§ 137-609. Uses.

(a)

Permitted uses. Only the following uses are permitted:

(1)

Any permitted use in the industrial I-1 district.

(2)

Appliance manufacturing.

(3)

Automobile manufacturing.

(4)

Boat manufacturing.

(5)

Brick, ceramic tile, terra cotta or porcelain manufacturing.

(6)

Building material storage yard.

(7)

Cast concrete manufacturing.

(8)

Cold rolled metal processing.

(9)

Contractor storage yards.

(10)

Dye manufacturing.

(11)

Electrical equipment manufacturing.

(12)

Farm machinery manufacturing.

(13)

Flooring manufacturing.

(14)

Food processing.

(15)

Foundries.

(16)

Game arcade and pool hall or billiard hall.

(17)

Glass manufacturing.

(18)

Grain storage.

(19)

Heavy assembling.

(20)

Heavy manufacturing.

(21)

Heavy truck or heavy trailer sales or service.

(22)

Ink manufacturing.

(23)

Lumber company storage yards.

(24)

Lumber saw mills or planing mills.

(25)

Metal stamping.

(26)

Machinery manufacturing.

(27)

Manufactured home construction.

(28)

Mobile building or mobile home manufacturing.

(29)

Movers of household goods.

(30)

Paint manufacturing.

(31)

Pigment manufacturing.

(32)

Pipe manufacturing.

(33)

Plastic product manufacturing.

(34)

Recreational vehicle manufacturing.

(35)

Rubber manufacturing.

(36)

Self-service storage facility, mini storage.

(37)

Soap and detergent manufacturing.

(38)

Stone products manufacturing.

(39)

Transportation equipment manufacturing.

(40)

Truck manufacturing.

(41)

Well drilling contractors.

(42)

Wire manufacturing.

(b)

Conditional uses. The following uses may be conditionally approved by the board of zoning appeals for property already zoned industrial I-2 district:

(1)

Acid and alkaline manufacturing and storage.

(2)

Animal by-products processing.

(3)

Areawide trash incineration plants.

(4)

Asphalt batching plants.

(5)

Asphaltic products manufacturing and storage.

(6)

Automobile used parts storage yards.

(7)

Chemical bulk storage and wholesale distributing.

(8)

Chemical manufacturing.

(9)

Coke manufacturing.

(10)

Communication broadcasting towers.

(11)

Concrete batching plants.

(12)

Creosote manufacturing and treatment.

(13)

Crematories.

(14)

Explosives and blasting agents manufacturing and storage.

(15)

Fireworks manufacturing and storage.

(16)

Gas bulk storage and wholesale distributing.

(17)

Hatcheries.

(18)

Heavy truck and heavy trailer storage.

(19)

Indoor shooting gallery (but subject to the provisions of section 137-610(14)).

(20)

Leather tanning.

(21)

Lime, cement and plaster processing.

(22)

Livestock yards.

(23)

Medical waste disposal.

(24)

Metals smelting.

(25)

Microwave towers.

(26)

Mining and extraction operations. Mining and extraction operators shall be operated on a lot of no less than ten acres in area, provided that:

a.

The operations and uses shall not be conducted within 50 feet of any property line unless a greater distance is specified by the board of zoning appeals, where such is deemed necessary for the protection of adjacent property. Beginning at the required setback, the banks of all excavation areas shall not be excavated to a slope greater than 45 degrees from the horizontal; however, when the adjacent property is being mined for sand or gravel, the setback requirements may be waived along any common property line.

b.

A continuous fence, comprised of seven feet of woven wire fabric shall be erected and maintained along the property line around the entire site. In addition, an evergreen planting screen shall be required around the entire site within the required setback. Such screen planting shall be comprised of pine seedlings which are staggered six feet on center in two rows which are six feet apart; provided, however, when the adjacent property is used for mining and extraction operations, the fence and screen planting requirements may be waived along any common property line.

c.

Prior to approval of the conditional use every applicant shall execute an acceptable indemnity agreement in favor of the city in a form approved by the board of zoning appeals, which indemnifying agreement shall be for the purpose of assuring the restoration, rehabilitation and reclamation of mined out areas within a reasonable time and to the satisfaction of the board of zoning appeals and to further assure that the following minimum requirements will be met:

d.

A uniform rolling contour shall be established throughout all excavation areas.

e.

The banks of all excavation areas shall be restored to a two-foot horizontal and one-foot vertical ratio and the slopes seeded, landscaped and maintained until a permanent type ground cover is established to prevent erosion.

f.

Soil, suitable for growing vegetation, shall be replaced over the slopes of a uniform depth of not less than two inches.

g.

If excavations are made to a water-producing depth, such depth shall not be less than six feet below the low water mark and the areas which are not permanently submerged shall be so graded as to eliminate the collection of stagnant water.

h.

In addition to the foregoing, the board of zoning appeals may impose such other conditions, requirements or limitations concerning the nature, extent of the use and operation of such excavation operations as the board of zoning appeals may deem necessary for the protection of adjacent properties and the public interests.

(27)

Nuclear waste disposal.

(28)

Paper and pulp manufacturing.

(29)

Petrochemical processing.

(30)

Petroleum bulk storage and wholesale distributing.

(31)

Petroleum processing.

(32)

Power generation plants.

(33)

Primary metals processing.

(34)

Railroad yards and piggyback operations.

(35)

Salvage material storage yards.

(36)

Sanitary landfills. No sanitary landfill shall be approved as a conditional use which does not meet the following minimum standards in addition to whatever additional requirements may be required by the board of zoning appeals:

a.

No such conditional use shall be operated on a site of less than 40 acres.

b.

No portion of such site within 50 feet from adjacent property lines shall be utilized for such conditional use; provided, that where a residential district or principal residential use shares contiguous boundaries with the site of the conditional use at the time such conditional use is approved by the board of zoning appeals, no portion of such site within 100 feet of the boundary lines of such residential district or the property lines of such principal residential use shall be utilized for such conditional use.

c.

No sanitary landfill shall be approved as a conditional use until the applicant therefor and the owner of the proposed site therefor shall execute an agreement in favor of the city by the terms of which such applicant and owner shall agree to maintain the site while being utilized for the conditional use, and to restore and reclaim the site within a time period specified in such agreement following termination of such use, according to the following minimum specifications:

1.

A uniform contour which blends in with the topography of the surrounding area shall be established and maintained throughout the area.

2.

Impervious soil and soil suitable for growing vegetation, shall be replaced over the site to permanent uniform depths not less than that then required by applicable state standards and regulations.

3.

The site shall be seeded, landscaped, and maintained with perennial plant material until a permanent type ground cover is established to prevent erosion.

(37)

Scrap metal storage yards.

(38)

Semitruck and semitrailer storage.

(39)

Slaughterhouses.

(40)

Toxic and flammable chemical bulk storage and wholesale distributing.

(41)

Truck transport terminals and dispatching.

(42)

Vehicle wrecking yards.

(Code 1985, § 159.161; Ord. No. 2945, 10-6-1986; Ord. No. 3256, 3-20-1989; Ord. No. 3466, 3-4-1991; Ord. No. 4170, 5-19-1997; Ord. No. 4401, 6-21-1999)