The purpose of the I-1 light industrial district is to provide a location for industries which do not by their nature create nuisances. The intent is to preserve this land for industry in a location beneficial to industries and to prohibit nonindustrial uses. Because of the traffic generated and other objectionable influences created in this district, it is necessary to provide a buffer or setback area between this district and any other zoning district except heavy industrial district I-2. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

Any use constructed, established, altered, or enlarged in the I-1 light industrial district after the effective date of this title shall be so operated as to comply with the following standards:

   A.   Residential: No building shall be used for residential purposes except that a watchman may reside on the premises.

   B.   Retail Sales Or Services: No retail sales or services shall be permitted except as incidental to or accessory to a permitted use.

   C.   Noise: No noise from any operation conducted on the premises, other than that emanating from vehicular traffic, either continuous or intermittent, shall be detectable at any boundary line of the I-1 district.

   D.   Toxic, Noxious, Odorous Matter: No toxic matter, noxious matter, smoke, gas, or odorous or particulate matter shall be emitted that is detectable beyond the lot lines of the zoning lot on which the use is located.

   E.   Vibrations: No vibrations shall be detectable beyond the lot lines of the zoning lot on which the use is located.

   F.   Exterior Lighting: Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded wherever necessary to avoid casting direct light upon property located in any residence district.

   G.   Flammable Materials: The manufacture of flammable materials which produce explosive vapors or gases is prohibited.

   H.   Glare Or Heat: Any operation that produces intense glare or heat shall be performed within a completely enclosed building, and exposed sources of light shall be screened so as not to be detectable beyond the lot lines. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

   A.   Principal Uses: The following uses are permitted in the I-1 light industrial district:

Building materials sales.

Commercial radio and television transmitting antenna towers and other electronic equipment requiring outdoor towers, including antenna towers for the dispatching of private messages.

Compounding, processing and blending chemical products, but not including any materials which decompose by detonation.

General and administrative offices.

Machine shops and metal products manufacture and tool and die shops.

Mail order houses.

Manufacturing and assembling electrical and electronic products and equipment.

Manufacturing and assembling (or any combination of such processes) products from wood, cork, glass, leather, fur, plastic, felt and other textiles, but not including, as a principal operation, the processing of any raw materials.

Printing and binding plants.

Public utility distribution centers.

Research laboratories.

Warehouses and storage facilities.

Water filtration plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, and lift stations.

   B.   Other Uses: Any other manufacturing process or establishment which can operate in compliance with the aforementioned requirements shall be permitted.

   C.   Accessory Uses: Accessory uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use shall be permitted. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

All buildings and uses hereafter established or enlarged shall comply with the following requirements.

 

 

(Ord., 11-1-1983)

Off street parking shall be provided, as required in section 10-4-6 of this title. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

No structure or use in the I-1 district shall be erected, commenced, or allowed to continue, which does not have a connection to the public sewerage system unless and until the county public health officer certifies that a septic tank or any substitute disposal system can be installed and operated effectively. As a basis for making his decision, such health officer may require such percolation tests as he deems to be necessary. Such tests shall be made at the expense of the landowner. (Ord., 11-1-1983; amd. 2005 Code)

In the I-1 light industrial district, the use of signs and billboards is the same as that in section 10-8A-7 of this title for the C-1 convenience commercial district. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

The purpose of the I-2 heavy industrial district is to provide a location for industries, which may by their nature create nuisances. The intent is to preserve this land especially for industry in locations with access to major streets as designated on the thoroughfare plan, as well as locations generally accessible to railroad transportation. Because of the nuisances or other objectionable influences that may be created in this district, it is necessary to provide a buffer or setback strip between this district and other zoning districts, except I-1. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

Any use constructed, established, altered, or enlarged in the I-2 heavy industrial district after the effective date of this title shall be so operated as to comply with the following standards. No use already established on the effective date of this title shall be so altered or modified as to conflict with, or further conflict with, the applicable standards established hereinafter for the I-2 heavy industrial district.

   A.   Residential: No building shall be used for residential purposes, except that a watchman may reside on the premises.

   B.   Retail Sales Or Services: No retail sales or services shall be permitted, except as incidental to or accessory to a permitted use.

   C.   Manufacture Of Goods: No manufacture or assembly of goods shall be conducted outside a building unless the nearest point of said activity is more than two hundred feet (200') from the boundary of any use district.

   D.   Exterior Lighting: Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded wherever necessary to avoid casting direct light upon property located in any residence district.

   E.   Noise; Offensive Emissions: All manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, repairing, storing, cleaning, servicing, and testing of goods, wares, and merchandise shall be carried on in such a manner as not to be injurious or offensive by reason of the emission or creation of noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, toxic or noxious matter, odorous, glare, or heat, fire or explosive hazards.

   F.   Detonation: No activities involving storage, utilization, or manufacture of materials or products which decompose by detonation shall be permitted. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

   A.   Principal Uses: All buildings or uses hereafter established or enlarged shall comply with the following conditions or restrictions:

Automobile wrecking and junkyards, provided they are enclosed throughout the entire perimeter by a solid fence not less than eight feet (8') in height.

Blacksmiths, tinsmiths and sheet metal shops.

Bottling works.

Bulk fuel sales and storage.

Canning or preserving factories.

Coal storage plants.

Ice cream production and distribution.

Machine shops.

Machinery rental, sales, and service.

Manufacturing, fabricating, assembling, repairing, storing and cleaning, servicing, or testing, any of the following materials, goods or merchandise:

Apparel.

Beverages (nonalcoholic), processing and bottling.

Building materials specialties.

Clothing.

Compounding and packaging of chemicals.

Cosmetics and toiletries.

Dairy products.

Drugs and pharmaceutical products.

Electrical and acoustic products and components.

Food products (except fish, sauerkraut, vinegar and yeast).

Furniture.

Glass products.

Ice, dry and natural.

Jewelry.

Medical laboratory supplies, equipment and specialties.

Metal products and utensils.

Musical instruments.

Optical goods.

Paper products, including boxes and containers.

Radio, phonograph recorder and television sets and parts.

Textiles.

Toys and children's vehicles.

Trailers and carts.

Wood products, including wooden boxes and containers.

Meat and vegetable products (processing of), including the slaughter of animals.

Milk, bottling and distribution.

Monumental stone cutting.

Motor freight terminals.

Pattern shops.

Printing plants.

Railroad yards and switching areas, including lodging and sleeping facilities for transient railroad labor.

Sign painting.

Soldering and welding shops.

Spray painting and mixing.

   B.   I-1 District Uses: Any use permitted in the I-1 light industrial district shall be permitted in this district. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

   A.   Minimum Area: There are no requirements for minimum lot area in the heavy industrial district I-2.

   B.   Yard Requirements: Yard requirements in the I-2 district are the same setbacks as required for the I-1 light industrial district.

   C.   Coverage: Buildings shall not cover more than fifty percent (50%) of the site on which the use is located. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

Off street parking shall be provided, as required in section 10-4-6 of this title. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

No structure or use in the I-2 district shall be erected, commenced, or allowed to continue, which does not have a connection to the public sewerage system unless and until the county public health officer certifies that a septic tank or any substitute disposal system can be installed and operated effectively. As a basis for making his decision, said health officer may require such percolation tests as he deems necessary. Such tests shall be made at the expense of the landowner. (Ord., 11-1-1983; amd. 2005 Code)

In the I-2 district, the control of signs and billboards is the same as that in section 10-8A-7 of this title for the C-1 district. (Ord., 11-1-1983)