(A) Intent. The intent of the “I” Industrial District is to accommodate industrial uses meeting performance standards designed to protect nearby non-industrial uses from adverse environmental conditions, and to accommodate certain other business uses.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the “I” Industrial District:
(1) Horticulture and the raising of field crops;
(2) On-premises signs;
(3) Utility substations;
(4) Motor freight terminals, garaging and equipment maintenance;
(5) Contract construction services;
(6) Storage plants, lumber yards, distributing stations and warehouses;
(7) Motor freight terminals, garaging and equipment maintenance;
(8) Light assembly work, machine shops doing assembling or shaping and light cutting and sampling; and
(9) Woodworking shops or plants.
(C) Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted in the “I” Industrial District: buildings and structures customarily incidental to permitted uses.
(D) Conditional uses. The following uses may be .permitted as a conditional use in the “I” Industrial District by the Board of Adjustment, subject to such requirements as the Board deems necessary to protect and promote the health, safety and general welfare:
(1) Junk or salvage yards, provided that the area is enclosed or screened from public view as required by the Board of Adjustment;
(2) Slaughterhouse;
(3) Explosive manufacture or storage;
(4) Fertilizer manufacture;
(5) Incineration or reduction of garbage, dead animals, fat or refuse;
(6) Livestock sales or auction barns and yards;
(7) Adult uses (see § 154.56);
(8) Outdoor storage; and
(9) Other industrial or commercial uses determined by the Board of Adjustment to be consistent with the intent of this district, and can meet the performance standards described in division (F) below.
(E) Prohibited uses. All uses and structures not specifically permitted or not permitted by conditional use shall be prohibited in the “I” District.
(F) Area/construction regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area: maximum building height, maximum lot coverage and minimum yard requirements shall be regulated in accordance with the following tables:
Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Width | Maximum Height | Maximum Percent Lot Coverage | |
Conditional uses | To be determined by the Board of Adjustment | |||
Permitted uses | 20,000 square feet | 100' | 45' | 50% |
Minimum Front Yard | Minimum Rear Yard | Minimum Side Yard | |||
Adjacent to Industrial, Ag or Commercial Districts | Adjacent to Residential Districts | Adjacent to Industrial, Ag or Commercial Districts | Adjacent to Residential Districts | ||
Conditional uses | To be determined by the Board of Adjustment | ||||
Permitted uses | 50' | 25' | 35' | 10' | 35' |
(2) Side yards and rear yards abutting any residential district shall be landscaped or fenced in a manner to buffer residential uses.
(3) Storage yards for junk shall be set back a minimum of 100 feet from any adjoining street fine and 35 feet from any other properly line, and shall be screened by a solid wall at least two feet above the highest stock pile and maintained in a state of good repair. Further provided, that no storage yard for junk shall be allowed on any lot in an “I” Industrial Zone that is within 500 feet of a residential zone.
(4) All industrial buildings/structures shall be constructed on-site. Off-site constructed structures or moved-in structures may be allowed only with a conditional use permit.
(5) Where any use in the “I” District is adjacent to any Residential Zone, that use (building, parking or storage) shall be appropriately screened from the Residential Use District by plantings or fencing, except where plantings and/or fencing may be in conflict with § 154.50.
(G) Performance standards.
(1) Noise. All noise shall be muffled so as not to be objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness.
(2) Air pollution. State emission standards shall be met by all possible sources of air pollution. In any case, there shall not be discharged from any sources whatsoever such quantities of air contaminants, smoke or detriment, nuisance or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or to the public in general to endanger the comfort, health or safety of any such considerable number of persons or have a natural tendency to cause injury or damage to business, vegetation or property.
(3) Odor. The emission of odorous matter in such quantities as to be readily detectable at any point along lot lines or to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond lot lines is prohibited.
(4) Glare, heat or radiation. Every use shall be so operated that there is no emission or heat, glare or radiation visible or discernable beyond the property line.
(5) Vibration. Every use shall be so operated that the ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible, without instruments, at any point on the property line.
(6) Sewage and liquid wastes. No operation shall be carried on which involves the discharge into a sewer, watercourse, river or the ground of liquid wastes of any radio-active nature, or liquid wastes of chemical nature, which are detrimental to normal sewage plant operations or corrosive or damaging to sewer pipes and installations.
(7) Fire hazard. All flammable substances involved in any activity or use, shall be handled in conformance with the standard of the National Board of Fire Underwriters and any additional regulations that may from time to time be adopted by the City Council.
(8) Physical appearance. All operations shall be carried on within an enclosed building except that new or operable equipment and waste materials stored in enclosed containers, not readily visible from the street, may be displayed or stored in the open.
(Ord. passed 7-7-2014)