The I Industrial District is established to provide for and encourage the grouping together of light industrial uses capable of being operated under such standards as to location and appearance of buildings and treatment of land about them, that they will be unobtrusive and not detrimental to surrounding uses. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008)

In the Industrial District, no building or premises shall be used nor shall any building or structure hereafter be erected or altered (unless provided by this title) except in conformance with this chapter. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008)

There shall be no minimum lot size. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008)

Contracting equipment, maintenance or operating equipment of public agencies or public utilities, or materials and equipment of a similar nature including lumber, coal, sand and gravel yards as provided these uses shall:

   A.   Be carried on in such a manner and with such precautions against fire, explosion hazards, or other physical damage to any adjacent building or plant growth;

   B.    Screen or store all raw materials, finished products, machinery, and equipment, including company owned or operated trucks, within a building, a sight obscuring fence or vegetated barrier;

   C.    Emit no obnoxious odors of any kind;

   D.    Exhaust no waste or dust created by the business operation into the air;

   E.    Discharge no treated or untreated sewage or waste into any stream or river;

   F.    Conduct no mining, extraction, filling or soil stripping operations;

   G.    Not emit noise causing sound levels greater than fifty five (55) decibels between dusk and dawn (night hours) and sixty five (65) decibels between dawn and dusk (daylight hours) beyond the boundaries of the site on which such use is conducted;

   H.    Not cause vibration beyond the boundaries of the site on which such use is conducted.

Manufacturing, assembling, fabricating, processing, packing, repairing, laundry cleaning, or dry cleaning which has not been declared a nuisance by statute or any court of competent jurisdiction.

Public utility facilities.

Wholesaling, warehousing, storage, and distribution. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008; amd. Ord. 589, 2-27-2019)

All chemical manufactures, storage or packaging.

Asphalt manufacturing, mixing or refining.

Bulk plants, fuel storage.

Business uses directly related to, and necessary for, the operation of the industry.

Cement or clay products manufacturing.

Communications tower.

Explosive storage or manufacturing.

Grain elevator and bulk storage such as for potatoes, hay, and other similar uses.

Public or private schools.

Storage, for wholesale or for distribution in bulk, of any flammable liquid or solid above or below ground.

Wrecking or scrap yard. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008; amd. Ord. 597, 6-11-2019)

Any building or structure or portions thereof hereafter erected shall not exceed sixty feet (60') in height. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008)

No building or structure, or total square footage of all buildings and structures shall cover more than seventy five percent (75%) of its building lot. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008)

Setbacks are from the lot lines to the foundation wall as in other sections. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008)

   A.   Front Yard: No building shall be erected closer than twenty five feet (25') from the property line, except when an industrial lot abuts, touches, adjoins, or is across the street from a Residential District, the front yard setback shall be no less than thirty five feet (35') from the property line. (Ord. 589, 2-27-2019)

   B.   Side Yard: No setback is required, except when an industrial lot abuts, touches, adjoins, or is across the street from a Residential District the side yard setback shall be no less than thirty five feet (35') from the property line.

   C.   Side Yard, Flanking Street: No building shall be erected closer than twenty feet (20') from the property line, except when an industrial lot abuts, touches, adjoins, or is across the street from a Residential District the front yard setback shall be no less than thirty five feet (35') from the property line.

   D.    Rear Yard: No setback is required, except when an industrial lot abuts, touches, adjoins, or is across the street from a Residential District the rear yard setback shall be no less than thirty five feet (35') from the property line. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008)