This district is intended to permit light industrial and related uses which are desirable to serve the employment needs of the city, but which are lower intensity uses than those permitted in the I-Industrial district. The uses permitted in this district vary in intensity of use, but in no case is it intended that these uses negatively affect residential and other uses in the city. Rather, it is intended to allow these uses to operate as freely as possible while insuring that the natural and residential areas of the city are protected. This district may act as a buffer between an I-Industrial District and less intensive uses. As such, this district permits the compounding, assembling, or treatment of articles or materials, but does not permit heavy manufacturing or the processing of raw materials. This district also provides for certain other services and uses that are compatible with light industrial uses.

(Ord. No. 98-2, § 2, 2-17-98)

Land and/or buildings in the I-L Light Industrial District may be used for the following purposes as uses permitted by right, subject to the approval of a site plan, in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 18:

A.

Office buildings for any of the following occupations:

1.

Executive, administrative, professional, accounting, drafting, and other similar professional activities as determined by the zoning enforcement officer.

2.

Medical and dental offices and clinics.

B.

Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and other similar uses as determined by the zoning enforcement officer, including those with drive-through facilities.

C.

The manufacture, compounding, processing, packing, or treatment of such products as candy, cosmetics, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, and food products, except the rendering or refining of fats and oils.

D.

The manufacture, compounding, assembly, or treatment of articles from the following previously prepared materials: aluminum, bone cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fibers, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paint, paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, shell, rubber, tin, iron, steel, tobacco, wood, and yarn.

E.

Vehicle service stations.

F.

Bulk printing shops with or without retail outlets.

G.

Warehouses and storage, including commercial storage warehouses.

H.

Wholesale sales outlets.

I.

Off-street parking lots.

J.

Utility and public services buildings, including storage yards, but not including essential public services such as poles, wires, and underground utility systems.

K.

Accessory buildings, structures, and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses permitted by right, or special land uses.

L.

Off-site parking lots not associated with another principal use.

M.

Commercial kennels.

(Ord. No. 98-2, § 2, 2-17-98; Ord. No. 16-03, § 1, 8-1-16)

Land and/or building in the I-L District may be used for the following purposes following review by the Planning Commission as a special land use as regulated by chapter 17:

A.

Radio and television transmitting buildings and towers.

B.

Retail building supplies, including outside storage yards.

C.

Dismantling or disassembling of used motor vehicles or parts thereof.

D.

Machine shops.

E.

Other light industrial uses not included in section 12A.02 that involved the compounding, assembly, treatment of goods, articles, or materials, but which do not involve heavy manufacturing or the processing of raw materials, provided any environmental effects such as noise, smoke, dust, vibration, odor or other similar effects shall not be substantially greater than that from the uses permitted in this district.

F.

Vehicle repair facilities, excluding body shops.

G.

Vehicle service stations, excluding body shops.

H.

Accessory buildings not meeting the requirements of section 4.08.J.

I.

Adult use marihuana establishments.

J.

Vehicle towing service.

(Ord. No. 98-2, § 2, 2-17-98; Ord. No. 00-6, § 1, 10-16-00; Ord. No. 11-02, § 5, 1-3-11; Ord. No. 19-06, § 4, 10-21-19; Ord. No. 21-03, § 1, 5-3-21)

No building or structure, nor the enlargement of any building or structure, shall be hereafter erected unless the following requirements are met and maintained in connection with such building, structure, or enlargement.

A.

Permitted and special land uses in this chapter shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all sides by a solid noncombustible fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height; provided further that no goods, materials, or objects shall be stacked higher than the fence or wall.

B.

The outdoor storage of goods or materials shall be prohibited in the required front yard or within any yard abutting a residential district or use.

C.

The first twenty-five (25) feet of the front yard area, except for necessary entrance drives, shall be landscaped. Such landscaping shall consist of a minimum of one (1) canopy tree and three (3) deciduous shrubs for each twenty (20) feet of lot width. Upon approval of the planning commission, the equivalent landscaping may be located in areas other than the front yard.

D.

Any side yard or rear yard adjoining any lot or parcel of land abutting a residential district or residential use shall be screened by a compact hedge of deciduous or evergreen trees, having such minimum height as determined by the planning commission in its review and approval of the site plan under the terms of Chapter 18.

E.

No use permitted in this chapter shall create or cause to be created fire and explosion hazards, smoke, fumes, odors, gases, dust, liquid or solid waste, vibration, noise, or glare which shall affect adjoining properties adversely.

F.

Refuse and service areas shall be designed and used so as to maximize motor vehicle and pedestrian safety and convenience, promote ease of traffic flow and to minimize the effects, if any, of smoke, noise, dust, vibration, or odor on adjacent or nearby lands.

(Ord. No 98-2, § 2, 2-17-98; Ord. No. 98-7, § 2, 6-15-98; Ord. No. 99-5, § 3, 8-16-99; Ord. No. 20-01, § 9, 3-2-20)