The purpose of the General Industrial Zone is to provide sites
for employment-related industries such as light, heavy, and airport-related
industrial activities in the City of Warrenton. These areas are suitable
for uses involving manufacturing, fabrication, processing, transshipment
and bulk storage. General Industrial areas are near or adjacent to
arterial transportation corridors.
(Ord. 1258 § 2, 2022)
The following uses and activities and their accessory uses and activities are permitted in the I-1 zone if the Community Development Director determines that the uses conform to the standards of Section
16.60.040, applicable Development Code standards, and other City regulations:
A. Production,
processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of such products as
food and beverage products, pharmaceutical, hardware and machine products.
Retail of products made on site is permitted as an accessory use.
B. Production,
processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of articles and products
from previously-prepared or semi-finished materials, such as paper,
wood, rubber, plastics, fibers and sheet metal.
C. Research
and development laboratories and similar uses.
E. Public
utility facilities such as power stations, sewage and water treatment
plants.
F. Storage
and distribution services and facilities (i.e., truck terminals, warehouses
and storage buildings and yards, contractor's establishments, lumber
yards and sales) or similar uses.
G. Vehicle
repair (welding, painting and service, and parts facilities).
H. Airport
support structures: hangars, weather stations, fuel terminals and
storage buildings, etc.
I. Contractor
shop or equipment storage yard for storage and rental of equipment
commonly used by a contractor.
J. Cabinet,
carpenter, woodworking, metal fabrication shops or similar establishments.
K. Professional,
financial, medical, or business offices.
L. Public
utilities, including structures, pipelines, cables, and utility crossings.
N. Government
buildings and uses.
O. Transportation facilities and improvements subject to the standards of Section
16.20.040.
P. Dredge material disposal (DMD) subject to Section
16.60.040 (site 20S), and Chapter
16.104.
Q. Community
garden(s) (see definitions).
R. Food
and/or beverage trucks or carts.
S. Similar
uses to those listed in this section.
(Ord. 1186-A § 5, 2014; Ord. 1196-A § 3, 2015; Ord. 1605-A § 1, 2016; Ord. 1249 § 2, 2022; Ord. 1258 § 2, 2022)
The following uses and activities and their accessory uses and activities may be permitted in the I-1 zone when approved under Chapter
16.220, and subject to the provisions in Section
16.60.040, Development Standards:
A. Heavy
fabrication of finished or semi-finished products from raw materials.
B. Airport
runway extensions or relocations.
C. One
caretaker unit for each primary industrial use on a lot or parcel
subject to the following conditions:
1. The
unit shall be served with public water and sanitary sewerage disposal,
in conformance with City engineering and public works requirements.
2. The
unit shall meet all applicable fire, safety, and building code requirements.
3. The
unit shall be located no closer than 10 feet to any property line.
D. New community or technical college or similar campus type facilities subject to institutional master plan standards in Chapter
16.224.
E. New
mini warehouse or similar storage facilities.
F. Recreational marijuana production, recreational marijuana processing, or recreational marijuana whole-sale activities, subject to Section
16.60.040(N).
G. Similar
uses as those listed in this section.
(Ord. 1249 § 2, 2022; Ord. 1258 § 2, 2022)
The following standards are applicable in the I-1 zone:
A. Air
Quality. The air quality standards set by the Department of Environmental
Quality shall be the guiding standards in this zone, except that open
burning is prohibited in any case.
B. Noise.
As may be permitted under all applicable laws and regulations.
C. Storage.
All materials, including wastes, shall be stored and maintained in
a manner that will not attract or aid the propagation of insects or
rodents or other animals or birds, or otherwise create a health hazard
or nuisance.
D. Fencing.
Will be allowed inside a boundary planting screen and where it is
necessary to protect property of the use concerned or to protect the
public from a dangerous condition. Proposed fence locations and design
shall be subject to City review.
E. Buffer.
Where this zone adjoins another non-industrial zone there shall be
a buffer area at least 10 feet wide to provide a dense evergreen landscape
buffer which attains a mature height of eight feet, or such other
screening measures as may be prescribed by the City in the event differences
in elevation or other circumstances should defeat the purpose of this
requirement.
F. Vibration.
No vibration other than that caused by highway vehicles, trains and
aircraft shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments
at the property line of the use concerned.
G. Airport
Interference. No use shall create electrical or lighting interference
with the operations of the Port of Astoria Airport.
H. Setbacks.
The minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks shall be 10 feet. When
across a street from a non-industrial zone, the setback from the property
line shall be 10 feet. When a property abuts a nonindustrial zone,
the setback shall be as follows:
1. 50
feet for buildings and other structures more than 10 feet in height;
2. 30
feet for buildings and structures more than six feet high but not
more than 10 feet high; and
3. 10
feet for structures no more than six feet high (except fences no more
than six feet high may be on the property line).
I. All development shall comply with the wetland and riparian area protection standards of Chapter
16.156.
J. Building
Height. The maximum building height shall be 45 feet, except that
it may be lower under either of the following circumstances:
1. Within
100 feet of a non-industrial zone, where the maximum building height
shall be the same as the maximum building height in that zone.
2. Within
the Airport Hazard Overlay Zone, where the maximum building height
is described by the Airport Hazard Overlay Zone.
K. All
other applicable Code requirements shall be satisfied.
L. All
new sewer and water connections for a proposed development shall comply
with all City regulations.
M. Prior
to undertaking disposal, the dredging project proponent shall consult
with the Army Corps and Oregon DSL to determine if the disposal site
contains wetlands that are regulated under permit programs administered
by those agencies. If the site contains regulated wetlands, the dredging
project proponent shall either alter the disposal site boundaries
to avoid the wetlands and leave an acceptable protective buffer, or
obtain the necessary Corps and DSL permits to fill the wetlands.
N. Recreational
marijuana production, recreational marijuana processing, and recreational
marijuana wholesale activities shall be located only east of Highway
101 and at least 1,000 feet from any public or private school, church,
public park or child care center, and shall operate exclusively as
a single building occupant or with other licensed medical marijuana
dispensaries or recreational marijuana retail outlets.
(Ord. 1196-A § 4, 2015; Ord. 1249 § 2, 2022)