The “I-2” Industrial District is intended for the purpose of allowing basic or primary industries that are generally not compatible with residential and/or commercial activity. Certain extremely obnoxious or hazardous uses will require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to locate in this district.

In the I-2 District, no building or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, altered, or enlarged that is arranged, intended, or designed for other than one of the uses listed in SECTION 3 below.

A.    Animal hospitals, clinics, veterinarians; dog kennels.

B.    Auto/vehicle sales, repair, service; upholstery shops, painting; provided all repair operations are conducted in a closed building, and that all outside storage shall be enclosed by a six (6) foot solid fence.

C.    Blacksmith shops.

D.    Bottling works.

E.    Building materials, storage, and sales, including lumber yards.

F.    Butcher and meat processing, including frozen food lockers, storage, stockyards, slaughterhouses, and sales.

G.    Carpenter, cabinet, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and sheet metal shops.

H.    Collection and distribution of recyclable items.

I.     Contractor’s office and equipment storage yard.

J.     Dry cleaning and/or laundry mats.

K.    Feed and seed storage and wholesale distribution, including grain elevators and

farmer’s cooperatives.

L.    Greenhouses and nurseries, retail and wholesale.

M.   Machinery sales and storage lots.

N.    Manufactured home fabrication, sales, and storage.

O.    Manufacturing or fabrication establishments that are not noxious or offensive by reason of vibration, noise, dust, fumes, gas, odor, or smoke.

P.    Motor vehicle and farm implementation sales and storage.

Q.    Public utility and public service uses.

R.    Service stations.

S.    Truck and rail terminals.

T.    Warehouses, storage houses, storage yards; mini warehouses including outdoor storage subject to the prohibitions of ARTICLE XXV; providing the storage yard is complete enclosed with a six (6) foot fence or wall.

U.    The following uses of land may be allowed in this district by CUP when submitted, reviewed, and approved by the Planning Commission and Governing Body subject to such conditions as the board(s) may require.

i.     Automobile wrecking yards, junk yards, and scrap processing yards, subject to the following:

a.     Primarily: must be permitted and authorized by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The State has imposed multiple restrictions on the creation of new wrecking, junk, and scrap processing yards.

b.    Located on a track of land at least 300 feet from a residential district zone.

c.     The operation shall be conducted wholly within a noncombustible building or within an area completely surrounded on all sides by a fence or preferable a solid wall. The fence or wall should be of uniform height (at least six (6) feet high) and uniform texture and color and shall be so maintained by the proprietor as to ensure maximum safety to the public and preserve the general welfare of the neighborhood. The fence or wall shall be installed in such a manner as to retain all scrap, junk, or other material within the yard.

d.    No junk shall be loaded, unloaded, or otherwise placed, either temporarily or permanently, outside the enclosing building, fence, or wall, or within the public rights-of-way.

e.     Burning of paper, trash, junk, or other waste materials shall be permitted only after approval of the Fire Department and/or Fire Marshal. Said burning, when permitted, shall be done during daylight hours only.

f.     Said use shall not be located on or visible from an arterial or major street or highway.

V.    Manufacturing or storage of bulk oil, gas, and explosives.

W.   Oil and gas exploration, extraction, and/or production.

X.    Storage and warehousing of products of a highly explosive, combustible, or volatile nature, including bulk fertilizers.

Y.    Mining and/or extraction of minerals.

Z.    Wholesale and retail establishments that handle products of a highly explosive, combustible, or volatile nature.

AA. Petroleum refining.

BB. Ready-mix concrete and asphalt mix plants.

CC. Sanitary land fill(s).

DD. Other uses that may be noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, or vibration.

A.    Lots in this district shall be subject to the following minimum size requirements:

i.     Minimum lot size shall be 10,000 square feet.

ii.    Minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.

B.    A Building, structure, or use allowed in this district may occupy all of the lot except for that rea required for off-street parking and off-street loading and unloading and their access roads and as required for arterial and/or collector streets in ARTICLE XXVI.

C.    In the case where the required off-street parking and/or loading and unloading will be provided within the building or structure, then the structure may cover the entire lot except as required for arterial and/or collector streets in ARTICLE XXVI.

A.    When a building or structure is within 150 feet from a residential district zone, said building structure shall not exceed 45 feet in height.

B.    When a building or structure is more than 150 feet from a residential district zone, said building structure shall not exceed 150 feet in height if not in conflict with airport approach zones or FAA requirements.

A.    Front Yard.

i.     No front yard setback is required for existing uses. New Structures shall provide a front yard having a depth of no less than 30 feet measured from the front property line except as required for arterial and collector streets in ARTICLE XXX.

ii.    Where a lot or lots have double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

iii.   Where a lot is located at the intersection two (2) or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of the corner lot except the buildable width of such lot shall not be reduced to less than 28 feet except where necessary to provide a yard on the side street not less than five (5) feet in width.

B.    Side Yard.  There shall be a side yard on each side of a building and said side yard shall not be less than the average height of adjacent buildings. The required side yards for the lot or tract shall be 15 feet.

C.    Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 25 feet or 20 percent of the depth of the lot, whichever is less.

See Article XXV.

See Article XXVI.

See Article XXVII.

See Article XXVIII.