§ 16-80. I-1 Light Industrial District.

(a)

Purpose. The I-1 Light Industrial District is intended primarily for the manufacture, processing and assembly of articles and nonobjectionable products not involving the use of any materials, processes or machinery likely to cause undesirable effects upon nearby residential or business property or either ground or surface waters. All processing, service and storage shall be inside the building unless otherwise noted.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

The manufacture or processing of such produce as bakery goods, candies, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, pharmaceuticals, and food produce unless otherwise prohibited.

(2)

The manufacturing, compounding, assembling, or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: Bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, fur, felt, fiber, glass, horn, hair, leather, paper, plastics, precious and semiprecious metals or stones, shells, textiles, tobacco, wood, (except planing mills) and yarn.

(3)

The manufacture of pottery and figurines or other ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kiln-fired only by electricity or gas.

(4)

Manufacture and assembly of metal products including electroplating.

(5)

Manufacture of musical instruments or toys, novelties, notions, and rubber and metal stamps.

(6)

Machine shops.

(7)

Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radio, television and phonographs, including the manufacturing of small parts or mechanical equipment such as coils, condensers, transformers, crystal holders and the like.

(8)

Ice manufacturing and distributing.

(9)

Laundry and dry cleaning plants, linen and diaper services.

(10)

Storage warehouses, except mini-warehouses.

(11)

Welding shop.

(12)

Wholesale establishments.

(13)

Home appliance repair, locksmith, lawn mower sales and service, sharpening and grinding, radio, television and phonograph repair.

(14)

Printing plant.

(15)

New automobile sales and service dealerships. The sale of trucks with not more than two (2) axles and the sale of used automobiles are allowed as ancillary uses to a new automobile dealership.

(16)

Sign painting; glass and mirror shop; upholstery shop; awning and canvas shop; furniture repair shop and similar service uses.

(17)

Milk processing and distributing.

(18)

Taxidermist, pest control agency and similar service uses.

(19)

Pumps, machinery, plumbing and electrical fixtures, wholesale and repair.

(20)

Research and testing laboratory.

(21)

Building trades contractors (no outdoor storage of equipment or materials).

(22)

Restaurants for take-out or delivery only (for the primary use of the employees of the industrial area).

(23)

General office use and office buildings, provided that an office park or a freestanding office building with a gross area of over thirty thousand (30,000) square feet, shall be subject to the development and design standards of the B-5 Business District in section 16-78 of this Code.

(24)

Public and private utilities and accessory buildings and structures including but not limited to pump stations, transformer station, treatment plant, storage facility and exchange, not including solid waste management facilities, providing the property upon which said facilities are located is a minimum of one thousand (1,000) feet from the nearest residentially zoned property.

(25)

Radio, television, and video recording studios.

(26)

Municipal offices and service facilities in retail centers, office buildings, and warehouses, not owned by government.

(27)

County-owned and municipally-owned buildings.

(28)

Regulated uses, as regulated by section 16-115 of the Code, including, but not limited to, adult book store/adult novelty store/adult video store, adult dancing establishment, adult domination/submission parlor, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, encounter studio/modeling studio, massage establishment, and nude entertainment establishment.

(29)

The following subsections are applicable where the user is already actively engaged in some other use permitted within the light industrial district. Limited retail sales are permitted provided the following conditions are met:

a.

All retail sales areas and showrooms shall be within the same entirely enclosed building as the permitted use.

b.

Only merchandise which is warehoused, stored, or manufactures on the premises can be sold on a retail basis.

c.

A division wall meeting all applicable requirements of the Florida Building Code shall separate the retail sales/showroom area from the industrial portion of the building, bay or unit, in order to prevent public access by the general public to the industrial use portion of the building, bay or unit.

d.

Required parking for the use with limited retail sales is to be calculated based upon the floor area assigned to the use classification within the building, bay or unit, in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of the Code. The parking calculation for the multi-tenant or combined use building shall not consider an off-street parking space for one (1) tenant or use as providing the required off-street parking for any other tenant or use within the building.

e.

Restroom facilities shall be available to customers and sales staff in accordance with all applicable code requirements, and shall meet all ADA requirements.

f.

Signage shall be permitted only as allowed by Article XIV of the Code.

g.

All activities of permitted retail sales/showrooms in the I-1 Industrial District, including sale, display, preparation and storage shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building.

h.

The hours of operation for retail sales/showrooms shall be limited to:

1.

Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.;

2.

Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and

3.

Sunday, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

i.

The retail sale of the following products are expressly prohibited in the I-1 District:

Drugs

Marijuana

Large mechanical equipment

Furniture

Pumps

Lumber

j.

The size of the retail sales/showroom floor area must be less than twenty (20) percent of the total gross building floor area of the subject premises under a single certificate of use and occupancy, and all retail sales areas and showrooms shall be within the same entirely enclosed building.

(30)

The processing of spirituous beverages as a rectifier/blender, holding a valid State of Florida ERB license pursuant to F.S. Ch. 561, with no consumption on-premises and no retail sales on-premises.

(c)

Special exception uses. The following uses may be permitted in the I-1 district by the city commission in accordance with the requirements of Article III provided a particular use occupies no more than ten (10) contiguous acres:

(1)

All uses permitted in the OS Recreation/Open Space District (except as may be permitted in subsection (b)).

(2)

Building contractor with any outdoor storage of equipment or materials.

(3)

Sports arenas, stadiums, skating rinks, skateboard parks, water slides, go-kart raceways, bowling alleys, outdoor and indoor recreation, and outdoor and indoor amusements.

(4)

Health clubs and health spas.

(5)

Automobile repair, major and minor, (excluding motorcycle repair) provided that the use shall not be located adjacent to a residential district, even if separated by a street; and shall not be located on a site that is adjacent to a Broward County Trafficway. Outdoor storage of vehicles, equipment and parts shall be limited to an area located behind the principal building that is fully screened from public view by an eight-foot fence or wall and landscaping. Any parking provided for the temporary storage of vehicles shall be in addition to the minimum number of parking spaces required by subsection 16-144(a)(22). All service doors and similar doors must conform to the provisions of subsection 16-140(3).

(6)

Gasoline station.

(7)

Canning or freezing plant.

(8)

Restaurants and fast food restaurants (for the primary use of the employees of the industrial area unless the site has direct access from a Broward County Trafficway in which case the primary use restriction is inapplicable).

(9)

Commercial radio, television, microwave transmission and relay stations and towers.

(10)

Brick, tile or terra cotta manufacturing.

(11)

Veterinary clinics and kennels.

(12)

Rental agencies (including truck rental/leasing but excluding automobile rental/leasing).

(13)

Outside storage of boats, trailers, vans or recreational vehicles. Shall not be located adjacent to residential district even if separated by a street. A ten-foot screening hedge or masonry wall shall be provided. If a masonry wall is provided, trees shall be planted along any wall facing a public street at a distance of every twenty-five (25) feet and in conformance with subsection 16-165(d).

(14)

Hotels or motels, subject to the criteria in subsection 16-79(d)(4) and provided sufficient flexibility exists for commercial uses as permitted by the Comprehensive Plan.

(15)

Off-site parking lots.

(16)

Parks.

(17)

Adult education, instructional schools, and vocational schools.

(18)

Hospitals or clinics.

(19)

Libraries.

(20)

Governmental administration with services and maintenance facilities.

(21)

Police and fire facilities.

(22)

Public and private utilities, located less than one thousand (1,000) feet from residentially zoned property, not including solid waste management facilities.

(23)

Electronics recycling, when co-located with a vocational institution only.

(24)

Day care centers.

(25)

Community residential homes as defined in Article XVII.

(26)

One (1) dwelling unit per public school site as an accessory use.

(27)

Cemeteries and mausoleums.

(28)

Museums that are co-located with exhibit restoration facilities; provided that there shall be no retail sales of display items.

(d)

Uses prohibited. The permitted uses listed above shall not be construed to include any use first permitted in a less restrictive district. In addition, the following uses shall be prohibited:

(1)

Solid waste management facilities.

(2)

Automobile wrecking or salvaging.

(3)

Heavy industrial uses.

(4)

Medical offices or clinics for doctors, dentists, podiatrists and related professions.

(5)

Manufacture of herbal incense, as defined in section 7-392 of the City Code.

(6)

Manufacture of bath salts, as defined in section 7-393 of the City Code.

(7)

Manufacture, brewing, and distilling of alcoholic beverages or liquor, except as a rectifier/blender.

(8)

Schools (K through 12th grade).

(e)

Uses not listed. Any use not covered by subsections (b) and (c), and that is not prohibited by subsection (d), may be authorized by the director of community development only if the use is similar to a listed use; otherwise an amendment to this chapter is required.

(f)

Height. Not to exceed five (5) stories or seventy (70) feet, whichever is more. See section 16-119 for height exceptions.

(g)

Minimum plot size. One (1) acre.

(h)

Lot coverage. The combined area occupied by all roofed structures shall not exceed forty (40) percent of the plot area.

(i)

Yard setbacks.

	Residential District or Broward County Traffic- way***	Other Street*	District Parcel*,**
Front	75 ft.	25 ft.	25 ft.
Side	75 ft.	25 ft.	10 ft.
Rear	75 ft.	25 ft.	20 ft.

 

*Except if building exceeds twelve (12) feet in height, two (2) additional feet of setback shall be provided for every ten (10) feet of additional height.

**Including other I-1 Light Industrial District parcels and canal rights-of-way.

***Where a yard abuts land designated by the city as open space and the open space consists primarily of unpaved pubic right-of-way located between the plot line and the paved portion of the public right-of-way, the yard setback may be reduced by the width of the open space if the city commission determines that reducing the yard setback will not adversely affect the intended use of the open space. These provisions shall not apply when the right-of-way is a Broward County Trafficway.

(j)

Utility transmission lines. All utility transmission lines, conduits, conveyances or other devices or apparatus for the transmission of utility services and products, including all franchised utilities, shall be constructed and installed beneath the surface of the ground, with the exception of a main feeder line.

(k)

Loading, service and outside storage.

(1)

Off-street: Each site development shall provide sufficient on-site loading facilities to accommodate site activities (see section 16-148 Off-Street Loading). All loading movements, including turn-around, shall be made off the public right-of-way.

(2)

Visibility: Loading docks shall be located and screened so as not to be visible from any street.

(3)

Screening: Screening of service areas may consist of an approved combination of berming, landscaping, walls and/or fences.

(4)

Outside storage: No materials, supplies, or equipment may be permitted to remain outside any building.

(5)

Garbage and refuse: Garbage and refuse facilities shall be fully screened so as not to be visible from any street.

(l)

Truck parking. All trucks in excess of one-ton carrying capacity shall be parked in rear side yards and fully screened from view from adjacent properties or any public rights-of-way. No trucks in excess of one-ton carrying capacity may be parked in any street yard regardless of screening.

(m)

Building design. A relatively wide variety of architectural design and materials shall be permitted. However, it is intended that a basic harmony of architecture shall prevail so that no building shall detract from the attractiveness of the overall environment. Box-like buildings will be strongly discouraged. Buildings may be of architectural concrete, stucco, glass, or precast concrete.

(n)

Signage. See article XIV for regulation of signs.

(o)

Floor area ratio (FAR): The maximum floor area ratio of proposed development shall not exceed the following:

Height of Building	Maximum FAR
One Story	0.35
Two Story	0.50
Three Story	0.65
Four Story	0.80
Greater than four stories (maximum 15 stories)	1.00
Western Sunrise Area only: Greater than four stories (maximum 20 stories)	2.00

 

Note: For the proposed mixed use developments combining two (2) or more of the following use types, hotel, retail commercial uses or offices, in any combination, the maximum permitted floor area ratio (FAR) may be increased to one and one-half (1.5), and increased to three (3.0) within the Western Sunrise Area only, subject to granting of the special exception by the city commission. (Note: development of retail commercial uses on land designated as industrial is subject to the allocation of commercial flexibility as provided for in the implementation section of the future land use element of the comprehensive plan.)

(Ord. No. 402-97-E, § 1, 8-26-97; Ord. No. 402-97-H, § 1, 10-28-97; Ord. No. 402-98-A, § 1, 1-27-98; Ord. No. 402-01-G, § 2, 9-10-01; Ord. No. 402-02-F, § 2, 8-27-02; Ord. No. 402-02-G, § 3, 10-22-02; Ord. No. 402-05-D, § 2, 10-11-05; Ord. No. 402-07-D, § 7, 12-11-07; Ord. No. 402-09-H, §§ 2, 3, 11-24-09; Ord. No. 402-10-E, § 2, 8-10-10; Ord. No. 402-10-G, § 3, 10-12-10; Ord. No. 402-11-B, § 3, 3-8-11; Ord. No. 402-12-D, § 3, 4-10-12; Ord. No. 402-12-I, § 2, 7-10-12; Ord. No. 402-13-A, § 2, 1-22-13; Ord. No. 402-13-D, § 5, 6-11-13; Ord. No. 402-13-E, § 2, 7-9-13; Ord. No. 402-14-N, § 2, 12-9-14; Ord. No. 402-16-A, § 9, 1-12-16; Ord. No. 402-16-C, § 2, 2-23-16; Ord. No. 402-17-A, § 4, 2-28-17; Ord. No. 402-18-C, § 3, 7-10-18)