This district is intended to include area suited for light industrial uses including, but not limited to, light manufacturing, processing, storage, wholesale and distribution operations, and other processes and operations which do not require large numbers of workers; do not generate heavy truck traffic; do not emit significant amounts of noise, smoke, dust, or glare; and do not require intensive land coverage. Limited commercial uses are allowed in this district to serve the uses for which the district is primarily intended.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 1,1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

The following uses shall be permitted in this district:

(1)

Small business machine sales, repair and service shops, auto supply stores, carpenter and cabinet shops, and household appliance repair shops;

(2)

Plumbing and sheet metal shops, roofing shops, mini-storage buildings, lumber yards, building material yards, contractor yards, and heating and air conditioning shops;

(3)

Airports, railroads, essential public utilities, and public services installations;

(4)

Grain and feed mills, grain elevators;

(5)

Animal hospitals or veterinary clinics, kennels;

(6)

Radio or television transmitting stations, vocational or technical schools, electric substations, telephone exchanges, and utility regulator stations;

(7)

Auto sales and repair, farm implement sales arid services, car wash establishments, auto body work and auto painting and mobile home sales and storage;

(8)

Dry cleaning and/or laundry plants;

(9)

Light manufacturing industries consisting of the processing and treatment of goods and foodstuffs, except alcohol or alcoholic beverages, fish, meat products, vinegar and yeast;

(10)

Other wholesale, light manufacturing, construction or service uses which are similar in character to those enumerated above; and will not be dangerous or otherwise detrimental to persons residing or working in the vicinity thereof, or to the public welfare; and will not impair the use, enjoyment, or value of any property;

(11)

Customary accessory uses and structures located on the same tract as the principal use.

(12)

R-1 and R-2 structures currently existing, that become destroyed, in the district shall be permitted to be rebuilt.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 2,1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

The following uses shall be conditionally permitted in this district:

(1)

The temporary storage of hazardous materials, subject to the Uniform Fire Code;

(2)

Storage of flammable liquids above grade, and wholesale, subject to Uniform Fire Code regulations;

(3)

Storage of liquefied gases, subject to Uniform Fire Code regulations.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 4, 1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

(a)

Front Yard. None, except along arterial streets there shall be a front yard of not less than fifteen feet.

(b)

Side Yard. None, except where the district abuts a residential district there shall be a side yard not less than fifteen feet.

(c)

Rear Yard. None, except where the district abuts a residential district there shall be a rear yard of not less than fifteen feet.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 5,1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 6,1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 7,1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

(a)

When a building or structure is within one hundred fifty feet of a residential district, the building or structure shall not exceed forty-five feet in height.

(b)

When a building or structure is more than one hundred fifty feet from a residential district, the building or structure shall not exceed seventy-five feet in height.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 8,1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

See Chapter 19.30 for general sign regulations.

(1)

One freestanding sign may be erected per premises, not to exceed forty-five feet in height as a permitted use and one hundred feet in height as a conditional use. The sign face shall not exceed one square foot per one foot of street frontage where the sign is to be placed, up to a maximum of two hundred square feet. The maximum total area of all sign faces shall be three square feet per one foot of street frontage.

(2)

Wall signs may be erected with a sign face not exceeding the larger of twenty percent of the facade to which it is attached or sixty square feet to a maximum of two hundred square feet. The sign shall not extend above the top of the wall or facade to which it is attached.

(3)

Projecting signs may be erected in place of freestanding signs and with a sign face of not more than fifty square feet. The maximum total area of all the sign faces shall be one hundred square feet. The sign shall not extend above the top of the wall or facade to which it is attached.

(4)

Roof signs may be erected in place of freestanding signs and not exceeding the district height regulations or twenty feet above the top of the roof, whichever is less. The sign faces shall not exceed one square foot per one foot of street frontage up to a maximum of fifty square feet; but in any event thirty-two square feet is permitted. The maximum total area of all sign faces shall be two tune the maximum permitted size per sign face.

(5)

Marquee signs may be erected with sign faces up to an additional one hundred percent in area beyond that permitted for freestanding signs, provided the sign faces of other signs which may be permitted are reduced. The increase in area permitted the marquee sign shall be equal to the reduction in area of other permitted signs.

(6)

Flashing signs are not permitted within five hundred feet of a residential district. Illuminated, nonflashing signs shall be permitted provided sign is illuminated only during business hours or until eleven p.m. whichever is later, whenever the sign is located adjacent to a residential district. No illumination from the sign shall beam directly upon a residential building.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 9,1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)

See Chapter 19.32 for off-street parking requirements. Required off-street parking shall be provided in such a manner that vehicles do not encroach on a public right-of-way.

(Ord. 304, Art. 14, § 10,1990; Ord. No. 439, 8-1-2022)