The purpose of the E-I zone is to provide areas suitable for light industrial uses including primary and secondary processing, assembly, artisan work, packaging, fabricating of finished goods and equipment with related outdoor storage and incidental, related sales. The Employment Industrial Zone is intended to have developments that mitigate negative impacts on nearby uses through screening, lighting, building design, etc. The Employment Industrial Zone is appropriate in those areas designated "industrial" in the Comprehensive Plan where the location has access to an arterial street or highway and where the noises, lights, odors, and traffic will not significantly impact residential areas.
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The following uses, when developed under the applicable development standards in this title, are permitted in the E-I zone:
(A) 
Dwelling for caretaker or watchman.
(B) 
Industrial Uses.
(1) 
Beverage bottling facility, including warehousing and distribution.
(2) 
Feed and seed facilities, grain elevators and storage; not including retail or wholesale sales of agricultural chemical, fertilizer, or insecticide products, or the storage of such products in bulk with the intent of shipping those products to another location.
(3) 
Textile and leather products manufacture, excluding tanneries.
(4) 
Dairy products manufacturing, such as butter, milk cheese, and ice cream.
(5) 
Manufacture of secondary wood and paper products not including sawmills and other primary wood products manufacturing.
(6) 
Fabrication and assembly of products created from wood, metal, stone, ceramic, plastic, glass, and other raw materials, with those materials having their primary manufacturing off-site.
(7) 
Food processing, including canning, freezing, drying and similar food processing and preserving.
(8) 
Research centers and laboratories.
(9) 
Artisan studios and workshops including artisan foundries and metal working; wood working; production of oils, soaps, essences, perfumes, and other artisan products derived from agricultural sources; and other activities producing works sold as art or craft.
(C) 
Office uses accessory to, and in conjunction with a permitted industrial use where the office area occupies no more than 25% of the building area.
(D) 
Temporary Uses. Yard sales and auctions, provided there are not more than three sales in a calendar year with each sale not to exceed three consecutive days. Merchandise and signs shall remain on private property.
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The following uses shall require a Conditional Use Permit: retail uses accessory to and in conjunction with a permitted industrial use. The retail use must predominantly be secondary, directly related, and limited to products manufactured, repaired, or assembled on the site, or by the operator of the site. For purposes of this section, retail use shall mean sales of goods, materials, and services to daily general public customers. Retail use does not include "wholesale sales" businesses, which sell and distribute merchandise to retailers, industrial, commercial and professional business users, but not the general public.
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When authorized under the procedure provided for Development Permits in this title, the following uses will be permitted in the E-1 zone:
(A) 
Public Facilities Zone including educational, municipal and public facilities.
(B) 
Right-of-way (subject to provisions of Section 10.48.080, Underground Utility Installation) for:
(1) 
Electric service lines;
(2) 
Gas mains;
(3) 
Communications lines;
(4) 
Water lines;
(5) 
Sewer lines; and
(6) 
TV cable lines.
(C) 
Public utility structures when they comply with all yard and setback requirements.
(D) 
Other structures/facilities which can meet the provisions of Section 10.112.030, Circumstances for Granting Development Permits.
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In the E-I zone, the following conditions shall apply:
(A) 
For expansion of the total floor area of existing buildings on a site by more than 10% of the gross floor area and for new construction on a vacant site, a Development Permit application, filed and processed in accordance with Chapter 10.112, is required. The plan submitted with the Development Permit application shall show the location of all existing and proposed buildings and structures, parking areas, drainage facilities, utility services, access points, lighting signs, landscaping, and other such data as may have a bearing on the adjacent properties.
(B) 
The purpose of reviewing the Development Permit is to assure conditions are imposed that reasonably mitigate the negative impact of traffic, view, odor, dust, smoke, cinders, fumes, noise, glare, heat or vibration or similar causes.
(C) 
In approving a Development Permit, the governing body may impose conditions adequate to mitigate identified potential negative impacts relating to:
(1) 
Size and location of signs;
(2) 
Size, type and location of outdoor lighting;
(3) 
Landscaped area;
(4) 
Screening;
(5) 
Building setbacks;
(6) 
Ingress, parking, vehicle storage, and egress for commercial uses;
(7) 
Drainage and utility service.
(D) 
Construction shall be in conformance to the plan approved by the Planning Commission to assure compatibility with adjacent zones.
(E) 
Compliance with requirements of Chapter 10.64 (Off-Street Parking and Loading).
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Adjacent Property Use
Setbacks
Single-Family (R-1)
Multifamily (R-2, R-3)
Commercial (RLC, C-3)
Industrial (L-1)
Front
20 feet
20 feet
20 feet
20 feet
Side
20 feet, (1)
15 feet, (1)
10 feet
10 feet
Rear
20 feet, (1)
15 feet, (1)
10 feet
10 feet
Street-side
20 feet
20 feet
20 feet
20 feet
Notes:
(1)
Side and rear yards adjacent to residential zones shall be contained by a sight-obscuring fence, wall, or hedge a minimum of six feet in height consistent with the provisions of Sections 10.24.110 and 10.34.120.
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All new development shall adhere to the fence regulations, which shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 10.60, Fence and Wall Regulations.
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All new development shall adhere to the clear-vision requirements, which shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 10.68, Clear-Vision Area.
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All new development shall adhere to the lot area, yards and height restrictions which shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 10.76.
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Open storage of materials used for the manufacture or assembly of goods and equipment is prohibited in required yards, but is otherwise permitted, provided that such storage is enclosed with a sight-obscuring fence, wall, hedge, or berm a minimum of six feet in height.
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