Chapter 18.70
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
Sections:
18.70.020 Permitted uses and structures.
18.70.030 Conditional uses and structures.
18.70.040 Dimensional requirements.
18.70.050 Performance standards.
18.70.010 Intent.
The industrial zoning district is intended to provide a location for a variety of employment opportunities such as manufacturing, warehousing and distributing, indoor and outdoor storage and a wide range of primarily industrial operations.
Locations for this zone require good access to major arterial streets and adequate water, sewer and power. (Ord. O-08-09-01 § 2 (part), 2008)
18.70.020 Permitted uses and structures.
The following uses and their accessory uses are permitted in industrial districts:
(a) Manufacturing, processing, assembling, research, wholesale, or storage.
(b) Marine transportation and port facilities.
(c) Public utility facilities and structures.
(d) Petroleum storage, including aviation fuel.
(e) Junkyards, commercial and auto wrecking yards.
(f) Boat marinas and docks.
(g) Aircraft and helicopter landing, storage, loading, parking, repair and aviation-related facilities.
(h) Warehousing and storage.
(i) Air transport terminals for passengers and freight.
(j) Offices.
(k) Navigation aids and facilities.
(l) Fire station and emergency medical aid station.
(m) Dwelling for a caretaker or watchman employed on the premises.
(n) Restaurants, taverns and entertainment establishments.
(o) Transportation facilities, including bus and taxi operations.
(p) Service stations.
(q) Vehicle and equipment repair facilities.
(r) Public and governmental buildings and uses.
(s) Cemetery.
(t) Dredging and filling.
(u) Recreational facilities.
(v) Snow dump and storage sites.
(w) Retail and wholesale businesses.
(x) Funeral homes.
(y) Outdoor storage, including junk, as an accessory use to any permitted or conditional use.
(z) Incidental, small-scale manufacturing, processing, and storage of goods for wholesale or retail sale on the premises.
(aa) Helicopter landing pad.
(bb) Junk motor vehicles in excess of two.
(cc) Crew camps. (Ord. O-24-11-02 § 5, 2024; Ord. O-17-09-03A § 1, 2017: Ord. O-08-09-01 § 2 (part), 2008)
18.70.030 Conditional uses and structures.
The following uses are permitted with a conditional use permit in the industrial zoning districts:
(a) Single-family dwellings, duplex dwellings, and multiple-family dwellings.
(b) Dog kennels and lots.
(c) Mining of minerals, aggregate, sand, gravel or other earth products; and accessory uses and buildings.
(d) Home businesses and occupations.
(e) Mobile homes and mobile home parks.
(f) Residential use of the upper floor above a commercial or industrial use.
(g) Parks and playgrounds.
(h) Private storage, including junk, or small warehouse associated with residential use/home occupations. (Ord. O-08-09-01 § 2 (part), 2008)
18.70.040 Dimensional requirements.
The following dimensional requirements shall apply to all uses in the industrial district unless approved by variance as provided in Chapter 18.140 NCO:
(a) Lot Size. The minimum lot area shall be five thousand square feet.
(b) Building and Use Setbacks.
(1) Buildings shall be set back ten feet from all dedicated rights-of-way.
(2) Buildings shall be set back five feet from all other lot boundary lines.
(3) No mining, quarrying, dredging, or processing of material shall be permitted closer than one hundred feet from any residential property.
(4) Buildings shall be set back at least ten feet from the top bank of any drainage ditch.
(5) Buildings shall be set back at least ten feet from a closed drainage system. (Ord. O-08-09-01 § 2 (part), 2008)
18.70.050 Performance standards.
All development shall be subject to the following performance standards:
(a) Drainage. The development shall provide a drainage system that is designed to deposit all runoff into either an engineered drainage system or into a natural drainage in conformance with the city’s drainage management plan.
(b) Site Development Standards. All development on lands in this zoning district shall conform to the following:
(1) Development activities shall not adversely impact other properties by causing damaging alteration of surface water drainage, surface water ponding, slope failure, erosion, or siltation. The property owner and developer shall take such steps, including installation of culverts or buffers, or other methods, as necessary to comply with this requirement.
(2) Upon completion of earthwork operations, all exposed slopes, cleared, filled, and disturbed soils shall be given sufficient protection by appropriate means to prevent subsequent erosion.
(3) Drainage will be stabilized using best management practices and approved by the city. (Ord. O-08-09-01 § 2 (part), 2008)