Palouse City Zoning Code
§ 17.04.070
Light industrial district LI.
A.
Purpose of Light Industrial District. The purpose of this district is to provide areas for light, clean, industrial uses of a manufacturing or storage nature having a low degree of process visibility, with the intent to minimize impacts on neighboring zones.
B.
Principal Uses Permitted Outright. The following principal uses in the light industrial zone shall be permitted outright, providing the uses are not potentially hazardous to densely populated areas because of the possibility of explosion, fire, or leakage, and providing the uses generate no more than a minimal amount of air, water, and noise pollution:
1.
Light manufacturing, storage, fabricating, and processing uses and ancillary office buildings.
2.
Retail establishment with products manufactured, packaged or otherwise prepared on site, or whose products are of such bulk or shape that they customarily require some outdoor storage.
3.
Public facilities with industrial-type uses.
4.
Residential quarters intended for use by security or custodial persons associated with adjacent businesses;
5.
Existing telecommunication facilities and support structures.
a.
Ordinary maintenance of existing telecommunications facilities and support structures, as defined herein, shall be exempt from zoning and permitting requirements. In addition, the following facilities are not subject to the provisions of this section: (i) antennas used by residential households solely for broadcast radio and television reception; (ii) satellite antennas used solely for residential or household purposes; (iii) COWs placed for a period of not more than 120 days at any location within city of Palouse after a declaration of an emergency or a disaster; and (iv) television and AM/FM radio broadcast towers and associated facilities.
C.
Conditional Uses Permitted. In order to protect public and environmental safety, a conditional use permit is required for the following uses. A buffer is required to reduce incompatibility with adjacent uses.
1.
Fuel storage and distribution yard;
2.
Chemical storage;
3.
Recycled materials facility;
4.
Mini-storage business;
5.
Wireless telecommunication facilities and support structures. Any action taken to construct or collocate a wireless telecommunication facility, tower, and/or support structure will be understood, evaluated, and processed as a "variance" by the board of adjustment. As such, all procedural actions taken by the board of adjustment will adhere to PMC § 17.04.100(C).
a.
Wireless telecommunication facility and support structure applications can be obtained at Palouse City Hall.
b.
Abandonment and Removal. If a telecommunication facility, tower and/or support structure is abandoned, and it remains abandoned for a period in excess of 12 consecutive months, the city of Palouse may require that such structure be removed only after first providing written notice to the owner of the structure and giving the owner the opportunity to take such action(s) as may be necessary to reclaim the structure within 30 days of receipt of said written notice. In the event the owner of the structure fails to reclaim the structure within the 30-day period, the owner of the structure shall be required to remove the same within six months thereafter. The city of Palouse shall ensure and enforce removal by means of its existing regulatory authority.
D.
Prohibited Uses. The following uses shall be prohibited outright:
1.
Commercial outdoor kennels;
2.
Heavy industrial uses, defined as large-scale manufacturing with a high degree of process visibility, hazard, and annoyance, requiring extensive outdoor storage of materials and products, or likely to create air, water, and noise pollution.
E.
Density, Lot Size, and Setback. The following shall apply in the light industrial district (LI):
1.
Lot size shall not be less than 10,000 square feet, with a minimum boundary length of 50 feet on any side. The exception would be lots of record on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title having less than 10,000 square feet.
2.
Setback Required. The minimum setback for all uses from the property boundaries shall be: 20 feet for front yards; 15 feet for rear yards, or 20 feet to the centerline of a rear alley; 10 feet for side yards; 15 feet for side yards along flanking street of a corner lot.
3.
Height Limit. No building shall exceed a height of 35 feet from lowest grade, with the exception of grain storage elevators.
4.
Lot Coverage Limit. Unrestricted except for setbacks and off-street parking requirements as specified in PMC § 17.04.120(A)(1) through (7).
5.
Light industrial properties abutting, adjacent to, or across a river or public roadway from an R1 or R2 zoning district shall apply the following buffering standards:
a.
Any front, rear, or side facing the R1 or R2 district shall be screened by a minimum of a five-foot-wide all-season maintained landscaped or fenced area.
b.
Planting or fencing height and width shall effectively screen 50 percent of the view of the adjacent uses.
c.
Property entry and exit openings shall not exceed 50 percent of the developed lot frontage, and in no case exceed a total of 100 feet.
d.
Maintained landscaped area shall avoid obstructing views of crosswalks, intersections, and streetlights.
e.
Landscaping shall be required for parking lots of 10 spaces or more, with a minimum landscaping requirement of 15 percent of the total lot.
6.
Off-Street Parking. All uses shall conform to the off-street parking requirements of PMC § 17.04.120(A)(1) through (7).
7.
Noise and Odor Levels. Noise and odor levels shall not exceed those normally expected in a light industrial area. Odors are addressed in PMC § 8.12.020.
(Ord. 922 § 1, 2014; Ord. 954 § 1, 2017)
