§ 38-312. Principal uses permitted.

In an I-2 district, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one (1) or more of the following specified uses unless otherwise provided in this chapter:

(1)

Any principal use first permitted in an I-1 district;

(2)

Onsite heating and electric power generating plants using conventional fuels or renewable resources;

(3)

Gasoline or petroleum storage;

(4)

Railroad yards;

(5)

Any of the following production or manufacturing uses (not including storage of finished products) provided that they are located not less than eight hundred (800) feet distant from any residential district and not less than three hundred (300) feet distant from any other district:

a.

Junkyards, provided such are entirely enclosed within a building or within an eight (8) foot obscuring wall and provided further that one property line abuts a railroad right-of-way.

(6)

Foundry operations within a closed building;

(7)

Any other use which shall be determined by the council after recommendation from the planning commission, to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses in this section. The council may impose any required setbacks and/or performance standards so as to ensure public health, safety and general welfare;

(8)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.

Additional uses allowed by special use permit:

(1)

Grain elevators;

(2)

Any of the following production or manufacturing uses (not including storage of finished products) provided that they are located not less than eight hundred (800) feet distant from any residential district and not less than three hundred (300) feet distant from any other district:

a.

Incineration of garbage or refuse when conducted within an approved and enclosed incinerator plant;

b.

Blast furnace, steel furnace, blooming or rolling mill;

c.

Manufacture of corrosive acid or alkali, cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris;

d.

Petroleum or other inflammable liquids, production or refining;

e.

Smelting of copper, iron or zinc ore.

(Code 1977, § 5.63; Ord. No. 768, § 1, 6-15-15)