The intent of the I-1 General Industry District is to provide a district whose primary purpose is to:

(1)

Allow limited industrial development adjacent to existing urban areas or on major transportation routes;

(2)

Encourage development that is compatible with surrounding or abutting districts;

(3)

Encourage development in areas where adequate public utilities and transportation facilities are available; and

(4)

Provide for development standards that will not impair the value and enjoyment of surrounding land uses because of air pollution, noise, vibrations, odors, glare, fire and explosion hazards, etc.

The following uses shall be permitted within the I-1 General Industry District subject to the performance standards set forth elsewhere in this ordinance:

A.

Any production, processing, assembly, manufacturing, cleaning, servicing, repair, testing or storage of goods or products, including, but not limited to:

1.

Warehousing and storage facilities and buildings.

2.

Cartage and express facilities and buildings.

3.

Lumberyards and building materials storage yards.

4.

Farm implement, storage yards, repair shops and service facilities.

5.

Contractors office and storage yards.

6.

Machine, welding and boiler shops.

7.

Tool and die and metal fabricating shops.

8.

Assembly of articles or merchandise previously manufactured elsewhere.

9.

Wood or metal products manufacture.

10.

Government storage and maintenance yards.

11.

Truck terminals and warehousing.

B.

Agricultural production uses.

C.

Wholesale business establishments.

D.

Commercial radio, television and microwave transmitting and receiving stations and towers.

E.

Public utility and service uses and structures.

The following uses may be allowed within the I-1 General Industry District subject to the performance standards set forth elsewhere in this ordinance and the issuance of a conditional use permit:

A.

Any use involving the production, processing, assembly, manufacturing or storage of goods, products or materials which may be injurious or offensive to surrounding land uses by reason of air pollution, noise, vibration, odor, glare, fire and explosion hazards, etc., including, but not limited to:

1.

Manufacture of cement, lime, gypsum, plaster, concrete, and brick and concrete products or sales.

2.

Extraction, processing or storage of sand, gravel, stone or other minerals.

3.

Creosote treatment, asphalt plants and bituminous plants.

4.

Junkyards, salvage yards or used auto and tractor parts, etc.

5.

Gas, oil, liquefied petroleum and bottled gas storage operations and bulk plants.

6.

Meat packing or processing and animal slaughtering including chicken or turkey processing.

7.

Forge or foundry works.

8.

Explosive storage and manufacture.

9.

Paint, oil, shellac, varnish or turpentine manufacture.

10.

Storing, curing and tanning of raw, green or salted hides or skins.

11.

Refuse and garbage disposal, sanitary landfills, recycling centers, solid waste recovery or rendering plants.

12.

Fertilizer manufacture, mixing and storage operations.

13.

Feed mills, grain elevators, commercial grain storage and drying, and hatcheries.

14.

Agricultural product processing.

15.

Monument works.

16.

Essential service facilities and structures, subject to section 22.08.

17.

Tower, commercial wireless communications.

18.

Any production, processing, assembly, manufacturing, cleaning, servicing, repair, testing or storage of goods or products deemed similar by the planning commission and county board to those permitted and conditional uses.

The following uses may be permitted as accessory uses within the I-1 General Industry District subject to the performance standards set forth elsewhere in this ordinance:

A.

Off-street parking and loading.

B.

Signs and billboards.

C.

Accessory buildings or structures and uses customarily incidental to the uses permitted in this article.

The following minimum requirements shall be observed in the I-1 General Industry District except as provided otherwise by this ordinance:

A.

Height.

1.

No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed 45 feet in height.

2.

Setbacks (front, rear and side) shall be increased by one foot for each one foot of building height over 15 feet.

B.

Front yard.

1.

There shall be a front yard setback from the centerline of all public rights-of-way of not less than:

a.

100 feet for township and county roads and a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way line.

b.

130 feet for state and federal highways and a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way line.

c.

65 feet for a service road immediately adjacent and parallel to another road and a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way line.

C.

Side yard.

1.

There shall be a side yard having a width of not less than 50 feet on each side of a building.

2.

No building shall be located closer than 100 feet from any side lot line abutting a lot in a residential district or 50 feet from any side lot line abutting a lot in an agricultural district, but must be 100 feet from an existing dwelling on an abutting lot.

D.

Rear yard.

1.

There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 50 feet.

2.

No building shall be located closer than 100 feet from any rear lot line abutting a lot in a residential district or 50 feet from any rear lot line abutting a lot in an agricultural district, but must be 100 feet from an existing dwelling on an abutting lot.

E.

Lot width. Every lot or tract shall have a width of not less than 200 feet abutting a public right-of-way and at the front yard setback line.

F.

Lot depth.

1.

No lot or tract shall have a depth greater than three times the lot width.

2.

Every lot or tract shall have a depth of not less than 200 feet.

G.

Lot area. Every lot or tract shall have an area of not less than 50,000 square feet.

H.

Lot coverage. Not more than 50 percent of the lot or tract shall be occupied by buildings.

I.

Setback from ditches. Subject to the following exception, no buildings, structures, or trees shall hereafter be erected or planted within 75 feet from the centerline of any county or judicial ditch.

1.

Exception. A property owner may plant trees to within 16.5 feet of the top of the ditch within 100 feet of the ditch's inlet or outlet from a lake as measured from the lake ordinary high water level.