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Columbus City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

56 - LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

Sections:


17.56.010 - Intent.

The intent of this district is to provide for the community's needs for wholesale trade, storage and warehousing, trucking and transportation terminals, light manufacturing and similar activities. This district should be oriented to major transportation facilities, yet arranged to minimize adverse effects on residential developments; therefore, some type of screening may be necessary. Residences shall not be permitted in this district.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.141), 1997)

17.56.020 - Permitted uses.

1.

Accessory uses;

2.

Automobile body shops;

3.

Building materials sales;

4.

Building contractors' establishments;

5.

Cabinet shops;

6.

Ceramic shops;

7.

Enclosed warehousing;

8.

Flour and feed mills;

9.

Food processing plants;

10.

Gasoline service stations;

11.

Grain elevators;

12.

Grain houses;

13.

Hardware stores;

14.

Implement sales;

15.

Machine shops;

16.

Manufacturing of consumer goods;

17.

Open space;

18.

Outside storage if accessory to permitted use and if screened from the street;

19.

Paint shops;

20.

Printing shops;

21.

Professional and business offices;

22.

Public buildings and uses;

23.

Repair and service establishments for consumer goods;

24.

Retail establishments, restaurants, cafes and drive-in eating places;

25.

Sign shops;

26.

Storage buildings;

27.

Taxidermy;

28.

Temporary buildings for and during construction (not to exceed one year);

29.

Temporary commercial uses or special uses;

30.

Truck and rail terminal facilities;

31.

Truck washing facilities;

32.

Vehicle sales, showrooms and service areas;

33.

Welding shops;

34.

Woodworking shops;

35.

Other light industrial uses similar to those listed.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.142), 1997)

(Ord. No. 351, § 1(Exh. A), 10-3-2016)

17.56.030 - Lot area and width.

Lot area for this district shall not be less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet and no lot width shall be less than seventy-five (75) feet.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.143), 1997)

17.56.040 - Lot coverage.

The entire lot, exclusive of required yards and parking, may be occupied by the principal and accessory buildings.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.144), 1997)

17.56.050 - Yards.

Every lot shall have the following minimum yards:

Front yard 20 feet
Rear yard None*
Side yards None*

 

*When a lot is adjacent or faces upon another district, the yards shall meet the requirements of the adjoining district on that side. When a lot abuts a street or alley on either side or the rear, a yard of at least ten feet shall be provided on the street or alley side.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.145), 1997)

17.56.060 - Building height.

Maximum building height in this district shall be forty-eight (48) feet.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.146), 1997)

17.56.070 - Off-street parking.

Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.92.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.147), 1997)

17.56.080 - Off-street loading.

Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.92.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.148), 1997)

17.56.090 - Permitted conditional uses.

The following uses may be permitted as conditional uses in the LI light industrial district:

1.

Adult Entertainment.

a.

Not to be located within three hundred (300) feet of the following uses:

i.

Churches,

ii.

Schools, public or private,

iii.

Residential uses,

iv.

Establishments which sell liquor for consumption on site;

2.

Open storage (if screened);

3.

One residence for owner or caretaker;

4.

Relocated buildings;

5.

Temporary uses;

6.

Replacement of existing nonconforming uses.

(Ord. 321 (part), 2004: Ord. 307 § 7, 1999; Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.149), 1997)

(Ord. No. 351, § 1(Exh. A), 10-3-2016)