Chapter 20.51
IL DISTRICT – LIGHT INDUSTRIAL

Sections:

20.51.010    Purpose.

20.51.020    Principal uses permitted.

20.51.030    Accessory uses permitted.

20.51.040    Conditional uses.

20.51.050    Standards.

20.51.010 Purpose.

The light industrial district is intended to provide for an area of light industrial and high density residential uses. Uses are regulated to protect residential uses from incompatible commercial and heavy industrial uses while, at the same time, permitting warehousing and other light industrial uses. Development requirements are intended to protect areas without public sewers from contamination, and to allow space for storage, expansion and off-street parking. [Ord. 867 § 1, 2013; Ord. 632 § 5, 1997; Ord. 462 § 6, 1984.]

20.51.020 Principal uses permitted.

The following are principal permitted uses in this district:

A. Transportation and transshipment facilities;

B. Warehouses and storage;

C. Manufacturing, fabricating, assembling, and storage of a light industrial nature meeting the development requirements stated under this chapter;

D. Auto repair, and subordinate or incidental retail sale of supplies or parts. [Ord. 867 § 1, 2013; Ord. 632 § 5, 1997; Ord. 462 § 6, 1984.]

20.51.030 Accessory uses permitted.

Uses and structures which are incidental and subordinate to permitted principal uses and which will not create a nuisance or hazard are permitted as accessory uses in this zone. [Ord. 867 § 1, 2013; Ord. 462 § 6, 1984.]

20.51.040 Conditional uses.

The following are uses which may be permitted in the light industrial district by action of the commission under the conditions and procedures specified in Chapter 20.68 WMC:

A. Those commercial uses as specified in WMC 20.44.020;

B. Recreational vehicle parks;

C. Multifamily structures, dormitories, roominghouses, bunk houses and boardinghouses;

D. Public parks and playgrounds associated with a high density residential development;

E. Animal establishments;

F. Licensed marijuana retail store facility;

G. Licensed marijuana testing facility;

H. Licensed marijuana product manufacturing facility, with the exception of solvent based manufacturing processes which are not allowed;

I. Licensed standard cultivation marijuana facility (500 or more square feet under cultivation); and

J. Licensed limited cultivation marijuana facility (fewer than 500 under cultivation). [Ord. 926 § 10, 2016; Ord. 867 § 1, 2013; Ord. 785 § 27, 2006; Ord. 632 § 6, 1997; Ord. 462 § 6, 1984.]

20.51.050 Standards.

The following standards shall apply within the light industrial district:

A. Standards policies: WMC 20.52.005;

B. Air, land and water quality: WMC 20.52.040;

C. Volatile products storage: WMC 20.52.050;

D. Noise: WMC 20.52.060;

E. Building height: WMC 20.52.080;

F. Setbacks – Yards: WMC 20.52.110;

G. Drainage: WMC 20.52.150;

H. Off-street parking: WMC 20.52.190;

I. Buffers: WMC 20.52.200;

J. Signs: WMC 20.52.210;

K. Animal establishments: WMC 20.52.270. [Ord. 867 § 1, 2013; Ord. 785 § 28, 2006; Ord. 586 § 11, 1993; Ord. 462 § 6, 1984.]