The intent of the I-B, Medium Industrial District is to provide locations for industrial, high technology, research and development and other knowledge based businesses, including development within planned industrial park subdivisions and technology and knowledge-based campus environments and on independent parcels. It is intended that permitted activities or operations produce limited external impacts that may be detrimental to other uses in the district or to properties in adjoining districts.

(Ord. No. 00-831, 11-8-2000; Ord. No. 1525, 3-15-2016)

   A.   Principal uses and structures. In all areas zoned I-B, Medium Industrial District, no building shall be erected, used, or structurally altered, nor shall the land or premises be used in whole or in part, except for one (1) or more of the following principal permitted uses:

      1.   Any use as permitted and regulated in the I-A, Light Industrial District.

      2.   The manufacture of sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating equipment, cornices, eaves, and similar products.

      3.   Metal polishing and buffing, but not including metal plating.

      4.   Printing, lithography, blueprinting, and similar uses.

      5.   Warehousing and wholesale activities with accessory outside storage.

      6.   Greenhouses and plant nurseries with outside sales.

      7.   Tool, die, gauge, and machine shops.

      8.   Lumber yards or building material sales establishments which have storage in partially open structures, subject to the following conditions:

         (a)   The ground floor premises facing upon and visible from any abutting street shall be used only for entrances, offices, sales or display.

         (b)   Open storage structures shall be enclosed on three (3) sides and shall have a roof.

         (c)   The entire site, exclusive of access drives, shall be enclosed with a six (6) foot high chain link fence or masonry wall, constructed in accordance with Article 6.00.

         (d)   A landscaped greenbelt with a minimum width of twenty (20) feet shall be required adjacent to any street, in conformance with Section 5.02(0).

      9.   Central dry cleaning plants and laundries, provided that such plants do not deal directly with the customer at retail.

      10.   Other research, laboratory, testing, high technology or light manufacturing uses similar to the above.

      11.   Public or private utility or municipal service buildings, including electric or gas service buildings and yards, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations, gas-regulator stations, water treatment plants and reservoirs, and sewage treatment plants, provided that any open storage shall require Special Land Use approval.

      12.   Recycling collection stations and centers.

      13.   Essential services, subject to the provisions in Section 2.16.

      14.   Parking decks and parking structures whether stand alone or connected to another structure, intended to serve one (1) or multiple existing or proposed structures or uses within the applicable development.

      15.   Uses and structures accessory or incidental to the above, including retail, food, food service, banking, fitness, child care and medical facilities principally serving occupants and patrons of the principal use or visitors to the development in which the principal use is a part of, subject to the provisions in Section 2.03.

      16.   Accessory office and sales operations may be permitted where such activities are clearly incidental to the principal industrial use, subject to the provisions in Section 7.04.

      17.   The uses permitted herein may be combined into one (1) or more single, mixed use buildings and structures.

   B.   Special land uses. The following uses may be permitted subject to the conditions specified for each use, review and approval of the site plan, any special conditions imposed during the course of review, and the provisions set forth in Article 32.00.

      1.   Automobile repair garages, truck repair garages, including minor and major repair, subject to the provisions in Section 7.02B., and provided that all operations are carried on within a completely enclosed building.

      2.   Radio and television transmitting and receiving towers, subject to the provisions in Section 7.02P.

      3.   Metal plating, buffing, and polishing operations.

      4.   Mini-warehouses, subject to the provisions in Section 7.02K.

      5.   Construction equipment and related equipment sales, leasing, and storage, subject to the following conditions:

         (a)   Where feasible, equipment shall be stored inside. Open storage structures may be permitted by the plan commission, provided that such structures are enclosed on three (3) sides and have a roof.

         (b)   Storage yards shall be screened from any abutting public or private road in accordance with Section 5.02E.

      6.   Contractor's storage yards, provided that such yards are completely enclosed within an eight (8) foot masonry wall or screening, in accordance with Section 5.02E.

      7.   Millwork, lumber, and planing mills when completely enclosed and located on the interior of the district so that no property line forms the exterior boundary of the I-B District and any residential district.

      8.   Truck and trailer rentals.

      9.   Accessory retail or service uses that are intended to serve the occupants and patrons of the principal use, provided that any such use shall be an incidental use.

      10.   Terminal and transfer facilities to include truck storage, material storage, shippers' containers, repair and service facilities.

      11.   Recreational vehicle storage facility.

(Ord. No. 00-831, 11-8-2000; Ord. No. 15-1486, 9-22-2015; Ord. No. 16-1525, 3-15-2016; Ord. No. 15-1506, 9-6-2016; Ord. No. 16-1545, 10-4-2016; Ord. No. 20-1674, 8-25-2020)

   A.   Required conditions. Except as otherwise noted, building and uses in the Medium Industrial District shall comply with the following requirements:

      1.   All manufacturing, compounding, assembling, processing, packaging, or other industrial or business activity shall comply with the performance standards set forth in Article 8.00.

      2.   All manufacturing, compounding, assembling, processing, packaging, or other industrial or business activity shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building, except as otherwise specified.

      3.   There shall be no outside storage of any goods, inventory, or equipment except in designated areas which shall be enclosed on all sides with a screening fence or wall, subject to the requirements in Section 5.02. Use of trailers for storage is prohibited.

      4.   Where applicable, machinery shall comply with the standards in Section 7.02S.

   B.   Site Plan Review. Site Plan Review and approval is required by the city planner for all uses in the Medium Industrial District in accordance with Article 32.00.

   C.   Area height, bulk, and placement requirements. Buildings and uses in the Medium Industrial District are subject to the area, height, bulk, and placement requirements in Article 29.00—Schedule of Regulations.

   D.   General development standards. Buildings and uses in the Medium Industrial District shall be subject to all applicable standards and requirements set forth in this ordinance, including the following:

 

(Ord. No. 00-831, 11-8-2000; Ord. No. 16-1525, 3-15-2016)