The IL light industrial district is intended to create, preserve and enhance areas containing a wide range of commercial, professional offices, industrial uses and service industries that have a lower impact on nearby properties, and is typically appropriate to areas providing good rail or highway access.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021; Ord. No. 4777, § 1(Exh. A), 12-18-2023)

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Bars, taverns, and cocktail lounges. Bars, taverns, and cocktail lounges are not and shall not be allowed within the IL zone in or on any property having frontage on or within 300 feet of Garrity Boulevard. Existing bars, taverns, cocktail lounges fronting that boulevard are considered legally nonconforming in accordance with the provisions of chapter 3 of this title but may not be expanded as also stated in that chapter.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021)

All uses shall conform to the general provisions concerning performance standards as required by chapter 1 of this title.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021; Ord. No. 4873, § 11, 6-16-2025)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4873, § 11, adopted June 16, 2025, repealed § 10-19-3, which pertained to buildings and uses permitted conditionally and derived from Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), adopted October 4, 2021. Subsequently, Ord. No. 4873, § 11, adopted June 16, 2025, renumbered the former §§ 10-19-4—10-19-8 as §§ 10-19-3—10-19-7. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.

None specified.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021; Ord. No. 4873, § 11, 6-16-2025)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4873, § 11, adopted June 16, 2025, renumbered the former § 10-19-5 as § 10-19-4. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.

The following minimum requirements shall be observed:

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Spatial and bulk requirements for principal structures and accessory structures. Setbacks are measured from the property line or future right-of-way as known or determined by the city engineer.

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Access. All lots/parcels developed/"built out," or proposed to be developed/"built out," with structures thereon shall have, or be demonstrated to have, legal access to a public street, before the city may issue or approve construction of any structures on that lot/parcel (as iterated in the definition of "property" in section 10-1-2, definitions, and subsection 10-1-7.B.1 of this title). Lots/parcels developed in this zone do not have to have direct lot/parcel frontage on a public street however, only legal access to the same.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021; Ord. No. 4702, § 1(Exh. A), 12-5-2022; Ord. No. 4809, § 1(Exh. A), 6-3-2024; Ord. No. 4873, § 11, 6-16-2025)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4873, § 11, adopted June 16, 2025, renumbered the former § 10-19-6 as § 10-19-5. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.

None specified.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021; Ord. No. 4873, § 11, 6-16-2025)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4873, § 11, adopted June 16, 2025, renumbered the former § 10-19-7 as § 10-19-6. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.

All uses shall conform to the fencing, parking, parking lot landscaping, signage, and property landscaping requirements in chapters 1, 22, 23, 33 and 34 of this title.

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Landscaping established. All landscaping shall be established in accordance with the requirements of chapter 33 of this title, additionally:

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Landscaping adjacent to residential districts. All sites having a common boundary/property line with a residentially zoned property shall have either or both a six to eight foot high sight/site obscuring fence or a view obscuring coniferous/evergreen greenbelt of shrubs, trees, and native vegetation not less than six feet in height nor less than ten feet in width.

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Setback from residential districts. In an IL district directly across a street or thoroughfare from a residential district or "very low density residential" district in an area designated for future residential use on the comprehensive plan land use map, the parking and loading facilities shall be set at least 20 feet back from the street line (edge of pavement), and structures shall be set back at least 50 feet from the street line (edge of pavement).

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Exterior storage. Exterior storage of raw or primary materials, waste products and construction materials shall be prohibited in that area of the property between the front of the principal building or buildings and the public street on which the principal building or buildings front. Any such exterior storage elsewhere on the property shall be screened by fencing or landscaping treatment.

(Ord. No. 4617, § 1(Exh. A), 10-4-2021; Ord. No. 4702, § 1(Exh. A), 12-5-2022; Ord. No. 4777, § 1(Exh. A), 12-18-2023; Ord. No. 4842, § 5, 2-3-2025; Ord. No. 4873, § 11, 6-16-2025)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4873, § 11, adopted June 16, 2025, renumbered the former § 10-19-8 as § 10-19-7. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.