Within the I-1 Light Industrial District, the following regulations shall apply:

   (A)   Permitted Uses: A light industrial use is one which creates a minimum amount of nuisance outside the plant; is conducted entirely within enclosed building; does not use the open area around such buildings for storage of raw materials or manufactured products or for any other industrial purpose other than transporting goods between buildings, provides for enclosed loading and unloading berths, and which is not noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of smoke, dust, fumes, gas, odors, noises or vibrations beyond the confines of the building:

      Animal hospitals.

      Any agricultural use.

      Automobile motor repair, sales and service shop, including automobile body repair and rebuilding and painting of automobiles.

      Bakeries.

      Bottling works.

      Building material yards where no mill work is done.

      Cabinet making establishments and carpenter shops which use no motors larger than ten (10) horsepower.

      Clothing factories.

      Contractors' yards.

      Dairies.

      Dry cleaning plants.

      Dyeing plants.

      Feed processing and distributing facilities.

      Fruit canning and packing establishments.

      Ice plants.

      Laundries.

      Machine shops.

      Milk distribution stations.

      Optical goods factories.

      Paper box factories.

      Pencil factories.

      Printing, publication and engraving plants.

      Research and development organizations.

      Sheet metal shops.

      Storage firms.

      Trucking terminals.

      Welding shops.

      Wholesale businesses. (Ord. 69-23, 4-6-1970; amd. Ord. 86-10, 11-12-1986)

   (B)   Conditions Of Use: The above permitted uses shall be subject to the following:

      1.   Any production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair or storage of goods, materials or products shall take place without creating disturbing influences to the use and occupancy of adjoining properties.

      2.   All business, production, servicing and processing shall take place within completely enclosed buildings unless otherwise specified. Within one hundred fifty feet (150') of the nearest point of any residential R district, all storage shall be in completely enclosed buildings or structures, and storage located elsewhere in this district may be open to the sky, but shall be enclosed by solid wall or fence, including solid doors or gates thereto, at least eight feet (8') high but in no case lower than the enclosed storage. However, open off-street loading facilities and open off-street parking facilities for the storage of motor vehicles may be unenclosed throughout the district except for such screening of parking and loading facilities as may be required.

   (C)   Height: No building or structure shall exceed three (3) stories or thirty five feet (35') in height, except as permitted in section 10-11-2 of this title. (Ord. 69-23, 4-6-1970)

   (D)   Yard Areas:

      1.   Front Yard: All buildings and structures shall have a front yard depth of at least twenty five feet (25'). Buildings and structures placed on corner lots shall observe front yard requirements on both streets. That portion of this district which borders and is adjacent to U.S. Route 136 shall have front yard depth of at least seventy five feet (75').

      2.   Side Yard: All buildings and structures shall have a side yard depth of at least twenty five feet (25').

      3.   Rear Yard: All buildings and structures shall have a rear yard depth of at least twenty five feet (25').

      4.   Yards Adjacent To Residential Districts: All buildings and structures on lots adjacent to residential districts shall be located so as to provide side yard widths or rear yard depths of at least fifty feet (50') adjacent to such residential districts. (Ord. 88-8, 9-13-1988)

      5.   Railroad Siding Frontage: No yards shall be required for those portions of lots which front on railroad sidings.

   (E)   Performance Standards: The following requirements shall apply:

      1.   Noise: The sound pressure level, to be measured as described below, shall not exceed the following decibel levels in the designated octave bands when adjacent to the designated types of use districts:

 

      Objectionable sounds of an intermittent nature which are not easily measured shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.

      Measurement is to be made at the nearest boundary of the nearest residential area or at any other point along the boundary where the level is higher. The sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter as described by the American Standards Association.

      2.   Smoke And Particulate Matter: The emission of smoke or dusts by manufacturing plants in an amount sufficient to create a general nuisance to adjoining properties is prohibited. Total emission of smoke and particulate matter shall be limited to the following:

         Ringelmann requirements: All smoke and the emission of all other particulate matter in quantities sufficient to produce an opacity at any point greater than Ringelmann 3 is prohibited, excepting a plume consisting entirely of condensed steam. A Ringelmann 1 unit is defined as twenty percent (20%) density for one minute. No more than fifteen (15) units of Ringelmann smoke are permitted per hour and no smoke more intense than Ringelmann 2 except that during one hour of a twenty four (24) hour day, thirty (30) units of smoke may be emitted but with no smoke more intense than Ringelmann 3 (see Ringelmann Chart, page 1).

         The total quantity of emitted solids shall not exceed one pound per hour, per acre of lot area.

      3.   Odors: No odor shall be emitted by any use permitted in this district in such quantities as to be readily detectable by an average observer at any point on the boundary line of the premises or beyond.

      4.   Noxious Gases: Processes and operations of permitted uses capable of dispersing gases or toxic particulates into the atmosphere must be hooded or otherwise suitably enclosed. The emission of such toxic gases or particulate matter shall be from a stack.

      5.   Glare And Heat: Operation producing intense light or heat shall be performed within an enclosed building and not be visible beyond any lot line bounding the property whereon the use is conducted.

      6.   Vibrations: No uses shall be located and no equipment shall be installed in such a way to produce intense, earth-shaking vibrations which are noticeable at the property lines of the subject premises.

   (F)   Off-Street Parking And Loading Facilities: Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in section 10-11-3 of this title.

   (G)   Planting Areas:

      1.   Landscape development is required to include an area of at least twenty feet (20') in width along all streets, with the exception of approved entrances, which border the proposed development, to be planted and maintained with trees and shrubbery to serve as a screen for the parking and storage areas.

      2.   A planting screen, consisting of suitable shrubbery, maintained at a ten foot (10') height by ten foot (10') width, is to be planted wherever the industrial use abuts a residential district. (Ord. 69-23, 4-6-1970)

Within the I-2 General Industrial District, the following regulations shall apply:

   (A)   Uses Permitted:

      Any use permitted in the I-1 Light Industrial District.

      Any industrial or manufacturing activity not in conflict with any other ordinance of the County.

   (B)   Special Uses: The following uses shall be considered special use exceptions and an applicant for such special use exceptions shall follow the procedure outlined in section 10-11-1 of this title:

      Aboveground storage facilities for gasoline, oil and alcohol in excess of five hundred (500) gallons.

      Bag cleaning plants.

      Billboards.

      Boiler and tank works.

      Central mixing plants for cement, mortar, plaster or paving materials.

      Coke ovens.

      Distillation plants for bones, coal, wood or tar.

      Establishments which cure, tan or store raw hides and skins.

      Fat rendering plants.

      Forge plants.

      Foundries and metal fabrication plants.

      Plants for the manufacture of acetylene, acid, alcohol, alcoholic beverages, ammonia, bleaching powder, chemicals, brick, pottery, terra cotta, tile, candles, disinfectants, dye-stuffs, fertilizer, illuminating or heating gas (or storage of same), linseed oil, paint, oil, turpentine, varnish, soap and tar products.

      Slaughterhouses and stockyards.

      Smelting plants.

      Any other industrial or manufacturing activity which in the opinion of the Planning Commission will not emit detrimental or obnoxious noise, vibrations, smoke, odor, dust, heat or light or create other objectionable conditions beyond the limits of the general industrial district in which it is located.

   (C)   Conditions Of Use: The above permitted uses are subject to the same conditions as in the I-1 Light Industrial District.

   (D)   Height: No building or structure shall exceed six (6) stories or seventy five feet (75') in height, except as permitted in section 10-11-2 of this title.

   (E)   Yard Areas:

      1.   Front Yard: All buildings and structures shall have a front yard depth of at least two hundred feet (200').

         (a)   Front Yards On Corner Lots: Buildings and structures placed on corner lots shall observe front yard requirements on both streets.

      2.   Side Yard: All buildings and structures shall have side yard widths of at least one hundred feet (100').

      3.   Rear Yard: All buildings and structures shall have rear yard depths of at least one hundred feet (100').

      4.   Yards Adjacent To Residential Districts: All buildings and structures on lots adjacent to residential districts shall be located so as to provide side yard widths or rear yard depths of at least five hundred feet (500') adjacent to such residential districts.

      5.   Railroad Siding Frontage: No yards shall be required for those portions of lots which front on railroad sidings.

   (F)   Performance Standards: The same requirements shall apply as in the I-1 Light Industrial District.

   (G)   Off Street Parking And Loading Facilities: Parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required or permitted in section 10-11-3 of this title.

   (H)   Planting Areas:

      1.   Landscape development is required to include an area of at least fifty feet (50') in width along all streets, with the exception of approved entrances which border the proposed development, to be planted and maintained with trees and shrubbery to serve as a screen for the parking and storage areas.

      2.   A planting screen, consisting of suitable shrubbery and trees maintained at a twenty foot (20') height by thirty foot (30') width, to be planted wherever the industrial use abuts any other use district. (Ord. 69-23, 4-6-1970)

   (A)   Intent: It is the intent of this district that it be used to promote industrial activity, more efficient and economical industrial land use, harmony in physical design and industrial relationships, variety and amenity in industrial development, and the protection of adjacent and nearby existing and future nonindustrial uses and activities. It is further the intent of this district that it be so located in relation to major thoroughfares that resulting traffic generated by industrial activity will not be channeled through residential areas or unduly interfere with traffic on major thoroughfares.

      A Planned Industrial Development District: 1) is land under unified control, planned and developed as a whole in a single development operation or approved programmed series of development operations, primarily for industrial, warehousing and distribution activity and necessary supporting accessory and related uses and facilities; 2) is designed with a park like atmosphere including extensive landscaping, low ground coverage by buildings and structures, buildings of moderate height, and careful attention to such aesthetic considerations as locations and sizes of signs, lighting, off street parking and off street loading areas, and the like; 3) is developed according to plans which include streets, utilities, various types of transportation access, and the like; 4) includes approved provisions and restrictions on the lessees or owners of land within the I-3 District as to how the individual lots may be used and the responsibilities for the upkeep thereof; and 5) includes a program of full provision, maintenance, and operation of any common facilities or open spaces.

   (B)   Permitted Uses: Land and buildings within an I-3 Zoning District shall be used only for the following purposes:

      Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radios and phonographs.

      Automotive and marine products; storage, manufacturing, and repair.

      Buildings, structures, and uses accessory and customarily incidental to any of the uses herein. All of the uses permitted under this section shall have their primary operations conducted entirely within enclosed buildings, and shall not emit any obnoxious dust or smoke, or noxious odor or fumes outside of the building housing the operation. All storage shall be confined to the interior of buildings, or be screened in such a manner that it is not readily noticeable to the public.

      Experimental laboratories.

      Farm machinery sales and repair.

      Light manufacturing (including paint manufacturing), processing (including food processing, but not a slaughterhouse), packaging, or fabricating in a completely enclosed building.

      Manufacture and bottling of nonalcoholic beverages.

      Other assembly or limited manufacturing uses of a similar nature, when located and arranged according to a plan providing for aesthetic or other conditions in harmony with the neighborhood, and approved by the Planning Commission.

      Printing, lithographing, publishing, or similar establishments.

      Radio and television stations and transmitters. Transmission towers associated with such use shall require a special exception.

      Research, experimental, or testing laboratories.

      Retail sales of lumber and building supplies in a completely enclosed building.

      Service establishments catering to commerce and industry including parcel services, business offices, linen supply, freight movers, communication services, business machine services, canteen services, hiring and union halls, employment agency, sign company, automotive service or truck stops, and similar uses.

      The manufacturing, compounding, assembling, or treatment of articles of merchandise from the following prepared materials: aluminum, bond, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, iron, leather, paper, plastics, or semiprecious metals or stones, shells, steel, rubber, textiles, tin, wood (except planning mill) and yarns.

      The manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, treatment, or fabrication of, ceramics, cosmetics, clothing, jewelry, instruments, optical goods, pharmaceuticals and toiletries.

      Wholesaling, warehousing, storage, or distribution establishments, and similar uses.

      All uses require site and development plan approval.

   (C)   Permitted Accessory Uses And Structures: Uses and structures which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted principal uses and structures, provided, however, that no residential facilities shall be permitted in the district except for watchmen or caretakers whose work requires residence on the premises or for employees who will be temporarily quartered on the premises.

   (D)   Prohibited Uses And Structures:

      Automobile wrecking yard or junkyard.

      Bulk storage yards.

      Chemical and fertilizer manufacture.

      Dwelling units (including motel and hotel) except as provided under accessory uses, hospitals, or clinics (except clinic in connection with industrial activity), nursing home and similar uses, private or public elementary or high schools, churches, yards or lots for scrap or salvage operations or for processing, storage, display, or sale of any scrap, salvage, or secondhand building materials and automotive vehicle parts.

      Explosives manufacturing or storage.

      Forges, foundries, garbage incinerators, animal reduction, rubbish storage, and smelters.

      Outdoor storage yards and lots.

      Paper and pulp manufacture.

      Petroleum refining.

      Recycling centers.

      Slaughter of animals.

      Stockyards or feeding pens.

      Storage of bulk fertilizer, explosives, gasoline in excess of fifty thousand (50,000) gallons, grease, and radioactive materials.

      Tannery or the curing or storage of raw hides.

      Transmission towers.

      Any other uses or structures not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable implication permitted herein.

   (E)   Special Exceptions: (Permissible after public notice and hearings by the Board of Appeals and the City Council, see chapter 14 of this title.)

      Any industrial use not specifically permitted or prohibited which is otherwise lawful.

   (F)   Maximum Residential Density: None.

   (G)   Minimum Lot Requirements:

      1.   Planned industrial districts shall have a minimum area of at least sixty (60) acres.

      2.   Individual building sites shall be of such size that the development will have architectural unity and flexibility in arrangements and be of such size that all space requirements provided for in this section are satisfied.

   (H)   Minimum Open Space Requirements: Twenty percent (20%).

   (I)   Minimum Yard Requirements:

      1.   No portion of any building or structure and no activity related to any use within the district shall be located closer than twenty five feet (25') to any I-3 boundary. Where an I-3 District abuts property zoned residential, no building or structure shall be located within seventy five feet (75') of the boundary of the I-3 District and no activity shall be permitted within the seventy five foot (75') area, except that off street parking, but not off street loading, may be permitted to within twenty five feet (25') of the I-3 residential boundary, but not closer to the I-3 residential boundary. In those instances where a rezoning to residential category for property abutting or adjoining an established I-3 District is accomplished after the I-3 District has been established, the provisions of the first sentence of this subsection shall apply, and no use in an I-3 District established prior to such residential zoning shall be made nonconforming within an I-3 District.

      2.   No parking shall be permitted within fifteen feet (15') or twenty five feet (25') of any side or rear property line depending on the buffer width.

   (J)   Maximum Height Of Structures: Three (3) stories or thirty five feet (35'). (Ord. 2008-2, 5-27-2008)