§ 44-113. LI, Limited Industrial District.

(a)

Purpose. This district is designed to accommodate industrial, storage, and other uses that generate a minimum of noise, glare, odors, dust, vibration, air and water pollution, fire and safety hazards, or the emission of any potentially harmful or obnoxious matter or radiation or any other nuisance characteristics. It is the purpose of these regulations to permit development of the enumerated functions to protect surrounding areas from incompatible industrial activities, to restrict the intrusion of non-related uses such as residential, agricultural, business and commercial, except retail businesses that normally do not require the customer to call at the place of business, and to encourage the discontinuance of uses presently existing in the district which are nonconforming by virtue of the type of use. To these ends, certain uses are excluded which would function more effectively in other districts and which would interfere with the operation of the uses permitted in this district.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Research-oriented and light industrial park uses.

(2)

Printing, lithographic, blueprinting, commercial laundries, dry cleaning establishments, wholesale businesses, ice and cold storage plants, lumber, fuel and feed supply yards, and other similar uses.

(3)

Light manufacturing, research, assembly, testing and repair of components, devices, equipment and systems of professional scientific and controlling instruments, photographic and optical goods, including the following:

a.

Communication, transmission and reception equipment such as coils, tubes, semi-conductors, navigation control equipment and systems guidance equipment.

b.

Data processing equipment and systems.

c.

Graphics and art equipment.

d.

Metering instruments.

e.

Optical devices, equipment, and systems.

f.

Stereo, audio units, radio equipment and systems.

g.

Photographic equipment.

h.

Radar, infrared and ultraviolet equipment and systems.

i.

Scientific and mechanical instruments such as calipers and transits.

j.

Testing equipment.

(4)

Light manufacturing, processing or assembling of the following:

a.

Biological products, drugs, medicinal chemicals, and pharmaceutical preparation.

b.

Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies, electronic equipment and accessories.

c.

Office, computing, and accounting machines.

(5)

Research and design centers where said centers are intended for the development of pilot or experimental products, together with related office buildings for such research facilities where said offices are designed to accommodate executive, administrative, professional, accounting, engineering, architectural, and support personnel.

(6)

Data processing and computer centers, including the servicing and maintenance of electronic data processing equipment.

(7)

Warehousing, refrigerated and general storage, but not including self-storage facilities.

(8)

Business service establishments such as printing and photocopying services, mail and packaging services, and typing and secretarial services.

(9)

Training and/or educational centers where such centers are designed and intended to provide training at the business, technical and/or professional level.

(c)

Accessory uses.

(1)

Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal uses.

(2)

Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal conditional uses.

(d)

Special uses.

(1)

Restaurants and cafeteria facilities for employees.

(2)

Metal fabrication, and tool and die shops.

(3)

Automobile repair garages and paint shops for autos and other vehicles, construction and farm equipment sales, section 24-193.

(4)

Computer and business machine sales when conducted in conjunction with and accessory to a permitted principal use.

(5)

Self-storage facilities, section 24-195.

(6)

Temporary transient uses, section 44-199

(7)

Wireless communication facilities, section 44-200

(8)

Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201

(Code 1992, § 24-100; Ord. No. 304, § 410, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)