The purpose of this district is to provide an area where the principal use of the land is for industrial and heavy commercial operations which may create some nuisance effects but will not be detrimental to the existing and adjacent neighborhood. The specific intent is to:

(1)

Encourage the construction of and the continued use of the land for industrial and commercial purposes;

(2)

Prohibit residential use of the land and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with the development, continuation or expansion of commercial and industrial uses in the district.

(Code 1967, § 4-87)

In Industrial District I-1, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be used as follows such uses being subject to the provisions of section 28-235:

(1)

Authorized uses, no special use permit required.

a.

Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radios and phonographs. Also, the manufacture of small parts, such as coils, condensers, transformers, and crystal holders.

b.

Automobile assembling, painting, upholstering, repairing, rebuilding, reconditioning, body and fender work, truck repairing or overhauling, tire retreading or recapping or battery manufacture.

c.

Blacksmith shop, welding or machine shop, excluding punch presses exceeding 40 ton rated capacity and drop hammers.

d.

Laboratories, pharmaceutical and/or medical.

e.

Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, perfumed toilet soap and toiletries.

f.

Manufacture of textiles.

g.

Manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay, and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.

h.

Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties and rubber and metal stamps.

i.

Building material sales yards, plumbing supplies storage.

j.

Coal and wood yards, lumber yards, feed and seed stores.

k.

Contractors' equipment storage yard or plant, or rental of equipment commonly used by contractors.

l.

Cabinets, furniture and upholstery shops.

m.

Boat building.

n.

Monumental stone works.

o.

Veterinary or dog or cat hospitals, kennels.

p.

Wholesale businesses, storage warehouses.

q.

Public utility booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines and towers, and other facilities for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including railroads and facilities, and water and sewerage installations.

r.

Automobile service stations.

s.

Signs as follows:

1.

Business signs as set forth in section 28-505.

2.

Temporary signs as set forth in section 28-504(5).

t.

Fences as set forth in sections 28-540 and 28-541.

u.

All authorized uses in Districts R-1, R-2 and C-1 except residential.

(2)

Permitted uses with special use permit. The following uses may be permitted only upon the issuance of a special use permit by the town council with such conditions as may be imposed by the council. The council shall have the right to reject such permit application.

a.

Large scale solar energy facilities and utility scale solar energy facilities as provided in article IX, division 9 of this chapter.

b.

Packing plants and food processing plants and manufacture of products from the waste thereof.

c.

Manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastic, precious or semi-precious metals or stone, shell, straw, tobacco, wood, yard, and paint.

d.

Public utility generating stations.

e.

Manufacture of animal feed.

f.

Any use not mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall require a special use permit.

(3)

Prohibited uses.

a.

Automobile graveyards.

b.

Junkyards.

c.

Residential.

d.

Steel mills.

e.

Petroleum refineries.

f.

Asphalt plants.

g.

Fertilizer plants.

h.

Pulp and paper mills.

i.

Open garbage and trash dumps.

(4)

Off-street parking shall be provided as required in section 28-475.

(5)

All uses in this district are subject to the provisions of article XIV of this chapter.

(Code 1967, § 4-88; Amd. of 4-7-2015; Amd. of 3-7-2017; Amd. of 3-24-2021)

Before a building permit shall be issued or construction commenced on any authorized use in this district, or a permit issued for a new use, the plans, in sufficient detail to show the operations and processes, shall be submitted to the zoning administrator for study. The administrator shall refer these plans to the planning commission for its recommendation. Modifications of the plans may be required.

(Code 1967, § 4-89)

All uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all sides by a solid masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid board fence or evergreen hedge six feet in height. Public utilities and signs requiring natural air circulation, unobstructed view, or other technical consideration necessary for proper operation may be exempt from this provision. This exception does not include storing of any materials.

(Code 1967, § 4-90)

Landscaping may be required within any established or required front setback area. The plans and execution must take into consideration traffic circulation. Landscaping may be permitted up to a height of three feet, and to within 50 feet from the corner of any intersecting streets.

(Code 1967, § 4-91)

Sufficient area shall be provided to adequately screen permitted uses from adjacent business and residential districts, and for off-street parking which shall be in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 28-475.

(Code 1967, § 4-92)

None, except for permitted uses utilizing individual water supply or sewage disposal systems, the proposed area for any such use shall be approved by the health official.

(Code 1967, § 4-93)

Buildings shall be located ten feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 30 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width. This shall be known as the setback line.

(Code 1967, § 4-94)

No requirement except that the side and rear yard adjoining or adjacent to a residential district shall be 30 feet. Through the entire length of the side yard, there shall be required a solid fence six feet in height or a solid screen of three rows of coniferous trees initially planted five feet apart center-to-center, staggered in all directions (three rows) six feet or more in height at the time of planting and maintained in perpetuity.

(Code 1967, § 4-95)

Buildings may be erected up to a height of 45 feet. Chimneys, flues, cooling towers, flagpoles, radio or communication towers or their accessory facilities not normally occupied by workmen are excluded from this limitation. Parapet walls are permitted up to four feet above the limited height of the building on which the walls rest.

(Code 1967, § 4-96)

Buildings with accessory structures may cover up to 70 percent of the area of the lot.

(Code 1967, § 4-97)