(1) INTENT. The I-1 Light Industrial District is intended to provide for light industrial activities in areas where ingress and egress can be provided in a safe and convenient manner. The activities located in this district should be engaged in wholesale commercial trade or manufacturing, compounding, assembly, or treatment of articles or materials with the exception of heavy manufacturing and the processing of raw materials. It is further intended that activities proposing to locate in any of the areas designed Light Industrial shall satisfy the Planning Commission and the City Council that the activity conducted in the aforementioned areas shall conform to the pollution control standards in existence for the State of Nebraska. No use shall be permitted that does not conform to these minimum pollution control standards.

(2) PRINCIPAL USES. The following shall be principal uses by right when located within a building or structure that conforms with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations:

(a) Concrete batch plant, cement, clay, or pottery products manufacturing.

(b) Contract construction equipment storage.

(c) Beverage bottling or distribution.

(d) Food processing and packaging.

(e) Foundry casting, light weight non-ferrous metal not causing noxious fumes or odor.

(f) Fuel storage yards.

(g) Machine shops.

(h) Manufacturing or assembly of component parts.

(i) Mobile or modular home manufacturing.

(j) Raising of field crops and horticulture.

(k) Sawmills or planing mills, including manufacturing or wood products not involving chemical treatment.

(l) Terminal yards, trucking.

(m) Truck and tractor repair.

(n) Wholesale distribution and warehousing.

(3) PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted if a principal use or structure is present:

(a) Dwelling units, including mobile homes, for use by the owner, operator, or caretaker of the industry.

(b) Other uses normally appurtenant to the permitted uses when established in conformance with the space limits of this District.

(4) SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES. A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the I-1 Light Industrial District if a special use permit for such use has been obtained in accordance with section 11-230:

(a) Animal sales yards, auctions, and slaughter locker plant operations.

(b) Auto wrecking and salvaging operations thereof, sufficiently screened from public view.

(c) Contractor storage yards or plants.

(d) Gravel, sand, or dirt removal, stockpiling, processing, or distribution and sales thereof.

(e) One additional dwelling unit (in addition to that allowed under permitted accessory uses), including mobile homes, for use by the owner, operator, or caretaker of the industry.

(f) Outdoor advertising businesses.

(g) Outdoor storage containers.

(h) Retail sales of products constructed on-site.

(i) Alternative energy systems utilizing biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, or wind sources in conformance with net metering per Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 70-2001 to 70-2005 (August 30, 2009, as amended) and shall also be in conformance with the provisions of section 11-525 and 11-526.

(j) Co-location of additional cellular or communication antennas on an existing tower in conformance with the provisions of section 11-528.

(5) PROHIBITED USES. All other uses which are not specifically permitted or are not permissible as a special exception use and specifically:

(a) Commercial cattle feed lots.

(b) Any residential use except for owner, operator, or watchman quarters.

(c) No use shall be permitted to be established or maintained which by reason of its nature or manner of operation is or may become hazardous, noxious, or offensive owing to the emission of odor, dust, smoke, cinder, gas, fumes, noise, vibrations, refuse matter, or water-carried waste.

(6) SPACE LIMITATIONS. The following shall apply except as otherwise allowed for community unit plans of the Supplementary Regulations.

(a) The maximum height and minimum lot requirements within the I-1 Light Industrial District shall be as follows:

(7) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Supplementary Regulations shall be complied with as herein defined. All uses within this district shall meet the minimum performance standards for industry as defined herein.

(8) SIGN REGULATIONS. Signs within the I-1 Light Industrial District shall be in conformance with the Sign Regulations.

(9) PARKING REGULATIONS. Parking within the I-1 Light Industrial District shall be in conformance with the provisions of section 11-508.

(10) FENCE REGULATIONS. Fences within the I-1 Light Industrial District shall be in conformance with the provisions of section 11-502.

Source: Ord. 966 (1984); Ord. 1142 (1991); Ord. 1165 (1992); Ord. 1400 (1998); Ord. 1926 (2015); Ord. 2022 (2017); Ord. 2119 (2021)