19.05.060 Industrial classifications.

Industrial uses include the on-site production of goods by methods not agricultural in nature, distribution, warehousing, and storage activities, research and development, and vehicle and equipment services other than those classified as commercial uses.

Cannabis distributor: a business that transports cannabis products between licensees such as purchases from cultivators and manufacturers. Distributors provide required quality assurance services and arrange for (but do not perform) lab testing. "Distributor" also includes retail delivery for non-storefront locations.

Cannabis indoor cultivation: growing cannabis plants entirely indoors for commercial purposes. This classification may include hydroponics and artificial lights to provide plants with the nutrients and light levels required for growth.

Cannabis manufacturing: processing cannabis products, primarily from extracted or raw cannabis materials, or bulk storage and handling of volatile and nonvolatile cannabis products and materials.

Cannabis microbusiness: a cannabis business that engages in at least three of the following activities: non-storefront retailer, distributor, transport only distributor, indoor cultivation (less than one thousand square feet), and manufacturer (State License Level 1, Type 6).

Cannabis testing: establishments primarily engaged in cannabis research of an industrial or scientific nature, including cannabis product testing and biotechnology, but excluding manufacturing. This classification also includes required testing for cannabinoid levels (such as THC and CBD), pesticides, fungus, heavy metals, and other contaminants.

Hazardous use: a use that primarily involves the storage, manufacture, or processing of highly combustible or explosive products or materials which are likely to burn with extreme rapidity or which may produce poisonous fumes or explosions; storage or manufacturing that involves highly corrosive, toxic, or noxious alkalis, acids, or other liquids or chemicals producing flame, fume, poisonous, irritant, or corrosive gases; or the storage or processing of any materials producing explosive mixtures of dust or that result in the division of matter into fine particles subject to spontaneous ignition.

Industry, general: manufacturing or processing of products, primarily from extracted or raw materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. Uses in this classification may involve a high incidence of truck or rail traffic, and/or outdoor storage of products, materials, equipment, or bulk fuel. This classification includes chemical manufacture and processing; heavy equipment and vehicle assembly and service; food and beverage processing and packaging; laundry and dry cleaning plants; auto dismantling and salvage within an enclosed building; stone, clay, and concrete products manufacture (excluding concrete ready-mix plants); metal work; and wood products manufacture and remanufacture.

Industry, limited: manufacturing of finished parts or products, primarily from previously prepared materials; and provision of industrial ser-vices; both within an enclosed building. This classification includes processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging, but excludes basic industrial processing from raw materials, food processing, and vehicle/equipment services.

Mineral extraction: the extraction of earth material from a borrow pit, for transportation to and use at another location.

Recycling center: a site, with or without buildings, upon which used materials are separated and processed for shipment for eventual reuse in new products.

Research and development: establishments primarily engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature, including limited product testing and biotechnology, but excluding manufacturing.

Storage tanks: private on-site natural or artificial places and structures where liquids or material is collected, accumulated, and stored and the cumulative sum of all on-site storage capacity equals or exceeds twenty-five thousand gallons.

Vehicle/Equipment Services.

(1) Heavy vehicle/equipment repair: repair of heavy trucks or vehicles, mobilehomes, recreational vehicles, or boats; body and fender shops; tire retreading and recapping; and upholstery work. This classification does not include vehicle dismantling or salvage.

(2) Vehicle storage: storage of operative or inoperative vehicles. This classification includes storage of parking towaways, impound yards, and storage lots for commercial and recreational vehicles.

Warehousing and storage: provision of storage space for household or commercial goods within an enclosed building. This classification includes ministorage facilities, but excludes trucking terminals.

Wholesaling, Distribution and Storage.

(1) Trucking terminal: a wholesaling, storage, or distribution facility having more than six heavy trucks on the premises at one time, but excluding trucking accessory to a limited industry classification.

(2) Small-scale: wholesaling, storage, and distribution having a maximum gross floor area of five thousand square feet, and having no more than two docks or service bays.