The purpose of the I-1 district is to establish a zone where designated industrial and commercial businesses may locate and intermingle, which produce a minimum amount of adverse effect on adjoining premises, are compatible with one another, and do not require large land or building areas for operation nor large yard areas for isolation or protection from adjoining premises or activities.

(Ord. No. 123, § 16.0, 6-5-89)

In the I-1 district, no uses shall be permitted, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except the following:

(1)

Wholesale and warehousing. The sale at wholesale or warehousing of automotive equipment, dry goods and apparel, groceries and related products, raw farm products except livestock, electrical goods, hardware, plumbing, heating equipment and supplies, machinery and equipment, tobacco and tobacco products, paper and paper products, furniture and home furnishings, and any commodity the manufacture of which is permitted in this district, and truck terminals.

(2)

Testing and research laboratories.

(3)

Tool and die shops.

(4)

Facilities for the printing or forming of box, carton and cardboard products.

(5)

Electric transformer stations and substations, electric transmission towers, municipal buildings and uses, gas regulators and municipal utility pumping stations.

(6)

Indoor tennis, paddleball or racquetball courts.

(7)

Bakeries.

(8)

Cold storage plants.

(9)

Bottling works, including milk bottling or distribution stations.

(10)

Tin shops or plumbing supply shops.

(11)

Coal or building materials storage yards.

(12)

Kennels.

(13)

Veterinary hospital or clinics.

(14)

Contractors' storage yards.

(15)

Radio and television towers.

(16)

Automobile storage and parking.

(17)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses.

(18)

Off-street parking in accordance with section 20-81.

(19)

Outdoor trash containers or dumpsters subject to section 20-87.

(20)

Welding shops.

(21)

On-site-use wind energy systems having a height of sixty-five (65) feet or less and meeting the requirements of sections 20-650 through 20-654.

(Ord. No. 123, § 16.1, 6-5-89; Ord. No. 155, § 1, 7-7-97; Ord. No. 217, § 28, 7-7-08; Ord. No. 225, § 24, 2-1-10)

The following shall be subject to a special use permit:

(1)

Outdoor auctions subject to subsection 20-601(25).

(2)

Public garage, motor vehicle repair shop, automobile point and bump shop or car washing establishments.

(3)

Windmill towers.

(4)

Junk yards/salvage yards.

(5)

Undercoating and rust proofing shops.

(6)

Auto body, auto paint shops.

(7)

Child care centers and day care centers subject to subsection 20-601(3).

(8)

Wind energy systems having a height of greater than sixty-five (65) feet on parcels or specialized easements containing at least one (1) acre and meeting the requirements of sections 20-650 through 20-654.

(Ord. No. 123, § 16.2, 6-5-89; Ord. No. 155, § 2, 7-7-97; Ord. No. 211, § 15, 2-5-07; Ord. No. 217, § 29, 7-7-08; Ord. No. 225, § 25, 2-1-10)

Any use permitted in the I-1 district must comply with applicable county and state health and pollution laws and federal regulations.

(Ord. No. 123, § 16.3, 6-5-89)

For permitted use and use subject to a special use permit, a site plan shall be submitted in accordance with section 20-116.

(Ord. No. 123, § 16.4, 6-5-89)

Area, height, bulk and placement requirement unless otherwise specified are as provided in article XVII, schedule of regulations.

(Ord. No. 123, § 16.5, 6-5-89)

The parking and loading provisions as provided in section 20-81, off-street parking and loading shall apply. To avoid unnecessary parking space construction while still ensuring site adequacy for potential changes in the use of a building or premises, the planning commission may, at the time of site plan approval, defer construction of the required number of parking spaces for industrial or office uses. Deferred parking may be granted if the following conditions are satisfied.

(1)

An application is filed with the site plan of the entire project showing the design and layout of all required parking areas including areas proposed for deferred parking. The design of the parking area, as indicated on the development plan shall include sufficient space to provide for the total parking area as required by section 20-81 off-street parking and loading.

(2)

The area designated for deferred parking shall not include areas required for front, side or rear yards, buffer yards or land otherwise unsuitable for parking due to environmental or physical conditions.

The planning commission may impose reasonably necessary conditions to protect the public interest and may require the posting of security to assure completion of related or future improvements required as conditions of deferred parking plan approval. Subsequent to the implementation of a deferred parking plan, the planning commission may, based on review of parking needs and a recommendation by the zoning administrator, require the construction of additional parking spaces as otherwise required in section 20-81.

(Ord. No. 192, art. III, 6-2-03)

The fronts and sides of industrial buildings facing streets shall be finished with face brick, glass, dryvit, textured or fluted cement block or stone. A minimum building wall offset of twenty-five (25) feet will be used to distinguish the length of the front or side of the building not subject to the finished material requirement. In recognition of developing technologies in building materials, the planning commission may approve other materials including, but not limited to, decorative metal panels, in consideration of the following standards:

(1)

Whether or not the finished treatment is compatible with surrounding properties in terms of color and overall image.

(2)

Relative scale of the building in terms of height and area.

(3)

The extent to which the building is setback from the street frontage(s) and the amount and quality of landscaping on the street frontage(s) and along the building.

(4)

Appeals of facade determinations may be taken, in writing, within ten (10) days of the determination of the zoning administrator. Such appeals shall be made to a review committee comprised of two (2) planning commissioners and an industrial developer/owner (other than the appellant) who shall use the same review standards. Parties aggrieved by a decision of the review committee may appeal, in writing, within ten (10) days of the review committee decision to the planning commission. The planning commission decision regarding such appeal shall be final.

(Ord. No. 192, art. III, 6-2-03)

Landscaping, screening and buffers shall be provided as regulated in article XVII, division 2, landscaping, screening and buffers, as applicable. Lighting shall be installed as applicable under the provisions of section 20-84.

(Ord. No. 192, art. III, 6-2-03; Ord. No. 217, § 30, 7-7-08)

All outdoor storage for fuel, raw materials and products associated with the industrial uses permitted herein shall be located not closer than one hundred (100) feet from a street right of way line. The storage of any combustible material such as lumber or fuel shall not be less than twenty (20) feet from an interior lot line. All open storage shall be screened from all streets and property lines by a solid six-foot fence or other combination of walls, fencing, and planted vegetation having similar screening affect.

(Ord. No. 192, art. III, 6-2-03)

Signs shall be as regulated in article XIX, as applicable.

(Ord. No. 192, art. III, 6-2-03; Ord. No. 209, § 12, 1-2-07)