1270.15 I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
   (a)   Intent. The Light Industrial District is created in recognition of the location and space needs of a broad range of industrial activities which are diverse in products, operational techniques and size, but possess compatible development characteristics and which seek similar locations. These industrial uses shall be encouraged to group in industrial areas where greater economy may be achieved by sharing necessary services and facilities. The I-1 Light Industrial District is created for use in those areas of the community where it is deemed desirable to locate industry which has a minimum of noxious effects on the surrounding area and the community as a whole. District regulations contained herein are for use only in those areas shown on the Zoning Map as I-1 Districts.
 
   (b)   Permitted Uses.
      (1)   A building or premises may be used for any of the following uses or purposes in an I-1 District:
         A.   Any use permitted in an I-3 District.
         B.   Acoustical material storage; advertising display manufacturing; agriculture; agricultural implements (repair and service); agricultural tillage (contractors); air express service warehouse; airplane (repair and storage); animal boarding; animal hospitals and kennels; art needle work (manufacturing); asbestos and asbestos products storage; asphalt siding, shingles, roofing, storage; automobiles (assembly of bodies); electrical supplies, paint, radiators, upholstering, etc., storage-warehouse.
         C.   Bakers and baked goods manufacturing; ball-bearing storage; barbecue (bulk preparation and sales); beer and ale distributor (wholesale) and storage; belting (repairing); beverages (bottling); beverages (wholesale and storage); bicycles (repair); biscuit companies (manufacturing); biscuits (wholesale and storage); blacksmiths; boat (manufacturing and storage); boilers (repairing and storage); bookbinders; book publishing (printing); bottles (wholesale); boxes (sales); braces (orthopedic, manufacturing); brick storage yard; brooms (manufacturing); building contractors (equipment and material storage); burglar alarm systems (installation); bus line shops (garage, repair); business machines (manufacturing, repair service, storage and wholesale); button covering (fabrics).
         D.   Cabinet makers; candy (wholesale distribution); canvas goods (fabrication); carpenters' shops and power woodworking; carpet and rug cleaning and storage; carpets and rugs (warehouses); carpets and rugs (wholesale); caskets (manufacturing); cement storage; chemicals and drugs storage and distribution; cigarettes and cigars (wholesale and storage); cleaning compounds storage; cleaning and dyeing processing; clock factory; clothing manufacturing; coffee (wholesale and storage); coin machines manufacturing; coin machines (rental and service); cold storage; concrete contractors (storage yards); confectioners (wholesale); contractors' equipment and supplies (storage); corsets and brassieres manufacturing; cotton seed products (storage); cranes (storage yard); cropdusting equipment yards.
         E.   Dairies (distributing, commercial); dairies (pasteurization, commercial); decoration (workship and equipment yard); department store warehouse; desks manufacturing; diaper supply service; diesel engines service, equipment and supplies (manufacturing excluded); disinfectants (storage and wholesale); display designers and builders' shops, distillers (distribution, warehouse); doors, sash and trim, wood manufacturing; draperies manufacturing; drilling company equipment yards; drugs (wholesale storage); dry cleaning establishment (bulk processing); dry goods (wholesale or storage).
         F.   Eggs (storage and processing), electric contractors' shops; electric equipment assembly; electric plating; electric refrigeration lockers; electrical appliances manufacturing; electrical appliances repairs; enameling and painting (custom); engravers and electroplaters; express companies' warehouses; exterminating and fumigating (commercial shops).
         G.   Farm implements and machinery assembly; feed (wholesale and storage); fences (metal, wholesale and storage); fertilizers (processed, storage only); filters fabrication; fish packing, curing and storage; fire escape contractors; firewood, storage; fish (wholesale); flags and banners manufacturing; floor refinishing (contractor's shop); food processing (general, see under product listing); food products (brokers and distributors, wholesale); food products (warehouse);freight forwarders; warehouses, frozen foods processing; frozen foods (wholesale, storage and distribution); fruit and vegetable juice processing; fruit and vegetable market (wholesale); fruits and vegetable processing (general, see under product listing); fur warehouse; furnaces (cleaning and repairing shops); furniture cleaners; furniture (repairing and refinishing); furniture (wholesale and storage); furs manufacturing (cutting and assembly).
         H.   Garment factory; glass blowing; grocers (warehouse); grocers (wholesale); gunsmiths (repairs).
         I.   Harness repair; hat manufacturing; hay and straw (sales, storage); heating and ventilating apparatus (assembly and storage); hoists (equipment storage); horseshoeing; hosiery manufacturing; hotel equipment (assembly and custom fabrication); house movers (equipment storage yards).
         J.   Ice cream manufacturing; imported goods (warehouse); insecticides (storage and distribution); insulation (contractors' equipment yard, storage and wholesale); interior decorators (workshops); iron (custom decorative wrought iron shops); irrigation companies and equipment.
         K.   Janitors' supplies (storage and warehouse); jewelers (bulk manufacturing); jobbers (bulk materials).
         L.   Kennels; knit goods manufacturing.
         M.   Laboratories (commercial, analytical, chemical, experimental and research); ladies wear manufacturing; laundries (processing); laundry equipment and supplies storage; leather goods (manufacturing, fabrication); limb manufacturing (artificial); lime storage; linen supply laundry service; linoleum storage; liquor (storage and wholesale); lithographers; livestock (supplies, storage and wholesale); lockers (food storage); locksmiths' repair shops; loft buildings; lubricating compounds (storage); lumber (cabinet working); lumber (storage yard); lumber (used and wholesale).
         N.   Macaroni manufacturing; machine shops; machine tools (storage); machinery rental; markets (exchange of goods); meat (storage and wholesale); men's clothing manufacturing; metals (heavy castings)(primary), processing, light fabrication from standard shapes, machine shop operations, plating, custom and replating, products fabrication and assembly; meters manufacturing; milk bottling plant (other than farm); milk pasteurization; milliners (wholesale and manufacturing); millinery and artificial flower making; mill work (sales and storage); mineral water (distillation and bottling); mirrors (resilvering, custom work); model construction supplies and manufacturing; mortar (bulk preparation and sales); motion picture equipment (storage and manufacturing); motor freight company warehouses; motorcycles (repairing and sales); movers (warehouses).
         O.   Newspaper printing; noodle manufacturing; notions (manufacturing, wholesale); novelties (manufacturing and wholesale); nuts (edible, processing).
         P.   Office equipment manufacturing (see also business machines); office furniture (storage and warehouse); oil burners (installation and repair); optical goods manufacturing; ornamental metal work (custom hand fabrication); orthopedic appliances manufacturing; overall manufacturing.
         Q.   Packing and crating service, including box manufacturing; painters' equipment and supplies (shops, wholesale and storage); paper products (wholesale and storage); paper storage; pattern shop; paving contractors' equipment and storage; paving materials storage yard; photo-engraving company; pickles and olives (processed, wholesale and storage); pies (bulk, commercial bakery); pipe (used, storage and sales); pipe coverings contractors' shops; pipe fittings (storage and wholesale); pipe (metal storage); plasterer (wholesale and storage); plating works (precious metals); plumbers' shops; plumbing fixtures and supplies (wholesale and storage); popcorn manufacturing; potato chips manufacturing; poultry supplies (wholesale and storage); printers; printers' equipment and supplies; wholesale produce (garden); wholesale produce (warehouse); pumps (repairing and rental).
         R.   Quick freeze plant; quilt (manufacturing).
         S.   Radio equipment assembling; radio repair shop; refrigeration equipment custom installation; refrigerators (servicing); refrigerators (wholesale, storage); restaurant equipment installation and repair; road building equipment (storage yard); rubber stamps manufacturing; rug cleaners.
         T.   Saddle factory; safes (opening and repairing); sail manufacturing; scaffolds (equipment and storage); scales (commercial weighing); school equipment and supplies (wholesale); screens, doors and windows manufacturing; screw and bolt manufacturing; seed (wholesale and retail garden supplies); seed (wholesale sales); septic tanks (contractors, construction); service station equipment (wholesale); sewer pipe storage; sheet metal work (custom fabrication) shirt factory; shoe repairing equipment and supplies (wholesale); shoe manufacturing; sign erectors (contractors' shops); sign painters' shops; sign maintenance service shops; signs (neon and metal fabrication); skylights (custom manufacturing); slip covers (custom manufacturing); soaps (wholesale and storage); sporting goods manufacturing; soda water manufacturing; sound systems (rental and service); specialties (see coin machines); spices (wholesale and storage); spraying supplies equipment yard; springs (replacement and repairs); stair builders (wood); steel awnings (custom manufacturing); steel erectors' equipment yards; steel fabricators (light sections); storage warehouse; storage shops; store and office fixtures (contractors' shops); stoves and ranges (wholesale and storage); surgical supplies (wholesale distributors).
         U.   Tank coating equipment yard; tanks (erection, contractors' yard); taxidermists; tents and awnings manufacturing, termite control contractor shops; terrazzo contractor shops; thermometers manufacturing; tile contractors (storage); tin shop (fabrication); tobacco, cigarette (wholesale, storage); tool grinding and sharpening; tools (wholesale and distribution); towels (supply and service); tractors (rentals); trailers (repairing); transfer business; truck freight movers (see express); also, trunks manufacturing.
         V.   Underwear (wholesale manufacturing); upholsterers (custom).
         W.   Wagon shop (repairs); wall board (wholesale and storage); wallpaper manufacturing; warehouses; watches manufacturing; water (distilled, processing); water (mineral, drinking or curative, bottling and distribution); water coolers (drinking fountains, repair and service); water heaters (service and repairing); water softening equipment (service and repairing); water supply systems (contractors' shops); waterproofing (materials, storage); weighers (commercial); welding (commercial); welding (equipment and supplies, storage); welding shop; wholesale produce storage or market; commercial winches (equipment rentals); window cleaners service; window display (installations, studio and shops); wines (storage, bottling and wholesale); wood (storage yard); woodworking (cabinet and custom millwork); woodworking (equipment, wholesale); woven goods (fabrication and assembly).
         X.   Other uses of a like nature as approved by the Planning Commission in accordance with the City Charter.
            (Ord. 66-103. Passed 12-19-66.)
         Y.   Sexually oriented business, as defined in Chapter 1273, provided it complies with the requirements of said chapter.
            (Ord. 98-34. Passed 6-15-98.)
      (2)   The following uses shall be deemed conditional uses in an I-1 District and shall be permitted upon recommendation by the City Planning Commission and upon the issuance of a permit therefor by the Board of Zoning Appeals, subject to such conditions as the Board of Zoning Appeals may require:
         A.   Airplane landing fields, airstrips, airplane hangars and customary accessory uses thereto, not including, however, mass assembly and manufacture of aircraft.
            (Ord. 66-103. Passed 12-19-66.)
          B.   Wireless telecommunications towers and related wireless telecommunications facilities.
            (Ord. 99-46. Passed 10-24-99.)
   (c)   Prohibited Uses. Uses or processes which would affect an extensive area or be contrary to the public health and welfare in the City are prohibited in this and all other zoning districts. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, bituminous concrete manufacturing facilities, commonly known as "asphalt plants".
(Ord. 98-87. Passed 3-1-99.)
 
   (d)   Building Height. No building or structure shall exceed sixty-five feet in height in an I-1 District unless otherwise specified in this Zoning Code.
 
   (e)   Lot Area, Width and Yard Requirements.
      (1)   Lot area and width. There shall be no overall requirements for a lot area or width in an I-1 District, except that required for the appropriate use plus areas hereinafter required for yards and necessary parking.
       (2)   Yards required. Yards of the following widths or depths shall be provided for all permitted uses unless otherwise provided by this Zoning Code.
          A.   Front yards. The depth of the front yard shall be no less than seventy-five feet.
         B.   Side yards. There shall be a minimum side yard on each side of any building or structure of twenty-five feet measured from the side lot line to the nearest building or structure. Where such use abuts any residential district, there shall be a side yard clearance of 100 feet on the side abutting such district.
           C.   Rear yards. There shall be a minimum rear yard of twenty-five feet. Where a rear yard abuts a residential district, such yard shall be a minimum of 100 feet.
  
   (f)   Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements. The provisions of Chapter 1276 shall apply in the I-1 District.
 
   (g)   Permitted Signs. The provisions of Chapter 1274 shall apply in the I-1 District.
 
   (h)   Percentage of Lot Coverage. Buildings, together with their accessory uses in an I-1 District, shall cover not more than fifty percent of the area of any lot.
(Ord. 66-103. Passed 12-19-66; Ord. 2022-28. Passed 5-9-22.)