§ 50-78. Light Industrial District (LI).

(a)

General purpose and description. The LI Light Industrial District is intended primarily for the conduct of light manufacturing, assembling and fabrication activities, and for warehousing, research and development, wholesaling and service operations that do not typically depend upon frequent customer or client visits. Such uses do require accessibility to major thoroughfares, major highways, and/or other means of transportation such as the railroad.

(b)

Permitted uses. Those uses listed for the LI Light Industrial District in section 50-82 as "P" or "C" are authorized uses permitted by right or conditionally permitted uses, respectively.

(c)

Height regulations. The maximum height in the LI district shall be:

(1)

70 feet for the main buildings; also see setback requirements related to height in subsection (d)(2)b of this section.

(2)

One story for accessory buildings.

(d)

Area regulations.

(1)

Size of lot.

a.

Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.

b.

Minimum lot width: 50 feet.

c.

Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.

(2)

Size of yards.

a.

Minimum front yard: 25 feet. Where a lot faces a designated arterial street, the front yard shall be a minimum of 35 feet.

b.

Minimum side and rear yard: 25 feet. If adjacent to a single-family, duplex (two family), patio home or single-family attached district, then side and rear setbacks (within which parking is permitted) shall be according to the height of the primary structure, as follows:

1.

Setbacks shall be measured at a ratio of five feet in horizontal setback distance for every three feet of building height as shown in Illustration 50-75-2.

2.

Setback measurements shall be calculated by story.

3.

These measurements shall not limit any building to less than 35 feet.

(3)

Maximum lot coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 60 percent including main and accessory buildings; maximum 90 percent impervious coverage (including all buildings, parking areas, sidewalks, etc.)

(4)

Maximum floor area. Maximum floor-area-ratio (FAR) is 2:1.

(5)

The maximum glare produced by any industry shall be limited to four footcandles of illumination intensity beyond the industrial or commercial tract boundary throughout the light frequency spectrum beginning with ultraviolet and ending through the infrared wavelengths.

(Code 1978, § 5-9; Code 1993, § 14-9; Ord. No. 2008-01, § 31, 2-4-2008)