Manufacturing of products from processed or unprocessed raw materials, where the finished
product is non-combustible and non-explosive. Light manufacturing includes product
assembling or mixing, where previously processed components or manufactured parts
produced on-site or off-site are fitted or blended together to form a product. Light
manufacturing shall include any packaging of the product being manufactured on-site
or off-site. Light manufacturing may also include any establishment or facility using
large unscreened outdoor structures such as conveyor belt systems and storage silos.
Light manufacturing uses may produce noise, vibrations, illumination, or airborne
particulates perceptible to adjacent land users, which are not offensive or obnoxious.
Odors produced on-site shall not have a significant negative effect on other businesses
or properties in the area.
Examples of packaging include facilities for bottling, canning, wrapping, and boxing
of products assembled or manufactured on-site or off-site. Examples of the products
include, but are not limited to, beverages, electronic components, food products including
meats.
Examples of assembling include, but are not limited to, the production of the following:
clothes, computer software, electric or electronic components, furniture (where wood
is milled off-site), hardware, mechanical components, pharmaceuticals, toys, and small
vehicle assembly.
Examples of manufacturing include, but are not limited to, the production of the following:
apparel products, beverages, candy and other confectionery products, ceramics (small
products such as figurines, stoneware, porcelain, wall and floor tiles), computer
hardware, cosmetics, dairy products, electronics, food and beverage products, jewelry,
leather products, musical instruments, metal products (fabricated) made from semi-finished
metals, office and artist materials, paper and cardboard products (converted but excluding
burning operations), pharmaceuticals, plastic or resin, rubber products, seeds, signs,
sporting goods, textiles, tobacco, toys, and wood products (cabinets, desks, other
furniture, lumber but excluding burning operations).
