Any building or premises within the “I” - Industrial District may be used for any purpose not in conflict with any ordinance of the city, provided that no building or occupancy permit shall be issued for any of the following uses until and unless the location of such use shall have been approved by the city council following a recommendation by the planning commission:
(1) 
Cement or lime manufacture.
(2) 
Cotton gin.
(3) 
Explosives manufacture or storage.
(4) 
Fat rendering.
(5) 
Garbage, offal or dead animal incineration, reduction or dumping.
(6) 
Junkyards or automobile wrecking yards.
(7) 
Petroleum refinery.
(8) 
Slaughter and dressing of animals (not including poultry and rabbits).
(9) 
Stockyards.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.61)
No building within the “I” - Industrial District shall exceed a height of three (3) stories or forty (40) feet.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.62)
The following yard regulations shall apply within the “I” - Industrial District.
(1) 
Front yard.
For uses permitted in the “I” district [“R-2” district] the front yard requirement for the “R-2” district shall apply. For additional uses permitted in the “I” district the minimum depth of such front yard shall be thirty (30) feet.
(2) 
Side yards.
For uses permitted in the “I” district [“R-2” district] the side yard regulations for that district shall apply. For additional uses permitted in the “I” district no side yards are required except that on a corner lot the side yard on a street side shall be twenty (20) feet.
(3) 
Rear yard.
For uses permitted in the “I” district. [sic] For all other uses a rear yard is not required except when it abuts upon an “R-1” or “R-2” district in which case there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten (10) feet.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.63)
For uses permitted in the “I” district [“R-2” district] the minimum lot area and minimum lot width shall be the same as in the “R-2” district. There are no minimum lot area or lot width requirements for other uses.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.64)
The following parking regulations apply within the “I” - Industrial District.
(1) 
The parking regulations for dwellings are the same as those in the “R-2” district.
(2) 
Where any structure is erected, reconstructed, or converted for any of the other uses permitted in this division, parking spaces shall be provided in the ratio of not less than one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor space in the building, which is used for the other uses permitted in this district. Such parking space may be located on the same lot as the building or on an area within three hundred (300) feet of the building. Two or more owners of buildings may join together providing this parking space.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.65)