The M-1 district is established to provide for and encourage the grouping together of light industrial uses capable of being operated under such standards as to location and appearance of buildings and the treatment of the land about them, that they will be unobtrusive and not detrimental to surrounding commercial or residential uses.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 6 (part), 1978)

Uses permitted in the M-1 zone are as follows:

1. Those uses allowed and conditional uses permitted in the C 1 district except multiple-family dwellings, school, churches and hospital;
2. Manufacturing, assembling, fabricating, processing, packing, repairing or storage uses which have not been declared a nuisance by statute, resolution or any court of competent jurisdiction and provided these uses shall not cause:
   1. Unreasonable dust, smoke, gas, fumes, noise, vibration or odor beyond the boundaries of the site on which such use in conducted,
   2. Hazard of fire, explosion or other physical damage or any adjacent building or plant growth,
   3. Pollution of surface water due to manufacturing or unregulated runoff from the industrial site;
3. Wholesaling, warehousing, storage and distribution;
4. Contracting equipment, maintenance or operating equipment of public agencies or public utilities or materials and equipment of a similar nature including lumber, coal, sand and gravel yards;
5. Food processing;
6. Laundry and dry cleaning of an industrial character;
7. All agricultural uses allowed in A zone.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 6(A), 1978)

The City Council may, after proper notice and public hearing as prescribed in Chapter 16.60, permit the following uses where such uses are deemed essential or desirable to the public convenience or welfare. The Council shall have the authority to impose such conditions and safeguards as it deems necessary to protect the best interests of the surrounding property or neighborhood from damage, hazard, nuisance or other detriment:

1. Boarding kennel;
   
2. Broadcasting tower for radio or television;
3. Storage, for wholesale or for distribution in bulk of any flammable liquid above or below ground;
4. Grain elevator and bulk storage such as for potatoes, hay and other similar uses;
5. Sewage treatment plant and similar facilities.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 6(B), 1978)

Any building or structure or portions thereof hereafter erected shall not exceed five stories or forty-five feet, whichever is greater unless permitted to exceed this height by a conditional use permit.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 6(C), 1978)

Any building or structure or portions thereof hereafter erected shall not exceed five stories or forty-five feet, whichever is greater unless permitted to exceed this height by a conditional use permit.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 6(C), 1978)

1. Front Yard. The front yard setback shall be a minimum of twenty feet when a lot abuts, touches or adjoins, or is across the street from a residential district, otherwise, no front yard setback is required.
   
2. Side Yard. The side yard shall be a minimum of twenty feet when a lot abuts, touches or adjoins a residential district, otherwise, no side yard setback is required.
   
3. Rear Yard. The rear yard shall be a minimum of twenty feet when a lot abuts, touches or adjoins a residential district, otherwise, no rear yard setback is required.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 6(D), 1978)

Accessory uses are permitted.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 6(F), 1978)

Refer to Chapter 16.48.

(Ord. 223 Ch. 1 § 6(G), 1978)