The purpose of the light industrial zone is to implement the Toledo Comprehensive Land Use Plan by providing areas to serve a variety of manufacturing and other industrial activities with limited external impacts and to serve as a transition area between commercial, public and residential uses and heavier industrial uses.

Uses permitted in the L-I zone are often involved in the secondary processing of materials into components, the assembly of components into finished products, transportation, communication and utilities, wholesaling and warehousing. The external impact from these uses is generally less than uses permitted in the industrial zone, and transportation needs are often met by truck. Activities are generally located indoors, although there may be some outdoor storage, delivery, and loading. Offices and commercial uses are permitted on a limited basis, and only in conjunction with a permitted L-I use.

(Ord. 1286 § 1 (part), 2001; Ord. No. 1345, § 2, 11-7-2012)

In the L-I zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted, subject to applicable standards, provided that the uses occur in a building or buildings that together do not exceed forty thousand (40,000) square feet of floor area. Special standards for certain uses (marked with an asterisk (*) are found in Section 17.20.040.

A.

Assembly plants.

B.

Limited manufacturing.

C.

Contractor's warehouse and shop.

D.

Crane business and related operations.

E.

Storage in conjunction with a permitted use.

F.

Machine shop and fabrication.

G.

Mini-storage.

H.

Parking in conjunction with uses permitted in the L-I zone.

I.

Governmental and utility uses such as a pumping station, utility service yard, utility substation, public works shop, public safety services, or similar facilities.

J.

Separate office building and/or retail sales in conjunction with a permitted use.*

K.

Wholesale trade.

L.

Auto body shop.*

M.

Truck and car repair and service-minor.*

N.

Boat building and/or boat repair and related launch facility.

O.

Automobile service stations.

P.

One security dwelling as a separate structure or one security dwelling as part of a building for light industrial use that complies with applicable codes for mixed use occupation. A security dwelling may only be allowed as an accessory use in conjunction with uses permitted in the L-I zone.*

Q.

Temporary street vendors/seasonal commercial uses not to exceed six months.

R.

Uses permitted outright in the commercial zone, but only on parcels with frontage on Business Highway 20.

S.

Warehousing.

T.

Railroad line and associated uses.

U.

Commercial fishing gear maintenance, repair and storage.

V.

Food production and/or beverage production.

W.

Research and development.

X.

Low intensity recreation.

Y.

Timber-based operations, excluding milling and/or processing of wood and paper products.

Z.

Commercial marina or moorage, and or charter boat operation.

AA.

Transportation facilities (operation, maintenance, preservation, and construction in accordance with the city Transportation System Plan).

(Ord. 1311 § 2, 2006; Ord. 1307 §§ 28, 29, 2005; Ord. 1286 § 1 (part), 2001)

(Ord. No. 1345, § 3, 11-7-2012; Ord. No. 1355, § 12, 9-17-2014)

A.

A use permitted outright in the L-I zone, in which the building or buildings provided for the use exceed forty thousand (40,000) square feet of floor area.

B.

Bulk storage of flammable liquids and gases.

C.

Eating or drinking establishments, including take-out or drive-in services.

D.

Industrial museum.

E.

Processing and manufacturing operations, excluding the following:

1.

Asphalt mixing and batching.

2.

Explosives manufacturing.

3.

Petroleum or petroleum products refining.

4.

Fertilizer manufacture.

5.

Gas manufacture.

6.

Slaughterhouse or rendering facility.

F.

Shipping facilities.

G.

Shoreline stabilization as defined in the Lincoln County Estuary Management Plan.

H.

Truck and car repair and service—major.

I.

Waste transfer, recycling facility, or scrap metal facility.

J.

Drive-in use for uses which are permitted outright or as conditional uses in the L-I zone.

K.

Concrete mixing and batching, but excluding asphalt mixing and batching.

L.

Medical marijuana dispensary facility.

M.

Marijuana producer, marijuana processor, marijuana wholesaler, and marijuana laboratory. Marijuana retailer may be approved when medical marijuana dispensary facility is an approved use at the same site.

N.

Uses which are similar in character, scale and performance to those permitted outright or conditionally in the L-I zone and which conform with the purpose of the zone.

(Ord. 1286 § 1 (part), 2001)

(Ord. No. 1345, § 4, 11-7-2012; Ord. No. 1360, §§ 4, 5, 2-3-2016)

A.

Auto Body Shop. The use must comply with the following standards:

1.

Non-operating vehicles shall be stored overnight only within the building and outdoors in designated storage spaces. The maximum number of non-operating vehicle, outdoor, storage spaces shall be limited to two spaces per paint booth. Required customer/employee parking spaces shall not be used for overnight storage of non-operating vehicles.

2.

Operating vehicles shall be parked overnight only in designated parking areas or within the building.

B.

Truck and Car Repair and Service—Minor. The use must comply with the following standards:

1.

Non-operating vehicles shall be stored overnight only within the building and outdoors in designated storage spaces. The maximum number of non-operating vehicle, outdoor, storage spaces shall be limited to one space for the first two repair bays and .50 storage spaces per each additional repair bay. Required customer/employee parking spaces shall not be used for overnight storage of non-operating vehicles.

2.

Operating vehicles can be parked overnight only in designated parking areas or within the building.

C.

A Security Dwelling as a Separate Structure. The dwelling must comply with the following standards:

1.

It must be a site-built single unit detached dwelling which meets the Uniform Building Code or a manufactured home that meets the following criteria:

a.

Be a single wide or wider.

b.

Must comply with the current edition of the Oregon Manufactured Dwelling Specialty Code.

c.

Have skirting that matches the dwelling or perimeter foundation of surfaced concrete or masonry.

d.

The manufactured dwelling shall have a pitched roof with a minimum nominal slope of two feet in height for each twelve (12) feet in width (2:12), and shall be of three-tab or shake style roofing material.

2.

The structure is limited to a size between two hundred forty (240) to eight hundred fifty (850) square feet and is limited in size to a one-bedroom unit.

3.

Parking must be provided for the structure at the ratio of one space per unit and it must be adjacent to the dwelling.

4.

The dwelling may be located within the industrial building or if it is in a separate structure:

a.

A fenced, landscaped yard will be provided with setbacks as are required in the R-S zone from any of the industrial uses on the site and from the adjacent properties and roadways.

b.

There shall not be any outdoor storage in the front yard or in any of the setback areas of the dwelling.

5.

Security dwellings are to be located so as to minimize the number of dwellings in an industrial area/park, i.e., near the entry to the complex.

D.

Separate office building and/or retail sales associated with a permitted use in the L-I zone. The dwelling must comply with the following standards:

1.

Separate office buildings or retail sales associated with a permitted L-I use must not exceed fifty (50) percent of the total floor area of the building or buildings devoted to the use.

(Ord. 1286 § 1 (part), 2001; Ord. 1307 § 30, 2005; Ord. No. 1345, § 5, 11-7-2012; Ord. No. 1430, § 34, 5-7-2025)