Del Norte County Municipal Code § 21.32 MP Manufacturing And Industrial Performance District 21.32.10 Intent;…

This district classification is intended to apply to areas suited to normal operations of industries, subject to such regulations as are necessary to protect the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare within the district and adjacent districts. All uses shall be subject to the use performance standards set forth in Section 21.32.110. No MP district shall be located adjacent to an R district. Changes of district from manufacturing and industrial performance district to another classification are to be made only where such uses are in accord with the General Plan or adopted specific plan.

For the purposes of Section 21.52.20(A)(4), the manufacturing and industrial performance district uses listed under the principal permitted use section herein shall be considered as the principal permitted use in the California Coastal Zone. Variances and adjustments to the district's requirements and standards shall not be considered a principal permitted use for the purposes of Section 21.52.20 (A)(4).

The following regulations shall apply in all MP districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapters 21.02 through 21.60.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

The principal permitted manufacturing and industrial performance use includes uses such as:

1. All commercial uses permitted in C-4 districts excepting residential uses of a permanent or transitory nature such as hotels, motels, mobilehome parks, hospitals and multiple-family or single-family dwellings (except as listed in subsection C of this section).

2. All other commercial and manufacturing uses except as set forth in Section 21.32.30.

3. Accessory uses appurtenant to a permitted use including one watchman's residence and on-site signs.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

1. Exploration and/or the removal of stone, minerals, oil, gas, etc., pursuant to Chapter 7.36.

2. Refining of petroleum or other fuels and/or the byproducts and/or the bulk storage of such.

3. Distillation of bones, fat rendering or tanneries.

4. Stockyards and slaughterhouses.

5. Fish or meat processing.

6. Professional offices.

7. Sawmills and planing mills.

8. Pulp mills and paper mills.

9. Manufacture of acid, chemicals, cement, explosives, fireworks, fertilizer, gas, glue, gypsum, inflammable fluids or gases and/or the bulk storage of such.

10. Smelting of copper, iron, tin, zinc or other ores.

11. Animal hospitals, enclosed kennels and veterinary clinics.

12. Other commercial and industrial uses which might be objectionable by reason of production or emission of noise, offensive odor, smoke, dust, bright lights, vibration or involving the handling of explosive or dangerous materials.

13. Hog ranches.

14. Junkyards, wrecking yards, contractor yards, lumber yards and storage yards.

15. Off-site advertising signs.

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Building height limit shall be seventy-five feet.

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Minimum lot area shall be three thousand square feet, where both a public or mutual water supply and public sewage collection system are available. Where water and sanitary facilities are contained on the property, adequate yard space shall be provided. (See also Section 21.46.80.)

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Minimum lot width shall be thirty feet.

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Percentage of lot coverage permitted shall be up to one hundred percent of the building site where both a public or mutual water supply and a public sewage collection system are available. Where water and sanitary facilities are contained on the property, adequate yard space shall be provided. (See also Chapter 21.46.)

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Required front yard shall be thirty feet, except as provided in Section 21.46.90.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Required side yard shall be none, except that the side yard on the street side of a corner lot shall be no less than thirty feet.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)

Required rear yard shall be none.

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All activities allowed in the MP district shall be subject to the following limitations of their external effects and such limitations shall be a condition of all uses permitted in the district:

1. Noise or vibration created by or resulting directly or indirectly from any industrial machinery or process shall not be discernible without instruments at the lot boundaries.

2. Odors, glare or heat created by or resulting directly or indirectly from any use shall not be perceptible at any point beyond the lot boundaries.

3. Discharge into the atmosphere of air contaminants including, but not limited to sulphur compounds, nitrogen compounds, smoke, charred paper, dust, soot, grime, carbon, noxious acids, fumes, gases, mist, odors or particulate matter or any combination thereof from any single source of emission whatsoever for a period or periods aggregating more than three minutes in any one hour shall be permitted which:

   1. Exceeds the legally permissible discharge limits, herein prescribed as follows: sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxidant, hydrocarbons and nitrogen dioxide shall not be less than set forth as national standard in Table I, Rules and Regulations, Del Norte County Air Pollution Control District particulate matter, visibility reducing particles, lead, hydrogen sulfide and nitrogen dioxide shall not be less than set forth as California standard in Table I, Rules and Regulations, Del Norte County Air Pollution Control District or additional or more restrictive emission limits as prescribed by the county air pollution control officer, or

   2. Is as dark or darker in shade as that designated as No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart, as published by the United State Bureau of Mines, or

   3. Is of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to or greater than the smoke described in subsection C(2) of this section except that

   4. Subsections C(2) and C(3) of this section shall not apply when the presence of uncombined water is the only reason for the failure of the emission to meet the requirements of this subsection.

4. Industrial activities shall be of such nature as not to cause damage or jeopardy to the health or safety of persons, animals, vegetation or any form of real or personal property.

5. Water supply, drainage, rubbish and waste disposal systems and practices shall conform to all applicable codes and standards relating to public safety, health, sanitation and/or public works of the county.

(Ord. 83-03 (part), 1983)