The regulations set forth in this article shall apply in the Light Industrial District. The M-M District is intended to establish areas where light manufacturing and the less abrasive industrial activities may take place, particularly where heavy industry may not be appropriate. To provide for maximum harmony within the community, M-M District uses shall be designed and constructed to occur within confined areas. The provisions of this article, in combination with standards and special provisions, are designed to accommodate circulation, fire safety, access, and other considerations relevant to the health, safety, and general welfare of the community.

(§ I, Ord. 86-2, eff. February 27, 1986)

The following uses shall be permitted in the M-M District:

(a)

Animal hospitals, pounds, and kennels;

(b)

Nurseries and greenhouses;

(c)

Saw shops provided all operations occur within the building;

(d)

Vehicle repair services, garages, and body shops provided all operations occur within. a building;

(e)

Miscellaneous repair shops and related services provided all operations occur within a building;

(f)

Equipment rental and leasing provided all equipment shall be screened by a wall, fence, or landscaping screen not less than six (6') feet in height;

(g)

Off site construction, maintenance services, and contractors' yards, including building, electrical, plumbing, heating, roofing, painting, landscaping, excavation, and similar contractors, and janitorial, fumigating, septic tank pumping, and similar services;

(h)

Welding shops, machine shops, and sheet metal shops provided all operations occur within a building;

(i)

Non-retail laundries and dry cleaners;

(j)

Lumber yards and woodworking and cabinet shops;

(k)

Feed stores;

(l)

Assembly plants which are not objectionable, obnoxious, or offensive by reason of the emission of noise, smoke, dust, odors, fumes, or other materials or which do not involve the handling or storage of flammable explosives or dangerous materials;

(m)

Bulk storage of oil, gasoline, propane, and similar products;

(n)

Wholesale storage and distribution of foods and materials, including warehouses, moving services, delivery services, and similar uses. The storage of flammables, explosives, or materials which create dust, odors, or fumes shall be expressly prohibited in the M-M District;

(o)

Fruit and vegetable freezing, processing, and packaging operations, but not including canneries;

(p)

Sales in conjunction with permitted or conditionally permitted uses;

(q)

Towing services, excluding disabled vehicle storage, junk yards, wrecking yards and auto dismantling;

(r)

Large and mini-storage facilities;

(s)

Bottling works and spring and mineral water bottling works at the source.

(§ I, Ord. 86-2, eff. February 27, 1986, as amended by § 1, Ord. 93-11, eff. February 23, 1993, and § I, Ord. 94-07, eff. April 14, 1994)

Subject to obtaining a use permit, the following uses shall be permitted in the M-M District:

(a)

Caretakers' residences provided the permitted use requires the continuous supervision of a caretaker, superintendent, or security person and the residence is to be occupied only by such person and his or her family;

(b)

Airstrips and heliports;

(c)

Truck terminals and truck storage;

(d)

Storage elevators;

(e)

Power generation plants, all energy sources, including biomass:

(f)

Wood planing mills;

(g)

Primary or secondary manufacture of pharmaceuticals;

(h)

Retail establishments of a nature designed principally to serve surrounding industrial uses, such as restaurants and gasoline/diesel fuel stations;

(i)

Temporary disabled vehicle storage, not to exceed sixty (60) days, excluding junk yards, wrecking yards and auto dismantling;

(j)

Micro-distilleries, wineries and breweries;

(k)

In addition to the uses listed above, the uses listed in Article 15, General Provisions, may also be permitted, subject to the issuance of a use permit.

(§ I, Ord. 86-2, eff. February 27, 1986, as amended by § 1, Ord. 93-11, eff. February 23, 1993, and § I, Ord. 94-07, eff. April 14, 1994)