Statement of intent.
This district is intended to provide for and encourage limited industries to locate
and/or expand in order to foster development of the local economy. These industries
are generally light industrial which are office oriented or oriented toward the manufacturing,
processing, assembly, warehousing and/or distributing of goods and materials which
are dependent upon previously prepared raw materials refined or processed elsewhere.
It is expected that uses in this district are to be operated from within a building.
18-1
Uses—Permitted by right. The following uses shall be permitted by right in Limited Industrial Districts subject
to the regulations of Article B:
18-1-1
Dwellings and agricultural uses existing at the time the land is zoned in this district.
18-1-2
Manufacturing, assembly, data processing, computing, warehousing, research and development,
wholesaling, telemarketing and similar industrial uses provided there is no air discharge
requiring smoke stack approval and the use complies with Section 18-4.
18-1-3
Office complex. A minimum of one hundred thousand (100,000) square foot lot with a
minimum aggregate in one (1) or more building, of five thousand (5,000) square feet
of gross floor area.
18-1-4
Public utility: Generating, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission
lines with support structures, and other facilities for the provision and maintenance
of public utilities, including railroads and facilities, water and sewage installations,
water storage tanks, and wooden telephone poles for electric, telephone lines and
similar lines. (O2011-04)
18-1-5
Communication towers subject to Article 20, Communication Tower Ordinance.
18-1-6
Small wind energy system, per requirements in Article 22 of these regulations.
18-1-7
Distillery. (Ord. No. O2014-06, 10-14-14)
18-1-8
Brewery. (Ord. No. O2014-06, 10-14-14)
18-1-9
Winery.
(Ord. of 6-8-99; Ord. No. O2009-12, § 1, 11-10-09; Ord. No. O2011-04, 8-9-11; Ord.
No. O2014-06, 10-14-14; Ord. No. O2017-02, 11-16-17)
18-2
Permitted accessory uses.
18-2-1
Residential quarters for bona fide caretakers; or
18-2-2
Food service facilities expressly designed for use of an establishment or group of
establishments located in the district.
18-2-3
Recreational facilities for employees of establishments in the district.
18-2-4
Retail stores, planned and built as part of manufacturing or processing operations
dealing in the products produced in such operations, intended primarily for the exhibition
and promotion of those products as well as their sale.
18-2-5
Warehouses and storage facilities except as prohibited in Section 18-5 below, meeting
other regulations of this section.
18-2-6
Offices planned and built as part of manufacturing or processing operation.
18-2-7
Public utilities: transform substations, transmission lines with support structures,
pipes, meters, and other facilities for the provision and maintenance of public utilities,
including railroads (except railroad yards), water and sewage installations, and water
storage tanks.
18-3
Uses—Permitted by Special Use Permit only. The following uses should be permitted as Special Use Permit in Limited Industrial
Districts:
18-3-1
Any use requiring outside storage or displays.
18-3-2
Any television antennas, radio antennas, microwave towers, and other public communication
facilities which exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.
18-3-3
Automobile service stations.
18-3-4
Heliports, helistops, provided that such facilities meet all federal, state and local
regulations and are located at least one-half (½) mile from any residential district
or use.
18-3-5
Lattice structure used to support a wind turbine. (O2009-12)
18-3-6
Motels.
18-3-7
Retail drug and food stores, wearing apparel shops, banks, barber shops, beauty shops,
hardware stores, printing shops for paper goods and newspapers, professional offices,
personal and professional services.
18-3-8
Two (2) or more small wind energy system(s), per requirements in Article 22 of these regulations. (O2009-12; O2011-04)
18-3-9
Small wind energy system(s) on a parcel of land twenty (20) acres or larger in size
with a height greater than one hundred (100) feet but less than one hundred ninety-nine
(199) feet. (O2011-04)
18-3-10
Reserved for future use.
18-3-11
Reserved for future use.
(Ord. of 6-8-99; Ord. No. O2009-12, § 1, 11-10-09; Ord. No. O2010-09, § 1, 9-14-10;
Ord. No. O2011-04, 8-9-11)
18-4
Special regulations.
18-4-1
Required setbacks and other open areas not needed for operations shall be landscaped
and such landscaping shall be maintained at all times.
18-4-2
No use shall be permitted which produces noise, smoke, unshielded lights, smell, dust
or other airborne nuisance, which is perceptible beyond the building.
18-4-4
Parking and/or support facilities shall be screened from any adjacent residential
use or district.
18-5
Reserved for future use.
18-6
Area regulations.
18-6-1
The minimum lot size shall be thirty thousand (30,000) square feet.
18-6-2
For permitted uses utilizing individual sewage disposal systems; the health official
shall approve the required area for any such use. The administrator may require a
greater area if considered necessary by the health official.
18-7
Setback regulations.
Buildings shall be located forty (40) feet or more from any street right-of-way. This
shall be known as the "setback" line.
18-8
Frontage and yard regulations.
The minimum frontage shall be one hundred (100) feet. Each side and rear yard shall
be a minimum of thirty (30) feet for principal structures and accessory structures
may be located to within fifteen (15) feet of a side or rear property line. No structure
shall be constructed closer than one hundred (100) feet to any adjacent property line
if that property is a residential zoned district or contains a residential use; however,
this distance may be reduced to fifty (50) feet if a screen buffer consisting of opaque
screening is provided and the setback distance is reduced to fifty (50) feet, parking
lots may be permitted to abut such screening. The side yard facing the side street
of corner lots shall be forty (40) feet or more. The front of a corner lot shall be
the shorter of the two sides.
18-9
Height regulations.
18-9-1
Buildings may be erected up to a height of thirty-five (35) feet. Parapet walls may
be up to four (4) feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest. (O2011-04)
18-9-2
Water towers, chimneys, flues, and flagpoles, are exempt from height regulations.
18-9-3
Accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height.
(Ord. No. O2011-04, 8-9-11)
18-10
Requirements for permitted uses.
18-10-1
Before any permit shall be issued or construction commenced on any permitted use in
this district, site plans and other documentation as requested by Article 13, shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator. The administrator shall refer these
plans to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation as provided in Article 13, except that the Zoning Administrator shall have the right to review and approve
site plans for additions of five thousand (5,000) square feet or less to a main building,
provided that said addition is of less size than the existing structure to which it
is being added.
However, in cases of disagreement or public interest, the applicant, the Planning
Director, or the chairman of the Planning Commission or any two members of the Planning
Commission may require that the site plan be reviewed by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. of 6-8-99; Ord. No. O2008-01, 4-24-08)
