The light manufacturing (LM) zoning regulations are established to provide areas within the city for light manufacturing and other similar uses which are compatible with surrounding and abutting land uses. The light manufacturing zoning classification is also intended to expand upon employment opportunities within the city and should be located where there is adequate and convenient access to major streets and/or highways. Areas zoned for light manufacturing may be utilized as a buffer or transition area between manufacturing uses and less intense uses such as commercial or residential.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.010; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010; Ord. No. 4647, § 9, 10-21-2024)

Permitted uses in the light manufacturing (LM) district shall be as follows:

(1)

Construction contractors' office and screened storage yards;

(2)

General offices;

(3)

Machine shops;

(4)

Small engine repair shops;

(5)

Motor vehicle repair facilities including vehicle repair shops;

(6)

Commercial recreation facilities (indoor activities only);

(7)

Assembly and production facilities;

(8)

Hotels and motels;

(9)

Parks and playgrounds;

(10)

Banks and standalone ATM facilities;

(11)

Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics;

(12)

Archery ranges (indoor);

(13)

Auction houses;

(14)

Building materials and supply stores;

(15)

Business machine sales and/or service;

(16)

Carpet, tile, rug and other floor covering stores;

(17)

Crematories;

(18)

Communications sales and service;

(19)

Computer and electronic sales and service;

(20)

Employment agencies/training;

(21)

Exterminating and fumigation services;

(22)

Fire stations;

(23)

Floor covering, linoleum and tile stores;

(24)

Garden center and supply stores;

(25)

Gas stations;

(26)

Home improvement stores;

(27)

Household appliance stores;

(28)

HVAC equipment sales, service and repair;

(29)

Laundries and laundromats (retail);

(30)

Lawn mower sales and/or service;

(31)

Commercial laundries;

(32)

Locksmiths;

(33)

Lumberyards (retail);

(34)

Machinery and equipment sales;

(35)

Meat markets;

(36)

Medical appliance stores;

(37)

Medical laboratories;

(38)

Meeting halls;

(39)

Model home and garage displays and sales, sheds;

(40)

Motor vehicle parts and supply stores;

(41)

Motor vehicle rental/leasing agencies;

(42)

Museums;

(43)

Musical instrument sales and/or service;

(44)

Newspaper distribution agencies;

(45)

Office equipment and supply stores;

(46)

Opticians;

(47)

Packing and crating establishments;

(48)

Parcel pickup and packaging services;

(49)

Pet stores;

(50)

Plumbing appliance and equipment stores;

(51)

Police stations;

(52)

Post offices;

(53)

Printing and publishing;

(54)

Radio and television broadcasting studios;

(55)

Research laboratories;

(56)

Restaurants;

(57)

Riding academies and stables;

(58)

Vocational schools;

(59)

Sign stores;

(60)

Swimming pool sales and/or service;

(61)

Taxidermy shops;

(62)

Telephone exchange, relay, switching and transmitting facilities;

(63)

Temporary buildings for construction purposes;

(64)

Vending machines;

(65)

Water softener sales and service;

(66)

Accessory uses including off-street parking and off-street loading facilities.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.020; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010; Ord. No. 3976, § 20, 7-1-2013)

Conditionally permitted uses in the light manufacturing (LM) district shall be as follows:

(1)

Adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations;

(2)

Adult-use cannabis craft grower organizations;

(3)

Adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations;

(4)

Adult-use cannabis infuser organizations;

(5)

Adult-use cannabis processing organizations;

(6)

Adult-use cannabis transporting organizations;

(7)

Self-storage facilities with outside storage;

(8)

Commercial-recreation facilities (which includes outdoor activities);

(9)

Gas stations;

(10)

Outdoor sales of materials, equipment or vehicles;

(11)

Convenience stores;

(12)

Planned developments;

(13)

Animal day care centers;

(14)

Animal pounds, shelters and kennels;

(15)

Art galleries, studios, supply stores;

(16)

Bowling alleys;

(17)

Butcher shops;

(18)

Cartage, express and parcel delivery establishments;

(19)

Catering establishments;

(20)

Coffee shops, tea houses;

(21)

Communications and cellular towers;

(22)

Coin, philatelic, stamp, and numismatic stores;

(23)

Colleges or universities including dormitories or housing accommodations;

(24)

Electrical substations;

(25)

Farm implement sales;

(26)

Funeral homes and parlors;

(27)

Garden supply stores;

(28)

Gun shops;

(29)

Ice skating rinks;

(30)

Health clubs and personal training centers;

(31)

Heliports;

(32)

Highway maintenance shops and yards;

(33)

Hospitals;

(34)

Landing strips (private);

(35)

Miniature golf courses;

(36)

Microbreweries;

(37)

Trailer sales establishments;

(38)

Motion picture and drama theatres;

(39)

Public utilities;

(40)

Radio and television broadcasting studios;

(41)

Railroad rights-of-way and passenger stations;

(42)

Recreational areas or camps (private or nonprofit);

(43)

Colleges or universities;

(44)

Seminaries, convents, monasteries;

(45)

Stadiums and arenas;

(46)

Storage yards (screened);

(47)

Two-family dwellings;

(48)

Warehousing, storage and distribution facilities;

(49)

Nanobreweries;

(50)

Welding shops;

(51)

Any similar uses which are incidental to or otherwise consistent with the above conditionally permitted uses.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.030; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010; Ord. No. 3976, § 21, 7-1-2013; Ord. No. 4313, § 8, 11-4-2019)

Except as may hereinafter otherwise be required for a conditionally permitted use, lot area for light manufacturing shall not be less than one acre nor more than five acres.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.040; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010)

Lot width shall be not less than 200 feet in width, except as may hereafter otherwise be required for a conditionally permitted use.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.050; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010)

Building height within a light manufacturing area shall not exceed 35 feet to the top of the roofline.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.060; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010)

Yard requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

Front yard: Not less than 40 feet in depth;

(2)

Side yards: Two side yards, neither of which shall be less than 20 feet in width, except:

a.

A side yard adjacent to a residence district shall be not less than 40 feet in width;

b.

A side yard adjoining a street shall be the same as the required front yard;

(3)

Rear yard: Not less than 40 feet in depth.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.070; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010)

All signage within a light manufacturing (LM) zoning district shall be regulated pursuant to article III of this chapter.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.080; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010)

Off-street parking and off-street loading shall be in accordance with the regulations set forth in article XXIII of this chapter.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.090; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010)

All light manufacturing (LM) structures and uses shall be subject to the development review committee site plan review and approval process, pursuant to article XXVI of this chapter.

(Code 2012, § 17.50.100; Ord. No. 3842, § 2, 8-16-2010)