(A) Purpose.
(1) The Light Industry District is intended to establish areas in which light manufacturing and industrial activities may situate.
(2) The district will try to provide locations which offer adequate essential utilities to meet the demands of light industry, provide standards and controls which ensure a functional relationship among various types of land uses and enable this type of activity to remain a good neighbor to adjoining districts.
(B) Permitted principal uses. The following uses shall be permitted:
(1) Airports, heliports, cartage and express facilities, and railroad rights-of-way;
(2) Bottling establishments;
(3) Bus and truck storage and maintenance lots and garages;
(4) Electric and electronic manufacturing establishments;
(5) Engraving, printing, publishing, cartographic and bookbinding establishments;
(6) Fuel and ice dealers, including bulk sales, storage and distribution;
(7) Laundry and dry cleaning processing centers;
(8) Light manufacturing and processing operations, including saw mills and cutting operations;
(9) Machine shops; limited operations only;
(10) Medical, dental and optical laboratories;
(11) Railway rights-of-way and loading docks, excluding freight and classification yards; and
(12) Storage and warehousing facilities; wholesale business and office establishments.
(C) Permitted accessory uses. The following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:
(1) Off-street parking and loading as regulated in § 152.41(L);
(2) Signs, as regulated in § 152.41(K); and
(3) Uses customarily incidental to the uses listed in divisions (B) and (D) of this section.
(D) Conditional uses. The following uses may be permitted subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit as provided in § 152.43:
(1) Automobile wrecking and/or junk yards, provided the use is conducted within a building or the premises on which the business is conducted is entirely enclosed within a substantial fence, except for gates, not less than 8 feet in height and having an opacity of 100% or equivalent screening barrier approved by the City Council;
(2) Extracting, processing or storing sand, gravel, stone or other raw materials subject to the following provisions:
(a) Bonding. The person securing a temporary excavation permit must present adequate proof of bonding to the city in the form of a performance bond, sufficient in value to cover the expense of completing the development plan or to bring the portion of the completed project to a safe grade and elevation to be healthful and safe to the general public and to provide safe and adequate drainage of the site;
(b) Future use of the lands. The persons who apply for a temporary excavation permit must submit a plan of intent as to the future use of the property being excavated; the development plans showing proposed elevations, drainage, access routes to be used in hauling to and from the site; daily operational hours; and the projected period of excavation;
(c) Safety precautions.
1. If, during the excavation work, the person excavating must create a condition of grade or drainage not in the interest of health or safety, that person must immediately correct the dangerous situation created and fence the area from the general public during the period of danger.
2. All trenching and excavation shall be done in accordance with the safety specifications recommended by the State Department of Labor and Industry and the Manual of Accident Prevention in Construction, Association of General Contractors of America, as now promulgated or revised; and
(d) Temporary excavation district. The use of land for the major removal, processing and/or storage of topsoil, sand or gravel and other material from the land is not permitted in any zone unless temporary excavation permission has been granted by the Council following favorable recommendation by the City Planning Commission. Permits shall be issued for a maximum period of 1 year and shall be subject to review and rehearing at that time.
(3) Uses similar to those listed in division (B) above, provided that the nature of operation is in keeping with the character and purpose of an I-1 District.
(E) Height, yard setback and lot area and coverage requirements. The height, yard setback and lot area and coverage requirements shall be those set forth in § 152.40.
(F) Performance standards. The performance standards for the I-1 District shall be those stated in § 152.22(F).
(G) Regulations on screening, landscaping, lighting, storage and outdoor displays. The regulations for screening, landscaping, lighting, storage and outdoor displays shall be those stated in § 152.23(G).
(1987 Code, § 702.10) (Am. Ord. 554, passed 6-26-2012)