The General Industrial District is primarily intended for production and assembly plants and industrial operations or services that are conducted in such a manner that noise, odor, dust, glare, and vibration produced is essentially contained within the premises.
(A) Permitted uses.
(1) Any use permitted in the Central Business District;
(2) Wholesale, storage, warehouse, animal hospital, bakery, bottling works, building material yard, cabinet making, carpenter’s shop, clothing manufacturer, dairy, dyeing and dry-cleaning works, fruit canning or packing, ice plants, laundry, milk distribution station, optical goods, paper boxes, pencils, printing, publication, or engraving and trucking terminals. Single- and multi-family dwelling units are permitted; and
(3) Other industrial uses not listed above shall be considered conditional uses and will require written approval of the Board of Adjustment.
(B) Conditional uses.
(1) The following uses are special exceptions as and require written approval of the Board of Adjustment: any industrial, manufacturing, fabrication, processing, or industrial service use which the Board of Adjustment determines would not emit obnoxious noise, odor, smoke, dust, or vibration beyond the confines of its property may be conditionally permitted.
(2) The Board of Adjustment may attach certain conditions to its approval which it feels are necessary to preserve and protect the character of the district in which the proposed use could locate.
(C) Accessory uses. Any accessory use or building customarily incidental to the above permitted and conditional uses;
(D) Required conditions.
(1) Yards. On lots adjacent to a residential district, all industrial buildings shall be located so as to provide a minimum yard (on the industrial property) of 50 feet;
(2) Loading docks. No loading dock shall be constructed fronting on any public street or roadway;
(3) Storage facilities. No materials or supplies shall be stored or permitted to remain on any part of the property outside the buildings constructed thereon without proper screening and adequate distances from adjoining properties;
(4) Waste disposal. No waste material or refuse shall be dumped upon or permitted to remain upon any part of an industrial property outside of buildings constructed thereon. In addition, the property shall not be used by an industry whose primary business requires industrial sewerage, unless the governing municipal body authorizes the use of its disposal facilities or said industry constructs its own sewage disposal plant; and
(5) Development standards.
Maximum building height | 36 feet or 3 stories |
Minimum front yard | 40 feet or one-half of the street right of-way (whichever is greater) |
Minimum lot area | None |
Minimum lot frontage | 100 feet |
Minimum rear yard | 25 feet |
Minimum side yard | 25 feet minimum; 50 feet minimum if adjacent to residential district |
Parking | See § 17.04.120 |
Signs | |
(Ord. 2004-03, passed - -; Ord. 1998-15, passed 10-13-1998; Ord. 2004-04, passed 8-3-2004; Ord. 2004-06, passed 11-19-2004; Ord. passed 5- -2005)