industrial development, including off-street parking and truck loading areas and landscaping;
(H) To provide sufficient open space around industrial structures to protect them from the hazard of fire and to minimize the impact of industrial plants on nearby uses; and
(I) To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them.
(Ord. 682, passed - -2001; Ord. 842, passed 3-14-2022)