This article sets forth the uses allowed in the industrial district. If a use is not shown as a permitted, conditional or accessory use, it shall not be permitted.

(Code 2003, § 36-521)

The purpose of the I Industrial District is to provide for the establishment of warehousing, manufacturing and administrative office development. The overall character of the industrial district is intended to allow industrial development but to ensure that it is compatible with adjacent land uses, whether they be industrial, business or residential in nature. The method of ensuring such compatibility is by the imposition of performance standards which will lessen any potential detrimental effects of a particular industrial use.

(Code 1984, § 375:96(1); Code 2003, § 36-541)

The manufacturing, compounding, assembly, packaging, repair, testing, treatment, wholesaling, or storage of products, materials or equipment, and physical recreation or training facilities (such as, but not limited to, dance studios and health clubs), administrative office facilities, sexually oriented businesses licensed pursuant to article XIII of chapter 10, heavy equipment rental, pawnshops licensed pursuant to article VIII of chapter 10, essential services and cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis cultivators, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, cannabis transporters, cannabis testing facilities, cannabis delivery services, lower-potency hemp edible manufacturers, medical cannabis combination businesses, and cannabis retail as part of a cannabis microbusiness subject to the cannabis business buffer and cannabis business retail limit.

(Code 1984, § 375:96(2); Code 2003, § 36-542; Ord. No. 23-21, § 1(36-542), 10-16-2023; Ord. No. 24-07, § 1(36-542), 6-3-2024; Ord. No. 24-22, § 2, 12-2-2024)

(a)

Retail sales activities may be conducted within the I zoning district under the following conditions:

(1)

The retail sales activity is not located in an administrative office facility, but is located within a business, the principal use of which is not commercial sales.

(2)

The retail sales activity does not occupy more than 15 percent of the gross floor area of the occupied quarters.

(3)

The retail sales activity is accessory to the principal use.

(4)

No sign identifying the retail sales activity is visible from the outside of the building.

(b)

Outdoor storage, as regulated by this chapter, shall be permitted as accessory to the principal use on the lot.

(c)

A dwelling unit for an on-site manager, caretaker, or security personnel which is attached to the principal building of a self-storage facility shall be permitted as accessory to the principal use on the lot. The dwelling unit shall be constructed in accordance with the Uniform Building Code and this chapter and shall have the same exterior materials as the principal building.

(d)

Private antennas and towers in compliance with chapter 8, article V are permitted as an accessory use.

(e)

Geothermal systems in compliance with section 36-807.

(f)

Solar electric and solar thermal systems on a building or in rear yard screened from view in compliance with section 36-807.

(g)

Wind energy conversion systems if under 100 feet in height or attached to a building in compliance with section 36-807.

(h)

Membrane structures constructed and maintained in compliance with chapter 24 of the state fire code, the state building code, and the property maintenance code under the following conditions:

(1)

The construction and use of membrane structures shall be restricted to public entities for the purpose of affording property protection from the elements.

(2)

Each lot is limited to one membrane structure.

(3)

A membrane structure shall meet setback requirements consistent with the requirements of this division.

(i)

Donation collection bins as defined in chapter 26 may be placed in the I zoning district under the following conditions:

(1)

Donation collection bins shall be maintained in compliance with the property maintenance code.

(2)

Donation collection bins shall be stored on a paved or finished surface.

(3)

The location of a donation collection bin shall meet setback requirements consistent with the requirements of this section. The location shall also be approved by the director of community and economic development.

(4)

Explicit written consent regarding the placement of the donation collection bin shall be provided by the property owner.

(Code 1984, § 375:96(3); Code 2003, § 36-543; Ord. No. 09-11, § 2, 10-5-2009; Ord. No. 10-14, § 2, 10-18-2010; Ord. No. 23-02, § 1, 1-3-2023)

Conditional uses in the I Industrial District are as follows:

(1)

Industrial planned unit developments as regulated by article II, division 2 of this chapter.

(2)

Buildings necessary for the operation of essential services.

(3)

Solar electric and solar thermal systems in the front yard or side yard, in compliance with section 36-807.

(4)

Wind energy conversion systems over 100 feet in height and/or more than one pole mounted (not attached to building) system.

(Code 1984, § 375:96(4); Code 2003, § 36-544; Ord. No. 09-11, § 2, 10-5-2009)

(a)

General standards. All uses of whatever nature located in the I Industrial District shall comply with the following standards, subject to additional requirements, exceptions and modifications set forth in this chapter. Development in this district shall not be allowed without public sewer and water:

(1)

Minimum lot size. Lots shall be a minimum of one acre in area and 150 feet in lot width.

(2)

Setbacks.

a.

From street right-of-way: 40 feet, except that front setbacks directly across a street from residentially zoned property shall be 100 feet in depth.

b.

From side and rear lot lines: 20 feet, except that a side or rear setback of 100 feet shall be provided along any side or rear lot line which separates the lot form residentially zoned property. Side and rear setbacks which would separate industrial uses from railroad rights-of-way shall not be required.

c.

All setbacks shall be increased one foot for every foot or portion thereof by which building height exceeds 35 feet.

(3)

Screening. Screening, as required in section 36-791, shall be provided as follows:

a.

A buffer yard as described in section 36-791(g) shall separate all lots from adjoining residentially zoned property sharing a common lot line.

b.

Outdoor storage must be screened from all lot lines.

c.

Parking lots shall be screened from residentially zoned properties.

d.

Loading docks and garage entrances and exits shall be screened so as to minimize visibility from any public street and from any residentially zoned property.

(4)

Building exteriors. The exteriors of all buildings located in the I district shall consist of brick, stone or glass, or any combination thereof, or a decorative material approved by the city council, including, but not limited to, decorative masonry, but not including such things as metal or smooth-faced block.

a.

Exteriors of buildings in the I district for which a building permit had been issued as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived are exempt from this requirement, as are additions to any such buildings.

b.

The city council shall be responsible for reviewing building designs and exterior materials and for making recommendations regarding building designs and exterior materials with regard to all buildings governed by this subsection, and shall be responsible for reviewing and making recommendations concerning alternate exterior materials.

(5)

Principal use to be conducted inside building. The principal use shall be conducted within a building.

(6)

Parking facilities. All parking facilities shall conform with the standards established in article IX of this chapter.

(7)

Loading facilities. Loading facilities shall meet the standards established in section 36-848.

(8)

Access. Lots in the I district shall receive access from the lowest classification street to which they are adjacent.

(b)

Planned unit developments. No parcel of less than ten acres in area shall be developed as an industrial PUD, except that a parcel as small as five acres in area may be developed as an industrial PUD if access to the parcel is from an arterial street.

(c)

Petroleum storage. No petroleum products in excess of 500 gallons shall be stored or kept underground within 300 feet of any lake, pond, stream, wetland or residentially zoned property.

(d)

Environmental standards. All of the performance standards contained in sections 36-793 through 36-797 and 36-800 through 36-804 shall apply to all uses permitted in the I district. For any development located within 1,000 feet of residentially zoned property, the city may require a report, paid for and submitted by the applicant, from a city-approved testing firm, certifying that the proposed use will conform with environmental performance standards.

(e)

Sexually oriented businesses. In addition to the standards otherwise set forth in this section, a sexually oriented business must also comply with the following standards:

(1)

The business must be properly and currently licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 10, article XIV.

(2)

The business or premises shall not be located within 750 feet of any premises currently licensed in accordance with chapter 10, articles VIII and XIV, or chapter 4, or within 750 feet of any licensed day care facility, private residence, house of worship, school, playground, park, library, or other community recreational center or facility, or any other sexually oriented business. Measurements shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest point of the lot containing or to contain the sexually oriented business to the nearest point of the lot containing one of the uses mentioned.

(3)

No sexually oriented business may be located in or on any building, premises, or lot already containing a sexually oriented business.

(f)

Pawnshops. In addition to the standards otherwise set forth in this section, a pawnshop must also comply with the following standards:

(1)

The business must be properly and currently licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 10, article IX.

(2)

The business or premises shall not be located within 750 feet of any premises currently licensed in accordance with chapter 10, articles VIII and IX, or chapter 4, or within 750 feet of any licensed day care facility, private residence, house of worship, school, playground, park, library, or other community recreational center or facility, or any other pawnshop. Measurements shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest point of the lot containing or to contain the pawnshop to the nearest point of the lot containing one of the uses mentioned.

(3)

No pawnshop may be located in or on any building, premises, or lot already containing a pawnshop.

(Code 1984, § 375:96(5); Code 2003, § 36-545)