Ada City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1159
I-II General Industrial District
1159.01 PURPOSE.
The purpose of the I-II General Industrial District is to encourage the development of manufacturing facilities of a moderate and heavy nature which are clean, quiet and free of hazardous or objectionable elements such as noise, odor, smoke or glare.
(Ord. 1986-06. Passed 5-27-86.)
1159.02 USES PERMITTED.
(a) Any use permitted in the I-I Light Industrial District.
(b) Grain elevators, concrete plants and the manufacture, storage and sale of related products.
(c) Light metal fabrication and casting plants (No noxious fumes).
(d) Establishments involved in the manufacturing, assembling, remodeling and distribution of automobiles, trucks, boats, household goods, farm equipment, construction and building equipment and products and plastics and metal products.
(e) Carpentry, woodworking and machine shops.
(f) All Public Utilities – Water Treatment Plants, Power sub stations and any other structure of apparatus needed to operate said Utility.
(Ord. 1986-06. Passed 5-27-86.)
1159.03 CONDITIONAL USES WITH APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF ZONING AND BUILDING APPEALS AFTER A HEARING.
(a) Any industrial manufacturing, processing, bottling, storage or distribution establishment not specifically mentioned above and deemed acceptable by the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals for this district.
(b) One dwelling unit for a caretaker and his family.
(c) Storage, accumulation or bailing of scrap, metals, bottles, rags, paper, rubber or other articles or matter commonly known as junk, or the wrecking, dismantling or salvaging of motor vehicles or parts thereof.
(d) Stockyards or storage areas for live animals.
(e) Processing facilities for the storage or dressing for sale (wholesale or retail) of poultry, meat or game or a meat packing, curing, or dressing establishment.
(f) Sewage disposal or treatment plant, including sanitary landfill and other similar uses.
(g) Chemical plants not emitting corrosive or toxic fumes beyond the limits of the premises, including any plant the main operation of which is concerned with the processing or synthesizing of chemical compounds of derivatives, volatile in nature.
(h) Any commercial use on the same or abutting parcel of land as a permitted use, or a conditional use allowed pursuant to paragraph (a) herein by the Board of Zoning Appeals. However, no commercial establishment selling or serving alcoholic beverages shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of public school, playground, church, hospital, private school, library or college, measured from the nearest entrance and along street lines.
(Ord. 2019-08. Passed 11-5-19.)
1159.04 ACCESSORY USES.
Accessory uses and structures customarily accessory and incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses in the I-I District.
(Ord. 1986-06. Passed 5-27-86.)
1159.05 OTHER REQUIRED CONDITIONS.
Processes and equipment employed and goods processed or sold shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, fumes, noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste, and must comply with all provisions of this Zoning Ordinance. (Ord. 1986-06. Passed 5-27-86.)
1159.06 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
No structure in the I-II District shall exceed eighty (80) feet in height.
(Ord. 2013-05. Passed 6-4-13.)
1159.07 REQUIRED LOT AREA.
Each is to be established in the I-II General Industrial District shall provide a minimum lot area of 15,000 square feet and a minimum lot width of 100 feet.
(Ord. 1986-06. Passed 5-27-86.)
1159.08 YARDS REQUIRED.
All structures to be constructed, altered or moved in the I-II District shall provide yards of the following depths:
(a) Front Yard – 30 feet.
(b) Side Yard – 15 feet, except where a yard abuts a residential district in which case a side yard of 30 feet shall be provided.
(c) Rear Yard – 30 feet.
(Ord. 1986-06. Passed 5-27-86.)
1159.09 SCREENING REQUIRED BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
Newly established industrial uses adjacent or backing in a residential district shall provide on that adjacent property line a dense hedge, tree row or other suitable landscape device adequate to visually screen the industrial area from the residential area. Plant material shall be a minimum of four (4) feet tall at the time of planting. Fences, walls or other landscape devices shall be a minimum height of six (6) feet.
(Ord. 1986-06. Passed 5-27-86.)