1.   Uses. This district is composed of land now occupied by light industry or other lands not well suited for residential developments, where the modes of operation of industry would not likely affect nearby residential and business use. The purpose of this district is to permit the normal operation of industries, other than those whose operations may affect the health, safety or welfare or nearby residential and commercial property. This district is meant as an environmental buffer between residential and heavy industrial zones. Residential or apartment use in this district is not permitted. In this district, a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes and shall be subject to the provisions enumerated hereinafter:

      Laboratories, research, experimental or testing

      Offices and office buildings

      Wholesale merchandising or storage warehouses

      Compounding of cosmetics, toiletries, drugs and pharmaceutical products

      Manufacture or assembly of medical and dental equipment, drafting, optical, and musical instruments, watches, clocks, toys, games and electrical or electronic apparatus

      Undertaking establishments or funeral homes

      Used car sales or storage lots when located at least 50 feet away from any residential district

      Manufacture or assembly of boats, bolts, nuts, screws, and rivets, ornamental iron products, firearms, electrical appliances, tools, dies, machinery and hardware products, sheet metal products, and vitreous enameled metal products

      Manufacture or storage of food products, including beverage blending or bottling, bakery products, candy manufacture, dairy products and ice cream, fruit and vegetable processing and canning, packing and processing of meat and poultry products, but not distilling of beverages or slaughtering of poultry or animals

      Manufacture of rugs, mattresses, pillows, quilts, millinery, hosiery, clothing, and fabrics and printing and finishing of textiles and fibers into fabric goods

      Manufacture of boxes, crates, furniture, baskets, veneer, and other wood products of a similar nature

      Generally, those light manufacturing uses similar to those listed in the previous six items which do not create any more danger to health and safety in surrounding areas and which do not create any more offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, lint, odors, heat or glare than that which is generally associated with light industries of the type specifically permitted

      Accessory buildings and uses including accessory signs and advertising structures related to the activity conducted on the premises

      Railroad siding

      Sale at wholesale; warehousing and/or storage of any commodity, except commercial explosives

      Sale at retail of any commodity manufactured, processed, fabricated or wholesaled only on the premises; equipment, supplies and materials (except commercial explosives) for agriculture, industry, business

      Repair, rental and servicing of any commodity, the manufacture, process, fabrication, warehousing or sale of which commodity is permitted in this district

      Garages and accessory building may occupy any portion of the lot with a principal building when necessary for any permitted use

      Farms, nurseries, truck gardening, raising of livestock and fowls and similar agricultural operations including greenhouses

      State license and inspected veterinarian, animal clinics or hospitals, or animal shelters

      Any use permitted in the C-2 General Commercial District except apartments above places of business

      Utility services not including exterior storage

      Contractors plants and storage yards

      Radio and television stations but not transmission towers

      Poster boards and advertising signs

      The uses enumerated above shall be subject to the following provisions:

      A.   All uses shall be conducted within an enclosed building with no open storage of raw, in process, or finished material and supplies or waste material.

      B.   All main plant buildings shall be of wood frame, concrete, structural steel or masonry construction and limited to 30 feet in height unless otherwise recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission and approved by the Council. The following are prohibited on the façade:

         (1)   Wood siding

         (2)   Asphalt shingles

      C.   Adequate parking and loading space shall be provided off the street for all employees and traffic to the plant.

      D.   Loading operations shall be conducted at the side or rear of the buildings.

      Any use which is noxious or offensive due to the emission of odor, gas, smoke, dust or noise, or which is a menace to public health or safety is excluded.

   2.   Yard Requirements. There are no setback or yard requirements for principal or accessory buildings in the district.

   3.   Off-Street Parking. Two off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the lot for each three employees regularly employed at the same time in factories, offices, businesses and shops hereafter erected in this district.

   4.   Off-Street Loading. The same requirements for off-street loading as specified for C-2 General Commercial District shall apply to uses in this district.