(A) Intent. The LI - Light Industrial District is established to provide for development of office/warehouse, warehouse/distribution, wholesale, assembly and manufacturing or processing facilities which are clean, quiet, free of hazardous or objectionable elements such as noise, odor, dust, smoke, or glare. Permitted uses in this district tend to generate heavy traffic, require extensive community facilities, and may require limited amounts of outdoor storage. The LI District is also intended to function as a transitional district between the more intense general Industrial Districts and other less intense districts.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Primary uses. See Appendix A, Permitted Use Table.
(2) Special exception uses. See Appendix A, Permitted Use Table.
(C) Development standards.
(1) Minimum lot width and frontage. Each lot or industrial park shall have a minimum lot width and frontage on a public street of 100 feet.
(2) Minimum yards and minimum building setbacks.
(a) Front: a minimum front yard and building setback of 30 feet measured from the proposed right-of-way of all streets shall be provided along all streets.
(b) Minimum side yard and setback: shall be provided from the lot line as follows:
1. Minimum side yard: 10 feet.
2. Minimum side residential bufferyard: 50 feet.
(c) Minimum rear yard and setback: shall be provided from the lot line as follows:
1. Minimum rear yard: 10 feet.
2. Minimum rear residential bufferyard: 50 feet.
(3) Use of minimum yards and residential bufferyards. All minimum yards and residential bufferyards shall be landscaped in compliance with the requirements for perimeter yard landscaping as set forth in §§ 152.185 through 152.194 and shall remain free from structures except where expressly permitted below:
(a) Minimum front yards may include: parking areas, loading areas, interior access drives, or interior access driveways, provided that no portion of the area may be located closer to the right-of-way than 25 feet; or signs as regulated by §§ 152.230 through 152.236, and shall be otherwise maintained as open space free from buildings or structures;
(c) Minimum side and rear yards may include: interior access driveways connecting to adjoining lots provided that the remainder of the yards shall be maintained as open space free from buildings or structures;
(d) Minimum side and rear residential bufferyards: shall be landscaped with grass and shrubbery, trees, or hedge, or in combination with other suitable ground cover materials and maintained as open space free from buildings or structures; and
(e) Minimum yards for lots within the same industrial park: along all lot lines in common with other lots located within the same industrial park (see graphic below):
1. Intent. This provision is intended to provide more flexibility in the use of a minimum side yard (division (C)(3)1.a. below) or rear yard (division (C)(3)1.b. below) on lots within an industrial park when those minimum side yards or rear yards abut other interior lots in the same industrial park. The use of yards along lot lines located around the perimeter of the industrial park shall comply with the applicable use of side yards and rear yards as specified in divisions (C)(3)(a) through (C)(3)(d) above.
a. Use of side yards on lots interior to an industrial park (either of the following divisions (C)(3)1.a.i. or (C)(3)1.a.ii. applies): the portion of a minimum side yard on a lot interior to an industrial park:
i. Located between the front lot line and minimum front building setback line may include: driveways; or interior access driveways connecting to adjoining lots; or
ii. Located behind the minimum front building setback line may include: parking areas; loading areas; interior access driveways; interior access drives; trash containers; or outdoor storage.
b. Use of rear yards on lots interior to an industrial park: the portion of a minimum rear yard on a lot interior to an industrial park may include parking areas, loading areas, interior access driveways, interior access drives, or outdoor storage.
2. Remaining area. Provided, however, that the remainder of the yards shall be maintained as open space free from buildings or structures, and that the area of each such minimum yard that would have been devoted to perimeter yard landscaping and the amount of landscape material that would have been required to be installed in the perimeter yard landscaping, if not complying with the special provisions of this division (C), are provided elsewhere on each of the affected lots as either additional foundation landscaping, additional interior parking area landscaping or additional front perimeter landscape yard landscaping, and documentary assurances are provided on the final plat or by other legally binding instrument which binds the adjoining lots to be developed in compliance with the special provisions of this division allowing such minimum yards to be used for parking areas, loading areas, interior drives or interior access drives subject to the provision of such additional foundation landscaping area or additional interior parking area landscaping.
(4) Maximum building height. Sixty feet or 5 stories; provided, however, that the setback for that portion of any building, or structure which is in excess of 35 feet shall be increased by 1 foot for each 1 foot of the height of the building or structure above 35 feet until the maximum height of the building or structure is allowed.
(10) Outdoor storage and operations.
(a) Operations. All operations, servicing and processing (except outdoor storage, off-street parking, and off-street loading) shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.
(b) Storage. All storage of materials or products shall be either:
1. Within completely enclosed buildings; or
2. Within a defined storage area in compliance with the following:
a. Location of outdoor storage:
i. Along limited access highways: shall not be located within a minimum front yard; and
ii. Along all other streets: shall not be located between the front lot line and the established front building line.
b. Screening: outdoor storage areas shall be screened from view from all lot lines by buildings or:
i. A chain link, lattice, or similar type fencing with an open space of 30% or greater, supplemented by a Type C Screening landscaping (see § 152.187, Table, Note C for details) located between the edge of the outdoor storage area and lot line; or
ii. An ornamental, solid wall, architectural screen, masonry, or similar type fence with an open space of less than 30%, including entry/exit gates made of materials compatible with the fence, supplemented by a Type A or B Screening landscaping (see § 152.187, Table, Note B for details) located between the edge of the outdoor storage area and the lot line.
c. Height of fence: the height above grade of the fence shall be at least 6 feet and shall not exceed 10 feet.
d. Height of outdoor storage: outdoor storage of materials or products shall not exceed the height of the fence.
e. Surface of outdoor storage area: all outdoor storage areas shall be surfaced with a durable, dust-free surface of concrete or asphalt surface which meets or exceeds the minimum specifications prescribed by the Town Council.
(c) Amount of outdoor storage. The total area devoted to outdoor storage shall not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of all buildings on the lot; provided, however, outdoor storage in excess of 20% of the gross floor area of all buildings on the lot may be approved as a special exception use.
(Ord. 1221, § 5.01, passed 1-26-2010)