§ 29-120. I-5 airport industrial.

(a)

General description and intent. This section applies to the I-5 airport industrial district. This industrial district is intended to provide for airport and airport industrial park purposes in Grider Field Municipal Airport.

(b)

Permitted uses. Airports and airport-related accessory uses, public buildings and facilities, and industrial, manufacturing, warehousing or distribution facilities are permitted in this district.

(c)

Use limitations. Any establishment devoted primarily to the retail sale of merchandise or to the furnishing of services to the general public, with the exception of airport-related accessory uses, is prohibited. No land or premises shall be used for any purposes which constitute a nuisance in the generally accepted definition of that term.

(d)

Area regulations. Buildings erected within this district shall not be closer than seventy-five (75) feet from the right-of-way line of primary arterial streets, fifty (50) feet from other street right[s]-of-way and twenty-five (25) feet from side property lines of individual tracts.

(e)

Building height. No building, tower, mast, aerial, or similar structure shall exceed the height limitations set forth in the Federal Aviation Administration regulation TSO-N18. All structures shall be subject to a finding of "no objection" when submitted to the applicable Federal Aviation Administration authority by airspacing form 7460.

(f)

Parking requirements. There shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for automobiles. Public streets shall not be used for parking. The number of parking spaces provided shall adequately meet the parking needs of the establishment of employee parking and for the service of the public, such as customers, patrons, and clients. The surface of all driveways and permanent parking areas shall be of concrete, asphalt, or other bituminous material. The forwardmost twenty (20) feet of the front yard shall be maintained as unobstructed open space and shall not be used for parking unless control is provided to prevent backing of vehicles into a street through curblines, entrances and exits or otherwise interfering with moving traffic. Parking requirements outlined in article V, division 2 shall not be applicable to this district.

(g)

Loading and unloading facilities. Truck docks must be so situated that trucks, tractors, trailers or any combination thereof may not, while being either loaded or unloaded, project beyond the right-of-way of any street bordering the property. No loading docks shall be constructed in the front yard setbacks.

(h)

Screening and landscaping. Landscaping shall cover a minimum of thirty-five (35) percent of the front yard setback. Other screening and landscaping shall be provided pursuant to restrictive covenants.

(i)

Signs. Billboard posters and other advertising signs are prohibited, except those signs which identify the property owner's facility.

(Ord. No. 5812, § 1, 6-7-99)