This district is intended to permit industrial and related uses which are desirable to serve the employment needs for the residents of the city. 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 ensuring that the natural and residential areas of the city are protected.

(Ord. No. 95-06, § 1, 12-27-95)

Land and/or buildings in the I 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, assembly 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 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 repair facilities, including body shops, provided, if a body shop includes a towing or wrecker service, the site design standards of section 17.04.CC. must be met.

F.

Vehicle service stations.

G.

Bulk printing shops without retail outlets.

H.

Warehouse and storage, including commercial storage warehouses.

I.

Wholesale sales outlets.

J.

Off-street parking lots.

K.

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

L.

Vehicle towing service.

M.

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

N.

Brewery/wine.

(Ord. No. 95-06, § 1, 12-27-95; Ord. No. 00-6, § 2, 10-16-00; Ord. No. 04-5, § 3, 11-15-04; Ord. No. 12-03, § 3, 6-4-12; Ord. No. 16-01, § 3, 1-19-16; Ord. No. 20-01, § 10, 3-2-20)

Land and/or buildings in the I 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.

Landing and take-off areas for rotocraft, and airports.

B.

Petroleum storage located at least five hundred (500) feet from any residentially zoned property.

C.

Radio and television transmitting buildings and towers.

D.

Retail building supplies including outside storage yards.

E.

Commercial wireless communication towers.

F.

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

G.

Removal and processing of topsoil, stone, rock, sand, gravel, lime or other soil or mineral resources.

H.

Adult use marihuana establishments.

(Ord. No. 95-06, § 1, 12-27-95; Ord. No. 97-2, § 11, 11-17-97; Ord. No. 00-4, § 4, 9-18-00; Ord. No. 11-02, § 6, 1-3-11; Ord. No. 16-02, § 2, 5-16-16; Ord. No. 19-06, § 5, 10-21-19)

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 non-combustible 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.

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.

D.

Landscaping shall be provided as required in section 4.26.

E.

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

(Ord. No. 95-06, § 1, 12-27-95; Ord. No. 98-07, § 3, 6-15-98; Ord. No. 99-5, § 4, 8-16-99; Ord. No. 20-01, § 11, 3-2-20)