The industrial district set forth herein is established to protect public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare and to protect the economic base of the city as well as the value of land by regulating manufacturing development in appropriate locations. These general objectives include, among others, the following specific objectives:

(1)

To protect established residential areas and the health of families living therein by restricting those nearby manufacturing activities which may create offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare, fire hazards, excessive traffic, and other objectionable influences to those areas which are appropriate therefor;

(2)

To provide adequate space in appropriate locations for most types of manufacturing and related activities so that the economic structure of the community may be strengthened and that employment opportunities may be found in the interest of public prosperity and welfare;

(3)

To provide more space for manufacturing activities in locations accessible to transportation so that the movement of raw materials, finished products, and employees can be carried on efficiently and with a minimum of danger to public life and property;

(4)

To establish proper standards of performance which will restrict obnoxious manufacturing activities while at the same time encourage and permit the manufacturing activities which have adopted facilities for the processing of finished products without adversely affecting the health, happiness, safety, convenience, and welfare of the people living and working in nearby areas;

(5)

To protect manufacturing districts from incompatible uses of land by prohibiting the use of such space for new residential development, thereby preserving the land for a more appropriate use in accordance with plans for city improvement and development;

(6)

To promote the most desirable use of land in accordance with a well considered plan of land use for all of the city;

(7)

To conserve the use of property;

(8)

To promote stability of manufacturing activities and related development in each area of the community;

(9)

To enhance and stabilize the value of land; and

(10)

To protect the tax base of the city.

(Code 1977, § 17.32.005; Ord. No. 06-04, 2006)

(a)

Purpose. The intent of establishing an I-1 Office and Light Industrial District is to provide space for office and industrial uses which may function in such a manner that is not exceedingly detrimental to the rest of the community by noise, glare, vibration, heat, smoke, dust, odor, or noxious or hazardous materials.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Accessory uses and structures incidental to the permitted uses;

(2)

Any fabricating, manufacturing, processing, or storage of products, including, but not limited to, appliances, clothing and textiles, drugs, electrical components, glass and ceramics, paper and paper products, plastic and fiberglass, printed materials, sheet metal, and tools;

(3)

Beverages, bottling, and distribution;

(4)

Building or contractors offices or shops;

(5)

Farm equipment sales and service;

(6)

Freestanding or attached business and advertising signs pertaining to the use of the property in which the sign is located. All signs shall conform to the regulations in chapter 44;

(7)

Greenhouses, nurseries, garden supplies, and feed stores;

(8)

Laboratories, research, and testing establishments;

(9)

Lumberyards;

(10)

Manufactured home sales;

(11)

Office parks;

(12)

Public and semi-public uses such as buildings used by department of the city, township, school district, county, state, or federal governments;

(13)

Self-storage service facilities;

(14)

Specialty repair, including, but not limited to, shops for appliances and small articles, print, furnace, heating, sheet metal, and plumbing;

(15)

Public wastewater treatment facilities.

(16)

Children's nurseries, daycare centers, and prekindergarten schools, where operated in compliance with applicable state or federal licensing requirements.

(17)

Dispensing organizations.

(c)

Special uses.

(1)

Adult-oriented uses, provided that no adult oriented use is located within 1,000 feet of a place of worship, public or private school, residential district, licensed day care center or home, or any other adult-oriented use;

(2)

Antennas over 35 feet in height;

(3)

Automobile service, tire stores, and sales;

(4)

Industrial office parks as a planned unit development, subject to the following conditions:

a.

All uses permitted within the I-1 district are permitted within an industrial office park, with the exception of those uses requiring the harboring of live animals other than those in enclosed buildings;

b.

This chapter shall not preclude the establishment of additional requirements or conditions by the developers of an industrial park that are more stringent than those contained herein;

c.

All signs shall conform to the regulations in chapter 44;

(5)

Licensed crematories, subject to any local, state, or federal health and environmental protection requirements;

(6)

Limited retail sales of goods manufactured or assembled on the site shall be permitted provided not more than ten percent of the total floor area is dedicated to such retail sales. Retail uses may include, but are not limited to, uses intended to serve only the employees of the industrial office park such as a restaurant or coffee shop or residential uses limited to facilities for caretakers, watchmen, or on-call service personnel;

(7)

Petroleum bulk plants;

(8)

Recycling centers.

(9)

Cannabis business establishments other than dispensing organizations.

(d)

Maximum building height. No building shall be constructed, erected, altered, or added to so as to exceed a height of three stories or 36 feet, unless each side yard is increased over the required minimum by two feet for every one foot, or fraction thereof, of additional height over 36 feet. In no case shall the building exceed 45 feet in height. Parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, stacks, and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected over and above the maximum height provided they are constructed in accordance with all other pertinent city ordinances.

(e)

Minimum lot size. The minimum lot size shall be 10,000 square feet.

(f)

Minimum lot width. The minimum lot width shall be 80 feet.

(g)

Minimum floor area. The minimum floor area shall be 1,000 square feet.

(h)

Maximum impervious coverage. The maximum impervious coverage shall be 65 percent of the lot.

(i)

Minimum front yard setback. The minimum front yard setback shall be 30 feet.

(j)

Maximum front yard setback. None.

(k)

Minimum side yard setback. The minimum side yard setback shall be 15 feet, except for those uses, which abut a residential district. A use or building that abuts a residential district shall have a side yard setback of a minimum of 60 feet.

(l)

Minimum rear yard setback. The minimum rear yard setback shall be 15 feet, except for those uses which abut a residential district. A use or building that abuts a residential district shall have a rear yard setback of a minimum of 60 feet.

(m)

Performance standards.

(1)

Off-street parking and loading. There shall be provided in the industrial district adequate off-street parking and loading in accordance with article IX of this chapter.

(2)

Mobility-impaired accessible parking. All developments that serve the public shall allocate parking spaces that are accessible to people with disabilities. Accessible parking shall be provided for any building or use initiated after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.

(3)

Lighting. The level of illumination at any point in the parking lot and areas used for business operations shall not be less than two footcandles or more than three footcandles measured at the pavement and shall be on during all night hours of operation. During nonoperation night hours, the level of illumination at any point in the parking lot shall not be less than one-half footcandle or more than one footcandle measured at the pavement. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining property. Lighting should only be used to illuminate entries, signage, pedestrian areas, or historical areas. Decorative lighting is permitted with approval from the city council.

(4)

Parking lot landscaping and screening. Within any district, a five-foot landscaped divider strip shall be placed between all parking areas and sidewalks. Within or adjacent to a residential district, all open off-street parking areas for six or more cars shall be effectively screened by a wall, a solid fence, or a densely planted compact hedge along any side which is adjacent to property in residential use unless that use is across a public street or alley from such parking area.

(5)

Adjacent and on-site uses landscaping and screening. Whenever such industrial property adjoins or abuts a lot zoned for residential or commercial uses, a landscaped buffer strip shall be provided, located on the industrial lot for the full length of the boundary line. It shall be at least 15 feet in width, devoted to screen plantings, and at least six feet in height except where the buffer strip adjoins the front lot line. It shall not be used for parking, loading, unloading, and shall not be included in the measurement of any minimum yard. All service entrances, dumpsters, air conditioning units, and any storage items shall be located at the rear of buildings and screened from view.

(6)

Noise. The creation of noise at levels sufficient to create a general nuisance to occupants of the same or adjoining districts shall be prohibited.

(7)

Smoke and particulate matter. The emission of smoke or dusts in an amount sufficient to create a general nuisance to occupants of adjoining properties or to the occupants in the general area wherein the use is located shall be prohibited.

(8)

Odors. No offensive odors shall be emitted by any use permitted in this district in such quantities as to be readily detectable by the average observer at any point on the boundary line of the nearest residential or business district.

(9)

Noxious gases. Processes and operations of permitted uses capable of dispersing gases or toxic particulates into the atmosphere must be hooded or otherwise suitably enclosed. The emission of such toxic gases or particulate matters shall be from a stack not less than 25 feet in height.

(10)

Glare and heat. Operations producing intense light or heat, when adjacent to a residential or business district, shall be performed within an enclosed building and not be visible beyond the boundary separating the subject premises from any adjoining residential or business district.

(11)

Vibrations. There shall be no uses which create heavy, earth-shaking vibrations which are noticeable at any residential or business district other than necessary and temporary construction operations.

(n)

Accessory uses.

(1)

Accessory uses shall be operated and maintained under the same ownership and on the same lot, or adjoining lots, as the principal use or structure.

(2)

Accessory uses shall be compatible in character and extent with the principal use and with the district in which the lot is located.

(Code 1977, § 17.32.010; Ord. No. 06-04, 2006; Ord. No. 13-49, § 1, 12-9-2013; Ord. No. 19-01, § 2, 3-11-2019; Ord. No. 20-03, §§ 5, 6, 4-27-2020)

(a)

Purpose. The intent of establishing an I-2 Heavy Industrial District is to de-limit areas in which necessary industrial activities may function in such manner as to be unobtrusive to adjacent nonindustrial uses and in which industrial activities will be able to have the adequate space, transportation, and storage facilities that they require.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Any uses permitted within the I-1 district;

(2)

Automobile service, tire stores, sales, and service;

(3)

Chemicals manufacturing;

(4)

Warehouse and wholesale establishments.

(5)

Cannabis business establishments.

(c)

Special uses.

(1)

Any special uses permitted within the I-1 district;

(2)

Advertising signs/billboards;

(3)

Cement, concrete, and asphalt manufacturing;

(4)

Foundries;

(5)

Incinerators;

(6)

Limited retail sales of goods manufactured or assembled on the site shall be permitted provided not more than ten percent of the total floor area is dedicated to such retail sales. Retail uses may include, but are not limited to, uses intended to serve only the employees of the industrial office park such as a restaurant or coffee shop or residential uses limited to facilities for caretakers, watchmen, or on-call service personnel;

(7)

Mining operations;

(8)

Motor freight terminals;

(9)

Rail service;

(10)

Wholesale power generators.

(d)

Maximum building height. No building shall be constructed, erected, altered, or added to so as to exceed a height of three stories or 36 feet, unless each side yard is increased over the required minimum by two feet for every one foot, or fraction thereof, of additional height over 35 feet. In no case shall the building exceed 50 feet in height. Parapet walls, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, stacks, and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected over and above the maximum height provided they are constructed in accordance with all other pertinent city ordinances.

(e)

Minimum lot size. The minimum lot size shall be 30,000 square feet.

(f)

Minimum lot width. The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.

(g)

Minimum floor area. The minimum floor area shall be 1,000 square feet.

(h)

Maximum impervious coverage. The maximum impervious coverage shall be 85 percent of the lot.

(i)

Minimum front yard setback. The minimum front yard setback shall be 30 feet.

(j)

Maximum front yard setback. None.

(k)

Minimum side yard setback. The minimum side yard setback shall be 15 feet, except for those uses that abut a residential district. A use or building that abuts a residential district shall have a side yard setback of a minimum of 60 feet.

(l)

Minimum rear yard setback. The minimum rear yard setback shall be 15 feet, except for those uses that abut a residential district. A use of building that abuts a residential district shall have a side yard setback of a minimum of 60 feet.

(m)

Performance standards.

(1)

Off-street parking and loading. There shall be provided in the industrial districts adequate off-street parking and loading in accordance with article IX of this chapter.

(2)

Mobility-impaired accessible parking. All developments that serve the public shall allocate parking spaces that are accessible to people with disabilities. Accessible parking shall be provided for any building or use initiated after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.

(3)

Lighting. The level of illumination at any point in the parking lot and areas used for business operations shall not be less than two footcandles or more than three footcandles measured at the pavement and shall be on during all night hours of operation. During nonoperation night hours, the level of illumination at any point in the parking lot shall not be less than one-half footcandle or more than one footcandle at the pavement. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining property. Lighting should only be used to illuminate entries, signage, pedestrian areas, or historical areas. Decorative lighting is permitted with approval from the city council.

(4)

Parking lot landscaping and screening. Within any district, a five-foot landscaped divider strip shall be placed between all parking areas and sidewalks. Within or adjacent to a residential district, all open off-street parking areas for six or more cars shall be effectively screened by a wall, a solid fence, or a densely planted compact hedge along any side which is adjacent to property in residential use unless that use is across a public street or alley from such parking area.

(5)

Adjacent and on-site uses landscaping and screening. Whenever such industrial property adjoins or abuts a lot zoned for residential or commercial uses, a landscaped buffer strip shall be provided, located on the industrial lot for the full length of the boundary line. It shall be at least 15 feet in width, devoted to screen plantings, and at least six feet in height except where the buffer strip adjoins the front line. It shall not be used for parking, loading, unloading, and shall not be included in the measurement of any minimum yard. All service entrances, dumpsters, air conditioning units, and any storage items shall be located at the rear of buildings and screened from view.

(6)

Noise. The creation of noise at levels sufficient to create a general nuisance to occupants of the same or adjoining districts shall be prohibited.

(7)

Smoke and particulate matter. The emission of smoke or dusts in an amount sufficient to create a general nuisance to occupants of adjoining properties or to the occupants in the general area wherein the use is located shall be prohibited.

(8)

Odors. No offensive odors shall be emitted by any use permitted in this district in such quantities as to be readily detectable by the average observer at any point on the boundary line of the nearest residential or business district.

(9)

Noxious gases. Processes and operations of permitted uses capable of dispersing gases or toxic particulates into the atmosphere must be hooded or otherwise suitably enclosed. The emission of such toxic gases or particulate matters shall be from a stack not less than 25 feet in height.

(10)

Glare and heat. Operations producing intense light or heat, when adjacent to a residential or business district, shall be performed within an enclosed building and not be visible beyond the boundary separating the subject premises from any adjoining residential or business district.

(11)

Vibrations. There shall be no uses which create heavy, earth-shaking vibrations which are noticeable at any residential or business district other than necessary and temporary construction operations.

(n)

Accessory uses.

(1)

Accessory uses shall be operated and maintained under the same ownership and on the same lot, or adjoining lots, as the principal use or structure.

(2)

Accessory uses shall be compatible in character and extent with the principal use and with the district in which the lot is located.

Required Lot Standards

*See each district for exceptions.

(Code 1977, § 17.32.020; Ord. No. 06-04, 2006; Ord. No. 20-03, § 7, 4-27-2020)