It is the purpose of the Light Industrial/Mixed Business District to designate space for business uses and restrict LI Light Industrial uses on land fronting Highway 75 that are currently zoned LI. Some LI uses are not appropriate for fronting on Highway 75, and generally, the best use of Highway 75 frontage property is business. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015)

Permitted uses for this district are limited to the following:

Business uses: professional, public or social services offices.

Contractor offices.

Food catering services.

Gas stations, restaurants, bars, theaters, banks, motels, tourist homes, hotels, hospitals, commercial nursery and car washes.

Nursery for children, nursing homes.

One accessory dwelling unit for each six thousand (6,000) square feet of lot area; provided, that it is: a) in the same building as the business use of the property; b) clearly ancillary and secondary to the business use which shall, by application, be the primary use of the property; c) of less square footage than the business use of the building; and d) in the back of and/or on an upper floor of the building so as not to adversely reduce the ground level, street frontage business space available. Accessory dwelling units shall be subject to design review approval.

Public facilities.

Public utility business offices.

Recreational facilities, including bowling alleys.

Repair and personal services.

Retail stores and related storage, including commercial nurseries and building supply outlets. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015)

The accessory uses for this district include, but are not limited to, the following:

Temporary buildings incidental to construction work on the premises; such buildings to be removed upon completion of construction work. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015)

Conditional uses for this district are limited to the following:

Animal hospitals and kennels.

Assembly, light manufacturing processing, packaging, treatment, and fabrication of goods and merchandise, including laboratories and research offices, bottling and distribution plants, light repair facilities, and wholesale storage/distribution warehouses.

Auto detailing within an enclosed site built building.

Bulk storage of flammable liquids underground or gases, subject to the approval of the Fire Chief of the City Fire Department.

Churches.

Contractor storage yards.

Light industrial uses with commercial business outlets which remain primarily business rather than light industrial.

Machine shops, printing services.

Motor vehicle and RV sales, leasing, or renting with no use of banners, flags, balloons and other display techniques except signage which complies with this title.

Motor vehicle repairs, auto body repairs, vehicle detailing, sand blasting, repair shops, all completely enclosed in a site built building.

Outdoor nursery/primarily wholesale.

Outdoor storage/nonenclosed limited to building/landscape materials.

Self-storage units.

Buildings in excess of twenty-eight thousand (28,000) square feet in gross floor area, up to a maximum floor area not to exceed thirty-six thousand (36,000) square feet in gross floor area. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015; amd. Ord. 2022-01, 4-11-2022)

The dimensional, bulk and building coverage standards and requirements for this district are the following:

   A.   Maximum Building Height: The maximum height of a building shall be forty feet (40').

   B.   Minimum Lot Width And Area: The minimum lot width shall be fifty feet (50'), and the minimum lot area shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet.

   C.   Parking Requirements: Parking requirements as depicted in chapter 21 of this title shall apply to all established uses regardless of zoning designation.

   D.   Maximum Floor Area:

      1.   The gross floor area for buildings in the LI/MB zone shall not exceed thirty six thousand (36,000) square feet. All buildings in excess of twenty-eight thousand (28,000) square feet in gross floor area per lot or parcel shall apply for and obtain a conditional use permit, pursuant to chapter 10-15 of this Code. All buildings in excess of twenty-eight thousand (28,000) square feet shall have a minimum setback of ten feet (10').

      2.   Exempting churches and public facilities from the maximum square footage provision. (Ord. 2015-02, 4-20-2015; amd. Ord. 2022-01, 4-11-2022)