The purpose of the “I2” Heavy Light Industrial District is:
(A) To provide locations where industries that desire larger sites and outside storage can operate with minimum restriction and without adverse effect on other uses;
(B) The provisions of this section shall be administered and enforced in a manner to clearly support objectives of the city, community organizations, and civic groups to locate industrial development in the city;
(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)