(A) Intent and character of districts. It is recognized that industrial activities provide the major component of the community’s economic base, and that industries have rather specialized locational and space needs. It is the intent of the industrial zoning districts to preserve and protect from encroachment, those areas deemed most suitable for future industrial uses as well as the areas presently occupied by industry.
(B) General. The I-RL: Restricted Light Industrial District is a low impact industrial, business and research area set aside for the location of enterprises that have negligible environmental impacts beyond their property limits.
(C) Locational criteria. The I-RL: Restricted Light Industrial District is appropriately located adjacent to primary arterial streets and in areas suitable for a high quality, attractive form of development. Lands to be suitable for research/office industrial uses will generally have stable soils, slopes less than 5% and be well served by public utilities.
(D) Permitted uses. The following uses are allowed in the I-RL: Restricted Light Industrial District:
(1) Laboratories for research, testing and experimental purposes;
(2) Manufacturing facilities to produce computers, computer peripherals, electrical appliances, electronic equipment, medical instruments and other similar products;
(3) Public educational facilities related to industry and vocational training and research facilities;
(4) Professional offices;
(5) Contractors offices and storage buildings, with no outside storage;
(6) Fitness centers, health clubs, gyms, massage establishments; and
(7) Agriculture.
(E) Conditional uses. The following uses may be allowed in the I-RL: Restricted Light Industrial District upon approval of a conditional use permit by the Zoning Board of Adjustment:
(1) Distribution and warehousing facilities;
(2) Distribution centers;
(3) Film processing facilities;
(4) Mail order and distribution centers;
(5) Manufacturing facilities to produce articles or merchandise from previously prepared or natural materials such as cardboard, cement, cloth, cork, fiber, glass, leather, paper, plastics, metals, stones and other such prepared materials;
(6) Printing and publishing;
(7) Public detention and correctional institutions, including penal institutions, residential correction facilities, medical detention facilities, other similar facilities provided they are located at least 500 feet from any residential use;
(8) Storage, warehouse and maintenance facilities;
(9) Radar, radio and television studios, stations and towers;
(10) Other uses where all manufacturing, process and storage are contained completely within a building; and
(11) Other manufacturing, processing uses similar in nature to those above as approved by the Zoning Board of Adjustment following a public hearing.
(F) Size regulations. The following minimum and maximum size regulations shall apply in the I-RL: Restricted Light Industrial District:
(1) Minimum lot size: 15,000 square feet;
(2) Building setbacks:
(a) Front yard: 50 feet;
(b) Rear yard: 25 feet; and
(c) Side yard: 25 feet.
(3) Minimum lot dimensions:
(a) Lot frontage: 100 feet;
(b) Lot depth: 150 feet; and
(c) Lot width: 100 feet.
(4) Maximum building dimensions:
(a) Height: 50 feet; and
(b) Lot coverage: 50.
(2011 Code, § 34.04041) (Ord. 2373, passed 4-20-2020; Ord. 2377, passed 6-1-2020)