The LI (Light Industry) Zoning District is established to achieve the following purposes:

1. To encourage the establishment of light industrial uses in locations that are suitable and appropriate, taking into consideration land uses on adjacent and nearby properties, access to major streets and highways, rail services and other means of transportation, and availability of public utilities.
2. To encourage manufacturing uses that can be operated in a relatively clean, quiet, and safe manner, without producing objectionable effects that would impose hazards to adjacent and nearby properties by reason of smoke, soot, dust, odor, radiation, noise, vibrations, heat, glare, toxic fumes, or other conditions that would adversely affect the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare.
3. To allow heavy commercial but not residential uses compatible with light industrial uses.
   

The following uses shall be permitted in the LI Zoning Districts, provided that they conform to the applicable site development standards for such uses set forth below and meet any other requirements for such uses found in these Zoning Regulations, such as off-site road and drainage improvements.

1. Agricultural-Processing with a 300-foot minimum setback.
2. Anemometers, with temporary use permit, not to exceed three years.
3. Animal Husbandry Services.
4. Banks and/or Banking Services.
5. Bus, Rail, and/or Truck Terminals, and accessory maintenance yards and garages.
6. Car Wash.
7. Churches or places of religious worship.
8. Commercial Plant Nurseries.
9. Communications Towers at a maximum height of 199 feet, subject to site development standards in Article 2.51.
10. Community Gardens.
11. Contract Construction Services.
12. Convenience Stores.
13. Cultural, Historic, and/or Nature Exhibits.
14. Custom Butchering/Meat Curing/Processing.
15. Educational Services.
16. Emergency Vehicle Stations not otherwise exempted by Article 2.57.
17. Fairgrounds and/or Amusement Parks.
18. Farmers Markets.
19. Funeral and/or Crematory Services.
20. Gasoline/Service Stations.
21. Hospitals, including Ambulatory Services.
22. Impoundment Storage Yards.
23. Manufacturing, Wholesaling, Warehousing, Distribution, and/or Storage of Goods.
24. Mini-Warehouses.
25. Motion Picture Production Sites/Studios.
26. Parking Lot, Commercial.
27. Personal and Professional Services.
28. Printing and/or Publishing Businesses.
29. Recreational Facilities, Indoor and/or Outdoor.
30. Recycling Centers.
31. Recycling/Solid Waste Transfer Facilities.
32. Repair Services, Large Engines.
33. Repair Services, Light.
34. Repair Services, Small Engines.
35. Research and/or Testing Laboratories.
36. Restaurants, Bars, Taverns, Nightclubs, and/or Off-site Winery Tasting Rooms.
37. Retail Sales/Rentals.
38. Riding Stables, Commercial, on a minimum site of 10 acres.
39. Slaughterhouses/Meat Packing Plants with a 300-foot minimum setback.
40. Solar Energy Power Plants, subject to site development standards in Article 2.51.
41. Swap Meets.
42. Truck Stops.
43. Utility Installations not otherwise exempted by Article 2.57, other than Regional Sewage Treatment Plants, Electric Generation Plants, and Solid Waste Landfills or Incinerators.
44. Veterinary Clinics and/or Animal Hospitals.
45. Welfare and/or Charitable Services.
46. Zoos and/or other animal exhibits.

All uses permitted in LI Zoning Districts shall conform to the following minimum site development standards in addition to the provisions of Article 2.51:

1. Maximum Height.
   
   

   Structure	40 feet above grade (except communication tower)
   Wall or fence	10 feet above grade

2. Setbacks, Principal and Accessory Structures/Uses. The minimum setback shall be measured from the closest point on the property line or the edge of the road travel way to the structure/use, whichever is closer. The minimum required setbacks for permitted uses are:
   1. For those LI Zoning Districts which abut LI, HI, GB, or PD Zoning Districts, the setback shall be a minimum of 5 feet, except that the structure/use shall maintain a setback of 20 feet from any road travel way and any other setbacks required by building codes.
   2. For those LI Zoning Districts which abut RU, R, SR, SM, NB, or MR Zoning Districts, the setback shall be a minimum of 80 feet and 20 feet from any road travel way.
3. Maximum Site Coverage. 85-percent.
4. Distance Between Structures. Except as otherwise provided in these Zoning Regulations, the minimum distance between structures shall be 15 feet, 10 feet for multiple-household structures. Nothing herein shall prevent the permanent attachment of principal structures.
5. Screening. In Category A, B, and C Growth Areas, whenever a non-residential use abuts a residential Zoning District or is separated therefrom by an alley, the developed area of the non-residential site shall be screened with a 6-foot-high solid screen (see Article 2.03 for definition). Non-residential outdoor storage shall be screened regardless of abutting Zoning District. The County Zoning Inspector may defer the screening if the abutting residentially zoned property is not yet developed with a residential use. In Category D (Rural) Areas, whenever a non-residential use abuts an area designated as Rural Residential (RR), the developed area of the non-residential site shall be screened with a 6-foot-high solid screen; otherwise, screening is not required.
6. Electrical Disturbance and Glare. No use except a temporary construction operation shall be permitted, which creates harsh, uncomfortably bright light detectable beyond the boundaries of the site. No use shall be permitted which creates electrical disturbances that affect the operation of any equipment beyond the boundaries of the site.
7. Noise or Vibration. No noise or vibration (other than normal vehicular traffic) shall be permitted which is discernible on neighboring residential sites to the unaided human senses for three minutes or more duration in any one hour of the day between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. or of 30-seconds or more duration in any one hour during the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
8. Odors. No emission of odorous gases or other odorous matter shall be permitted in quantities sufficient to be offensive or to create a nuisance or hazard beyond the site boundaries.
9. Other Nuisances or Emissions Beyond the Site Boundaries. No emission shall be permitted which can damage health, animals or vegetation, or other forms of property or which can cause any nuisance or hazard beyond the site boundaries.

Accessory uses are permitted in LI Zoning Districts, provided they are customarily incidental to an established permitted principal use. Accessory structures may exceed the size of the principal structure, provided that all other site development standards are met. The following additional accessory uses and structures shall be permitted:

1. One dwelling or recreational vehicle for the family or employees of the owner/operator or caretaker of the site of principal use.
2. Recreational Vehicles (RVs) are allowed as follows:
   1. No permit is required for the storage of no more than two RVs on a parcel.
   2. Temporary occupancy of one RV in conjunction with permitted principal use for up to six month in a calendar year with a required Temporary Use Permit; stays of 15 consecutive days or less do not require a permit.
   3. Temporary occupancy of RVs in conjunction with the construction of a residential or non-residential permitted principal use. Such occupancy shall be limited to the length of the building permit with a required Temporary Use Permit, subject to procedures in Article 2.48.
   4. Recreational vehicles accessory to a principal permitted use may not be rented out.
3. Wind Energy Systems, subject to site development standards in Article 2.51.
4. Solar Energy Systems, subject to site development standards in Article 2.51.

The following land uses require a Special Use Authorization from the Planning Commission in the LI Zoning Districts, subject to the procedures and review criteria set forth in Article 2.48. If granted, each land use will also require a Non-Residential Use permit.

1. Agricultural-Processing with less than a 300-foot minimum setback.
2. Airports, Airstrips, Helipads, and/or Heliports.
3. Cemeteries.
4. Commercial Feedlots.
5. Communications Towers exceeding 199 feet in height, subject to site development standards in Article 2.51.
6. Electrical Generating Plants.
7. Jails, Prisons, and/or Detention Centers.
8. Marijuana Cultivation Facility.
9. Marijuana Establishment Cultivation Facility.
10. Marijuana Establishment.
11. Marijuana Infusion Facility.
12. Marijuana Testing Facility.
13. Offender Rehabilitation Facilities.
14. Regional Sewage Treatment Plants.
15. Slaughterhouses/Meat Packing Plants with less than a 300-foot minimum setback.
16. Solid Waste Landfills or Incinerators.
17. Wind Energy Power Plants subject to site development standards in Article 2.51.