The I-S special industrial zone is intended to provide areas for special industrial and manufacturing uses characterized by activities that require distance separate from other less intensive uses. These uses are necessary and appropriate for the planned development of the county and must be protected from encroachment through proper land use controls and buffering. The provisions of the I-S special industrial zone are designed to allow safe operation of uses within the zone while providing protection from encroachment on other uses that may be impacted by special industrial and manufacturing activities.

(Ord. No. 13-247, § I, 3-19-2013)

The following uses are allowed in the I-S special industrial zoned provided that there is full compliance with this chapter.

A.

Ammunition and artillery manufacturing, testing and storage, and use.

B.

Chemical manufacturing, testing, storage, and use.

C.

Air bag and other supplementary restraint system manufacturing, testing, storage, and use.

D.

Explosive, propellant, and pyrotechnic manufacturing, testing, storage and use.

E.

Igniter and ignition systems manufacturing, testing, storage, and use.

F.

Lithium and other volatile or unstable fuels and materials manufacturing, testing, storage, and use.

G.

Hazardous materials, treatment, storage, disposal, and use, including refuse disposal sites for hazardous materials produced or used on the site in connection with the uses permitted by this section.

H.

Waste to energy type production and generation facilities involving use, recovery or residue of petroleum and petroleum related wastes, biomass wastes, bio-hazardous wastes, solid wastes, and other non-hazardous wastes and waste products.

I.

Commercial energy production from coal, petroleum, natural gas, propane, other fossil fuels, and other non-renewable energy generation.

J.

Commercial energy production use types such as geothermal, hydrological, solar, wind, and other similar low-impact renewable energy generation systems.

K.

Temporary (less than one year) and permanent (one year or longer) concrete and asphalt batch plants.

L.

Hazardous waste management facilities involving use, recovery, recycling, storage, treatment, and management of hazardous materials for hazardous materials produced or used on the site.

M.

Environmental testing facilities such as simulation of temperature, vibration, fire, explosion, high altitude, etc.

N.

Employee service facilities, operated in connection with, and on the same property as, a use permitted by this section. These facilities must be for the exclusive use of the property owner's invitees and invitees' employees and must not be open to the public.

O.

Training and educational facilities that use explosives, ammunition, lasers, light, sound, radio waves, and other weapons systems and non-weapons systems applications for military and private entities.

P.

Blast furnaces and incinerators of any type and for any purpose.

Q.

Office, security and related functions operated in connection with, and on the same property as, any of the uses permitted by this section.

R.

Radio, television, and other commercial and non-commercial communication antenna support structures of any height.

S.

Open air testing of materials developed for any of the uses described in this section, including testing to obtain design criteria for building construction, personnel safety, shipping requirements and anything useful for those purposes.

T.

Research and development activities related to any of the uses described in this section.

U.

Other uses which are consistent with or related to the uses described in this section.

(Ord. No. 13-247, § I, 3-19-2013)

Any use listed in Section 17.38.030 that is demonstrated by the applicant to the satisfaction of the director to meet the following criteria is an allowed use in the I-S special industrial zone. Any use listed in Section 17.38.030 that does not meet all of the following criteria may be permitted by special use permit pursuant to Chapter 17.03 Administrative Provisions. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a special use permit is required for laboratory, testing, and experimentation involving the use of live animals.

A.

No use or building except structures used for office or employee service facilities may be located closer than 500 feet from the boundary of the site unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the community development director that the distance from the boundary of the site is adequate to protect surrounding uses.

B.

In lieu of subsection A., the boundaries of the site may be surrounded by a buffer area of the five hundred feet. The buffer area must not contain any uses or buildings, except that a use or building permitted in the I-S special industrial zone may be allowed provided that the use or building is not less than five hundred feet from the boundaries of the property making the application, unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director that the distance from the boundary of the site is adequate to protect surrounding uses. The buffer area may consist of property restricted by fee ownership, lease, easement, license, or other manner that the applicant demonstrates will assure the existence of the buffer area for as long as the permitted use remains on the property. The buffer area may be provided by open space areas, wilderness land, or land restricted in use by a governmental agency or private entity, if the applicant demonstrates that the buffer area requirements will be met and retained for the life of the permitted use.

C.

The boundaries of the property zoned I-S may be located no closer than one mile to any property in which a residential use is an allowed use, except for those boundaries allowing a residential use at the time of the passage of this chapter.

D.

The boundaries of the property zoned I-S may not be closer than two miles from an incorporated or unincorporated city or town.

E.

Posting, marking and fencing of the property must comply with the requirements of agencies having regulatory jurisdiction of the activity.

F.

Weaponry, ammunition or explosives testing may not include the intentional flight of any missile, aircraft, or projectile outside of the area zoned I-S special industrial.

(Ord. No. 13-247, § I, 3-19-2013)

The purpose of these special limitations is to prohibit the encroachment of incompatible uses into areas adjacent to lands zoned for I-S special industrial use. These limitations are intended to preserve the continued usability of those areas zoned I-S special industrial for the allowed uses and to protect other uses from the impacts and hazards which may result if the uses were established near areas zoned I-S special industrial zone.

All properties zoned within one mile of any area zoned I-S special industrial must be zoned and maintained in one or more of the following zoning classifications: F forestry; I-S special industrial; I-2 heavy industrial; or I-3 heavy industrial. Additionally, no high explosive structures may be constructed on the property within one thousand three hundred twenty feet of the boundary of the I-S special industrial zoned property.

(Ord. No. 13-247, § I, 3-19-2013)

Building sites and construction must conform with applicable federal, state and county health, fire and safety codes applicable to the allowed or permitted use.

(Ord. No. 13-247, § I, 3-19-2013)

Each property must meet the required criteria of Section 17.38.040 The minimum width of any property five thousand two hundred eighty feet.

(Ord. No. 13-247, § I, 3-19-2013)