A. Purposes. The General Industrial District (I-1) is intended to provide for the establishment of manufacturing and industrial uses which, because of the nature of the product, requires isolation from residential uses.

B. Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the I-1 District: Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

(1) Automobile service stations, implement dealers and repairs.

(2) Wholesale business establishments.

(3) Warehouses, packing and crating establishments and truck yards and terminals.

(4) Contractors' shops and yards, roofing, electrical, paperhanging, ventilating, welding, upholstering, fencing and building.

(5) Storage yards for building materials, coal, wood and ice.

(6) Laboratories for research and quality control.

(7) The manufacturing, compounding, processing, packing or treatment of such products as candy, cosmetics, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, toiletries and food products, except the rendering of fats and oils.

(8) Bottling plants.

(9) Research facilities.

(10) Dry-cleaning establishments.

(11) Farm implement sales, storage and repair.

(12) Trade schools.

(13) Offices.

(14) Essential services, such as telephone and power companies.

(15) Grain elevators.

(16) Welding repair shops and general manufacturing.

(17) Storage buildings.

[Added 8-13-1992]

C. Accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted in the I-1 District: Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

(1) Off-street parking, storage garages and loading as regulated in this chapter.

(2) Buildings temporarily located for purposes of construction.

(3) Essential security and safety facilities as approved by the City Council.

(4) Storage buildings.

[Added 8-13-1992; 1-12-2004]

D. Conditional uses. The following conditional uses are permitted in the I-1 District: Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

(1) Monument works.

(2) Dwellings for watchmen or custodians of industrially used property only.

(3) Outdoor storage of vehicles or materials or open sales lots.

(4) Restaurants, lunch counters, confectioneries to serve the employees of the district.

(5) Slaughterhouse and livestock sales yard.

(6) Manufacturing, refining and processing of chemicals.

(7) Auto reduction yards and recycling centers.

(8) Agricultural chemical and fertilizer storage.

(9) Bulk fuel storage.

E. Prohibited uses. The following uses are permitted in the I-1 District: Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

(1) Distillation of bone, coal, tar, petroleum, grain or wood.

(2) Manufacturing or bulk storage of explosives.

(3) Any industry that creates an excessive odor, noise, air or environmental pollution problem.

F. Performance standards.

(1) Height regulation. The maximum height of any building, hereafter erected or structurally altered, shall not exceed 45 feet.

(2) Front yard regulations.

(a) There shall be a minimum setback of 25 feet from lot line.

(b) Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more roads or highways, there shall be a front yard setback on each road or highway side of each corner lot. No building shall project beyond the front yard line of either road or highway.

(3) Side and rear yard.

(a) The minimum side yards shall be five feet on each side for a total of 10 feet.

[Amended 8-13-1992]

(b) The minimum rear yard shall be five feet.

(4) Lot area. The minimum lot area shall be: no minimum.

(5) Screening and fencing. The City may require the screening or fencing of industrial uses on side and rear yards, which face or abut a residential district.

[Amended 1-12-2004]

(6) General regulations. Standards and regulations related to signs, parking, etc., are set forth in Article VII.