The heavy industrial I-2 district is intended for the purpose of allowing basic or primary industries which are generally not compatible with residential and/or commercial activity. Certain extremely obnoxious or hazardous uses will require special permission to locate in this district.
(Prior code Appx. B § 39(1))
In district I-2, no structure or land shall be used and no structure shall be erected, altered or enlarged, which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the uses listed in Section 17.72.030.
(Prior code Appx. B § 39(2))
The following uses may be permitted in I-2 district:
A. 
Animal hospitals or clinics;
B. 
Blacksmith shops;
C. 
Bottling works;
D. 
Building materials, storage and sales;
E. 
Carpenter, cabinet, plumbing and sheet metal shops;
F. 
Contractor's office and equipment storage yards;
G. 
Dog kennels;
H. 
Dry cleaning and laundry plants;
I. 
Feed and seed stores;
J. 
Frozen food lockers;
K. 
Grain elevators;
L. 
Greenhouse and nurseries, retail and wholesale;
M. 
Lumber yards;
N. 
Machinery sales and storage lots;
O. 
Any enterprise similar to the listed uses and any manufacturing or fabrication establishments, which are not noxious or offensive by reason of vibration, noise, dust, fumes, gas, odor or smoke;
P. 
Motor vehicle sales and storage;
Q. 
Oil field supply facilities;
R. 
Poultry storage or slaughtering;
S. 
Public utility and public service uses;
T. 
Radiator repair shops;
U. 
Sanitary landfill (governmental);
V. 
Truck and rail terminals;
W. 
Upholstering shops;
X. 
Warehouses or storage houses;
Y. 
Welding shops;
Z. 
Wholesale houses;
AA. 
Security dogs;
BB. 
Other industrial uses which have similar influences as the above uses;
CC. 
The following uses of land may be allowed in this district by special use permit when submitted, reviewed and approved by the planning commission and city council. The decision of the planning commission and city council on special use permits shall be made after considering the following factors:
1. 
Apparent community need for the use,
2. 
Suitability of location for the use,
3. 
Plan of development of use,
4. 
Access to area; traffic patterns,
5. 
Accessibility of utilities,
6. 
Impact (present and future) on surrounding area, developed and undeveloped,
7. 
Impact on city facilities: sewer, water, sanitation, fire, police, traffic, etc.,
8. 
Others as necessary to evaluate the use;
DD. 
In taking action on a special use permit, the planning commission and city council may impose any conditions they deem necessary to insure maximum safety to the public and preserve the general welfare of the neighborhood.
1. 
Auto wrecking yard, junk yards and scrap processing yards,
2. 
Petroleum refining,
3. 
Stockyard and slaughter houses,
4. 
Ready mix concrete and asphalt mix plants,
5. 
Manufacturing or storage of bulk oil, gas and explosives,
6. 
Other uses which may be noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise or vibration,
7. 
Sale barns and stock sales,
8. 
All aboveground gas, propane and other material having high inflammability hazard or explosion or other,
9. 
Open mining for the removal of top soil, sand, gravel or other minerals.
(Prior code Appx. B § 39(3))
A. 
A building, structure or use, allowed in this district may occupy all that portion of a lot except for the area required for off-street parking, off-street loading and unloading and their access roads and as otherwise required.
B. 
In the case where the required off-street parking and/or loading and unloading will be provided within the building or structure, then the building or structure may cover the entire lot except as otherwise required in Section 17.72.060.
(Prior code Appx. B § 39(4))
When a building or structure is within 150 feet of a more restrictive dwelling district zone, such building or structure shall not exceed 45 feet in height.
(Prior code Appx. B § 39(5))
A. 
Front Yard. No front yard shall be required for uses permitted in this district except as necessary to accommodate future street rights-of-way, in which cases, the building shall be set back according to the adopted Street Master Plan and Street Rights-of-Way. Further, in cases when the front yard is adjacent to a more restrictive zoning district other than the Light Industrial "I-1" District, the landscape buffer strip or the fencing requirements for side and rear yards may apply.
B. 
Side and Rear Yards. No side or rear yard shall be required, except where such yards are adjacent to a more restrictive zone district in which case there shall be required:
1. 
A side yard and/or rear yard 15 feet; and
2. 
Landscaped buffer strip six feet in height containing a shrub border to serve as a screen between the more restrictive zoning district other than the Light Industrial "I-1" District and the proposed use shall be provided and adequately maintained by the property owner at a height of six feet; or
3. 
A six-foot solid fence or wall shall be provided and maintained by the property owner.
(Prior code Appx. B § 39(6))
A. 
No loading or unloading operation shall be permitted in the right-of-way of any street or alley.
B. 
Curb cuts for access to parking, loading and unloading area shall be first approved by the community development director. In making application for such curb cuts, the applicant shall present his or her proposal in writing and provide the community development director with sufficient plans showing location, width and type of surface proposed across the public right-of-way.
(Prior code Appx. B § 39(7); Ord. 18-002 § 1, 2018)
Loading and unloading spaces shall be provided off-street and on the premises and in the side or rear yard for such uses involving receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by motor vehicle or rail. All loading and unloading operations shall be so located to avoid undue interference with public use of streets, alleys and walkways. Such space shall include a 12 foot by 50 foot loading area for loading and unloading operations and shall have a minimum height clearance of 14 feet. The number of spaces shall be provided as follows:
Number of Spaces
Gross Floor Area in Gross Square Feet
1
3,000 to 20,000
2
20,000 to 40,000
3
40,000 to 60,000
4
60,000 to 80,000
5
80,000 to 100,000
6
100,000 to 150,000
One additional space shall be provided for each 50,000 square feet above 150,000 square feet.
(Prior code Appx. B § 39(8))