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Food and Drug Processing. Establishment engaged in the manufacture, processing, production, or packaging of drugs, beverages, or food products within an enclosed building. This classification includes brewery, bottler, winery, meat processing plant, candy and dairy product manufacturer, food truck commissary and related activities within an enclosed building, but excludes slaughterhouse, rendering plant, cannery or tannery. Uses in this classification may provide for the incidental on-site tasting or retailing of products.
B.
Industrial Service. Establishment that provides services in which industrial-type equipment, materials, and supplies are maintained on the site or that require on-site processing or handling of materials or substances.
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Boatyard. Establishment providing facilities for the repair, detailing, painting, maintenance, fabrication and handling of small boats such as pleasure craft and commercial fishing and tour boats, and related equipment. This includes ancillary boat ramps, drydocks, and handling facilities, and sail-making lofts.
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Contractor. Establishment that furnishes supplies, equipment, or products, and performs services at off-site locations but which maintains equipment, vehicles with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 15,000 pounds, stock-in-trade, and related activities on-site within an enclosed building. Typical uses are construction, janitorial, excavation, demolition, pest control, landscape or building contracting services.
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Contractor Yard. Storage yard and maintenance of equipment and supplies outside of a building.
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Equipment Sales and Rental. Retail or wholesale sale or rental of new or used large vehicles such as tractors, construction or agricultural equipment, commercial utility trucks, and utility or freight trailers. Establishments in this classification may offer incidental repair and maintenance of equipment for sale or rent.
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Laboratory. Establishment over 2,000 square feet, other than medical/dental lab, providing commercial testing, photofinishing, chemical or biological analytical service within an enclosed building.
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Cannabis Testing Laboratory. Consistent with state law, an establishment that holds a valid state license that offers or performs tests of cannabis or cannabis products and that is both accredited by an accrediting body that is independent from all other persons involved in commercial cannabis activity in the state and licensed by the state.
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Laundry. Establishment that provides on-site cleaning services within an enclosed building. This classification includes industrial dry cleaning plant, commercial laundry and linen supply services, or diaper services.
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Processor. Establishment in which materials or items are handled or processed including their related storage and sale. This classification includes rock or mineral crushing and processing services; lumber, building material and scrap metal salvage and handling; solid waste facility/materials recovery facility and transfer station; and auto dismantler within an enclosed building.
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Repair/Jobbing Service. Establishment providing facilities within an enclosed building for the repair or custom manufacture of heavy business and industrial equipment, other than automobile, recreational vehicle and boat repair. Uses include welding and machine shop, foundry, metal finishing, tool making, or construction and material handling equipment repair services.
C.
Manufacturing. An industrial activity involving the making of goods or products by manual labor or machine process, including incidental and related processing, storage, wholesaling and distribution.
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Heavy. Establishment engaged in the primary production of and extraction of metals or chemical products from raw materials or the pre-production processing of basic products, including bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. Uses in this classification typically involve a high incidence of truck, rail, or ship traffic, and/or outdoor storage of products, materials, equipment, or bulk fuel. This classification includes steelworks and finishing mill; chemical and fertilizer plant; petroleum and gas refinery; lumber, paper, or textile mill; asphalt, concrete, and hot mix batch plant; stoneworks, glassworks, brick refractory; and concrete products manufacturing within an enclosed building.
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Limited. Establishment engaged in the fabrication, assembly, processing, treatment, or packaging of finished parts or products from previously prepared materials within an enclosed building, excluding food and drug processing.
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Custom. Establishment primarily engaged in on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing involving the use of hand tools and small-scale equipment. This classification may include the incidental direct sale to consumers of only those products produced on-site. Typical uses include ceramic studio, candle-making, boatwright, custom jewelry manufacture, ornamental iron works, cabinet shop, or stained/leaded glass studio.
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Cannabis Manufacturing. Consistent with state law, an establishment that holds a valid state license and conducts the production, preparation, propagation, or compounding of cannabis or cannabis products either directly or indirectly or by extraction methods, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis at a fixed location that packages or repackages cannabis or cannabis products or labels or container, but excludes cannabis microbusiness.
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Cannabis Microbusiness. Consistent with state law, an establishment that holds a valid state license and is engaged in three of the following four commercial cannabis activities: cultivation of cannabis in an area less than 10,000 square feet; cannabis distributor; cannabis manufacturing; and cannabis retail.
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Research and Development Production. Establishment primarily engaged in the research, development, testing, and controlled production and wholesale of high-technology electronic, industrial, or scientific products or commodities within an enclosed building, but does not include uses that may be objectionable by reason of production of offensive odor, dust, noise, vibration, or storage of hazardous materials. Uses include biotechnology, film, and nontoxic electronic and computer component manufacturers.
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Transportation/Distribution. Activity and facility involving the distribution of freight or transportation services.
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Commercial/Personal Transport Services. Establishment providing transportation services including the incidental maintenance and storage of vehicles, but excluding establishments with facilities for long- or short-term storage of transported goods. This classification includes limousine, bus, taxi, or armored car services.
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Railroad Terminal and Switchyard. Facility for distributing freight from rail cars and making up trains.
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Truck Terminal. Establishment providing truck storage or facilities for the distribution, handling, processing, and long- or short-term storage of transported goods or packages. This classification does not include trucking activities accessory to a permitted or conditionally permitted use.
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Wharf. Facility comprised of one or more docks and adjacent land, that is used for the berthing of ships and barges, and the distribution and handling of cargo.
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Cannabis Distribution. Consistent with state law, an establishment that holds a valid state license and is engaged in the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and cannabis products between commercial cannabis businesses licensed by the state. This definition excludes cannabis microbusiness.
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Wholesaling and Storage. Establishment engaged in the wholesale, distribution and warehousing of goods. Uses in this category provide storage space for bulk quantities of commercial goods, or sell or arrange the sale of goods from suppliers to other wholesalers or retailers. Establishments under this classification may sort, package and label products for distribution, but do not display merchandise or accommodate walk-in retail customers.
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With Interior Storage. Storage and handling of goods and equipment is entirely within an enclosed building.
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With Exterior Storage. Storage and handling of goods and equipment is entirely or partially outdoors, even if screened from public view. This classification does not include junk or vehicle dismantling yard, or disposal facility.
(Ord. 979 § 2 (Exh. A), 1990; Ord. 1062 § 3, 1993; Ord. 07-1284 § 3 (Exh. B), 2007; Ord. 15-1390 § 3 (Exh. C), 2015; Ord. 17-1439 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018; Ord. 18-1448 § 3 (Exh. A), 2018; Ord. 21-1492 § 6, 2021; Ord. 23-1509 § 14, 2023)