Chapter 18.30
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE (I-1)

Sections:

18.30.010    Purpose.

18.30.020    Uses permitted outright.

18.30.030    Conditional uses permitted.

18.30.040    Standards.

18.30.010 Purpose.

The purpose of the general industrial zone is to provide sites for industrial activities requiring large land areas, and which have generally greater impacts on the community, and which may be incompatible with other uses. Proximity to highway and railroad transportation is considered important. [Ord. 290 § 3(3.040), 2006.]

18.30.020 Uses permitted outright.

In the I-1 zone, the following uses are permitted, subject to the standards of GMC 18.30.040:

A. Fabrication, production, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of materials, goods, food stuffs and other semi-finished or finished products from semi-finished or raw materials.

B. Storage or distribution services or facilities, including terminals, warehouses, storage buildings and yards, contractors’ establishments, ready mix plants or similar uses.

C. Research and development laboratories, including experimental, testing and processing facilities.

D. Welding or heavy repair services.

E. Temporary or interim uses which do not preclude the use of the property for more intensive industrial uses.

F. Public utility structure.

G. Mini-storage establishments (see definitions, GMC 18.05.030).

H. Certain transportation facilities as defined in GMC 18.05.030, specifically:

1. Normal operation and maintenance of transportation facilities;

2. Installation of transportation improvements within the existing right-of-way;

3. Projects identified in the adopted transportation system plan not requiring future land use review and approval;

4. Landscaping as part of a transportation facility;

5. Emergency transportation facility measures;

6. Street or road construction as part of an approved subdivision or partition. [Ord. 290 § 3(3.040(1)), 2006.]

18.30.030 Conditional uses permitted.

In the I-1 zone, the following uses are permitted, subject to requirements of GMC 18.30.040 and Chapter 18.185 GMC:

A. Automobile wrecking yard.

B. Telecommunication facilities.

C. Certain transportation facilities as defined in GMC 18.05.030, specifically:

1. Transportation projects that are not designated improvements in the transportation system plan; and

2. Transportation projects that are not designed and constructed as part of an approved subdivision or partition. [Ord. 290 § 3(3.040(2)), 2006.]

18.30.040 Standards.

In an I-1 zone, the following standards shall apply:

A. Lot size: no minimum lot size.

B. Yards and Setbacks. Industrial uses abutting a WD-1 or WD-2 zone shall be set back from the adjoining zone a minimum of 10 feet.*

C. Buffers and Landscaping. Industrial uses shall establish a sight-obscuring fence or hedge around outdoor storage areas where such storage areas abut a WD-1 or WD-2 zone.*

D. Building Height. Maximum building height shall be 30 feet.

E. All uses shall meet the noise, air quality and water quality requirements of the State Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

F. All uses shall meet the parking and sign requirements of this title.

G. Estuary and shoreland standards contained in Chapter 18.160 GMC shall apply. [Ord. 290 § 3(3.040(3)), 2006.]

*    Code reviser’s note: Ordinance 319 replaced the WD-1 and WD-2 zones with the WD and WM zones, respectively.