The LI light industrial district is designed so as to primarily accommodate wholesale activities, warehouses, and industrial operations whose external, physical effects are restricted to the area of the district and in no manner affect in a detrimental way any of the surrounding districts. The LI district is so structured as to permit along with any specified uses, the manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, assembly or treatment of finished or semifinished products from previously prepared material. It is further intended that the processing of raw material for shipment in bulk form, to be used in an industrial operation at another location, not be permitted.

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.1, 2-25-1992)

Land, buildings and other structures in this district may only be used for the following purposes by right:

(1)

Manufacture, compounding, processing, assembling or treatment of the following products: cosmetics, toiletries, electrical appliances, paper products, blowmolding of plastic products, apparel goods, furniture and fixtures, musical instruments, toys, electronic instruments and devices.

(2)

Storage warehouses and product distribution facilities, not selling retail on the premises.

(3)

Research and testing facilities.

(4)

Administrative and corporate offices.

(5)

Uses in a planned unit development as approved pursuant to the provisions of article XIX of this chapter.

(6)

Land divisions, as regulated in article XXII.

(7)

Public and private use heliports, when approved by the planning commission as a special use, according to the standards of article XXI of this chapter, and the standards in section 78-382.

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.2, 2-25-1992; Ord. No. O-062695-1, § 15, 6-26-1995; Ord. No. O-100900-1, § 7, 10-9-2000; Ord. No. O-041403-1, § 9, 4-24-2003; Ord. No. O-011209-5, § 6, 1-12-2009)

The following special land uses may be approved by the planning commission subject to the applicable general and specific standards contained in article XXI of this chapter:

(1)

Printing, lithographic, blueprinting and similar businesses.

(2)

Truck terminals and vehicle storage facilities, when not accessory to the principal use on the premises.

(3)

Vocational/technical schools.

(4)

Utility service buildings and storage yards.

(5)

Manufacture and processing of pharmaceuticals.

(6)

Antenna towers and masts for cellular phone and other personal communications services, when authorized as a special use by the planning commission, subject to conformance with the standards of section 78-152(14).

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.3, 2-25-1992; Ord. No. O-021296-1, § 11, 2-12-1996)

No building shall exceed 35 feet in height.

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.4, 2-25-1992)

No building or structure, nor the enlargement thereof, shall be hereafter erected except in compliance with the following yard, lot area and width and lot coverage requirements:

(1)

Front yard. There shall be a front setback of not less than 50 feet, except that there shall be a front setback of not less than 100 feet in a front yard which abuts land in an agricultural preservation (AGP), rural preservation-1 (RP-1), rural preservation-2 (RP-2) or residential (R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4) district.

(2)

Side and rear yards. There shall be side and rear yard setbacks of not less than 50 feet, with the exception that side and rear yards which abut land in an agricultural preservation (AGP), rural preservation-1 (RP-1), rural preservation-2 (RP-2) or residential (RR, R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-4) districts shall not be less than 100 feet. In the event a building height in excess of 35 feet is authorized by the granting of a variance by the zoning board of appeals, six feet of additional side and rear setback for each one foot of building height in excess of 35 feet shall be provided.

(3)

Location of parking facilities. No portion of a parking area shall be closer than 100 feet to a front lot line. Parking areas in side and rear yards shall not be closer than ten feet from the lot line, except when abutting land in an agriculture or residential district, in which case no portion of a parking area shall be closer than 100 feet to the side or rear lot line.

(4)

Lot area and width. The minimum lot area shall be five acres. The minimum lot width shall be 250 feet.

(5)

Site coverage. The percentage of any building site which may be covered by a combination of building footprint area and pavement area shall not exceed 70 percent.

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.5, 2-25-1992; Ord. No. O-021710-1, § 11, 2-17-2010)

Where a side or rear yard abuts land in an agriculture or residential zoning district, existing natural landscape screening or added landscape screening shall be provided to provide a reasonable degree of visual buffering and screening between the light industrial use and the adjoining land. The intent of such buffer and screen shall be to obscure objectionable features of the industrial use and to provide variety and natural appearance in the view of such property from adjoining land, rather than to totally obscure or block the industrial use from view. In the review of site plans for development in this district, the planning commission shall determine the extent of added landscape screening required to meet the intent of this section. Where additional landscape screening is required, it shall comply with the following standards:

(1)

The landscape screen shall consist of deciduous or evergreen trees. Deciduous trees shall be a minimum size of 1½-inch caliper at installation. Evergreen trees shall have a minimum height of six feet at installation.

(2)

The landscape screen shall be placed a minimum of ten feet from the lot line, and shall extend in width no less than 30 feet from the lot line. Within the planting area, trees shall be placed in an informal arrangement to provide a natural appearance and provide the desired level of screening. The density of tree planting shall not be less than one tree per 100 square feet of land area within the landscape screen.

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.6, 2-25-1992)

Outdoor storage of products, materials, and equipment, except for tractor-trailers and trailer units serving the principal use, shall be subject to the following restrictions:

(1)

Such storage shall not be located in any portion of the lot between the front lot line and a line between the side lot lines at the front face of the building, or within 100 feet of a side or rear lot line adjoining land in an agricultural preservation (AGP), rural preservation-1 (RP-1), rural preservation-2 (RP-2) or residential (RR, R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-4) district.

(2)

Such storage shall be limited to that which is clearly related to the principal use. Outdoor storage shall be in compliance with all applicable health, safety and environmental laws and regulations.

(3)

The total land area used for outdoor storage shall not exceed 20 percent of the ground floor area of the principal building on the lot.

(4)

All areas used for outdoor storage shall be enclosed on all sides by a solid fence or wall having a minimum height of eight feet.

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.7, 2-25-1992; Ord. No. O-021710-1, § 12, 2-17-2010)

The following uses are prohibited from locating within the LI light industrial district:

(1)

Bulk storage of flammable liquids, liquid petroleum gases, acids, gases and explosives.

(2)

Manufacturing of gas, coke or coal tar products, hazardous chemicals, ammunition, fireworks, or explosive manufacture and/or storage, stock yards, slaughtering of animals or storage of animal offal or garbage, blast furnace, drop forging, metal stamping or pressing, diecasting, screw machine operations, petroleum refining or blending, or other similar factories.

(3)

Sand and gravel mining, processing, crushing or storage, asphalt or concrete processing and manufacture.

(4)

Other uses which, in the opinion of the zoning administrator, by reason of the production of fumes, noise, vibrations, odors, waste products, toxic materials or other such nuisances, may be potentially harmful to the environment or well-being of adjoining property.

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.8, 2-25-1992)

The following shall be considered to be the minimum performance standards for any use in this district, subject to county, state or federal standards and requirements which may be more restrictive:

(1)

Odors and noise. Every use shall be so operated that it does not emit odor or noise in such quantity as to produce a public nuisance or hazard.

(2)

Gases. No gas shall be emitted which is damaging to the public health, safety and general welfare.

(3)

Glare and heat. Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within an enclosure so as to completely obscure and shield such operation from direct view from any adjoining lot.

(4)

Vibration. Every use shall be so operated that the ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible without use of measuring instruments at any point on the lot lines of the lot on which the use is located.

(Ord. No. O-022592-1, § 14A.9, 2-25-1992)

Other standards applicable to all development in this district shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

a.

General provisions contained in article I.

b.

Landscaping requirements and standards contained in article XXV.

c.

Sign regulations contained in article XXVI.

d.

Off-street parking and loading regulations contained in article XXVII.

e.

Public street access and private road and driveway standards contained in article XXVIII.

(Ord. No. O-061305-2, § 14, 6-13-2005)