A.

[Use and purpose of district.] This district is comprised of land and structures used to furnish, in addition to the retail goods and services, a wide variety of commercial and miscellaneous service activities generally serving a wide area and located along certain existing major thoroughfares where a general mixture of commercial and service activity now exists, which uses may include extensive warehousing and frequent heavy trucking activity. The district is intended for application in intensely developed areas. Nothing in the above description shall be interpreted or construed to include assembling parts, fabrication, or manufacturing plants of any type.

B.

Permitted uses. In the LI light industrial district only the following uses are permitted:

1.

Any use permitted in a C-2 neighborhood commercial district.

2.

Truck stops.

3.

Offices exceeding 25,000 square feet in gross floor area.

4.

Warehouses.

5.

Accessory buildings or similar uses customarily pertinent to the above uses, including accessory flat signs limited in area to one square foot per two lineal feet of street frontage. In no case shall there be more than one pole sign per lot.

6.

Billboards.

C.

Height regulations. No building or structure shall exceed 45 feet in height except billboards whose maximum total structure height shall be 65 feet.

D.

Area regulations.

1.

Yard.

a.

Front yard.

i.

No front yard is required except where the frontage on one side of a street between two intersecting streets is partially in an LI district and partially in a residential district, in which case the front yard regulations of the residential district shall apply.

b.

Side yard.

i.

No side yard is required, except that on the side of a lot abutting on a residential district, a side yard of not less than five feet shall be provided.

ii.

A corner lot whose rear line abuts a residential district shall have a side yard, on the street side, of not less than ten feet in width.

c.

Rear yard.

i.

No rear yard is required, except where a lot abuts upon a residential district, in which cases there shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet. Where a rear yard, though not required, is provided, such rear yard shall have a depth of not less than five feet.

d.

Lot area.

i.

The minimum width of lots shall be 60 feet at the front property line or at the front building line in the case of irregular shaped lots. Each lot shall contain a minimum area of 6,000 square feet.

ii.

In cases where an LI district abuts a residential district, an eight foot wood or masonry fence shall be erected to screen and separate the two districts along with appropriate foliage used as a sound barrier.

E.

Off-street parking requirements. Off-street parking requirements are provided in section XVI.

F.

Loading zone requirements. Loading zone requirements are provided in section XVI.

(Ord. No. 1414, § 2, 10-16-2003; Ord. No. 1419, § 1, 11-20-2003; Ord. No. 1568, § 2, 1-18-2007; Ord. No. 1588, § 3, 8-16-2007)