The intent of the Light Industrial District (I-1) is establish and preserve areas for industrial and related uses of such a nature that they do not create serious problems of compatibility with other kinds of land uses, and to make provision for certain kinds of commercial uses which are necessary to service the immediate needs of people in these areas.

   1.   Permitted Principal Uses and Structures.

      A.   Animal pound or kennel.

      B.   Light manufacturing facilities.

      C.   Grain elevators and feed mills.

      D.   Building material sales and storage.

      E.   Railroads and public utilities.

      F.   Wholesaling and warehousing but not including the bulk storage of liquid fertilizers or flammable liquids.

      G.   Automobile, truck or farm body repair and paint shops, sales and service.

      H.   High technology wholesaling and manufacturing to include electronics, medical and biogenetics, computers and soft-ware research, and related activities.

      I.   Storage garages and public garages.

      J.   Any use permitted in C-1 or C-2 Districts.

      K.   Those uses that, in the opinion of the Board of Adjustment, are of the same general character as those listed above as permitted uses, and which will not be detrimental to the district in which they are located.

   2.   Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures. Uses and structures accessory to a principal permitted use or a conditional permitted use are permitted subject to the provisions of Section 165.25.

   3.   Special Exceptions. The following special exceptions are permitted in the I-1 District, subject to provisions of Section 165.31(4)

      A.   Radio or television broadcasting towers or stations.

      B.   Carnivals, circuses, fairs, road shows.

      C.   Stock yards and/or sales barns and yards.

   4.   Bulk Requirements.

 

 

   5.   Transitional Yards. Where a side or rear lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent Residential or Commercial District, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear lot line and such yard shall be at least equal in depth to that yard required in the abutting district. Where a lot within the I-1 District fronts on a street which forms the boundary line between the I-1 District and a Residential or Commercial District, then such lot shall provide a front yard at least equal in depth to the front yard required in such abutting district.

   6.   Open Space Required. The total land area devoted to open space and landscaping shall not be less than ten percent of the gross land area included in the building lot. Such open space shall be maintained as grassed and landscaped area and shall not include access drives, parking areas, structures or buildings, except ornamental structures included as part of the landscaping theme.

   7.   Minimum Off-Street Parking and Loading Space. All parking and loading areas shall be constructed according to Section 165.25(14) of this chapter. Parking and loading facilities shall be provided in the following required amounts:

      A.   Parking.

         (1)   Warehousing, storage and manufacturing – one space for each employee on duty at any one time, plus one for each vehicle used by the industry.

         (2)   Automotive sales, service, and repair establishments and automobile body repair shops – four spaces for every 300 square feet of floor area.

      B.   Off-Street Loading. One space, 50 feet by 12 feet, for every 20,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.