§ 30-14. LIMITED MANUFACTURING ZONE (M-L).

[Added by Ord. #1557, § 9140.1]

The Limited Manufacturing Zone (M-L) is established to provide for light industrial uses.

[Added by Ord. #1557, Ord. #1698, § 1; Code § 9140.2; Ord. #1713, § 1; Ord. #1717, § 1; Ord. #1733, § 1; Ord. #1746, § 1; Ord. #1784; Ord. #1921, § 1; Ord. #2101, § 9; Ord. #2155, § 3; Ord. #2282 § 15; Ord. #2300 § 4]

• a. Principal Permitted Uses. The following uses and buildings of less than 50,000 square feet in size shall be permitted in the Limited Manufacturing Zone (M-L); provided, however, nothing in this subsection is intended to permit any use or process set forth in paragraph b of subsection 30-15.2 .

  1. Any use permitted in the Limited Commercial Manufacturing Zone (C-M), except those uses which require a conditional use permit;

  2. Manufacturing of the following:

Aircraft parts;

Appliances;

Automobile and automobile trailer sales and services;

Automobile parts;

Automobile tire sales and service;

Awnings;

Batteries, including rebuilding;

Boat and other marine sales;

Boat repair;

Boats;

Bone and horn products;

Brushes;

Building, electrical, plumbing and roofing equipment sales and rental agencies; Burial vaults and coffins;

Cans; Candles; Carpets; Ceramic products; Cigarettes and cigars; Clocks and watches; Cork products; Cosmetics, perfumes, and toiletries;

Dextrine; Drugs and pharmaceuticals; Electrical and electronic instruments and equipment;

Electrical motors and generators; Feather products; Feed stores; Felt;

Fiber and fiber products;

Fiberglass products; Flagstone sales;

Food products, excepting pickles, sausages, sauerkraut, and vinegar; Furniture; Fur products; Golf balls; Grinding wheels; Gypsum products; Hair products; Heating equipment; Hemp and rope; Ink; Jewelry; Leather products; Machinery; Margarine; Metal products; Metal stamps; Musical instruments; Paint, lacquer, shellac, and varnish; Paper products; Phonograph records; Plastic products; Polish; Putty; Rubber products; Sandpaper and emery cloth; Shoes; Signs; Soap (cold mix); Soft drinks; Stencils; Textiles; Tools; Tow trucks (no storage of inoperable vehicles); Toys; Trailers and campers; Turpentine and linseed oil; Vegetable oil; Wallboard;

Window shades and Venetian blinds;

Wire;

Wood products;

Woolen goods; and

Yeast;

3. Storage of the following materials, subject to the provisions of paragraph e of subsection 30-14.4 :

Automobiles (in operating condition);

Barrels;

Building materials (excluding rock, gravel, and sand storage in excess of 2,000 tons);

Equipment;

Feed;

Grain;

Lumber;

Metal;

Oxygen and other gases (in Interstate Commerce Commission approved cylinders); Pipe;

Wood;

4. Automobile body and fender shops;

5. Automobile paint shops;

6. Blacksmiths;

7. Book binderies; 8. Bottling plants;

8. Butane service stations;

9. Cabinet and carpentry shops;

10. Canneries (excluding meat and fish);

11. Carpet cleaning;

12. Cleaning and dyeing plants;

13. (Reserved)

14. Die casting;

15. Electric transmission substations;

16. Field crops, orchards, and similar agricultural uses;

17. Flour mills;

18. Foundries (nonferrous metals);

19. (Reserved)

20. Fruit and vegetable packing plants;

21. Fuel yards;

22. Ice plants;

23. Knitting mills;

24. Laundries;

25. Lumber planing;

26. Machine shops;

27. (Reserved)

28. Metal spinning;

29. Military supply depots;

30. Motion picture lots;

31. Newspaper printing plants;

32. Paint spray booths;

33. Pest control operators;

34. Pipe fabrication;

35. Public utility service yards;

36. Saw works;

37. Sheet metal shops;

38. Starch bottling and mixing;

39. Stone grinding and cutting;

40. Tire retreading and recapping;

41. (Reserved)

42. (Reserved)

43. Welding shops;

44. Wineries;

45. Uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use or building set forth in this subsection; and

46. Any use or building which the Commission finds, as evidenced by resolution in writing, is similar to any of the uses or buildings set forth in this subsection.

47. Indoor marijuana cultivation is allowed consistent with State law which permits no more than six live marijuana plants to be planted, cultivated, harvested, dried, or processed within a single private residence or inside an accessory structure located upon the grounds of a private residence that is fully enclosed and secured as long as the marijuana cultivation activities comply with the regulations set forth in paragraph c of subsection 9-24.4 .

• b. Uses Permitted Subject to Conditional Use Permits. The following uses and buildings may be permitted in the Limited Manufacturing Zone (M-L) provided a conditional use permit has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section 30-26 of this Chapter. [Amended 12-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2342]

1. Advertising statuary;

2. Alcoholic beverage sales for consumption on the premises that are accessory to a primary restaurant or entertainment use (the provisions of Section 30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);

3. Amusement machine sales (the provisions of Subsection 7-6.9 shall apply);

4. Amusement parks, fairgrounds, private clubs and privately owned recreation centers, game rooms and domino parlors;

5. Arcades (the provisions of Subsection 7-6.9 shall apply);

6. Auctions (open air);

7. Bars, lounge and liquor stores (the provisions of Section 30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);

8. Beer and wine sales for consumption off the premises that are accessory to a primary convenience or small grocery store use where such sales utilize less than 10% of the sales floor area (the provisions of Section 30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);

9. Bowling alleys;

10. Buildings in excess of 50,000 square feet in size;

11. Car washes;

12. Charitable institutions and rescue missions;

13. Contractor's equipment storage yards;

14. Dance halls;

15. Dog and cat hospitals, training schools and kennels;

16. Firearm sales;

17. Freight terminals and transportation yards;

18. Ice and roller skating rinks;

19. Jail farms;

20. Live work units;

21. Metal plating;

22. Microwave stations and telecommunications antennas;

23. Motels and hotels;

24. Mortuaries;

25. New buildings, including additions and substantial modifications, that are designed for occupancy by manufacturing uses on lots located within 200 feet of a residentially zoned property within the City of Compton;

26. New commercial strip centers;

27. New establishments with drive-thru facilities;

28. New take-out restaurants;

29. Outside storage yards (for exceptions see Subsection 30-20.6 );

30. Paper recycling;

31. Personal storage facilities;

32. Planned commercial and industrial developments (the provisions of Section 30-18 of this Chapter shall apply);

33. Pool halls;

34. Public works yards;

35. Race trucks;

36. Radio and television transmission towers;

37. Rifle and pistol ranges, shooting galleries, skeet and trap shooting and archery ranges;

38. Small collection facilities (the provisions of Subsection 30-12.4i of this Chapter shall apply);

39. Swap meets, indoor swap meets, flea markets and similar multiple-vendor sales;

40. Recycling, collection and processing facilities (the provisions of Subsection 30-12.4i of this Chapter shall apply);

41. Truck, bus and recreational vehicle sales and service;

42. Trailer parks;

43. Wedding chapels, banquet halls and live entertainment;

44. Worm farms;

45. Zoos and menageries; and

46. Uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use or building set forth in this subsection.

[Added by Ord. #1557, § 9140.3; Ord. #1733, § 1; Ord. #1784; Ord. #2101, § 9; Ord. #2282 § 16] The following uses and buildings shall be prohibited in the Limited Manufacturing Zone (M-L):

• a. Residences, except that a watchman's or caretaker's residence no more than 600 square feet in size may be permitted if it is an accessory use to a principal permitted use or building and livework units may be permitted in accordance with Section 30-26 of this Chapter.

• b. (Reserved)

• c. Any use prohibited under subsection 30-15.3 of this Chapter.

• d. Pawn shops.

• e. Commercial marijuana uses, except as permitted by subsection 9-24.4 .

• f. Marijuana cultivation outdoors upon the grounds of a private residence.

• g. Marijuana cultivation indoors that does not comply with subsection 30-14.2a .

[Added by Ord. #1557, § 9140.4; Ord. #1733, § 1; Ord. #1784; Ord. #1941, §§ 6, 7: Ord. #2025, § 1; Ord. #2101, § 9; Ord. #2155, § 3]

The following property development standards shall apply to all land and buildings in the Limited Manufacturing Zone (M-L):

• a. Lot Area and Width. (For exceptions, see subsection 30-20.2 ). Each lot or parcel of land shall have a minimum area of 20,000 square feet and a minimum width of 100 feet.

• b. Lot Coverage and Building Height. (For exceptions see subsection 30-20.4 of this Chapter).

  1. Building lot coverage shall be limited to 50% of the lot or parcel of land.

  2. Building height shall be limited to 75 feet above grade (exclusive of roof structures housing building operating equipment).

• c. Yards. (For exceptions, see subsection 30-20.3 of this Chapter).

  1. Front Yards. There shall be a front yard of not less than 20 feet.

  2. Side Yards. No side yard shall be required, except where a side lot line abuts a street and/or a residential zone there shall be a side yard of not less than 20 feet.

  3. Rear Yards. No rear yard shall be required, except where a rear lot line abuts a street and/or residential zone there shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet.

  4. Within 100 feet of a residential zone all uses must be conducted entirely within a building, except for customer and employee parking and loading and unloading facilities approved by the Architectural Review Board.

  5. Within 200 feet of a residential zone all new buildings, including additions, designed for occupancy by manufacturing uses shall require a conditional use permit pursuant to the provisions of Section 30-26 of this Chapter.

• d. Fences and Walls. The provisions of Section 30-44 of this Chapter shall apply.

• e. Special Development Standards: Outside Storage and Display. The outside storage or display of merchandise, materials, or equipment in conjunction with a principal permitted use shall be permitted subject to the provisions of Section 30-26 of this Chapter.

• f. Special Development Standards: Tenant Mix Leasing Plan. A Tenant Mix Leasing Plan shall be approved by the City prior to issuance of building permits on existing structures reconfigured with three or more commercial tenant spaces or the granting of any discretionary permit approving any commercial or mixed-use project, including housing and commercial or manufacturing uses, which contain three or more commercial tenant spaces. The Tenant Mix Leasing Plan shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Director or his/her designee. When submitted concurrently with an application for a discretionary permit, Planning Commission shall approve the Plan.