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Dacono City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 7

Light Industrial District

Sec. 16-200.- Permitted uses.

Permitted principal uses in the I-1 district shall be as follows:

(1)

A lot, parcel or tract of land may be used and/or buildings or structures may be erected, altered or remodeled and used for a use that is determined by the Planning Commission and the City Council. This use shall not be injurious and offensive to the occupants of adjacent premises by reason of emission or creation of excessive noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, toxic, noxious materials, odors, fire or explosive hazards or glare or heat and in conjunction with any other ordinances or codes of the City. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant to show that his or her proposed industrial use will not cause undo harm to the health, safety or welfare of the City through air, water or land pollution, noise or odor;

(2)

Any principal use permitted in the C-1 district, except hotels, motels and courts;

(3)

Auto, truck and aircraft assembly;

(4)

Carpenter and woodwork shop;

(5)

Casting, lightweight and nonferrous metals;

(6)

Cold storage;

(7)

Dry cleaning and laundry, wholesale;

(8)

Enameling, Japanning, lacquering, galvanizing and plating of metals;

(9)

Food processing, wholesale;

(10)

[Reserved.]

(11)

Greenhouses, nurseries;

(12)

[Reserved.]

(13)

Machine shops;

(14)

Manufacturing and storage, glass, synthetics and plastics, vitreous ware, pottery and porcelain;

(15)

Printing, industrial;

(16)

Rug, bag and carpet cleaning;

(17)

Stone and monument works;

(18)

Wholesale business;

(19)

Welding and light fabrication;

(20)

Personal wireless service facilities, if approved pursuant to a special review permit by resolution of the City Council following compliance with the notice and public hearing procedures of Chapter 16, Article 23 of this Code, except that no personal wireless service facilities may be located on an educational institution. The City Council may reject, approve or approve with conditions, a request for such a special review permit. If granted, such a special review permit shall not run with the land, shall apply only to the specific applicant for whom the permit was approved and shall cease immediately upon termination of such use by said applicant or in the event of any noncompliance with the conditions of such permit imposed by the City Council in connection with its approval.

(21)

Temporary recreational vehicle parking, if approved pursuant to a special use permit by resolution of the City Council pursuant to Article 15 of this Chapter, and only on dates for which an event permit has been issued pursuant to Chapter 11, Article 3 of this Code. The City Council may reject, approve or approve with conditions, a request for such a special use permit. If granted, such a special use permit shall not run with the land, shall apply only to the specific applicant for whom the permit was approved and shall cease immediately upon termination of such use by said applicant or in the event of any noncompliance with the conditions of such permit imposed by the City Council in connection with its approval.

(22)

Motor vehicle services, major.

(23)

Natural medicine businesses, subject to the following:

a.

Distance from schools. A building in which natural medicine services are provided shall not be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of a child care center; preschool, elementary, middle, junior, or high school; or a residential child care facility. The distance shall be determined by a direct measurement from the nearest property line of the land used for a school or for child care to the nearest portion of the building in which natural medicine services are provided, using a route of direct pedestrian access.

b.

Hours of operation. The provision of natural medicine services at a natural medicine healing center shall only occur between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

(Prior code 17.28.010; Ord. 585 §5, 2001; Ord. No. 791, §§6, 7, 2015; Ord. 899 §2, 2021; Ord. 940, §7, 2023; Ord. 979 §3, 2025)

Sec. 16-201. - General requirements.

General requirements in the I-1 district shall be as follows:

(1)

The Planning Commission is authorized to recommend to the City Council approval or denial of all uses in the industrial district. An applicant for industrial district use must receive prior approval of the Planning Commission and City Council.

(2)

The application for industrial district use shall be accompanied by the following:

a.

Certified boundary survey of property for which application is made;

b.

Plot plan showing location of all proposed buildings, parking areas, ingress and egress, storage areas, waste disposal area, other construction;

c.

Description of proposed operation in sufficient detail to indicate effects of operation in producing air and water pollution, odor, noise, glare, fire or other safety hazards and traffic congestion;

d.

Plans for disposal of sewage or other wastes;

e.

Plans for water supply;

f.

Plan showing drainage and drainage facilities;

g.

Architectural elevations for any proposed buildings;

h.

Proposed number of shifts to be worked and maximum number of employees;

i.

Identification signs, size, type, location and number.

(3)

Residential uses will be limited to living quarters for custodian, guard or maintenance personnel only, in connection with an industrial use being carried on upon the same premises.

(Prior code 17.28.020)

Sec. 16-202. - Building height.

Maximum height of buildings in the I-1 district shall be as follows:

(1)

Principal buildings, seventy-five (75) feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings and structures, fifty (50) feet.

(Prior code 17.28.030)

Sec. 16-203. - Front yard.

Minimum front yards in the I-1 district shall be as follows:

(1)

Principal buildings, fifty (50) feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings and structures, fifty (50) feet.

(Prior code 17.28.040)

Sec. 16-204. - Rear yard.

Minimum rear yards in the I-1 district shall be as follows:

(1)

Principal buildings, twenty (20) feet;

(2)

Accessory buildings, thirty (30) feet.

(Prior code 17.28.050)

Sec. 16-205. - Off-street parking.

For minimum off-street parking, see Article 11.

(Prior code 17.28.060)

Sec. 16-206. - Accessory uses.

Accessory buildings and permitted accessory uses in the I-1 district shall be as follows:

(1)

Dwellings, provided that such dwelling units are in conjunction with and supplementary to the principal use, such as caretaker's home, night watchman's home or key maintenance employee's home;

(2)

Any other building, structure or use customarily incidental and in conjunction with the aforesaid permitted uses.

(Prior code 17.28.070; Ord. 472 §2, 1996)

Sec. 16-207. - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. 991 §5, adopted Sept. 8, 2025, repealed § 16-207, which pertained to other requirements in the I-1 district and derived from the prior code 17.32.080 and Ord. 940 §8, adopted 2023.