Union County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

The Heavy Industrial Zone is intended to provide for new or continued industrial development utilizing large amounts of labor, raw materials or energy, and possibly creating smoke, odor, vibration, noise, or other conditions not attracted to urban areas. Items manufactured, processed or produced in this zone shall be primarily for wholesale.

The following uses are permitted outright in an I-2 Zone.

1.

All uses involving manufacturing, processing or storage of materials except explosives or chemicals.

2.

Freight terminal warehouses.

3.

Wholesale operations.

4.

Animal hospitals.

5.

Storage facilities.

6.

Lumber milling and wood processing.

7.

Stockyard, feedlot or slaughter houses.

8.

Petroleum storage and distribution.

9.

Farm use.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 13, 3-18-2026)

In an I-2 Zone the following uses and their accessory uses may be established as conditional uses subject to the approval of the Planning Commission when authorized in accordance with the requirements of Article 21.00.

1.

Eating and drinking establishments and service stations.

2.

Governmental use or activity.

3.

Airports and heliports.

4.

Manufacturing, processing, or storage of explosives or chemicals.

5.

Junkyards.

6.

Waste disposal, sorting, and recycling sites.

7.

Aggregate and mineral exploration and processing.

8.

Concrete batching plants.

9.

Asphalt plants.

10.

Outdoor amusement or recreational use including, but not limited to, golf course, race track, rodeo arena or amusement park.

11.

Telecommunications towers.

12.

Utility facilities necessary for public service including, but not limited to, substations, power generating facilities for public and private use, and/or other related structural uses.

13.

Boarding of dogs for profit.

14.

Other uses per criteria in subsection 21.06.2.

15.

Temporary workforce housing.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 13, 3-18-2026)

Standards in the I-2 Zone shall be the same as in the I-1 Zone.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 13, 3-18-2026)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 13, adopted March 18, 2026, repealed § 13.04, which pertained to prohibited uses and derived from the original Code. Subsequently, Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 13, adopted March 18, 2026, renumbered the former §§ 13.05, 13.06 as §§ 13.04, 13.05. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.

1.

Standards in the I-2 Zone shall be the same as in the I-1 Zone.

2.

Development is also subject to the Baum Industrial Park Development, Performance and Maintenance Standards Overlay if property is located within that overlay. The most restrictive requirements apply.

(Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 13, 3-18-2026)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2026-01, Art. 13, adopted March 18, 2026, renumbered the former § 13.06 as § 13.05. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.