The purpose of the I-1 light industrial district is to provide for commercial uses, storage and those manufacturing uses not normally creating a nuisance discernible beyond the property line.

The purpose of the I-2 heavy industrial district is to provide for industrial uses not allowed in any other district; providing, that within this district, uses of a hazardous nature or those producing extensive smoke or odor shall not be located so that the general hazard or nuisance affects a large segment of the community. (1-2-1968)

Any use permitted in the C-1 and C-2 commercial districts except residential uses.

Manufacturing: Manufacture or processing of small items, including gloves, footwear, bathing caps, boxes, cartons, and cans, hardware, toys, electric batteries, motors or generators; textile products manufacture; glass, plastics, cement and stone products manufacture; furniture manufacture; food manufacture or processing including hatcheries, canning, freezing, storage and bottling.

Other manufacturing uses of a light nature, free from any objectionable odors, fumes, dirt, vibration, or noise detectable at the lot line. Such uses shall not be established without an application for a permit which shall be accompanied by a certification by a registered engineer or architect indicating that fumes, odors, dirt, vibration or noise produced by the industry will not be detectable at the lot line. In the event of the denial of such permit, the applicant shall have the right of appeal to the zoning board of appeals, in accordance with title 2, chapter 3 of this code.

Warehousing and storage: Indoor and outdoor storage of goods and materials, including warehousing, pole yards, building material storage and trucking storage. (1-2-1968)

   (A)   All uses not otherwise prohibited by law, except residential uses; provided, however, that the following uses will be permitted only as special uses in the I-2 district and only when authorized by the city council after public hearing and recommendation by the planning commission:

Bag cleaning, boiler and tank works; central mixing plant for cement, mortar, plaster or paving materials; coke oven, curing, tanning and storage of raw hides and skins; distillation of bones, coal, wood or tar; fat rendering; forge plant; foundry or metal fabrication plant; gasoline or oil storage aboveground in excess of five hundred (500) gallons; slaughterhouse or stockyards; smelting plant; and the manufacture of acetylene, acid, alcohol or alcoholic beverages; ammonia, bleaching powder, chemicals, brick, pottery, terra cotta, or tile; candles; disinfectants; dyestuffs; fertilizers; linseed oil, paint, oil, turpentine, varnish, soap and tar products or any other use which, in the opinion of the planning commission, would emit detrimental or obnoxious noise, vibrations, smoke, odors, dust or other objectionable conditions beyond the confines of its property.

   (B)   The planning commission shall recommend city council approval if it determines that the proposed use will not extend its detrimental or obnoxious effects beyond the limits of the heavy industrial district in which it is located. Such special uses shall be subject to any requirements the planning commission feels necessary to further the purpose of the industrial district as stated in section 10-6-1 of this chapter. (1-2-1968)

Each use to be established in the I-1 or the I-2 district shall provide a minimum lot area of five thousand (5,000) square feet and a minimum lot width of fifty feet (50'). (1-2-1968)

No building in the I-1 or I-2 district shall exceed fifty feet (50') in height. (1-2-1968)

All structures to be constructed, altered or moved, in the I-1 and I-2 districts shall provide yards of the following minimum depths:

   (A)   Front yard: Twenty five feet (25').

   (B)   Side yard: Ten feet (10'), except where a side yard abuts a residential district in which case a side yard of twenty five feet (25') shall be provided.

   (C)   Rear yard: Twenty five feet (25'). (1-2-1968)

There shall be provided in the I-1 and I-2 districts adequate off street parking and loading in accordance with the schedule in chapter 2 of this title. (1-2-1968)

Newly established or newly expanding industrial uses which are adjacent or backing on existing residential properties shall provide within the industrial property along that adjacent property line, a properly maintained dense hedge, tree row or other suitable landscape device to visually screen the industrial area from such adjacent residential area. Failure to provide or maintain such planting buffer shall constitute a violation of this title. (1-2-1968)