(A) Purpose. The Light Industry District is intended to establish a district for the purpose of providing an area of limited industrial development in close proximity to intense residential and commercial activities.
(B) Special requirements.
(1) Commercial uses conditionally permitted shall be regulated by the minimum standards set forth in § 156.044.
(2) Every use, unless expressly exempted by this division, shall be operated in its entirety within a completely enclosed structure; the exemption of a use from the requirement of enclosure will be indicated by the phrase "need not be enclosed" appearing after any use exempted.
(C) Permitted uses. The following are permitted uses:
(1) Adult uses;
(2) Automobile accessories manufacturer;
(3) Bottling establishments;
(4) Building materials yards, contractors yards, lumber yards - need not be enclosed;
(5) Cabinet and woodworking;
(6) Camera and photographic manufacturing;
(7) Cold storage plants;
(8) Confectionery and related products - manufacturing and packaging;
(9) Electrical products and appliances - manufacture and assembly;
(10) Footwear manufacture;
(11) Jewelry manufacture;
(12) Luggage, handbags and similar items - manufacture and assembly;
(13) Medical and surgical instruments and supplies - manufacture and assembly;
(14) Musical instruments manufacture;
(15) Newspaper plants and offices;
(16) Office furniture and suppliers - manufacturing;
(17) Optical instruments and lenses - manufacture and assembly;
(18) Parking of vehicles - need not be enclosed;
(19) Pottery shops - manufacture;
(20) Printing, publishing, and allied industries - manufacturing;
(21) Precision instruments - manufacturing;
(22) Plumbing fixture and equipment - wholesale;
(23) Public garage;
(24) Radio and television - assembly and parts fabrication;
(25) Sport equipment - manufacture and assembly;
(26) Scientific and research instruments and equipment - manufacture and assembly;
(27) Storage garages and driveways;
(28) Telephone apparatus manufacture and assembly;
(29) Temperature controls - fabrication and assembly;
(30) Tool - manufacture and assembly;
(31) Trade schools;
(32) Truck garage;
(33) Upholstery manufacturing;
(34) Warehousing and distribution operations.
(D) Conditional uses. The following uses may be permitted:
(1) Catalog service and mail order house.
(2) Conventions, or meeting facility.
(3) Janitorial services.
(4) Medical appliance sales and fittings.
(5) Public and private utilities.
(6) Public uses.
(7) Structures exceeding 3 stories or 45 feet in height.
(8) Cellular towers.
(E) Lot area. For each permitted or conditional use there shall be provided not less than 22,500 square feet of lot area.
(F) Lot width and depth.
(1) Lot width. Every lot or plot upon which there is a permitted or conditional use shall require a minimum width of 125 feet at the building setback line.
(2) Lot depth. Every lot or plot upon which there is a permitted or conditional use shall require a minimum depth of 180 feet.
(G) Yard regulations. The minimum yard regulations are as follows:
Front Yard | |
Main and Accessory Buildings | 40 feet |
Parking Areas | 10 feet |
Side Yards | |
Main and Accessory Buildings | 10 feet plus 1 additional foot for each 1 foot or fraction thereof of building in excess of 45 feet |
Parking Areas | 10 feet |
Rear Yard | |
Main and Accessory Buildings | 25 feet |
Parking Areas | 10 feet |
(H) Ground coverage. There are no requirements.
(I) Height regulations. No structure hereafter erected or altered shall exceed three stories or 45 feet in height, except as may be permitted in subsection (D)(3) and (4) of this section.
(1975 Code, § 11.17) (Am. Ord. 8,
4th Series
, passed 1-16-2007)