It is the intent of the LI Light Industrial District to provide for the development of sites for industrial plants for the manufacture of goods in the form of finished or semi-finished products or the assembly, compounding, or treatment of product parts or ingredients in order to create finished or semi-finished goods for sale to other industrial manufacturers, or to bulk or wholesale commercial purchasers. It is the further intent of this District to permit only those industrial manufacturing uses having use, performance or activity characteristics which emit a minimum amount of discernible noise, vibration, smoke, dust, dirt, glare, toxic materials, offensive odors, gases, electromagnetic radiation or any other physically adverse effect to the extent that they are not normally discernible beyond the lot lines of the parcel or site upon which the industrial manufacturing activity is located.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 11.01)

A.

The following uses are permitted in the LI Light Industrial District, as long as they are conducted completely within a building, structure or an area enclosed and screened from external visibility beyond the lot lines of the parcel upon which the use is located, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance:

Commercial freestanding towers.

Commercial garages.

Contractor's establishments.

Grain elevators; storage and retail sales.

Printing and publishing.

Research and development establishments.

Trade and industrial schools.

Warehouse, including mini-warehousing.

Wholesale trade stores.

B.

There shall also be, as permitted principal uses in the LI Light Industrial District, those existing single-family residential homes, as well as their permitted accessory uses, so that those single-family dwellings which currently exist in the LI Light Industrial District shall no longer be nonconforming uses but shall be permitted principal uses; however, no parcel of land in an LI Light Industrial District shall be further divided for the purposes of allowing or constructing new, additional single-family residential homes in this District. Should any such existing single-family home or accessory structure be destroyed by any means, the same may be reconstructed within one year from the date of destruction, so long as the same type and style of structure is rebuilt in the same location and area of the destroyed structure. Such single-family homes may be used as a family day care home as provided in Section 16.41 or as a foster care home with fewer than six persons as provided in Section 16.41A.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 11.02; Amd. No. 21, § 1, 4-11-1996; Amd. No. 58, § 1, 8-14-2008)

The following special uses of land, buildings and structures are permitted in the LI Light Industrial District subject to the provisions of Article XIII, "Special Uses":

A.

Planned industrial parks for the collective grouping of two or more of the principal uses permitted in the district.

B.

Junkyards as provided in Section 13.08.

C.

Temporary mobile homes located outside of mobile home parks, including trailers, motor homes, and recreational vehicles as provided in Section 13.10.

D.

Temporary transient amusement enterprises as provided in Section 13.12.

E.

Housing of elderly as provided in Section 13.19.

F.

Group day care homes as provided in Section 13.22.

G.

Commercial kennels as provided in Section 13.23.

H.

Wireless communication structures as provided in Section 13.24.

I.

Dry bulk blending plants.

J.

Electrical and electronic equipment manufacturers.

K.

Essential services as provided in Section 16.19.

L.

Fabricated metal products.

M.

Handling of liquid nitrogen and fertilizers.

N.

Jobbing and machine shops.

O.

Metal plating and finishing.

P.

Monument and cut stone manufacturers.

Q.

Outdoor storage.

R.

Plastic products forming and molding.

S.

Processing of machine parts.

T.

Public service and utility facilities, but only during construction of permanent building and structures, and provided that they are removed immediately upon completion.

U.

Storage facilities for building materials, indoor and outdoor.

V.

Storage or transfer warehouses.

W.

Truck and rail freight terminals.

X.

Solar farms as provided in Section 13.27.

Y.

Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 11.03; Amd. No. 41, § 9, 7-8-2004; Amd. No. 58, § 2, 8-14-2008; Amd. No. 84, § 10, 11-9-2017; Ord. No. 2024-03, § 3, 7-11-2024)

The following uses are permitted in the LI Light Industrial District when they are an integral part of the building or structure or are included as a part of the site development upon which the principal use is located:

Banking.

Caretakers' quarters.

Customary home occupations and home businesses in existing single-family homes as provided in Section 16.21.

Education, library and training facilities.

Medical and health care facilities.

Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal uses.

Office facilities.

Recreation and physical fitness facilities.

Research and experimentation facilities.

Restaurants.

Sales display facilities and areas.

Truck and equipment service, maintenance, repair and storage facilities.

Warehouse and storage facilities.

Work clothing sales and service facilities.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 11.04)

A.

Access Roads. All uses shall only have vehicular access via a year round hard surface paved road, including the road system that connects it to the State and Federal designated highway routes.

B.

Barriers. All development for the permitted uses shall be physically separated from access roads by a curb and a planting strip or other suitable barrier. Such barrier shall effectively prevent unchanneled vehicle ingress or egress, except by approved accessways or driveways.

C.

Screening. When adjacent to or across the road from existing residential developments or zoning districts, an industrial use of a lot or parcel shall provide a landscaped greenbelt or wall screen in accordance with Section 16.30.

D.

Sewage Disposal. Permitted industrial uses shall be served by a publicly owned and maintained sewer service or sanitary treatment system approved by the County Health Department and that conforms to or exceeds the minimum standards of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the County Health Department.

E.

Waste Disposal. All waste, hazardous and non-hazardous, shall be disposed of in accordance with all State and/or Federal laws, rules and/or regulations governing the disposal of such substances.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 11.05; Amd. No. 82, §§ 1, 2, 7-13-2017)

Dimensional requirements in the LI Light Industrial District are as follows, except where otherwise specified in this Ordinance:

A.

Lot Area. Minimum of two acres per principal use, except where a lot or parcel is served by a publicly owned and maintained or common water supply system and a publicly owned and maintained wastewater disposal and treatment system, in which case the lot or parcel may have a minimum area of 40,000 square feet per principal use.

B.

Lot Width. Minimum of 200 feet at building setback line when on-site well water supply and septic tank wastewater disposal systems are used or a minimum of 120 feet at building setback line when public or common water supply and wastewater disposal and treatment systems are directly accessible to the lot or parcel.

C.

Lot Coverage. Maximum of 50 percent.

D.

Yard and Setback Requirements.

1.

Front Yard. Minimum of 50 feet from all road or highway right-of-way lines, except as required by the Master Plan for Roads and Highways, whichever is greater.

2.

Side Yards. Minimum of 20 feet for one side yard, but a minimum total of 50 feet for both side yards.

3.

Rear Yard. Minimum of 50 feet.

E.

Height Limitations. Maximum of 40 feet, except that a detached accessory structure shall not exceed 25 feet, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance.

F.

Locational Requirements.

1.

The site shall have at least one property line abutting the major road or highway arterial upon which it fronts and from which it has the most direct vehicular access.

2.

All vehicular ingress and egress shall be from an acceleration and deceleration lane connected to a frontage access road located parallel and adjacent to the major road or highway arterial upon which the site fronts and from which the site has its most direct vehicular access. This condition will be waived by the Planning Commission if the Livingston County Road Commission finds an acceleration and deceleration lane is not necessary for public safety, health, and welfare of the citizens and the frontage access road may also be waived if the Livingston County Road Commission finds that it is not necessary for public safety, health, and welfare of the citizens provided that there is sufficient land reserved in the site plan so a future frontage access road can be constructed when the same is recommended by the Livingston County Road Commission.

3.

The storage of goods, materials, trash or garbage is not permitted outside of the principal or accessory buildings or structures.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 11.06; Amd. No. 1, 8-11-1988; Amd. No. 82, § 3, 7-13-2017)