The intent of the General Industrial District (GI) is to provide areas in appropriate locations where various heavy and extensive industrial operations can be conducted without creating hazards or property devaluation to surrounding land uses. 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 necessary 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 encourage such future development to occur on vacant land where the natural characteristics of such land are suitable for this type of development; 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, § 14-1)

(a)

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

(1)

Research activities:

a.

Industrial research laboratories;

b.

Medical research laboratories;

c.

General science research laboratories;

(2)

Retail-commercial sales and services:

a.

Lumber and buildings 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 industrial activities:

a.

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

b.

Pipeline and petroleum transporting enterprises;

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;

f.

Asphalt and concrete products or central mixing and proportioning plants;

g.

Flour, feed, and grain packaging, blending or storage;

h.

Fertilizer, organic or nonorganic;

i.

Petroleum storage, combined total capacity of all tanks not exceeding 150,000 gallons;

j.

Glass manufacturing and products;

(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 primary industrial activity;

f.

Food storage lockers, including cold storage;

g.

Well drilling agencies and soil survey agencies;

h.

Construction operations and storage yard;

i.

Brick, firebrick, and clay products;

j.

Wallboard and plaster, building, insulation, and composition flooring operations;

(5)

Agricultural and forestry activities;

(6)

Governmental buildings and services;

(7)

Veterinary hospitals and clinics (see section 50-385).

(b)

Accessory structures permitted. The following apply to accessory structures permitted in General Industrial District (GI) 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 General Industrial District (GI):

(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, § 14-2)

All principal and accessory structures shall be located and constructed in accordance with section 50-342 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, § 14-3)

In addition to section 50-341, 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, § 14-4)