The intent of the Light Industrial District (LI) is to provide sufficient space in appropriate locations physically suitable for the development of certain types of retail-commercial sales and services, research operations, and wholesale and storage distribution concerns and enterprises engaged in light manufacturing, processing, or fabrication of products and machinery not likely to cause undesirable effects upon nearby or adjacent residential or commercial property. The provisions of this district are intended to accommodate enterprises with functions requiring access to transportation services by providing them with locations that are in close proximity to major transportation facilities for the reception and eventual distribution of their goods or services; to require appropriate buffering around such development either through natural features or landscaping in an attempt to maintain its compatibility with surrounding land uses; to provide for the most efficient and economic use of land through the careful design and consideration of the proper functional relationship among uses permitted; and to provide policies which will require such development to occur where public facilities and services are existing or within plans for improvement.

(Zoning Ord. 1999, § 13-1)

(a)

Uses permitted by right. The following uses are permitted by right in the Light Industrial District (LI) zones:

(1)

Research activities:

a.

Industrial research laboratories;

b.

Medical research laboratories;

c.

General scientific research laboratories;

(2)

Retail-commercial sales and services:

a.

Lumber and building materials;

b.

Contractor shops and yards;

c.

Vehicular and equipment sales and services;

d.

Vehicular and equipment rentals or storage services;

e.

Gasoline service stations and car washes (see section 50-379);

(3)

Primary light industrial activities:

a.

Bus, cab, truck and railroad terminals, including the storage and maintenance of such vehicles;

b.

Pipeline and petroleum transporting enterprises, excluding refining and storage of petroleum;

c.

Warehousing and wholesaling concerns;

d.

Manufacturing and repairing of electronic or neon signs, light sheet metal products, including heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment, cornices, eaves, and the like;

e.

Light manufacturing, assembling, processing, and packaging plants;

(4)

Secondary industrial service activities:

a.

Photographic processing or blueprinting;

b.

Dry cleaning, dyeing, and laundry plants;

c.

Printing, book binding, lithograph, and publishing plants;

d.

Moving and storage, enclosed;

e.

Business offices, accessory to the private industrial activity;

f.

Food storage lockers, including cold storage;

(5)

Governmental buildings and services;

(6)

Veterinary hospitals or clinics (see section 50-385);

(7)

Funeral homes and mortuaries (see section 50-378).

(b)

Accessory structures permitted. The following apply to accessory structures permitted in Light Industrial District (LI) zones:

(1)

Storage facilities for goods used in or produced by permitted retail-commercial and industrial uses or related activities;

(2)

Caretaker's residence, accessory to a primary industrial activity.

(c)

Uses permitted by special exception. The following uses are permitted by special exception in the Light Industrial District (LI):

(1)

Radio and television transmitting towers (see section 50-384);

(2)

Public and private utility services;

(3)

Junkyards and salvage yards (see section 50-381).

(Zoning Ord. 1999, § 13-2)

All principal and accessory structures shall be located and constructed in accordance with section 50-310 where it applies, as well as to the following requirements:

(1)

Research activities; retail-commercial sales and services; primary industrial activities; secondary industrial activities.

(2)

Accessory structures. No accessory structure, excluding fences or walls, shall be closer to any property line than the required setbacks or exceed the maximum building height of the principal structure.

(3)

Additional requirements.

a.

Enclosed operations. All manufacturing, assembling, or processing located within 100 feet of any residential district of any kind, except for storage and off-street parking and loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed structures.

b.

Outdoor storage. No outdoor storage of materials or products shall be permitted in any of the required yard setback areas.

(Zoning Ord. 1999, § 13-3)

In addition to section 50-309, dimensional requirements, the following regulations shall apply where required:

(1)

Access (see section 50-4);

(2)

Flood hazard areas (see section 50-8);

(3)

Nonconforming uses (see section 50-12);

(4)

Off-street parking and loading facilities (see section 50-13);

(5)

Site plan approval process (see article XIV of this chapter).

(Zoning Ord. 1999, § 13-4)