The "I" industrial district is intended for the purpose of allowing certain industrial uses which do not:

(1)

Require intensive land coverage.

(2)

Generate large volumes of vehicular traffic.

(3)

Create obnoxious sounds, glare, dust or odor. Height and land coverage are controlled to insure compatibility with adjoining uses.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996)

In District "I", no building or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered or enlarged, which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the uses listed in Section 3 below.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996)

(1)

Automobile sales and service.

(2)

Automobile supplies.

(3)

Bottling works.

(4)

Building material sales, except for ready-mix concrete plants and similar uses which emit particulates, odor or smoke.

(5)

Carpenter, cabinet, plumbing or sheet metal shops.

(6)

Car wash establishments.

(7)

Cold storage facilities.

(8)

Contractors office and equipment storage yards, providing the storage yard is completely enclosed with an eight-foot solid fence or wall.

(9)

Dry cleaning and/or laundry plants.

(10)

Farm implement sales and service.

(11)

Farm produce sales.

(12)

Feed and seed stores.

(13)

Frozen food lockers.

(14)

Furniture warehouses.

(15)

Greenhouses and nurseries, retail and wholesale.

(16)

Groceries, retail and wholesale.

(17)

Light manufacturing operations, providing that such use is not noxious by reason of vibration or noise beyond the confines of the building, or by the emission of particulates, fumes, gas, odor, or smoke.

(18)

Machinery sales and storage lots.

(19)

Monument sales.

(20)

Motor vehicle and farm implement sales and storage.

(21)

Newspaper publishing plants.

(22)

Poultry and poultry products.

(23)

Public utility and public service uses as follows:

(a)

Municipal power plants.

(b)

Substations.

(c)

Railroads.

(d)

Telephone exchanges, microwave towers, radio towers, telephone transmission buildings, electric power plants.

(e)

Public utility storage yards when the entire storage area is enclosed by at least a six-foot wall or fence.

(24)

Radiator repair shops.

(25)

Seed wholesale supply.

(26)

Sign printing and manufacturing.

(27)

Truck and rail terminals.

(28)

Upholstery shops.

(29)

Warehouses or storage houses.

(30)

Wholesale merchandise sales and storage.

(31)

A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the "I" industrial district, however, a special permit for such use must be obtained in accordance with Article XXIX of this ordinance. A special permit is the only process by which an industry that is generally considered not compatible with residential and/or commercial activity. Certain extremely obnoxious or hazardous uses will require special permission to locate in this district. The following is a listing of uses that require a special permit:

(a)

Alfalfa dehydrating mills.

(b)

Animal hospitals or clinics.

(c)

Anhydrous ammonia.

(d)

Any public building erected on land used by any department of the city, council, state or federal government.

(e)

Automobile wrecking yards, junkyards and scrap processing yards; when said yard is completely enclosed with an eight-foot solid fence, wall or hedge, and no junk or scrap is stored outside the fence or wall.

(f)

Automobile wrecker/vehicle towing service establishments; storage of vehicles for either a short or long term basis must be conducted within an eight-foot solid fence, wall or hedge, and no vehicles are to be stored outside the fence or wall.

(g)

Blacksmithing and welding shops.

(h)

Building materials, storage and sales, including ready-mix concrete plants.

(i)

Cheese factory.

(j)

Day nurseries.

(k)

Dog kennels.

(l)

Grain elevators.

(m)

Gymnastic facilities.

(n)

Irrigation equipment manufacture.

(o)

Livestock sales and holding pens.

(p)

Meat packing plants.

(q)

Mobile home manufacture.

(r)

Petroleum products and bulk storage.

(s)

Petroleum and natural gas refining and processing.

(t)

Poultry storage or slaughtering.

(u)

Ready-mix concrete and asphalt mix plants.

(v)

Recycling center of facilities.

(w)

Seed cleaning and processing, providing no particulate matter is emitted into the atmosphere.

(x)

Stockyards and slaughterhouses.

(y)

Storage yards.

(z)

Storage of bulk oil, gas, and explosives.

(aa)

Temporary shelter/group home for the homeless and operated by a non-profit, religious, educational or philanthropic institution.

(bb)

Other uses which may be noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise or vibration.

(cc)

Offices used by any department of the city, state, school or federal government or any other public entity.

[(32)]

Data Center.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1734, § 1, 9-19-1996; Ord. No. 1790, § 1, 1-7-1999; Ord. No. 1804, § 1, 11-18-1999; Ord. No. 1809, § 1, 7-20-2000; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007; Ord. No. 2235, § 1, 11-7-2019; Ord. No. 2321, § 1, 4-21-2022)

(1)

A building structure or use allowed in this district may occupy all that portion of the lot except for the front yard requirement, and for that area required for off-street parking and off-street loading and unloading and their access roads.

(2)

In the case where the required off-street parking and/or loading and unloading will be provided within the building or structure, then the structure may cover the entire lot except for the front yard requirement.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996)

(1)

When a building or structure is within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a residential district zone, said building or structure shall not exceed forty-five (45) feet in height.

(2)

When a building or structure is more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from a residential district zone, said building or structure shall not exceed two hundred twenty-five (225) feet in height.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 2387, § 1, 3-20-2025)

Yard regulations shall be in conformance with the following provisions and in accordance with Article XXV of this ordinance.

(1)

Front yard: A front yard of twenty-five (25) feet shall be required for uses permitted in this district.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

See Article XIX.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

See Article XX.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

See Article XXI.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

See Article XXII.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)

See Article XXIII.

(Ord. No. 1727, 6-13-1996; Ord. No. 1978, § 1, 1-18-2007)