The M-1 light industrial zone is established to provide for and encourage the grouping together of light industrial uses capable of being operated under such standards as to location and appearance of buildings and treatment of land about them, that they will be unobtrusive and not detrimental to surrounding commercial or residential uses. (Ord. 487, 7-23-2002)

In the M-1 light industrial zone, no building or premises shall be used nor shall any building or structure hereafter be erected or altered (unless provided by this title) except for one or more of the uses set forth in section 11-10-3 of this chapter. (Ord. 487, 7-23-2002)

On property of not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet with a minimum lot width of one hundred feet (100') and a minimum of one hundred feet (100') of continuous frontage on a public street, the following uses are permitted:

Contracting equipment, maintenance or operating equipment of public agencies or public utilities, or materials and equipment of a similar nature including lumber, coal, sand and gravel yards and provided these uses shall:

   A.   Be carried on in such a manner and with such precautions against fire, explosion hazards, or other physical damage to any adjacent building or vegetation.

   B.   Screen or store all raw materials, finished products, machinery, and equipment, including company owned or operated trucks, within a building, a sight obscuring fence or vegetated barrier.

   C.   Emit no obnoxious odors of any kind.

   D.   Exhaust no waste or dust created by business operation into the air.

   E.    Discharge no treated or untreated sewage or waste into any stream or river.

   F.   Conduct no mining, extraction, filling or soil stripping operations.

   G.   Use only oil, gasoline, diesel, or electricity as industrial fuel.

   H.   Not emit noise causing sound levels greater than fifty five (55) decibels between seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and sixty five (65) decibels seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. beyond the boundaries of the site on which such use is conducted.

   I.   Not cause vibration beyond the boundaries of the site on which such use is conducted.

Manufacturing, assembling, fabricating, processing, packing, repairing, laundry cleaning, or dry cleaning which has not been declared a nuisance by statute, resolution, or any court of competent jurisdiction.

Wholesaling, warehousing, storage, and distribution. (Ord. 487, 7-23-2002)

Prohibited uses in the M-1 light industrial zone include, but are not limited to, the following:

The commercial extraction, preparation, and processing of dust producing mineral products including, but not limited to, abrasives, cement, lime, fertilizer, plaster, crushed stone, mining of sand, gravel, topsoil.

The manufacture and storage of explosive products, including, but not limited to, dynamite, commercial explosives, TNT, military explosives, and fireworks.

The production of corrosive and noxious chemicals, including, but not limited to, acids, acetylene gas, ammonia, chlorine, and bleaching compounds.

The production and processing of coal and coal tar, the processing of petroleum and petroleum products, petroleum refining, and the aboveground storage of more than twenty thousand (20,000) gallons (per site) of petroleum products.

Public or private academic schools, hospitals, churches, and cemeteries.

Residential uses.

Smelting and reduction of metallic ores including, but not limited to, blast furnaces, open hearth, and electric furnaces, Bessemer converters, and nonferrous metal smelters.

Stockyards, soap manufacture, glue manufacture, tannery, paper manufacture, wool scouring and cleaning, cotton textile sizing, scouring, leaching, dyeing, and similar uses; varnish manufacture; creosote products manufacture. (Ord. 487, 7-23-2002)

No building or structure, or total combined square footage of all buildings and structures, shall cover more than twenty percent (20%) of the building lot. (Ord. 487, 7-23-2002)

Any building or structure or portions thereof hereafter erected shall not exceed five (5) stories or forty five feet (45') in height, whichever is greater. (Ord. 487, 7-23-2002)

   A.   Front Yard: No setback is required; except when a light industrial lot abuts, touches, adjoins, or is across the street from a residential zone, the front yard setback shall be no less than thirty five feet (35').

   B.   Side Yard: No setback is required; except when a light industrial lot abuts, touches, adjoins, or is across the street from a residential zone, the side yard setback shall be no less than thirty five feet (35').

   C.   Rear Yard: No setback is required; except when a light industrial lot abuts, touches, adjoins, or is across the street from a residential zone, the rear yard setback shall be no less than thirty five feet (35'). (Ord. 487, 7-23-2002)

The following uses may be considered by the planning and zoning commission in accordance with chapter 12 of this title:

Commercial boarding kennel.

Communications tower.

Grain elevator and bulk storage such as for potatoes, hay, and other similar uses.

Land application of treated wastewater.

Public or private school.

Public utility facility.

Storage, for wholesale or for distribution in bulk, of any flammable liquid above or below ground. (Ord. 487, 7-23-2002)