§ 94-161. Industrial I-1R restricted district.

(a)

Intent. This district is intended to provide for aesthetically designed industrial areas primarily near and adjacent to major arterials. Design standards regulating storage, vehicular movement, parking, location of buildings, landscaping, access drives and signage will insure compatibility with surrounding uses.

(b)

Scope of regulations. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section, are the district regulations of the Industrial I-1R Restricted District.

(c)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Assembling and packaging.

(2)

Freight handling.

(3)

Manufacturing, light.

(4)

Warehousing.

(5)

Processing, light.

(6)

Parking facility or lot.

(7)

Office building.

(8)

Truck stop.

(9)

Automobile service station.

(10)

Public utility facility.

(11)

Reverse vending machine.

(12)

Telecommunications tower.

(d)

Permitted special uses. A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in conformance with conditions prescribed herein:

(1)

Day care facility.

a.

A four-foot high transparent fence shall be constructed between the play area and the street.

b.

An off-street pick-up and drop-off area shall be provided.

(2)

Microbrewery.

a.

The production of malt beverages shall be limited to 15,000 barrels per year or less.

b.

A malt beverage manufacturer's license must be obtained per state law.

c.

A municipal off-sale license must be obtained per city ordinance prior to any sale on-site of the manufacturer's malt beverages. All beverage containers shall be sealed. No on-sale shall be permitted.

(3)

Animal research facility.

a.

All processes and experimentation must be confined within an enclosed building.

b.

Animal loading, unloading, and confinement areas must be completely within an enclosed building at all times.

c.

No outside manure storage is permitted and a waste disposal plan must be approved.

d.

All buildings used to house animals shall be insulated to reduce noise and designed to reduce or eliminate odors.

(e)

Conditional uses. None

(f)

Density, area, yard and height regulations. The I-1R district regulations are as follows:

	Lot Coverage	Min. Lot Area Sq. Ft.	Min. Lot Width	Min. Front Yard	Min. Side Yard	Min. Rear Yard	Max. Height
All uses	35%*			60 feet***	50 feet**	50 feet**	50 feet

 

*Buildings used solely for storage and/or warehousing operations may occupy no more than 50 percent of the area of the lot.

**A 100-foot landscaped area shall be required between an abutting residential district boundary line and any structure, access drive, parking lot or other accessory use.

***The yard area abutting Interstate 29 shall be considered a rear yard.

(g)

Accessory uses. Accessory uses and building permitted in the I-1R district are buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the permitted uses in the district.

(h)

Parking regulations. Parking, loading and stacking within the I-1R district shall be in conformance with the regulations set forth in division 4 of article VI of this chapter.

(i)

Sign regulations. Signs within the I-1R district shall be in conformance with the regulations set forth in division 5 of article VI of this chapter.

(j)

Other regulations. Development within the I-1R District shall be in conformance with the regulations set forth in article II of this chapter.

(k)

Site plan requirement.

(1)

All proposed uses within the I-1R industrial district shall be accompanied by a site plan. The plan must conform to the following regulations and be approved by the planning commission and city council before a zoning and use registration permit is issued. The following data is required:

a.

The size and location of all buildings, structures, walls or other architectural features.

b.

The location and number of on-premises parking spaces and all internal access drives and vehicular circulation routes.

c.

The location and width of all ingress and egress points.

d.

The location of all off-street loading docks.

e.

The character, type and extent of landscape development.

f.

The location and size of unenclosed, screened areas for storage of raw materials and finished goods.

g.

The location, height and facing of all signs.

h.

The location of public sidewalks.

(2)

Additional site plan regulations are as follows:

a.

All parking areas, access drives, vehicular circulation routes, loading and unloading areas shall be hard surfaced.

b.

Freight loading and unloading shall face a side or rear yard.

c.

Outdoor storage of raw materials and finished goods shall be screened with approved fencing or landscaping so that it cannot be viewed from adjacent properties or any right-of-way.

d.

Landscaped areas shall be developed in the front 50 feet of a front yard and 25 feet of a side or rear yard. Landscaped areas shall include shrubbery or trees. A minimum of ten trees per acre shall be required based on the total acreage of the site. The requirements of section 94-399 are also applicable and constitute additional site plan requirements.

(Ord. No. 21-03, 8-26-2003; Ord. No. 18-12, § 2, 7-10-2012; Ord. No. 15-003 , § 3, 5-12-2015)