(A) The L-I Light Industrial District is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for industries which can be operated in a relatively clean and quiet manner and which will not be obnoxious to adjacent land use. The regulations are designed to prohibit the use of land for heavy industry which should be properly segregated and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with the development of industrial establishments in the district.
(B) (1) Permitted uses and structures.
(a) Animal hospitals;
(b) Bakeries;
(c) Bottling plants;
(d) Building material sales;
(e) Clothing manufacturing plants;
(f) Construction contractor’s offices and equipment storage;
(g) Electronic equipment manufacturing plants;
(h) Freight service;
(i) One mobile home per plant or industrial site to be used for office and security purposes only;
(j) Parking lots for automobiles;
(k) Storage yards (not including automobile salvage facilities);
(l) Uses and buildings customarily accessory to the above permitted uses;
(m) Warehouses;
(n) Any use permitted in the C-3 District;
(o) Service and repair shops;
(p) Utility substations; and
(q) Taxidermy, when conducted entirely within a fully enclosed building.
(Am. Ord. 878, passed 1-27-1998; Am. Ord. 899, passed 2-22-2000)
(2) Special exceptions. After a public hearing, as required in § 156.213, other uses may be permitted under a special exception, if, in the opinion of the Board of Adjustment, the proposed use is not offensive or incompatible in keeping with the character of the district.
(3) Dimensional requirements.
(a) Lot area. Minimum required lot area shall be 43,560 square feet or 1 acre.
(b) Lot width. Minimum required lot width shall be 100 feet. Refer also to § 156.170.
(c) Yard requirements.
1. Front yard. Structure: 50 feet. Signs: 25 feet. Off-street Parking: 15 feet. The front 15 feet of the lot shall be left in natural condition or developed as landscaped.
2. Side yard. Minimum required width of side yard shall be 15 feet.
3. Rear yard. Minimum required depth of rear yard shall be 25 feet.
(d) Maximum lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage for principal structure and accessory buildings shall be 30%.
(e) Building height. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height, except for flagpoles, antennas, chimneys, and similar accessories to buildings, which are exempted from this height limitation.
(4) Required buffers. Storage yards, established after the effective date of this chapter, shall provide a visual buffer in accordance with the definitions section of this chapter. All other permitted Light Industrial uses shall not be required to provide a visual buffer unless unsheltered junk is present on the property. Storage yards existing on Light Industrial zones prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be exempt from the visual buffer requirements unless unsheltered junk is present on the property.
(Am. Ord. 878, passed 1-27-1998)
(5) Off-street parking and loading. Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the requirements in §§ 156.155 et seq.
(1981 Code, App. A) (Ord. 624, Art. IX, § 13, passed 2-25-1975; Am. Ord. 699, passed 6-8-1982)