This industrial district is intended primarily for manufacturing and assembly plants and warehousing that are conducted so the noise, odor, dust, and glare of each operation is completely confined within an enclosed building. These industries may require direct access to rail, air, or street transportation facilities; however, the size and volume of the raw materials and finished products involved should not produce the volume of freight generated by the uses of the light and heavy industrial districts. Buildings in this district should be architecturally attractive and surrounded by landscaped yards.

(Prior Code, § 45-4.41; Code 1983, § 12-300; Ord. No. 301-A, 11-8-1990)

(a)

Property and buildings in an I-1 district shall be used only for the following purposes:

(1)

Any use, except a residential use, permitted in a C-3 General Commercial District. No dwelling uses shall be permitted, except sleeping facilities for caretakers and night watchmen employed on the premises. However, this subsection shall not prohibit and there is hereby specifically allowed in this district any use permitted in the R-4 Medium High Density Residential District;

(2)

Any of the following uses:

a.

Bakery;

b.

Bottling works;

c.

Book bindery;

d.

Candy manufacturing;

e.

Engraving plant;

f.

Electrical equipment assembly;

g.

Electronic equipment assembly and manufacture;

h.

Food products processing and packing;

i.

Furniture manufacturing;

j.

Instrument and meter manufacturing;

k.

Jewelry and watch manufacturing;

l.

Laundry and cleaning establishment;

m.

Leather goods fabrication;

n.

Optical goods manufacturing;

o.

Paper products manufacturing;

p.

Shoe manufacturing;

q.

Sporting goods manufacturing; or

r.

Wholesale or warehousing enterprise.

(b)

All of the uses permitted under this section shall have their primary operations conducted entirely within enclosed buildings and shall not emit any dust or smoke or noxious odor or fumes outside of the building housing the operation, or produce a noise level at the property line that is greater than the average noise level occurring on the adjacent street. Any article or material stored temporarily outside of an enclosed building as an incidental part of the primary operation shall be so screened by ornamental walls and fences or evergreen planting that it cannot be seen from adjoining public streets or adjacent lots when viewed by a person standing at ground level.

(Prior Code, § 45-4.42; Code 1983, § 12-301; Ord. No. 185-A, 6-30-1983; Ord. No. 301-A, 11-8-1990)

(a)

All buildings shall be set back from the street right-of-way lines and lot lines to comply with the following yard requirements:

(1)

Front yard. All buildings shall set back from the street right-of-way line to provide a front yard having not less than 25 feet in depth;

(2)

Side yard. No building shall be located closer than 25 feet to a side lot line;

(3)

Rear yard. No building shall be located closer than 25 feet to the rear lot line; and

(4)

Coverage. Main and accessory buildings and off-street parking and loading facilities shall not cover more than 80 percent of the lot area.

(b)

All yard areas required under this section and other yards and open spaces existing around buildings shall be landscaped and maintained in a neat condition.

(Code 1983, § 12-302; Ord. No. 301-A, 11-8-1990)

No building or structure shall exceed 90 feet in height, except as hereinafter provided in section 44-335.

(Code 1983, § 12-303; Ord. No. 301-A, 11-8-1990)

This industrial district is intended primarily for the conduct of manufacturing, assembling, and fabrication. These uses do not depend primarily on frequent personal visits of customers or clients, but usually require good accessibility to major rail, air, or street transportation facilities.

(Prior Code, § 45-4.45; Code 1983, § 12-310; Ord. No. 301-A, 11-8-1990)

Property and buildings in an I-2 Light Industrial District shall be used only for the following purposes:

(1)

Any use, except dwellings, permitted in the C-3 General Commercial District or in the I-1 Restricted Industrial District. No dwellings use, except sleeping facilities required by caretakers or night watchmen employed on the premises, shall be permitted in an I-2 Light Industrial District.

(2)

Any of the following uses:

a.

Building material sales yard and lumber yard, including the sale of rock, sand, gravel and the like as an incidental part of the main business, but not including a concrete batch plant or transit mix plant;

b.

Contractor's equipment storage yard or plant, or rental of equipment commonly used by contractors;

c.

Freighting or trucking yard or terminal;

d.

Oil field equipment storage yard;

e.

Public utility service yard or electrical receiving or transforming station; and

f.

Sale barn.

No article or material permitted above shall be kept, stored or displayed outside of a building unless it is screened by fences, walls or planting that it cannot be seen from adjoining public streets or adjacent lots when viewed by a person standing on ground level immediately adjacent to the lot on which the use is located; provided, however, that screening shall not be required in excess of seven feet in height.

(3)

The following uses when conducted within a completely enclosed building:

a.

The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, perfumed toilet soap, toiletries, and food products;

b.

The manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stone, shell, textiles, tobacco, wood, yarn, and paint not employing a boiling process;

c.

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

d.

The manufacture and maintenance of electric and neon signs, commercial advertising structure, light sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating ducts and equipment, cornices, eaves, and the like;

e.

Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties, and rubber and metal stamps;

f.

Automobile assembling, painting, upholstering, rebuilding, reconditioning, body and fender works, truck repairing and overhauling, tire retreading or recapping, and battery manufacturing;

g.

Machine shop;

h.

Foundry casting lightweight nonferrous metal not causing noxious fumes or odors; and

i.

Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radios and phonographs, including the manufacture of small parts only, such as coils, condensers, transformers, crystal holders, and the like.

(4)

Buildings, structures and uses accessory and customarily incidental to any of the above.

(5)

The uses permitted under this section shall be conducted in such a manner that no noxious odor, fumes, or dust will be emitted beyond the property line of the lot on which the use is located.

(Prior Code, § 45-4.46; Code 1983, § 12-311; Ord. No. 301-A, 11-8-1990)

(a)

Front and side yards. There are no specific front or side yard requirements for uses in this district; provided, however, that a building shall set back a distance of not less than 25 feet from the side lot line that adjoins a dwelling district.

(b)

Rear yard. Where a building is to be serviced from the rear there shall be provided an alley, service court, rear yard, or combination thereof of not less than 30 feet in width or of adequate area and width to provide for maneuver of service vehicles, whichever is greater. In all other cases, no rear yard is required; provided, however, that a building shall set back a distance of not less than 25 feet from the rear lot line that adjoins a dwelling district.

(c)

Rear area. Buildings shall be provided with a yard area adequate to meet the off-street parking requirements set forth in article XII of this chapter.

(Prior Code, § 45-4.47; Code 1983, § 12-312; Ord. No. 301-A, 11-8-1990)

No building shall exceed 90 feet in height, except as hereinafter provided in section 44-335.

(Prior Code, § 45-4.48; Code 1983, § 12-313; Ord. No. 301-A, 11-8-1990)

This industrial district is intended to provide for heavy industrial uses and other uses not otherwise provided for in the districts established by this section. The intensity of uses permitted in this district makes it most desirable, that no dwelling use except sleeping facilities required by night watchmen or caretakers employed on the premises shall be permitted in an I-3 Heavy Industrial District.

(Code 1983, § 12-315; Ord. No. 411-02-02, 6-20-2002)

Property and buildings in an I-3 Heavy Industrial District may be used for any use permitted in I-1 or I-2 industrial districts. No dwellings use except sleeping facilities required by night watchmen or caretakers employed on the premises shall be permitted in an I-3 Heavy Industrial District.

(Code 1983, § 12-316; Ord. No. 411-02-02, 6-20-2002)

The following uses may be permitted on review by the board of adjustment in accordance with the provisions contained in section 44-93, provided they comply with the following conditions:

(1)

The use thereon shall be conducted in such a manner that all operation, display or storage of material or equipment is so screened by ornamental fences, walls, and/or permanent evergreen planting that it cannot be seen from a public street or from adjacent lots when viewed by a person standing on ground level; provided, however, that no screening in excess of seven feet in height shall be required.

a.

Automobile salvage yard or junkyard.

b.

Building material salvage yard.

c.

Cement, lime or gypsum manufacture.

d.

Commercial feed pens for livestock.

e.

Disposal plants of all types including trash and garbage, sewage treatment including lagoons and comports plants.

(2)

Sanitary or construction landfills or waste disposal area; provided a master development plan is submitted that satisfactorily addresses the following items, and any additional information that may be deemed by the governing body to be essential in determining the compatibility of the proposed use with the overall comprehensive plan of the city and/or surrounding land uses:

a.

The operation meets state health department (DEQ) minimum requirements;

b.

No nuisance due to smoke, odor or blowing debris shall be created;

c.

An access road, having at least an industrial standard paved surface shall be created or available;

d.

At least five parking spaces shall be provided on the site;

e.

The city manager shall have the authority to approve or disapprove the proposed route to the site;

f.

The site shall be restored to a condition compatible with the surrounding area upon conclusion of the operation; and

g.

No landfill or waste disposal area shall be located closer than 2,640 feet to any residential dwelling, school or place of public assembly, provided, that a lesser distance may be allowed if written consent is received from all residents within 2,640 feet of the proposed site;

(3)

No more than zero point one percent of the city's landmass shall be designated for use as a waste disposal plant or facility of any type including, trash, demolition or construction debris, garbage, and sewage.

a.

Junkyard or salvage yard of any kind.

b.

Natural gas production and distribution.

c.

Paper manufacture.

d.

Petroleum production and refining.

e.

Salvage yards for automobiles, building materials, scrap metal, junk or for any other kind of salvage; provided, however, that all salvage operations shall be so screened by ornamental walls, fences or evergreen planting that it cannot be seen by a person standing at ground level at any place immediately adjacent to the lot on which the salvage operation is located.

f.

Scrap metal storage yard.

g.

Wholesale or bulk storage of gasoline, propane or butane, or other petroleum products.

h.

Any use not otherwise authorized or permitted on review in the 1-3 Heavy Industrial District.

(Code 1983, § 12-317; Ord. No. 411-02-02, 6-20-2002; Ord. No. 494-02-07, 2-21-2008)

(a)

Where a building is to be serviced from the rear there shall be provided an alleyway, service court, rear yard, or combination thereof, of not less than 30 feet in width or of adequate area and width to provide for maneuver of service vehicles, whichever is greater. In all other cases no rear yard is required.

(b)

Buildings shall be provided with a yard area adequate to meet the off-street parking requirements set forth in section 44-361 et seq.

(Code 1983, § 12-318; Ord. No. 411-02-02, 6-20-2002)

Where a lot adjoins a dwelling district the building shall not exceed 35 feet, unless it is set back ten feet from all front and side yard lines, plus an additional one foot of setback for each foot of additional height above 45 feet, except as otherwise provided in section 44-335.

(Code 1983, § 12-319; Ord. No. 411-02-02, 6-20-2002)