The IND industrial district is intended primarily for manufacturing and closely related uses. It is intended to preserve such lands for the functions of industrial activity, wholesaling, warehousing and distribution. To allow maximum latitude for operations, performance standards are applied at district boundaries. It is further the intent of this district that it be so located in relation to major thoroughfares that resulting traffic generated by industrial activity will not be channeled through residential areas.

(Code 1992, § 17.39(1))

Permitted principal uses and structures within the IND industrial district are as follows:

(1)

Wholesaling, warehousing, storage or distribution establishments, except bulk storage of flammable liquids, and uses of a similar nature.

(2)

Automobile, boat, construction and farm implement sales, service and repair.

(3)

Printing and publishing.

(4)

Agricultural related uses, including feed mills and co-ops.

(5)

Service establishments catering to commercial and industrial uses, including business machine service, linen supply, freight moves, communication services, canteen services and uses of a similar nature.

(6)

Light manufacturing uses, including bottling, packaging, laboratories and uses of a similar nature.

(7)

Manufacturing uses, including production, processing, cleaning, testing and the distribution of materials and goods, except wrecking yards, fertilizer and chemical manufacture and canneries or slaughterhouses. All manufacturing uses are subject to the provisions of article VIII of this chapter.

(8)

Building contractor with storage yard.

(9)

Transportation terminals.

(10)

Telecommunication towers, subject to the provisions of subdivision II of division 3 of article IV of this chapter.

(11)

Utility-scale energy system.

(12)

Governmental facility, provided equipment and material storage yards are effectively screened from view from any residential lot or public street.

(Code 1992, § 17.39(3); Ord. of 6-24-1997, § 17.39(2); Ord. No. Z-2-2024-25, 5-28-2024; Ord. No. Z-11-2024-25, 3-11-2025)

Permitted accessory uses and structures within the IND industrial district are as follows:

(1)

Uses and structures customarily accessory and clearly incidental to permissible principal uses and structures.

(2)

Outside storage of materials and products, provided such storage shall not be closer than 25 feet from the street line or ten feet from any lot line. Storage areas shall be enclosed by fencing material and/or landscaping to be 75 percent or more opaque between two feet and six feet above average ground level. All storage areas shall be surfaced with gravel or hard surface materials. Storage materials shall not be piled or stacked to a height beyond the principal building.

(3)

Temporary storage of waste materials and trash, provided such materials/trash shall be enclosed by a fence of solid material not less than six feet in height.

(4)

Public utility installations.

(5)

Accessory-scale solar energy system, subject to the provisions of division 4 of article IV of this chapter.

(Code 1992, § 17.39(3); Ord. No. Z-11-2024-25, 3-11-2025)

Special exception uses and structures within the IND industrial district are as follows:

(1)

Wholesaling, warehousing, storage establishments, or distribution establishments associated with the bulk storage of flammable liquids, except when located within 300 feet of a residential district, platted residential subdivision, or parcel with a residential use.

(2)

Fertilizer and chemical manufacture, subject to the provisions article VIII of this chapter.

(3)

Canneries and slaughterhouses, subject to the provisions of article VIII of this chapter.

(4)

Automobile wrecking or salvage yards and junkyards, provided such use shall not be located closer than 250 feet to any property zoned residential and no portion of the lot within 25 feet of a public street or highway shall be used for any purpose other than off-street parking for employees or patrons. All activities and storage shall be completely enclosed pursuant to the landscaped buffer requirements of article VII of this chapter.

(5)

Sanitary landfills and energy recovery systems.

(6)

Community-scale and large-scale solar energy system, subject to the provisions of division 4 of article IV of this chapter.

(Code 1992, § 17.39(4); Ord. No. Z-10-2022-23, 2-14-2023; Ord. No. Z-11-2024-25, 3-11-2025)

Dimensional requirements in the IND industrial district are as follows: Minimum dimensions are: Lot area, 12,000 square feet; lot width, 100 feet; front yard, 35 feet; side yards, 20 feet each; rear yard, 25 feet; provided, however, there are no rear or side yard requirements when a railroad right-of-way abuts at the side or the rear of the property line. Any required side or rear yard adjacent to a residential district boundary shall be subject to the landscaped buffer requirements of section 54-359; and maximum lot coverage, 35 percent. There are no maximum height requirements, except that for every two feet in height above 50 feet, the width or depth of yards shall be increased by one feet. A site plan under division 5 of article XII of this chapter is required for all buildings and structures exceeding 30,000 square feet in floor area.

(Code 1992, § 17.39(5); Ord. of 6-24-1997, § 17.39(5))

Within the IND industrial district, for each principal building or each frontage on a public street or highway if such establishment is located at the intersection of two public streets or highways, the following accessory signs are permitted:

(1)

One detached sign in the building setback area (front yard), limited in aggregate area to 250 square feet; provided, however, that no part of a supporting structure shall be closer than ten feet to the right-of-way, no part of the sign shall overhang the right-of-way and at least 12 feet of clear space, exclusive of the supporting structure, shall be maintained underneath the sign for visibility purposes.

(2)

Flat signs limited in aggregate area to 20 percent of the wall area fronting on a public street or highway.

(3)

Temporary signs for the sale or lease of the property. No temporary sign shall be erected within the required front, rear or side yard setbacks.

(Code 1992, § 17.39(6))

Off-street parking requirements in the IND industrial district are as follows:

(1)

Applicable parking requirements as specified in the CR regional commercial district.

(2)

Manufacturing, one per employee on maximum shift.

(Code 1992, § 17.39(7))