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Lafayette City Zoning Code

I INDUSTRIAL

ZONE

§ 151.080 PURPOSE.

   The I Zone is meant to allow for continuance and expansion of the existing industrial uses and to provide regulations for planned industrial and in the event that it becomes annexed to the city.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990)

§ 151.081 PERMITTED USES.

   (A)   Light manufacturing (i.e., low potential for noise, odor, waste or pollution problems and low transportation and other service requirements);
   (B)   Warehousing and wholesale merchandising;
   (C)   Automobile, truck and farm machinery repair garages, excluding salvage yards;
   (D)   Truck terminals and construction equipment storage yards;
   (E)   Industrial offices;
   (F)   Truck gardening and the raising of field crops, excluding the raising of livestock;
   (G)   Accessory uses and temporary and identification signs; and
   (H)   Cannabis license types: cannabis cultivator, cannabis event organizer, cannabis manufacturer, lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer, cannabis testing, cannabis wholesaler, cannabis transporter, medical cannabis combination business, cannabis mezzobusiness, and cannabis microbusiness.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990; Ord. 151, passed 3-10-2025)

§ 151.082 CONDITIONAL USES.

   (A)   Heavy manufacturing (potential for noise, odor, waste or pollution problems or high transportation and other service requirement needs);
   (B)   Utility structures;
   (C)   Junk yards, auto reduction yards and open storage yards;
   (D)   The raising of livestock, but excluding feedlots;
   (E)   Advertising signs;
   (F)   Recycling and storage or mixing of chemicals or minerals or agri-products; and
   (G)   Other uses as determined by the Planning Commission to be similar in scope and intensity to those listed above.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990)

§ 151.083 I STANDARDS.

   (A)   Street setback: minimum of 25 feet.
   (B)   Lot line setbacks: ten feet minimum, except where industrial abuts a residential zone in which case the minimum will be 30 feet.
   (C)   Parking: minimum of ample off-street parking to accommodate normal traffic generated by the business.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990)