Chapter 18.24
LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICT

Sections:

18.24.010    Intent.

18.24.020    Permitted uses.

18.24.030    Accessory uses.

18.24.040    Conditional uses.

18.24.050    Density regulations.

18.24.060    Screening and buffering requirements.

18.24.010 Intent.

The intent of the Light Industrial (LI) zone district is to establish and preserve areas for industrial and other uses of such a nature that they do not create serious problems of compatibility with other kinds of land uses; to make provisions for certain kinds of commercial uses which are most appropriately located as neighbors of industrial uses, or which are necessary to service immediate needs of people in these areas; to ensure that retail commercial areas are encouraged within one quarter mile of the 93rd Avenue/Interstate 5 intersection; to provide pedestrian and transit orientation in these commercial areas to provide an alternative to driving a private automobile; and to encourage the preservation and provision of open space in industrial areas to ensure a desirable quality of life.

(Ord. O95-035, Added, 12/19/1995; Ord. O2002-013, Amended, 08/20/2002)

18.24.020 Permitted uses.

Permitted uses in the LI district are as follows:

A.    All uses having to do with buying, selling, and personal and professional services or offices, or of a general commercial nature;

B.    The wholesaling, manufacturing, assembling, warehousing (non-distribution), storing, repairing, fabricating, distribution of goods or other handling of products and equipment;

C.    Warehouse distribution centers less than 200,000 square feet gross floor area and that generate 250 or fewer diesel truck trips per day;

D.    Recreational facilities;

E.    Support facilities;

F.    Parks and recreation facilities;

G.    Transportation terminal facility;

H.    Planned unit developments not including residential uses;

I.    Post offices;

J.    Park and ride facilities;

K.    Public or private schools other than through the eighth grade;

L.    Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities;

1.    Off-site treatment and storage facilities must be located a minimum of two hundred fifty (250) feet from surface water, residential zones, and public gathering places.

2.    Off-site treatment and storage facilities are subject to the State siting criteria adopted pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 70.105, RCW.

M.    Child day care center; child mini-day care center;

N.    Adult family homes, residential care facilities.

O.    Sexually-oriented businesses as defined in Section 18.04.543 subject to the provisions of Section 18.42.050;

P.    Nurseries or greenhouses;

Q.    Museum, library, art gallery;

R.    Transit facilities;

S.    Family childcare homes;

T.    Motor pools and transit facilities;

U.    Automobile service stations;

V.    Attached wireless communication facilities, except that it is prohibited to attach a non-accessory wireless communication antenna on a single family or two-family dwelling;*

W.    Freestanding wireless communication facilities;*

X.    Motor vehicle sales facilities, subject to the minimum conditions set forth in TMC 18.56.330.

Y.    Equipment rental and sales facilities.

Z.    Motorsports facility – indoor.

AA.    Motorsports sales facility.

BB.    Auto repair facilities.

CC.    Crematories.

*Emergency communication towers and antennae and wireless communication facilities are subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards and approval if they apply, and furthermore that both uses are subject to provisions for wireless communication facilities in Tumwater Municipal Code, Chapter 11.20, "Communication Antennae and Towers."

(Ord. O95-035, Added, 12/19/1995; Ord. O96-022, Amended, 12/17/1996; Ord. O97-019, Amended, 06/17/1997; Ord. O2000-004, Amended, 07/18/2000; Ord. O2003-001, Amended, 02/18/2003; Ord. O2005-011, Amended, 07/05/2005; Ord. O2006-037, Amended, 03/04/2008; Ord. O2008-016, Amended, 09/16/2008; Ord. O2008-017, Amended, 10/21/2008)

18.24.030 Accessory uses.

Accessory uses in the LI district are as follows:

A.    Living or residential quarters as an accessory use including, but not limited to, security guards’ quarters where such quarters are customarily provided for security and/or insurability of the premises and other residential uses directly related to the operation of the primary permitted use;

B.    Off-street parking and loading;

C.    Energy systems;

D.    On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities;

E.    Accessory wireless communication antenna.*

*Emergency communication towers and antennae and wireless communication facilities are subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards and approval if they apply, and furthermore that both uses are subject to provisions for wireless communication facilities in Tumwater Municipal Code, Chapter 11.20, "Communication Antennae and Towers."

(Ord. O97-019, Amended, 06/17/1997; Ord. O95-035, Added, 12/19/1995)

18.24.040 Conditional uses.

Conditional uses in the LI district are as follows:

A.    Off-premises signs;

B.    Cemeteries;

C.    The following essential public facilities:

1.    State education facilities;

2.    Large scale or regional transportation facilities;

3.    Prisons, jails or other correctional facilities;

a.    Juvenile detention facilities;

b.    Work release facilities;

c.    Prisons and prerelease facilities;

d.    Jails;

4.    Solid waste handling facilities;

5.    Sewage treatment facilities (not including individual or community waste-water treatment systems);

6.    Emergency communication towers and antennas;*

7.    Secure community transition facilities

D.    Building heights exceeding fifty (50) feet;*

E.    Animal clinics;

F.    Animal kennels.

G.    Recycling collection centers.

H.    Warehouse distribution centers of at least 200,000 square feet gross floor area or that will generate more than 250 diesel truck trips per day.

*Subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards and approval if they apply.

(Ord. O95-035, Added, 12/19/1995; Ord. O97-019, Amended, 06/17/1997; Ord. O2000-004, Amended, 07/18/2000; Ord. O2002-013, Amended, 08/20/2002; Ord. O2003-001, Amended, 02/18/2003; Ord. O2006-037, Amended, 03/04/2008)

18.24.050 Density regulations.

Density regulations in the LI district are as follows:

A.    Site area: no minimum, except adequate space must be provided for required parking, yards and landscaping;

B.    Lot coverage: no maximum, except adequate space must be provided for required parking, yards and landscaping;

C.    Structure height: A maximum height of fifty (50) feet; provided, however, that no structure shall penetrate imaginary airspace surfaces as defined by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 77. A map that provides detailed information on ground and imaginary airspace surface elevations is available for inspection in the Development Services Department.

D.    Yards:**

1.    Front: twenty feet minimum setback on all street frontages,

2.    Side: ten feet from property line, minimum. In cases where sites share drive aisles and/or truck maneuvering areas, no side setback is required on the side where an aisle is shared.

3.    Rear: ten feet from property line, minimum. In cases where sites share drive aisles and/or truck maneuvering areas, no rear setback is required on the side where an aisle is shared.

Where structures or portions of structures are adjacent to any residential zoning district, the minimum structural setback shall be twenty feet. Where structures are constructed over twenty five feet, the setback of the structure from the adjacent property lines shall be increased by one foot for each additional foot in height above twenty five feet in height of the proposed new building and shall have screening in accordance with Chapter 18.47.

**See Section 18.04.670.

(Ord. O95-035, Added, 12/19/1995; Ord. O2000-004, Amended, 07/18/2000; Ord. O2004-009, Amended, 12/07/2004; Ord. O2008-014, Amended, 10/21/2008; )

18.24.060 Screening and buffering requirements.

Buffering should be provided between this zoning district and residentially zoned areas. Buffering should be equally shared between the abutting residential and industrial developments, unless one of the uses is already developed as of the effective date of this Ordinance. If the residential use already exists, no further buffering should be required of the residential property owner. If the industrial use already exists, any change in the use which increases impacts on abutting residential lands such as noise, glare or visual impacts, whether or not it involves enlargement of an existing structure or adding new structures, will require additional buffering measures as outlined in Chapter 18.47.

(Ord. O97-024, Amended, 03/03/1998; Ord. O95-035, Added, 12/19/1995)

TABLE 18.24
INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICTS PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

LI

HI

ARI

Applicable Regulations

Uses having to do with buying, selling, and personal and professional services or offices, or of a general commercial nature.

P

All industrial activities involving the manufacture, assembly, bulk storage, processing, repair, recycling or servicing of goods or products

P

Personal and professional services

P

P

Wholesaling, manufacturing, assembling, warehousing, storing, repairing, fabricating, distribution of goods or other handling of products and equipment

P

P

P

Retail sale of goods or products manufactured on the premises, or utilized in manufacturing, repairing, or servicing activities which are permitted in the same zoning district

P

P

Offices

P

Hotel/motel and conference facilities

P

Restaurants

P

Automobile service stations

P

P

P

Automobile repair facilities

P

P

Aviation, aviation related uses, aviation fueling facilities

P

Storage, manufacture or sale of highly volatile or extremely hazardous substances or materials other than airport fueling facilities

C

§18.56.240

Motor pool and equipment parking

P

P

Mineral extraction

P

Parks, open space and recreation facilities

P

P

P

Transportation terminal facilities

P

P

P

Post offices, museum, library, art gallery

P

P

Support facilities

P

P

P

Planned Unit Developments not including residential uses

P

P

Chapter 18.36

Park and ride facilities

P

P

P

Transit facilities

P

P

The raising of crops, including trees

P

Adult family homes

P

C

P

§18.34.020

Residential care facilities

P

C

P

§18.34.020

Child mini day care center (With approval of Dev. Services Director)

P

C

P

Family child care home (With approval of Dev. Services Director)

P

C

Child day care center

P

C

P

Public or private schools other than through the eighth grade

P

Public schools on parcels abutting residential zones and outside of air hazard areas

P

§18.56.110(B)

Private education facilities

C

Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities

P

P

C

Sexually oriented businesses

P

§§18.04.543 and 18.42.040

Nurseries or greenhouses

P

P

Terminal facilities

P

C

P

Radiofrequency Facilities

C

C

C

Cemeteries

C

C

Crematories

P

P

P

Off-premises signs

C

C

State educational facilities

C

C

Transportation facilities, large scale or regional

C

C

C

Prisons, jails or other correctional facilities

C

C

C

Solid waste handling facilities

C

C

C

Sewage treatment facilities

C

C

C

Emergency communication towers or antennae

C

C

C

Animal clinics

C

C

C

Animal kennels

C

C

Building heights over fifty feet

C

C

Recycling collection centers

P

Motor vehicle sales facilities

P

P

Wrecking yards and junk yards

C

Recycling collection centers

C

Equipment rental and sales

P

P

Motorsports sales facility

P

P

Motorsports facility-INDOOR

P

P

Warehouse Distribution Center less than 200,000 sqft. in area and generating 250 or fewer diesel truck trips per day

P

P

Warehouse Distribution Center of at least 200,000 sqft in area or generating more than 250 diesel truck trips per day

C

C

LEGEND

LI = Light Industrial

HI = Heavy Industrial

ARI = Airport Related Industrial

(Ord. O2006-037, Amended, 03/04/2008; Ord. O2008-016, Amended, 09/16/2008)