Chapter 18.54
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE (LI)
Sections:
18.54.050 Development requirements.
18.54.060 Performance standards.
18.54.070 Development standards.
18.54.010 Purpose.
The LI zoning district provides for light, clean industries for a variety of manufacturing and other uses with controlled external impacts. The district provides for secondary processing industries, involving manufacturing, warehousing, assembling, packaging and treatment of products with components that have been previously prepared from raw materials. Industrial establishments shall not have objectionable external features, shall feature well-landscaped sites and their activities shall occur within enclosed buildings.
Limited supporting commercial uses that are accessory to the primary use of the site may be conditionally permitted and shall comply with Title 4 of the metro urban growth functional management plan. LI uses may be located adjacent to residential and commercial uses with adequate buffering. [Ord. 916 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010.]
18.54.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted outright with the appropriate site design review:
(A) Secondary manufacturing and processing of products made from components previously prepared from raw materials.
(B) Public and private utilities, including but not limited to telephone exchanges, electric substations, data centers, gas regulator stations, water wells and public work yards.
(C) Industrial hand tool and supply sales primarily wholesaled to other industrial firms or industrial workers.
(D) Research and development companies, experimental and/or testing laboratories.
(E) Internet and telephone system retail sales without counter sales, which are shipped out or shipped directly to customers of products prepared on site. The total retail sales area shall be less than 25 percent of the total building area in which the use is located.
(F) Wholesale and/or card-lock fuel stations with approved loading and queuing space.
(G) Electronics, building materials and home appliance recycling in an enclosed structure.
(H) Blueprinting, printing, publishing, or other reproduction services.
(I) Self-service storage facilities.
(J) Medical, dental and similar laboratories.
(K) Type “A” or Type “B” mobile vendor, as described in Chapter 5.35 CMC. [Ord. 916 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010; Ord. 2016-015 § 1 (Exh. A), 2016.]
18.54.030 Conditional uses.
The following uses are permitted as conditional uses, provided such uses are subject to the standards contained in CMC 18.54.060 and approved in accordance with Chapter 18.105 CMC:
(A) Commercial laundry, dry cleaning, dyeing or rug cleaning plants.
(B) Brewery or winery where all activity, including storage, occurs inside an enclosed structure.
(C) Radio, television and similar communication stations, including transmitters and wireless communication towers.
(D) Restaurants without drive-through.
(E) Hospitals and emergency care facilities.
(F) Automotive, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, truck, manufactured home, boat, farm and other equipment repair or service within an enclosed structure.
(G) Trade, industrial or commercial schools whose primary purpose is to provide training for an industrial need or occupation.
(H) Wholesale building material sales, lumberyards, contractors’ storage and equipment yards, building maintenance services, and similar uses.
(I) Cellular transmission towers.
(J) Power generation plants and associated facilities, including wind turbines.
(K) Automobile, boat, trailer and recreational vehicle storage.
(L) Child care facilities and preschools, if fully integrated with and secondary to the primary use of a site.
(M) Public recreational facilities including parks, playfields and sports and racquet courts on publicly owned property.
(N) Private indoor recreational facilities.
(O) Sewage treatment plants. [Ord. 916 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010.]
18.54.040 Prohibited uses.
The following uses are expressly prohibited:
(A) Outdoor storage and/or display of raw materials.
(B) Auto wrecking and junk or salvage yards.
(C) Distillation of oil, coal, wood or tar compounds and the creosote treatment of any products.
(D) General purpose solid waste landfills, incinerators, and other solid waste facilities.
(E) Pulp mills and paper mills.
(F) Slaughter of livestock or poultry, the manufacture of animal by-products or fat rendering.
(G) Leather tanneries.
(H) Indoor motor vehicle sports.
(I) Horse stables, riding arenas and other livestock event facilities.
(J) Marijuana facilities. [Ord. 916 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010; Ord. 2015-03 § 3 (Exh. A), 2015.]
18.54.050 Development requirements.
(A) Lot Size. In an LI zone there is no minimum lot size, save and except that the lot must be large enough to accommodate the proposed use, including all design standards and functional requirements related to the use.
(B) Setback Requirements. In an LI zone the following setbacks shall be the minimum required. The approval authority may require greater setbacks for uses allowed under CMC 18.54.030, based on the approval criteria in Chapter 18.105 CMC, the base standard; however, the review body may require a greater or lesser setback based on the design review criteria set forth in this chapter:
(1) The front yard shall be 20 feet, except that:
(a) Parking shall not be allowed within five feet of the front property line.
(b) Where an industrial use abuts a residential zone there shall be a front yard setback of 25 feet.
(2) No side or rear yard shall be required, except:
(a) Fifteen feet when the side yard abuts a public street.
(b) Twenty-five feet when abutting any residential zone, except that parking shall not be allowed within 10 feet of the side or rear property line.
(C) Height of Building. No building shall exceed a height of 35 feet, unless approved by the Planning Commission. [Ord. 916 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010.]
18.54.060 Performance standards.
In an LI zone no land or structure shall be used or occupied unless there is continuing compliance with the following standards:
(A) Design Review Approval. All design review requirements and conditions of approval, including all prior attached conditions, shall be satisfied.
(B) Environmental Standards. All uses shall comply with the required air, land, and water quality standards set forth by all state, federal and local jurisdictions (i.e., Department of Environmental Quality, Clean Water Services, and Metro).
(1) Vibration. No vibration other than that caused by highway vehicles or trains shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments at the property line of the use concerned.
(2) Odors. The emission of odorous gases or matter in such quantities as to be readily detectable at any point beyond the property line of the use creating the odors is prohibited.
(C) Heat and Glare.
(1) Except for exterior lighting, operations producing heat or glare shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed structure, such that glare is not visible from a public street or adjacent property.
(2) Exterior lighting shall be designed such that glare is directed away from public streets or adjacent properties.
(D) Insects and Rodents. Materials, including wastes, shall be managed and stored, and grounds shall be maintained, in a manner that will not attract or aid the propagation of insects or rodents or create a health hazard.
(E) Outside Storage. Permitted outside storage shall be appropriately screened consistent with CMC 18.54.070, Development Standards. [Ord. 916 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010.]
18.54.070 Development standards.
In an LI zone no new use or occupation of land or a structure or a new structure and no change of use of land or a structure shall be permitted unless there is continuing compliance with the following standards:
(A) Landscape Plan.
(1) For all uses in an LI zone, the first five feet of lineal street frontage on the subject site shall be landscaped (exclusive of frontage trees) prior to occupancy, in accordance with the approved site plan and the standards set forth herein.
(2) At least 80 percent of the landscape area shall be covered by plant material, lawn, and trees when the plantings are at maturity. The remaining area may be covered in nonvegetative ground cover.
(3) Street Trees. Street trees shall be required and shall be selected from the approved public works street tree list. The total number of trees shall be determined by dividing the total lineal footage of the site which abuts a public street by 30. The location of the trees shall be determined through design review, and the trees shall be installed in accordance with Chapter 5 of the adopted public works standards.
(4) Installation of required landscaping may be deferred for up to six months; provided, that the owner posts with the city a guarantee in the form of a bond, cash deposit, or irrevocable letter of credit assigned to the city for an amount equal to 150 percent of the estimated cost of the landscaping materials and installation by a qualified contractor.
(B) Vehicular Access, Internal Circulation and Clear Vision Areas.
(1) Where possible, vehicular access to industrial developments shall be from abutting arterial or collector streets, and shall be shared with adjacent properties to minimize multiple curb cuts. Access to individual lots from T.V. Highway shall be approved by ODOT with secondary access from adjacent collectors or if necessary from minor local streets where possible. Except in the case of a multi-building complex, direct lot access to an arterial shall not be permitted, unless there is no viable alternative, and direct access to a local street shall only be allowed as permitted by the review body.
(2) The minimum public street width for industrial development shall comply with Chapter 5 of the adopted public works standards.
(3) Internal Access. All internal roadways and drives shall be paved and maintained by the owner in accordance with city standards. No entrance or exit shall be located closer than 100 feet to any intersection of a public street, unless there is no reasonable alternative. They shall have the following minimum pavement widths:
(a) Two-way traffic: 24 feet;
(b) One-way traffic: 20 feet.
(4) Internal sidewalks or pathways shall be provided to ensure safe and convenient pedestrian circulation throughout the development.
(5) Clear vision areas shall be provided at all roadway and driveway intersections in accordance with the vision clearance standards set forth in CMC 18.150.070.
(C) Access Streets – Sidewalks – Drainage.
(1) All streets shall be designed in accordance with Chapter 5 of the adopted public works standards.
(2) All driveways for new construction shall have minimum pavement width of 24 feet and shall not be more than 45 feet in width at the curb, unless specifically approved by the review body to meet unusual requirements of a particular use.
(3) Cul-de-sacs shall serve no more than four separate uses and shall have a minimum turning radius of 50 feet measured to the front edge of the curb.
(4) Sidewalks and Improvements.
(a) For all new construction, curbs, gutters, and a minimum six-foot-wide sidewalk, with eight feet at a bus stop, shall be provided along the entire lot frontage, and shall meet ADA accessibility standards.
(b) Site design review Type II requests for remodels, alterations and/or additions to an existing building shall require a sidewalk, if one does not exist; the driveway apron and paved driveway shall be constructed to city standards.
(5) Storm drainage shall be managed through a system of underground drainage lines and catch basins, which convey storm water off the site to a public storm system, and shall comply with Clean Water Services (CWS) standards for water quality and quantity.
(D) Lighting Streets. Streets and walkways shall be lighted during the hours of darkness in accordance with public works standards.
(E) Mailboxes. Except for in-fill partitioning, clustered mailboxes shall be provided, consistent with the locational criteria set by the postmaster. They shall be of uniform style.
(F) Screening.
(1) Sight-obscuring screening shall be provided for all garbage and trash collection areas, and for any approved outdoor storage, or parking lots abutting a residential development. Such screening shall be a minimum six feet in height, and shall consist of a wall of brick, stone, or other substantial material; or a densely planted evergreen hedge and chain link fencing. Such screening shall be provided to a height sufficient to block the view of materials stored as viewed from the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street from the screen wall.
(2) The reviewing body may require sight-obscuring screening and/or fencing of parking lots abutting property lines, front yards abutting a public street, or other yards abutting a residential development.
(G) Parking and Loading Space.
(1) Off-Street Parking. Parking shall be provided as set forth in Chapter 18.145 CMC.
(2) Paving and Design. Off-street parking and maneuvering areas shall be paved with asphalt or concrete and designed in accordance with the standards of the off-street parking regulations of this title.
(3) Parking Lot Landscaping. There shall be a five-foot landscaped buffer at the perimeter of all parking lot areas. The parking area shall be screened with evergreen plant material maintained at a minimum of 36 inches in height. Parking lots shall be designed and landscaped so as to break up large paved areas with landscaped islands every 10 parking spaces. [Ord. 916 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010; Ord. 2020-05 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020.]
18.54.080 Signs.
Signs within the LI zone may be allowed consistent with the provisions identified for the light industrial LI zone and Chapter 18.175 CMC. [Ord. 916 § 2 (Exh. B), 2010.]