(A) Purpose. The I-1 District is intended for conducting a process, fabrication, wholesale operation, manufacturing, providing a service, or assembly of products and materials provided such use will not generate offensive odors, glare, smoke, dust, noise, vibrations, or other objectionable influences that extend beyond the lot on which the use is located and that all development uses are conducted wholly within a building.
(B) Permitted uses. Within the I-1 District, unless otherwise provided by this chapter, no building or land shall be used except for the following:
(1) Those uses as first permitted, and as regulated in § 152.29 (C-1 District), shall be a permitted use;
(2) Appliance assembly and warehousing;
(3) Machine shops;
(4) Electrical and electronic manufacturing establishments;
(5) Light assembly and manufacturing operations;
(6) Airports;
(7) Bottling establishments;
(8) Building materials sales and storage establishments;
(9) Camera and photographic manufacturing establishments;
(10) Cartage and express facilities;
(11) Heliports;
(12) Jewelry manufacturers;
(13) Medical, dental, and optical laboratories;
(14) Public utility structures and municipal and government buildings;
(15) Railroad rights-of-way;
(16) Storage and warehousing facilities;
(17) Wholesale business and office establishments;
(18) Blacksmith shops;
(19) Manufacturing, processing, storage, servicing, and testing establishments;
(20) Accessory uses, as follows:
(a) Accessory uses, except signs, customarily incident to the above permitted uses;
(b) Signs as regulated in § 152.55; and
(c) Off-street parking and loading as regulated by § 152.56, which shall be provided on the premises.
(21) Alterations may be made to a residential building containing nonconforming residential units when alterations will improve livability of the unit provided the number of dwelling units in the building are not increased; and
(22) A residential dwelling currently existing on a lot or parcel of land in the I-1 District may be replaced by a newly constructed residential dwelling provided the number of dwelling units in the building are not increased.
(C) Uses by conditional use permit. Within an I-1 District, buildings or land may be used for one or more of the following uses if granted a conditional use permit as provided in § 152.07.
(1) Gasoline, fuel, and oil bulk stations, storage, and distribution plants.
(2) Manufacturing, production, and the like. Any manufacturing, production, processing, cleaning, storage, servicing, repair, and testing of materials, goods, or products similar to those listed in division (B) above, which comply with the performance standards of this District.
(3) Sand, gravel, and the like. Extraction, processing, or storage of sand, gravel, stone, or other raw material subject also to the following special provisions and limitations.
(4) Removal of soil, sand or other material.
(a) Temporary excavation district. The use of land for the removal of topsoil, sand, or gravel, and other material from the land is not permitted in any zone except by the granting of a temporary excavation permit by the Council. Permits shall be issued for a maximum period of one year and shall be subject to review and rehearing at that time.
(b) Future use of the land. The persons applying for a temporary excavation permit must submit a plan of intent as to the future use of the property being excavated as well as development plans showing proposed elevations, drainage, access routes to be used in hauling to and/or from the site, and daily hours intended for the operation as well as projected period of excavation.
(c) Safety precautions. If during the excavation work, it becomes necessary for the person excavating to create a condition of grade or drainage not in the interest of health or safety, it shall become that person’s duty to correct, immediately, the dangerous situation created, as well as fence such area from the general public during the period of danger.
(d) Bonding. It shall be necessary for the person securing a temporary excavation permit to present adequate proof of bonding to the city in the form of a performance bond, sufficient in value to cover the expense of the completion of the development plan or to bring such portion of the completed project to a safe grade and elevation so as to be healthful and safe to the general public and to provide safe and adequate drainage of the site.
(5) Retail and service establishments. Retail and service establishments, of an essential or convenience nature consistent with the operation of an industrial district.
(D) Height, yard, and lot coverage regulations.
(1) Height regulations. No structure shall exceed four stories or 45 feet in height whichever is less.
(2) Yard regulations.
(a) No building shall be located within 50 feet of any residential district.
(b) Except for railroad loading areas, no parking or loading space shall be located within 25 feet of any residential district.
(c) Any open storage of materials or open loading areas shall be located or screened so as not to be visible from any residential district.
(E) Performance standards. The performance standards of the I-1 District shall be those of § 152.29(E), except that measurement or determination of noise, odor, and vibration shall be made at the boundary of the I-1 District, rather than at the property line of the use concerned.
(F) Screening, landscaping, lighting, storage and outdoor displays. The regulations shall be those of § 152.29(F) as regulated therein.
(2006 Code, § 11.08) (Ord. 130, passed 12-24-1971; Ord. 171, passed 5-17-1978; Ord. 73, 3rd Series, passed 12-20-1987; Ord. 224, 3rd Series, passed 12-11-2018) Penalty, see § 152.99