18.72.020 Use regulations | Fairbanks North Star Borough Code

18.72.020 Use regulations.

A. Permitted Uses. In the LI, light industrial district, permitted uses are:

1. Any permitted use in the LC, GC and CBD districts except residential dwelling units not otherwise permitted in this district and school buildings;

2. Any use whose primary purpose is concerned with the light manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, processing or treatment of goods and products, including but not limited to:

a. Appliances,

b. Books,

c. Clothing and textiles,

d. Drugs,

e. Electrical components,

f. Glass and ceramics,

g. Plastic and fiberglass products,

h. Plaster and wallboard products,

i. Sheet metal,

j. Stoneware and earthenware,

k. Textiles,

l. Tools,

m. Toys,

n. Wood Assembly and finishing;

3. Animal boarding and breeding facilities;

4. Bed and breakfast homestay;

5. Bed and breakfast residences;

6. Beverage manufacture, including breweries;

7. Building contractor’s office and material storage;

8. Building material sales and storage, retail, as a principal use;

9. Bus and train stations and terminals;

10. Cleaning, laundry or dyeing plants;

11. Communications tower, major;

12. Communications tower, minor;

13. Frozen food lockers;

14. Junkyards;

15. Lumberyards;

16. Machine shops;

17. Machinery sales, service and storage:

a. Diesel tractor and trailer,

b. Oil and water well drilling equipment;

18. Marijuana cultivation facility, indoor large;

19. Marijuana cultivation facility, indoor small;

20. Marijuana product manufacturing facility, limited;

21. Mobile home or permanent home to be used as a dwelling unit by the owner or by a watchperson, caretaker, manager and family when located on the premises where they are employed in such capacity;

22. Motor and rail freight terminals;

23. Outside storage as a principal use;

24. Sexually oriented businesses;

25. Sign shops;

26. Travel trailer parks and campgrounds;

27. Warehouses;

28. Welding;

29. Wholesale and distribution operations;

30. Zoos and animal parks.

B. Conditional Uses. In the LI, light industrial district, conditional uses are:

1. Airports, heliports, aircraft landing fields and associated buildings essential in the operation of these uses;

2. Dormitories and other dwelling units, including mobile homes, placed on the premises to be used by individuals employed in the industrial use of the premises;

3. Large scale development;

4. Marijuana cultivation facility, indoor unlimited;

5. Marijuana product manufacturing facility, unlimited;

6. Natural resource extraction on tracts of land not less than five acres in size, including equipment and buildings or structures for screening, crushing, mixing, washing, storage or office purposes;

7. Power generation plants;

8. Railroad yard or roundhouse;

9. Recycling centers;

10. Sawmills;

11. Shipping and receiving terminals.

12. Shooting range, outdoor. (Ord. 2017-14 § 9, 2017; Ord. 2015-67 §§ 9, 10, 2016; Ord. 2015-41 §§ 13, 14, 2015; Ord. 2015-26 § 4, 2015; Ord. 2012-58 §§ 3, 5, 2013; Ord. 2006-82 § 5, 2007; Ord. 2005-29 §§ 4, 5, 2005; Ord. 97-033 § 2, 1997; Ord. 94-081 § 2, 1994; Ord. 93-053 § 3, 1993; Ord. 93-003 § 4, 1993; Ord. 92-038 § 3, 1992; Ord. 89-099 § 11, 1990; Ord. 88-010 § 2, 1988. 2004 Code § 18.38.020.)