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

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 (nondistribution), storing, repairing, fabricating, distribution of goods or other handling of products and equipment;

C.    Warehouse distribution centers less than two hundred thousand square feet gross floor area and that generate two hundred fifty 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 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 TMC 18.04.543 subject to the provisions of TMC 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 nonaccessory 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;

DD.    Electric vehicle infrastructure;

EE.    Agriculture;

FF.    Community gardens;

GG.    Farmers markets.

*Emergency communication towers and antennas and wireless communication facilities are subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards and approval if they apply, and furthermore both uses are subject to provisions for wireless communication facilities in TMC Chapter 11.20, Communication Antennas and Towers.

(Ord. O2010-029, Amended, 06/07/2011; Ord. O2010-015, Amended, 09/07/2010; Ord. O2008-017, Amended, 10/21/2008; Ord. O2008-016, Amended, 09/16/2008; Ord. O2006-037, Amended, 03/04/2008; Ord. O2005-011, Amended, 07/05/2005; Ord. O2003-001, Amended, 02/18/2003; Ord. O2000-004, Amended, 07/18/2000; Ord. O97-019, Amended, 06/17/1997; Ord. O96-022, Amended, 12/17/1996; Ord. O95-035, Added, 12/19/1995)

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 antennas and wireless communication facilities are subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards and approval if they apply, and furthermore both uses are subject to provisions for wireless communication facilities in TMC Chapter 11.20, Communication Antennas 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 wastewater treatment systems);

6.    Emergency communication towers and antennas;*

7.    Secure community transition facilities;

D.    Building heights exceeding fifty feet;*

E.    Animal clinics;

F.    Animal kennels;

G.    Recycling collection centers;

H.    Warehouse distribution centers of at least two hundred thousand square feet gross floor area or that will generate more than two hundred fifty diesel truck trips per day.

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

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

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 feet; provided, however, that no structure shall penetrate imaginary airspace surfaces as defined by 14 C.F.R. Part 77. A map that provides detailed information on ground and imaginary airspace surface elevations is available for inspection in the community development 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 TMC Chapter 18.47.

**See TMC 18.04.670.

(Ord. O2011-002, Amended, 03/01/2011; Ord. O2008-014, Amended, 10/21/2008; Ord. O2004-009, Amended, 12/07/2004; Ord. O2000-004, Amended, 07/18/2000; Ord. O95-035, Added, 12/19/1995)

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 the ordinance codified in this section. 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 TMC 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
Adult family homes	P	C	P	18.53; 18.56.135; 18.34.020(O)
Agriculture	P		P
All industrial activities involving the manufacture, assembly, bulk storage, processing, repair, recycling or servicing of goods or products		P
Animal clinics	C	C	C	18.56.150
Animal kennels	C		C	18.56.150
Attached wireless communication facilities	P	P	P	11.20; 18.24.020; 18.25.020; 18.34.020
Automobile repair facilities	P		P
Automobile service stations	P	P	P
Aviation, aviation related uses, aviation fueling facilities			P	18.34.020(A); 18.34.020(F)
Building heights over fifty feet	C	C		18.56.280
Cemeteries	C	C		18.56.180
Child day care center	P	C	P	18.52; 18.56.230
Child mini-day care center	P	C	P	18.52; 18.56.235
Community gardens	P	P	P
Crematories	P	P	P
Electric vehicle infrastructure	P	P	P
Emergency communication towers or antennas	C	C	C	18.56.260
Equipment rental and sales	P		P
Family child care home	P	C		18.52; 18.56.235
Farmers markets	P	P	P
Freestanding wireless communication facilities	P	P	P	11.20; Figure 11.20.030-1; 18.24.020; 18.25.020; 18.34.020
Hotel/motel and conference facilities			P
Mineral extraction		P
Motor pool and equipment parking	P		P
Motor vehicle sales facilities	P		P	18.34.020(Z)
Motorsports facility – Indoor	P		P
Motorsports sales facility	P		P
Nurseries or greenhouses	P		P	18.24.020(S)
Offices			P
Off-premises signs	C	C		18.56.170
Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities	P	P	C	18.24.020(L); 18.56.210
Park and ride facilities	P	P	P
Parks, open space and recreation facilities	P	P	P
Personal and professional services	P		P
Planned unit developments not including residential uses	P	P		18.36
Post offices, museum, library, art gallery	P		P
Prisons, jails or other correctional facilities	C	C	C	18.56.260
Private education facilities			C	18.56.110
Public or private schools other than through the eighth grade	P			18.56.110
Public schools on parcels abutting residential zones and outside of air hazard areas			P	18.56.110(B)
Radio frequency facilities			C	18.34.040(B)
Recycling collection centers	C	P		18.25.020(A); 18.56.320
Residential care facilities	P	C	P	18.34.020(O); 18.56.135
Restaurants			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
Secure community transition facilities	C			18.56.245
Sewage treatment facilities	C	C	C	18.56.260
Sexually oriented businesses	P		P	18.04.543; 18.42.050
Solid waste handling facilities	C	C	C	18.56.260
State educational facilities	C		C	18.56.260
Storage, manufacture or sale of highly volatile or extremely hazardous substances or materials other than airport fueling facilities			C	18.56.210
Support facilities	P	P	P
Terminal facilities	P	C	P
The raising of crops, including trees			P	18.34.020(J)
Transit facilities	P		P
Transportation facilities, large scale or regional	C	C	C	18.56.260
Transportation terminal facilities	P	P	P
Uses having to do with buying, selling, and personal and professional services or offices, or of a general commercial nature	P
Warehouse distribution center less than 200,000 sq. ft. in area and generating 250 or fewer diesel truck trips per day	P		P
Warehouse distribution center of at least 200,000 sq. ft. in area or generating more than 250 diesel truck trips per day	C		C	18.56.340
Wholesaling, manufacturing, assembling, warehousing, storing, repairing, fabricating, distribution of goods or other handling of products and equipment	P	P	P
Wrecking yards and junk yards		C		18.56.300

LEGEND

P = Permitted Use

C = Conditional Use

LI = Light Industrial

HI = Heavy Industrial

ARI = Airport Related Industrial

Note: Accessory uses are listed in each zone district chapter.

(Ord. O2010-029, Amended, 06/07/2011; Ord. O2011-002, Amended, 03/01/2011; Ord. O2010-015, Amended, 09/07/2010; Ord. O2008-017, Amended, 10/21/2008; Ord. O2008-016, Amended, 09/16/2008; Ord. O2006-037, Amended, 03/04/2008)