(a)

This district is intended to accommodate industrial, warehousing, and related operations which, by virtue of their operational characteristics, are compatible with nearby residential districts and within a densely populated community. Uses which would be adversely affected by location in an industrial area, such as residential dwellings, are prohibited.

Any of the following uses, when conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or within a designated area enclosed on all sides by a six-foot fence or solid wall[, shall be allowed in the I-1, Industrial 1 District]. Said fence or wall shall be completely obscuring on those sides abutting or adjacent to districts zoned for residential use.

(1)

Warehouse, storage and transfer, and wholesale establishments, and trucking facilities. Storage facilities for building materials, sand, gravel, stone, lumber, contractor's equipment and supplies.

(2)

Public utility buildings and yards, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations. Water supply and sewage disposal plants. Water and gas tank holders. Railroad transfer and storage tanks. Heating and electrical power generating plants, and all necessary uses. Railroad rights-of-way and related uses.

(3)

The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment of such products as, but not limited to: bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, toiletries, food products, hardware and cutlery; tools, die, gauge, and machine shops.

(4)

The manufacture, compounding, assembling, or treatment of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials, such as, but not limited to: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones. Sheet metal (excluding any operation involving metal plating, buffing, polishing and-or stamping), shell, textiles, tobacco, wax, wire, wood (excluding saw and planing mills), and yarns.

(5)

The manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.

(6)

Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties, metal or rubber stamps, or other small molded rubber products.

(7)

Manufacture or assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radios and phonographs.

(8)

Laboratories, either experimental, film or testing.

(9)

Manufacturing and repair of electric or neon signs, light sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating equipment, cornices, eaves, and the like.

(10)

Veterinary hospitals.

(11)

Car wash, service garage, bump and paint shop, tire sales, muffler and brake shops, quick oil and lube centers, and similar operations.

[The following accessory uses shall be allowed in the I-1, Industrial 1 District:]

(1)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

[The following special exception uses shall be allowed in the I-1, Industrial 1 District:]

(1)

A business establishment permissible in the B-1 General District found to be of significant convenience to the employees and firms in the Industrial 1 District: for example, restaurant, filling station, or credit union.

(2)

An industrial use similar in operational and performance characteristics to a permitted principal use in this district.

(3)

Lumber and planing mill, metal plating, buffing and polishing or stamping, and similar uses.

(4)

See section 2108 on public utilities and facilities.

(5)

Outdoor commercial recreation uses, such as: golf driving ranges, sports fields, skate parks, swimming facilities, canoe liveries and the like; and indoor commercial recreation uses that are typically housed in a large structure, such as: indoor soccer, golf domes, skate parks, ice skating arenas, swimming facilities and the like, may be permitted subject to the following standards:

a.

Site requirements.

1.

Off-street parking shall be provided in the ratio of one space per four users at capacity or one space per four occupants based on maximum occupancy, as determined by the fire marshal. The planning commission may approve a 25 percent increase or decrease in this requirement based on a finding regarding compatibility of the use with its immediately surrounding neighborhood.

2.

All parking areas shall be screened from view of an adjoining residential district or use by either a greenbelt, obscuring fence, or a masonry wall, whichever is determined by the planning commission to be the most appropriate and effective. All parking areas shall be maintained so as not to become a nuisance to adjoining properties.

3.

Review of the proposed site plan must demonstrate that a proper relationship exists between all proposed service roads, driveways, parking and drop-off areas to encourage pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety. The site plan shall demonstrate that there is adequate pick-up and drop-off space for facilities whose primary users are children that will likely be dropped-off by a parent or guardian.

b.

Yard and placement requirements.

1.

All development features including the principal building shall be designed and arranged to minimize the possibility of any adverse effect upon adjacent property.

2.

No outdoor activity shall take place within 30 feet of the perimeter of the designated recreational area. All such activities shall be adequately screened from an abutting residential district or use by means of protective wall or greenbelt as described in article 28 of this ordinance.

3.

Related accessory commercial uses may be permitted in conjunction with a commercial recreation use when it is clearly incidental to the main recreational character of the use and such related accessory uses shall not include the sale, servicing, or repair of any vehicles or equipment used on the site except that owned by the proprietor.

4.

Permitted accessory uses, which are generally of a commercial nature, shall be housed in a single building. Minor accessory uses, which are strictly related to the operation of the recreation use itself, may be located in a separate building such as a maintenance garage.

c.

Other requirements.

1.

Whenever an outdoor swimming pool is to be provided, said pool shall be provided with a protective fence six feet in height, and entry shall be by means of a controlled gate or turnstile.

2.

Approval shall be for a specific designated use or uses such as soccer, swimming, skating, rollerblading or the like, and approval under this provision shall be subject to approval of the uses and site plan. The additions of other special approval uses must again be approved through the submission of an amended site plan.

(6)

Oil and gas wells in accordance with the criteria set forth in section 2130.

(7)

Limited retail uses may be allowed, but only as an accessory use clearly incidental and subordinate to a permitted principal use on the property, and subject to the following:

a.

The retail space is limited to 25 percent of the gross square footage of the building if a single tenant building, and not more than 25 percent of the gross square footage of each tenant's space in a multiple tenant building. In addition, the retail space shall not exceed 1500 square feet of any building. The retail space limit is inclusive of all showroom, displays and sales areas.

b.

No business shall operate retail use as a standalone or primary use, but only ancillary to the otherwise permitted principal use. The retail use must directly support or relate to the principal use. In the case of non-profits, the retail use may be used to generate funds to support the primary mission of the organization. For the purposes of this section, 'retail use' includes the on-site sale of goods or merchandise to the general public.

c.

Limited retail use shall only be allowed under this section for industrial-zoned properties located on South Street, and not in other industrial areas in the City.

d.

Required off-street parking for the approved limited retail area shall be calculated at the same rate as the principal use for the business on the property. While additional parking spaces are not required at the retail use rate, there will be no grandfathering of additional spaces as a result of the approved limited retail uses.

e.

Prior to any limited retail use being allowed, the parking areas must be brought into compliance with off-street parking requirements including, but not limited to, striping, condition, provision and designation of handicap spaces, and other accessibility requirements.

(Ord. No. 2004-16, 12-20-2004; Ord. No. 2015-07, 4-13-2015; Ord. No. 2025-04, § 1, 9-22-2025)