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Ontario City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10A

39 - I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE

10A-39-01 - PURPOSE.

This zone is intended for the location of industrial uses all of which shall meet performance specifications, designed to minimize adverse environmental impacts. In addition, it is intended to permit in this zone upon review, limited commercial uses that will serve primarily those who work or do business with industries in this zone and that will not be of a kind and size that will not inhibit the industrial development of land in this zone.

10A-39-05 - PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES.

The following principal uses are permitted as of right in the I-1 Zone:

1.

Any industrial use that conforms to the performance standards set forth for this zone, provided that any such use is not listed as a conditional or an as expressly prohibited use;

2.

Processing of carcasses and organ meat into products for human consumption;

3.

Horticulture or the growing of field crops or hay;

4.

Truck terminals;

5.

Warehousing and distribution, including small tool and equipment rental when accessory to a mini-warehouse;

6.

Trade and vocational schools without on-site living quarters;

7.

Food processing;

8.

Farm store, farm equipment dealer;

9.

Truck, farm machinery, heavy equipment sales and service, including rental, recreation vehicle sales and service;

10.

Manufactured home sales and service;

11.

Truck stops including sleeping accommodations for transient truckers, but not motels (see 10A-03-220);

12.

Wholesale establishments with or without stock with no limit on the size of storage space;

13.

Contractor's offices with or without accessory storage;

14.

Lumberyards and building supply establishments with associated retail display and sales space;

15.

Printing and publishing;

16.

Public parks and open space, public safety facilities;

17.

Facilities necessary for the functioning of a utility, except salvage yards and similar facilities which do not meet the performance standards of this Chapter;

18.

Administrative offices appurtenant to a permitted use;

19.

One dwelling unit, which may be a manufactured home, for a caretaker or watchman when located on the same site as a principal permitted or conditional use;

20.

Automobile service establishments as defined herein;

21.

Major automotive repair as defined herein

22.

Petroleum bulk plant with no more than 150,000 gallons of above ground storage and with no more than 25,000 gallons in one above ground tank;

23.

Rental of large tools or construction equipment, trucks or trailers or other equipment requiring outdoor storage;

24.

Automotive vehicle dismantling as defined herein;

25.

Kennel; and

26.

Veterinarian.

10A-39-09 - EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED USES.

The following uses are listed here as expressly prohibited so as to facilitate interpretation of the list of principal permitted uses:

1.

Churches, temples and other places of worship;

2.

Dwellings, manufactured home and recreation vehicle parks, except watchman's quarters as provided herein;

3.

Motels and hotels;

4.

Hospitals, rest homes, and other resident or non-resident human health care facilities except emergency facilities and child care facilities for employees of a principal permitted or conditional use and located on the same premises of such use;

5.

Schools and colleges, except technical schools;

6.

Any use specifically enumerated as permitted exclusively in the I-2 Zone;

7.

Commercial and residential uses not specifically authorized;

8.

Funeral homes;

9.

Junk yards;

10.

Manufactured home or mobile home parks or subdivisions, recreation vehicle parks;

11.

Private clubs and clubhouses as defined herein; and

12.

Mining and quarrying.

10A-39-10 - CONDITIONAL USES, COMMERCIAL.

The conditional commercial uses listed below may be permitted in the I-1 Zone upon application of the standards for all conditional uses and the following additional standard: The proposed location and size of the proposed commercial use will not substantially interfere with the development of the industrial zones for industrial uses.

1.

Automatic or self-service care or truck washes.

2.

Gasoline service stations.

3.

Retail food stores not to exceed 2,000 square feet of gross floor area;

4.

Bars, taverns, cocktail lounges, restaurants or combinations thereof not to exceed 3,000 square feet gross floor area.

5.

Job printing and duplication.

6.

Motel catering to general travelers when located on a developed truck stop;

7.

Radio or television towers and related facilities, subject to a structure height variance approval.

8.

Outdoor advertising signs providing such sign is compatible with surrounding existing or planned land uses. Such a sign may not be compatible with an industrial park.

9.

Marijuana retailer as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

10.

Marijuana laboratory as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

11.

Marijuana wholesaler as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

12.

Marijuana producer as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

13.

Marijuana processor non-flammable as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

14.

Marijuana processor flammable as provided in Chapter 10A-59; and

15.

Marijuana grow site medical as provided by State regulations and as provided in Chapter 10A-59.

(Ord. No. 2748-2018, § 7, 10-23-2018)

10A-39-15 - USES.

Accessory and structures common to all zones as listed in Chapter 10A-53 are allowed in the I-1 Zone, and a day care center serving the children of employees of the use upon which the center is located.

10A-39-20 - SPACE LIMITS.

The building, development site, and yard dimensions applicable to the I-1 Zone are found on the Industrial Space Limits Table, Chapter 10A-43. More than one principal industrial building may be constructed on a development site of over 7,500 square feet.

10A-39-25 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

The provisions of Chapter 10-57, Miscellaneous provisions shall apply in addition to the performance standards specific to the I-1 Zone, except that signs may project into any front or rear yard as set forth in Table No. 6-B (projections of signs) of the Uniform Sign Code. Signs may project into required a required side yard no more than 18 inches. One pole sign for each development site or building shall be allowed in any required front yard.

10A-39-30 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

Each structure or use permitted of right or conditionally in the I-1 Zone shall meet the following performance standards:

1.

Physical appearance. With the exception of gasoline pumps, all operations other than pickups and deliveries shall be carried on within an enclosed building, provided that new materials or equipment in operable condition may be stored in the open, and normal daily wastes may be stored in containers not in the building when such containers are not readily visible from a public street. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the display of merchandise or vehicles, farm machinery, trailers, manufactured homes or similar equipment in operable condition when in association with a permitted use. The required front yard shall be landscaped to the standards set forth under Miscellaneous Provisions of this Title.

2.

Fire hazard. No operation shall be established which fails to meet the fire code which is adopted into the Ontario City Code and any applicable State or Federal codes. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the use of normal heating fuels, motor fuels and welding gases when handled in accordance with applicable codes.

3.

Noise. No operation shall be carried on which creates noise in excess of the normal traffic noise of the adjacent street at the time of daily peak hour traffic volume. Noise volume generated by the use shall be measured at any property line. The comparable traffic noise shall be measured at the property line adjacent to the street. All noises shall be muffled so as not to objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness.

4.

Sewage and liquid waste. All operations shall comply with Title 8, Ontario City Code and any applicable regulations of State or Federal agencies responsible for pollution control. No wastes of a chemical, organic or radioactive nature shall be injected or buried in the ground or stored in the open on the surface except in approved containers.

5.

Smoke, particulate matter and gasses. No use shall be established which fails to meet the air quality regulations of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality pertaining to emissions of smoke, particulate matter, fugitive dust, gasses and other air contaminants.

6.

Odor. The emission odors that are generally agreed to be obnoxious to any considerable number of persons is prohibited. Observations shall be made at the property line of the establishment generating the odors. As a general guide to classification of odor, it is deemed that odors of putrefaction, hydrogen sulfide, fermentation and rendering processes, are objectionable while odors associated with baking, coffee roasting or nut roasting are normally not considered obnoxious.

7.

Vibrations. All machines shall be mounted so as to minimize vibration and in no case shall such vibration be perceptible, without the use of instruments, at the property line. The use of steam or broad hammers are [is] not permitted in this zone.

8.

Glare and heat. All glare and heat producing operations, such as welding arcs and open furnaces, shall be shielded so that they are not visible from the property line and surfaces near the glare source shall be of a type which will minimize the reflection of such glare beyond the property line. No heat from equipment or furnaces shall raise the temperature of materials or ambient air at the property line more than three degrees Fahrenheit.

9.

Dust. All surfaces used in the operation of the use shall be paved with a dust free surface.

10.

Interpretation. Whenever it cannot be decided by reasonable observation that a performance standard is being met, it shall be the responsibility of the operator of the use to supply evidence or engineering data to support the contention that a standard is being met. The standards are designed, except where referring to other codes, to be judged by ordinary human senses and not by the minute detail of scientific quality instruments.