20.20.390 HI district – Intent, permitted uses, and special exception uses.
A. District Intent. The HI (high impact) district is intended to be used as follows:
Use, Type, and Intensity.
•All intensities of high impact uses
Application of District.
•New development
•Single lot or a small cluster of lots on the zoning map
Development Standards.
•Enact development standards to minimize impacts on adjacent properties
•Minimize light, noise, water, and air pollution
Appropriate Adjacent Districts.
•CO, PR, A1, A2, A3, I1, I2, and HI
County Commissioners.
•As a condition of rezoning, allow only the use petitioned for and presented
Plan Commission.
•Use this zoning district for existing high impact developments and for new high impact development when clearly beneficial to the County and when compatible with nearby properties
•Be sensitive to environmental protection
•As a condition of rezoning, allow only the use petitioned for and presented
Board of Zoning Appeals.
•Allow a special exception use only when it is compatible with the surrounding areas
•Be sensitive to the potential for light pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, air pollution, ingress/egress of heavy vehicles, buffering, pedestrian safety, and vehicular safety
B. Permitted Uses.
Accessory Permitted Uses.
•Wind turbine system, large
•Wind turbine system, small
Agricultural Permitted Uses.
•Agricultural crop production
Commercial Permitted Uses.
•Commercial solar energy systems
•Shooting range (indoor)
•Shooting range (outdoor)
Industrial Permitted Uses.
•Bio-fuels production
•Composting facility
•Construction materials landfill
•Electrical generation plant
•Incinerator
•Junk yard
•Materials recycling (type 3)
•Mining, rock or sand
•Rock crushing
•Sanitary landfill/refuse dump
•Scrap metal yard
•Storage tanks (hazardous)
•Transfer station
Institutional Permitted Uses.
•Prison
C. Special Exception Uses.
Industrial Special Exception Uses.
•Petroleum processing
•Rendering plant [Ord. 3-4-19A; Ord. 12-27-11 § 2.39.]