New Franklin "I" Light Industrial District ordinance (§ 405.130)

A. The "I" Light Industrial District is intended to provide sites for heavy commercial and light industrial activities requiring some heavy machinery which under control would minimize the effect on nearby residential districts.

B. Permitted Uses.

1. Any use permitted in the "C-2" District.

2. Assembly of small component parts for farm implements, aircraft, automobiles and trucks, such as generators and carburetors.

3. Bottling plants.

4. Bulk station for propane and butane gas.

5. Contractors' yards and related establishments, such as building material yards and equipment storage.

6. Drive-in theaters.

7. Farm implement sales and repair.

8. Industrial research laboratories.

9. Lumberyards including mill work.

10. Maintenance and repair of large, heavy duty trucks.

11. Manufacture and maintenance of electric and neon signs, billboards, commercial advertising structures, light sheet metal products, including heating ventilating ducts and equipment, cornices, eaves and similar products.

12. Manufacture, compounding, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, toiletries and food products, except the following: fish products, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, dairy products and the rendering or refining of fats and oils.

13. Manufacture or assembly of medical and dental equipment, drafting and optical instruments, watches, clocks, toys, musical instruments, novelties, metal stamps and electrical or electronic apparatus.

14. Manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.

15. Ready mix concrete plants.

16. Sandblasting or cutting.

17. Sawmill, the manufacture of wood products and novelties or sawdust products.

18. Signs of all types shall be permitted.

19. Stone and monument works.

20. Welding and machine shops.

21. Other uses which in the opinion of the Commission are of similar character with respect to the emission of dangerous and offensive elements to the uses listed above.

22. Accessory uses clearly incidental to a permitted use and which will not create a nuisance or hazard.

23. The above listed uses are permitted in the "I" Light Industrial District as long as the uses are not obnoxious or offensive due to emission of noise, odor, dust, gas, smoke or vibration.