The BUS-LI business/light industrial district is intended to provide for a variety of work places including light industrial uses, research and development, offices and institutions. The district is intended to accommodate secondary uses, such as hotels, restaurants, convenience shopping, and childcare.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009)

(a)

All uses conducted in this district shall be contained in a completely enclosed structure(s) except as otherwise provided herein.

(b)

Trash storage containers shall be provided and screened from public view and adjacent properties with the use of a solid fence, wall, or hedge. "Solid fence" does not include woven wire fences with filler or fabric, or snow fences. Screening materials shall be aesthetically compatible with the architecture of the development. The items being screened from public view shall not extend above the screening barrier. Trash storage containers shall comply with the requirements of section 66-3 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009)

Subject to the other regulations of the article, the following uses are permitted uses in this zone district:

(a)

All permitted uses, but not conditional uses, allowed in the COM-C district;

(b)

Any kind of scientific research or compounding, assembling, processing or treatment of products;

(c)

Fabrication by stamping, cutting, or otherwise shaping processed materials into useful products, unless prohibited in this zone district;

(d)

Office and office/warehouse;

(e)

Sales at wholesale, warehousing, indoor storage; and, when expressly permitted under this Article, outdoor storage;

(f)

Wholesale vehicle sales lots, provided that such use does not include a motor vehicle repair facility, unless approved as a conditional use;

(g)

Retail sales of any commodity processed, warehoused, or fabricated on the premises;

(h)

Building supply/hardware stores with or without outdoor storage or displays;

(i)

Retail vehicle rental or sales lot provided that such use does not include a motor vehicle repair facility unless approved as a conditional use;

(j)

Ambulance service;

(k)

Animal or veterinary hospital, provided that outside kennels and exercise areas must be enclosed by six-foot solid fences;

(l)

Blueprinting, dyeing, and printing facilities;

(m)

Hospitals;

(n)

A yard for storage of vehicles, equipment, materials, and/or supplies used or owned by the owner of the property or the sole lessee of the property, provided that the property complies with all of the following conditions:

(1)

It is properly graded for drainage, surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete, asphalt, or any other hard surfacing and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, junk, trash and debris;

(2)

It is provided with barriers and/or screening of such height and material to mitigate noise and light so that occupants of adjacent structures are not unreasonably disturbed, either by day or night, by the movement of vehicles, machinery, equipment or supplies;

(3)

It is provided with entrances and exits so located as to minimize traffic congestion;

(4)

It is in compliance with the screening requirements of this article;

(5)

Its lighting facilities are so arranged that they neither unreasonably disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic; and

(6)

It does not contain inoperable vehicles or other junk.

(o)

Commercial greenhouse and landscape supply, including outdoor storage;

(p)

Laboratories;

(q)

Newspaper distribution station;

(r)

Railroad facilities, but not including shops;

(s)

Restaurants with or without outdoor services;

(t)

Telephone utility exchange;

(u)

Terminal for intra-city or inter-city movement of persons or freight by motor vehicle designed for use on public highways;

(v)

Mini-storage warehouses;

(w)

Pawn shops, but not within 1,500 feet of another pawnbroker business or facility, or 1,000 feet of any residential district, religious institution, public park, public library, public or private school, community center, or educational institution or child or adult care use or facility;

(x)

Motor vehicle service facility;

(y)

Motor vehicle wash and/or detail establishment;

(z)

Helipad operations approved by the Federal Aviation Administration;

(aa)

Craft alcohol manufacturers;

(bb)

Stonemasonry operations, if conducted entirely within an enclosed building;

(cc)

Kennels, except on property located adjacent to residential property;

(dd)

Natural medicine cultivation facility located south of West Oxford Avenue, west of South Santa Fe Drive, north of West Union Avenue and east of the South Platte River, subject to article XXXII of chapter 56 of the Code;

(ee)

Natural medicine products manufacturing facility located south of West Oxford Avenue, west of South Santa Fe Drive, north of West Union Avenue and east of the South Platte River, subject to article XXXII of chapter 56 of the Code;

(ff)

Natural medicine testing facility located south of West Oxford Avenue, west of South Santa Fe Drive, north of West Union Avenue and east of the South Platte River, subject to article XXXII of chapter 56 of the Code.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 14-2012, § 1, 8-8-2012; Ord. No. 6-2013, § 6, 7-10-2013; Ord. No. 7-2019, §§ 21—23, 9-23-2019; Ord. No. 10-2024, § 3, 12-9-2024; Ord. No. 15-2025, § 7, 9-22-2025)

Notwithstanding anything contained in this section to the contrary, there shall be permitted as an accessory use within this zone district the residence of a caretaker or watchman.

(Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009)

The following uses are allowed in the BUS-LI district only upon approval of a conditional use permit as provided herein:

(a)

Crematoriums;

(b)

Motor vehicle repair facility, including vehicle painting, auto body repair and repairs that generally require more than one day to complete, and provided that motor vehicle repair facilities shall not be allowed on lots that abut Federal Boulevard;

(c)

Vehicle storage yard.

(d)

Alcohol manufacturers.

(e)

Paint or spray booths, if conducted entirely within an enclosed building and provided that such use shall not be allowed on lots that abut Federal Boulevard.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009; Ord. No. 6-2013, § 6.5, 7-10-2013; Ord. No. 7-2019, § 24, 9-23-2019)

(a)

No land shall be used or occupied and no structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used or occupied by any of the following uses:

(1)

Electric power generator station;

(2)

Junk/salvage yard;

(3)

Above ground bulk storage of flammable liquids or gases, unless and only to the extent that the storage of such liquids or gases is directly connected with medical energy or heating devices on the premises or to service railroad locomotives.

(b)

No land shall be used or occupied and no structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used or occupied for manufacture or fabrication of any of the following items:

(1)

Abrasives;

(2)

Reserved.

(3)

Cinder and cinder blocks;

(4)

Clay and clay products;

(5)

Reserved.

(6)

Glass;

(7)

Gypsum and other forms of plaster base;

(8)

Sugars and starches;

(9)

Commercial explosives. Additionally, the storage of commercial explosives is prohibited.

(10)

The commercial extraction or processing of biomass, or the distillation of any of its derivatives, unless otherwise permitted in this district.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009; Ord. No. 6-2013, § 7, 7-10-2013; Ord. No. 7-2019, § 25, 9-23-2019)

(a)

The maximum FAR for all buildings on a lot, excluding the gross floor area of off-street parking garages, shall be 2:1.

(b)

The maximum building height for a principal building shall be 50 feet.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009; Ord. No. 7-2019, § 26, 9-23-2019)

The minimum useable open space required in this district shall be ten percent.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009)

(a)

Where a BUS-LI building site abuts upon, adjoins or is adjacent to a residential district, a setback of 20 feet is required.

(b)

Front setbacks shall be a minimum of 20 feet.

(c)

Designated parking areas shall be set back at least ten feet from the property line.

(d)

There shall be no side setback, except that on lots with a side lot line that is adjacent to a public street or right-of-way, a 20-foot side set back shall be maintained.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009)

(a)

Accessory buildings shall be a maximum of 15 feet in height.

(b)

Accessory buildings shall not be located in the front yard of the principal building.

(c)

Accessory buildings shall have rear and side setbacks of not less than five feet, except for direct entry garages, which shall have driveways of not less than 20 feet.

(d)

Portable storage containers are allowed as accessory buildings, and shall be considered buildings for determining the maximum FAR. This does not preclude the use of dumpsters and portable storage containers during construction being conducted under a valid building permit issued by the city.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009)

Every use which is permitted or allowed as a conditional use in this district shall also comply with the following limitations.

(a)

Volume of sound generated. Every use, unless expressly exempted by the ordinance from which this article was derived, shall be so operated that the volume of sound inherently and recurrently generated does not exceed 70 decibels at any point of any boundary line of the lot on which the use is located.

(b)

Vibration generated. Every use shall be so operated that the ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible, without instruments, at any point of any boundary line of the lot on which the use is located.

(c)

Emission of heat, glare, radiation, dust and fumes. Every use shall be so operated that it does not emit an obnoxious or dangerous degree of heat, glare, radiation, dust or fumes beyond any boundary line of the lot on which the use is located.

(d)

Outdoor storage and waste disposal. No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such form or manner that they may leach, migrate, propagate in water, or otherwise be transferred off such lot by natural causes.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009)

Outside display or storage, when allowed, shall be subject to the following:

(a)

Merchandise, material or stock for sale or rent may be displayed or stored outside, but within ten feet of the front of buildings, without being screened, except that required parking spaces or fire lanes shall not be used for such outside display or storage.

(b)

Merchandise, material or stock may be stored or displayed behind the front of buildings within side or rear yards only where completely screened by an opaque wall or fence of at least six feet, but not more than nine feet, in height. Merchandise, material and stock shall not be stacked to a height greater than the height of the screening fence.

(c)

This section shall not apply to operable automobile or light duty truck rental and sales lots, planted or potted nursery stock, plant and produce sales, boat and recreational vehicle sales lots, or manufactured home and structure sales lots, except that required parking spaces and fire lanes shall not be used for storage or display.

(Ord. No. 1-2009, § 1, 3-25-2009; Ord. No. 5-2009, § 1, 8-12-2009)