The Light Industrial District is established to provide areas in the City in which light industrial or manufacturing firms can engage in processing, assembling, manufacturing, warehousing and storage, and for related incidental service facilities. The activities conducted in this district will create no obnoxious sounds, glare, dust, or odor.
1. Permitted Uses. The following uses and structures, and no others, are permitted in the I-1 District.
Animal hospitals or clinics
Automatic car wash
Bottling works
Building material sales (except for Ready-Mix Concrete and similar uses which emit dust, odor, or smoke)
Carpenter, cabinet, plumbing or sheet metal shops
Contractor office and equipment storage yards, providing the storage yard is completely enclosed with a six foot fence or wall
Dog kennels
Dry cleaning and/or laundry plants
Express storage and delivery services
Frozen food lockers
Greenhouses, retail and wholesale
Jail and prison facilities
Light manufacturing operations - where the entire operation is conducted within a building and providing no raw materials or manufactured products are stored outside the building other than for loading and unloading operations and further providing that such use is not noxious or offensive by reason of vibration or noise beyond the confines of the building or emission of dust, fumes, gas, odor or smoke.
Lumber yards
Machinery sales or storage lots
Monument and burial vault sales
Motor vehicle sales, automobile and truck
Mobile home sales and service
Moving company, storage and terminal
Offices and office buildings
Public utility and public service uses as follows:
a) Substations
b) Railroads
c) Telephone exchanges
d) Public utility storage yards when the entire storage area is enclosed by at least a six-foot wall or fence
Service stations
Storage rental units
Truck and rail terminals
Upholstery shops
Warehouses
Wholesale merchandise sales and storage
All those uses listed as permitted or conditional uses in B-l General Business District, and B-2 Highway Commercial District, with the exception of residential uses.
2. Conditional Uses. The following uses and structures shall be permitted when authorized by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
A. Micro-wave towers
B. Radio towers
C. Ready-mix concrete and asphalt mix plants
D. Television towers
E. Telephone transmission buildings
F. Auto wrecking yards subject to the following:
(1) Located on a tract of land at least 300 feet from a residential district zone.
(2) The operation shall be conducted wholly within a building complying with the current International Building Code or within an area completely surrounded on all sides by a maximum height of eight-foot solid fence, wall or natural buffer as approved by the Zoning Administrator.
(3) No junk, or vehicles shall be loaded, unloaded, or otherwise placed, either temporarily or permanently outside the enclosing building or approved enclosure, or within the public right of way.
(4) The property shall be in compliance with any federal or State regulations.
(5) Junk materials shall not be stacked or placed so as to be visible above the enclosure, nor shall junk materials be placed outside of the enclosure area so as to be visible from the right-of-way.
(6) The approved enclosure shall comply with Section 167.10 of this zoning ordinance or be approved by the Zoning Administrator.
(7) Entrances must be constructed in a manner that precludes a direct view of the junk material within from the right-of-way, or, there must be entrance gates which are capable of concealing the junk materials from view when closed.
(8) The Zoning Administrator will notify the licensee that failure to commence remedial action within 30 days will constitute cause for revocation of the license and immediate removal of nuisances. DOT will be contacted to revoke license.
G. All other uses of a similar character as may be determined by the Board of Adjustment.
3. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as the principal use. See Section 167.02.
4. Lot Size. There is no minimum lot size requirement.
5. Lot Coverage. There shall be no requirements except as may be dictated by off-street parking and setback requirements.
6. Yard Requirements.
A. Front Yard. Each lot in the I-1 District shall have a front yard of not less than 30 feet, unless otherwise provided in Section 167.05.
B. Side Yard. No side yard shall be required for uses permitted in this district except where such use abuts a residential district, in which case there shall be required 15 feet of side yard on the side of the lot which abuts the residential district.
C. Rear Yard. No rear yard shall be required for uses in this district except where the district abuts a residential district, in which case there shall be a 20-foot rear yard provided there is no alley. In those cases where an alley exists, the rear yard may be 10 feet.
7. Height Regulations.
A. Maximum height for structures shall be 75 feet.
B. When a building or structure is within 150 feet of a residential district zone, said building on structure shall not exceed 45 feet in height.
8. Area of District. There shall be no requirements except that an orderly development pattern be used.
9. Parking Requirements. See Section 167.04.
10. Sign Regulations. See Section 167.03.
11. Site Plan Requirements. See Section 167.01.
12. Supplemental Development Standards.
A. Buffer Strip. Whenever the I-1 District adjoins a Residential District, an additional side yard and rear yard shall be provided for a buffer strip. The buffer strip shall be at least five feet wide and shall contain a six-foot high fence to serve as a screen between the residentially zoned property.
13. Exceptions and Modifications. See Section 167.07.