The Light Industrial (LI) District is intended to provide areas for research, warehousing, small product assembly, manufacturing and distribution with minimal dust, fumes, odors, refuse, smoke vapor, noise, lights and vibrations confined to the site upon which the principal use is located, and also to allow sexually oriented and other businesses subject to certain reasonable and uniform regulations enacted to promote the public health, safety and welfare.

(Prior code 15.41.010; Ord. 32 §1, 2011; Ord. 11, §1, 2024)

Uses by right are as follows:

(1)

Accessory uses;

(2)

Light industrial facilities;

(3)

Vehicle body shops;

(4)

Vehicle repair facilities; and

(5)

Wholesale businesses.

(Prior code 15.41.020; Ord. 32 §1, 2011; Ord. 16 §11, 2015)

Uses permitted in accordance with an SUP are as follows:

(1)

Trade contractor offices;

(2)

Accessory outdoor storage up to a maximum of 10% of the lot area;

(3)

Distribution facilities;

(4)

Government maintenance facilities;

(5)

Manufacturing and processing industries not permitted as a use by right;

(6)

Sexually oriented businesses, subject to the requirements set forth in this Code;

(7)

Transportation facilities;

(8)

Public buildings and facilities other than general office;

(9)

Public utilities; and

(10)

Natural medicine businesses.

(Prior code 15.41.030; Ord. 32 §1, 2011; Ord. 16 §12, 2015; Ord. 11, §2, 2024)

(a)

All uses shall be operated within an enclosed structure.

(b)

Dust, fumes, vapors, odors, refuse, noise, smoke, light, glare and vibrations shall be minimized and shall be confined to the site upon which the use is located.

(Prior code 15.41.040; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)

The minimum open space on a parcel shall be thirty percent (30%).

(Prior code 15.41.080; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)

All structures shall comply with the following:

(1)

Front setback: fifty (50) feet.

(2)

Side setback: fifteen (15) feet on interior lots, twenty-five (25) feet on corner lots.

(3)

Rear setback: twenty-five (25) feet.

(Prior code 15.41.060; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)

No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

(Prior code 15.41.070; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)

(a)

This Section shall apply to sexually oriented businesses, in addition to all other regulations set forth in this Article.

(b)

Sexually oriented businesses shall be located a minimum of five hundred (500) feet from any:

(1)

Property zoned R-2.5, R-2.0, R-1.5, R-1.0, R-0.75, R-0.5, R-0.25, R-0.1, R-0.05 or TC;

(2)

Single-family or multi-family dwelling;

(3)

Place of worship, public park or library;

(4)

Child care center;

(5)

School serving persons under eighteen (18) years of age; or

(6)

Any other sexually oriented business.

(c)

The distance between any two (2) sexually oriented businesses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest exterior structural wall of each business. The distance between any sexually oriented business and any place of worship, school, public park, dwelling or specific zone district shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest portion of the building used for the sexually oriented business to the nearest property line of the place of worship, school or dwelling, or the nearest boundary of the public park or specific zone district.

(d)

Sexually explicit advertisements or other promotional displays for sexually oriented businesses that are harmful to minors shall not be visible to minors from pedestrian ways, walkways or other public areas.

(Prior code 15.41.050; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)