Chapter 17.54 — USES ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Dinuba Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Dinuba
Sections:
17.54.010 Purpose 17.54.020 Matrix Symbols 17.54.030 Use Matrix, Industrial Districts
17.54.010 PURPOSE ¶
The Zoning Use matrix below provides a listing of the various land uses which are allowed by right, by administrative site plan, or by use permit and those which are prohibited within the city’s industrial zoning districts. In addition to the matrix below, individual Precise Plans provide a listing of various land uses allowed by right or use permit within each of the Precise Plan’s zoning categories. Refer to individual precise plans, as referenced in Chapter 17.62, Precise Plan Overlay District.
17.54.020 MATRIX SYMBOLS ¶
The following symbols are used to describe the relationship of the listed uses to each of the zones.
“P” indicates that a use is permitted by right;
“A” indicates that an Administrative Site Plan is required;
“U” indicates that a Use Permit is required;
“ ”, or a blank box, indicates that a use is prohibited.
17.54.030 USE MATRIX ¶
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Accessorybuildings and uses customarilyincident to anyof the below uses | A | A |
| Addressograph services | A | |
| Aircraft and aircraft accessories andparts manufacture | U* | A |
| Ambulance service | A | |
| Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacturing | U* | A |
| Animal hospitals and kennels and veterinarians | A | A |
| Apparel stores | A | |
| Art and antique stores | A | |
| Art and craft schools and colleges | A | |
| Artgalleries | A | |
| Art supplystores | A | |
| Asphalt and asphaltproducts manufacture | U | |
| Auction rooms | A | |
| Automated car wash, including use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steamcleaning |
A | |
| Automobile and tractorparts and equipment stores | A | |
| Automobile detailing,hand carwash within an enclosed building | A |
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-1
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Automobile dismantling and used parts storage, provided such parts storage muchbe conducted wholly withina building |
A | A |
| Automobile oil and lube shop | A | |
| Automobile repair, bodyand fender repair | A | |
| Automobile sale and service | A | |
| Automobile sales,new and used,includingrepair within an enclosed building | A | |
| Automobile supplystores | A | |
| Automobile upholsteryand topshops | A | |
| Automobile,truck and trailer accessories andparts manufacture | U* | A |
| Baker Goods Stores | A | |
| Bakeries, retail and wholesale | A | |
| Banks, includingdrive-in banks and other lendingagencies | A | |
| Barber shops and beautyshops | A | |
| Bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs | U | |
| Batterymanufacture | U* | A |
| Bicycle shops | A | |
| Billiards andpool halls | U | |
| Blacksmith shops | A | |
| Blueprint andphotocopyshops | A | |
| Boat sales and service | A | |
| Boiler works | U* | A |
| Book binding | A | |
| Book stores and rental libraries | A | |
| Bottlingworks | A | |
| Bowlingalleys | A | |
| Box factories and cooperage | U* | A |
| Breweries | A | A |
| Breweries, distilleries and wineries | U* | A |
| Building materials manufacture and assembly including composition wallboards, partitions, panels andprefabricated structures |
U* | A |
| Buildingmaterials, sales and storage | A | A |
| Buildingmaterialsyards | A | |
| Bulk storage and deliveryof fuel, includingliquefiedpetroleumgas | U | |
| Bus depots and transit stations, includingrepair and storage | A | |
| Bus depots and transit stations, provided that buses or other transit vehicles shall not be stored on the site and no repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted onthe site |
A | |
| Business machine manufacture including accounting machines, calculators, card counting equipment and typewriters |
U* | A |
| Business,professional and trade schools and colleges | A | |
| Cabinet shops | A | |
| Cafeterias | A | |
| Camera shops, photographic supplies andphotographystudios | A | |
| Can and metal container manufacture | U* | A |
| Candle manufacture, not includingrendering | U* | A |
| Candy, nut and confectionarystores |
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-2
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Canvas shops | A | |
| Carnival - Promotional | A | |
| Carpenters' shops | A | |
| Carpet stores | A | |
| Cateringshops | A | |
| Cement products and manufacture provided no hazard of fire or explosion is created, including adhesives, bleaching products, bluing, calcimine, dyestuffs (except aniline dyes), essential oils, soda and soda compounds and vegetable gelatin, glue and size |
U* | A |
| Cement, lime,gypsum andplaster ofparis manufacture | U | |
| Ceramic andpotteryworks | A | |
| Charcoal, lampblack and fuel briquettes manufacture | U | |
| Chemical products manufacture including acetylene, aniline dyes, ammonia, carbide, caustic soda, cellulose, chlorine, cleaning and polishing preparations, creosote, exterminating agents, hydrogen and oxygen, industrial alcohol, nitrating of cotton or other materials, nitrates of an explosive nature, potash, pyroxlin, rayonyarn, and carbolic, hydrochloric,picric and sulphuric acids |
U | |
| Clay products manufacture includingbrick,fire brick,tile andpipe | U* | A |
| Cleaning, pressing and dyeing establishments (using noninflammable and nonexplosive cleaningfluid) |
A | |
| Clinics(medical) | A | |
| Clothingand costume rental establishments | A | |
| Coal, coke and tarproducts manufacture | U | |
| Cold storageplants | A | |
| Columbariums and crematorium | A | |
| Communications equipment buildings | A | |
| Concrete and concreteproducts manufacture | U* | A |
| Contractor's storageyards | A | |
| Convenience food stores | U | |
| Copyingand blueprint services | A | |
| Cottonginning,cotton wadding,cotton seedprocessingand lint manufacture | U* | A |
| Dairy productsplants | A | |
| Dairy products stores | A | |
| Dance halls | A | |
| Delicatessens | A | |
| Department stores | A | |
| Detergent manufacture | U* | A |
| Diaper supplyservices | A | |
| Draperyand interior decoratingshops | A | |
| Dropforges | U | |
| Drugstores | A | |
| Drycleaningservice | A | |
| Dry goods stores | A | |
| Dumps and slag piles | U | |
| Dwellings for a caretaker or watchman and his immediate family, necessary andincidentalto a uselocatedinsuch zone |
A | A |
| Electrical appliance and incidental repair shops | A |
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-3
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical distribution substations, communication equipment buildings, gas regulatorstations and utility pumping stations |
A | A |
| Electrical shops | A | |
| Electroplating shops | U | U |
| Employment agencies | A | |
| Equipmentrentalyard | A | |
| Explosivesmanufacture and storage | U | |
| Exterminators | A | |
| Farmequipment sales and service | A | |
| Feed and seed stores | A | |
| Fertilizer manufacture and storage | U | |
| Film manufacture | U | |
| Fire and police stations | A | |
| Fire armsmanufacture | U* | A |
| Fireworksmanufacture and storage | U | |
| Fishproducts processing packaging | U | |
| Florists | A | |
| Foodlockers (no slaughtering,handling ofdressedmeats only) | A | |
| Food products manufacture including such processing as cooking, dehydrating, roasting, refining, pasteurization and extracting involved in the preparation of such products as casein, cereal, chocolate and cocoa products, cider and vinegar, coffee, fruits and vegetable, glucose, milk and dairy products, molasses and syrups, oleo/margarine, pickles, sauerkraut, sugar, vegetable oils and yeast |
U* | A |
| Food stores | A | |
| Freightforwarding terminals | A | |
| Frozen food processing, storage and accessory sales | A | A |
| Furniture stores | A | |
| Furniture warehouse stores and vanservices | A | |
| Garbage andrefuse dumps | U | |
| Garden supply stores and nurseries, provided that all equipment, supplies and merchandise, other than plants, shall be kept within a completely enclosed building or under lather structure, and further provided that fertilizer of any type shallbe stored and soldinpackagedformonly |
A | |
| Gas and oilwells | U | |
| Gasmanufacture orstorage | U | |
| Gasoline service stations, including dispensing of diesel and liquid petroleum gasfuels and complete truckservice |
A | A |
| Gelatin, glue and sizemanufacturefromanimalor fish refuse | U | |
| Gift,novelty orsouvenirshops | A | |
| Glass and glass productsmanufacture | U* | A |
| Glass shops | A | |
| Grain rolling and storage | U | |
| Graphite and graphite productsmanufacture | U* | A |
| Gravel,rockand cement yards | U* | A |
| Gunsmithshops | A | |
| Gymnasiumandhealthstudios | A | |
| Hardware stores | A | |
| Hatcheries | A | A |
| Health food stores | A | |
| Heating and ventilating or air conditioning shops, including incidental sheet metal |
A |
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-4
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby supply stores | A | |
| Homefurnishings | A | |
| Homeimprovement centers | A | |
| Homeimprovements supplies | A | |
| Hotels andmotels | A | |
| Household and office equipment andmachineryrepairshops | A | |
| Household appliance andrepairshops | A | |
| Ice and cold storage plant | A | A |
| Ice dispensers (coinoperated) | A | |
| Ice storage orsalehouses | A | |
| Implement and tool rental | A | |
| Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use |
A | |
| Incinerationor reductionofgarbage, offaland dead animals | U | |
| Ink manufacture | U* | A |
| Inns, with up to fifty rooms providing temporary visitor accommodations and accessoryrecreationaland commercial facilities |
A | |
| Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants and similar agricultural, industrial and household chemicalcompoundsmanufacture |
U* | A |
| Interiordecorating shops | A | |
| Jewelry stores,including clockand watch repairing | A | |
| Junkyards | U | |
| Jute,hemp, sisaland oakumproductsmanufacture | U* | A |
| Kennels located not closer than five-hundred (500) feet to any residential or PO district |
A | |
| Laboratories | A | |
| Laboratories, experimentaland testing | A | A |
| Lardmanufacture | U | |
| Laundries andLaundromats | A | |
| Leatherandfur finishing and dyeing,notincluding tanning and curing | U* | A |
| Leathergoods andluggage stores | A | |
| Linensupply services | A | |
| Linoleumand oilcloth manufacture | U | |
| Liquefied petroleumgas bulkstorage and delivery | U | |
| Liquorstores | U | |
| Locksmith | A | |
| Lumberyards,notincluding planningmills orsawmills | A | |
| Machine shops | A | A |
| Machine tools manufacture including metal lathes, metal presses, metal stampingmachines and woodworkingmachines |
U* | A |
| Machinery manufacture including heavy electrical, agricultural, construction and mining machinery, and light machinery and equipment such as air conditioning, commercial motion picture equipment, dishwashers, dryers, furnaces,heater,refrigerators, stoves and washingmachines. |
U* | A |
| Machinery sales andrentals | A | |
| Magnesium foundries | U | |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: asbestos, canvas, cloth, cork, fiber and synthetic fiber, fur, glass, leather, paint (not employing a boiling process), paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, rubber and synthetic rubber, shell, textiles, tobacco and wood |
A | A |
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-5
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: bakery goods, candy, dairy products, food products, including fruits and vegetables (but not including fish and meat products, pickles, sauerkraut, vinegar or yeast, or refining or rendering of fats and oils) |
A | A |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: blacksmith shops, boat building, electric motor rebuilding, machine shops, paint shops |
A | A |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: ceramic products, such aspottery, figurines and smallglazed tile |
A | A |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals, and toiletries (not including refining or rendering of fats or oils) |
A | A |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: electrical supplies such as coils, condensers,insulation,lamps, switches and wire and cable assembly |
A | A |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: furniture, cutlery, hardware, hand tools, die and pattern making, metal stamping and extrusion of small products such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons andkitchenutensils |
A | A |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: scientific, medical, dental, and drafting instruments, orthopedic and medical appliances, cameras and photographic equipment, electronic equipment, musical instruments, precision instruments, opticalgoods, watches and clocks |
A | A |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: small electric appliances such as lighting fixtures, toasters, electric toys, refrigerators, washingmachines, dishwashers and similar home appliances |
A | A |
| Manufacture, assembly, processing and packaging of: small electrical equipment such as a home motion picture equipment, phonographs and radio and television receivers, butnotincludingmachinery |
A | A |
| Manure, peat and topsoil processing and storage | U | |
| Massage andphysical culture studios | A | |
| Meat products processing packaging, not including slaughtering and glue and sizemanufacture |
U* | A |
| Medical and orthopedic appliance stores | A | |
| Medical buildings | A | |
| Meetinghalls | A | |
| Messenger offices | A | |
| Metal alloys and foil manufacture including solder, pewter, brass, bronze and tin,lead and goldfoil |
U* | A |
| Metal and metal ores reduction, refining, smeltingand alloying | U | |
| Metal castingand foundries not includingmagnesium foundries | U* | A |
| Millineryshops | A | |
| Mini-storage facilities | A | |
| Mobile home sales | A | |
| Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, up to fifty percent or less of the value of the structure, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, nonconforming uses occupying a structure with as assessed valuation of less than one hundred (100) dollars andnonconformingfences, walls andhedges |
U | |
| Mortuaries | A | |
| Motorand generator manufacture and testing | U* | A |
| Motorvehicles wrecking yards | U |
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-6
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Motorcycle sales and service | A | |
| Mufflershop | A | |
| Music and dance studios | A | |
| Music stores | A | |
| Musical instrumentrepairshops andincidentalsales | A | |
| Newspaperpublishing | A | |
| Newsstands andmagazine stores | A | |
| Nurseries and gardensupply stores | A | |
| Office and businessmachine stores | A | |
| Offices | A | |
| Overnight parkingfor recreationalvehicles | U | |
| Paint and wallpaperstores | A | |
| Paintmanufactureincluding enamel,lacquer, shellac, turpentine and varnish | U | |
| Paper mills | U | |
| Paper products manufacture including shipping containers, pump goods, carbonpaperand coated paperstencils |
U* | A |
| Paraffinproductsmanufacture | U* | A |
| Parceldelivery services | A | |
| Parking lots improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-street parkingfacilitiesinChapter 17.64ofthis title |
A | A |
| Pawnshops | A | |
| Pet and bird stores and pet grooming, butnotincluding boarding ofpets | A | |
| Petroleumand petroleumproductsrefining and storage | U | |
| Petroleum products storage; provided that gasoline, kerosene and similar highlyinflammable products shallbe stored underground |
A | A |
| Photographic and blueprint processing, printing,lithographing and engraving | A | |
| Photographic supply stores | A | |
| Photography studios | A | |
| Pictureframing shops | A | |
| Planned unit development subject to provisions ofChapter 17.92ofthis title | U | U |
| Planningmill, excludingrefuse burning | A | A |
| Plasticmanufacture | U* | A |
| Plumbing and sheetmetalshops | A | |
| Porcelain products manufacture including bathroom and kitchen fixtures and equipment |
U* | A |
| Post offices, public and private | A | |
| Poultry andrabbit processing | A | A |
| Preciousmetalsreduction, smelting andrefining | U* | A |
| Prefabricationofbuildings | A | A |
| Pressing, altering andrepairing ofwearing apparel | A | |
| Printing shops | A | |
| Private clubs andlodges | A | |
| Professional, commercialand governmentaloffices | A | |
| Public and privatenonprofit charitableinstitutions | A | |
| Public buildings and grounds | U | U |
| Public utility service yards, electricaland gas transmissionstations | A | A |
| Radio and televisionbroadcasting studios | A | |
| Radio and televisionstores andrepairshops | A | |
| Railroadfreight and passengerstations | A | |
| Railroadrepairshops | U* | A |
| Readingrooms | A | |
| Recreationsales and service,includingindoorcommercial recreation | A |
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-7
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Rentalequipment,including trailers, trucks, and cars | A | |
| Restaurants,including drive-in restaurants, cafes and outdoorcafes | A | |
| Restaurants, tea rooms and cafes, including out-door cafes, but excluding the sale ofalcoholic beverages |
A | |
| Rifle and pistol ranges | U | |
| Rock, sand and gravelstorage and distribution | U* | A |
| Rubber manufacture orprocessingincludingnaturalorsyntheticrubber | U | |
| Rubberproductsmanufactureincluding tires and tubes | U* | A |
| Rug and carpet cleaning and dyeing | A | |
| Sand blasting | U* | A |
| Scientificinstrument stores | A | |
| Secretarialservices | A | |
| Self-service coin-operated carwash | A | |
| Self-servicelaundry and dry cleaning establishments | A | |
| Service stations (gasoline), as part of a convenience store, excluding automotive repair service not included in the definition of "service station" as provided by this title; provided that all operations, except the sale of gasoline and oil, shallbe conductedina building enclosed onatleast two sides |
A | |
| Service stations, excluding truckservice and dispersing ofdiesel fuelto trucks | A | |
| Sheetmetalshops | A | |
| Shoe polish manufacture | U* | A |
| Shoerepairshops | A | |
| Shoe stores | A | |
| Signpainting shops | A | |
| Soapmanufactureincludingfatrendering | U | |
| Soda and compoundmanufacture | U* | A |
| Sodafountains | A | |
| Solid wasterecycling | U* | A |
| Sporting goods stores, including incidental boat sales and sporting equipment repair |
A | |
| Sports arenas withinbuildings | A | |
| Stables andriding academies | A | A |
| Stamp and coinstores | A | |
| Starchand dextrin manufacturing | U* | A |
| Stationery stores | A | |
| Steamelectric generating stations | U* | A |
| Steel products manufacture and assembly including steel cabinets and lockers, doors,fencing andfurniture |
U* | A |
| Steamplants | U | |
| Stockyards, stock feeding yards and slaughter houses | U | |
| Stone andmonument yards or mills | A | |
| Stonemonument works | A | A |
| Stone products manufacture and stone processing including abrasives, asbestos, stone screening and sand andlime products |
U* | A |
| Stone quarries, gravelpits,mines and stonemills | U | |
| Storage buildingsincidentalto a permitted use | A | |
| Storage of inflammableliquids | U | |
| Storage ofused buildingmaterials | U | |
| Storage, storing, collecting orbaling of iron, junk, paper,rags orscrap | U* | A |
| Structural steel products manufacture including bars, girders, rail and wire rope |
U* | A |
| Subdivisionsigns-off-site | A |
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-8
| Uses | M1 | M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Swapmeets | U | |
| Tailorand dressmaking shops | A | |
| Tallowmanufacture | U | |
| Tanneries and curing and storage of rawhides | U | |
| Taxidermists | A | |
| Telegraphoffices | A | |
| Textile bleaching | U* | A |
| Theaters and auditoriums | A | |
| Thrift shops and secondhand stores | A | |
| Tirerebuilding,recapping andre-treading | A | A |
| Tire sales,rebuilding,recapping andre-treading | A | |
| Tobacco shops | A | |
| Toy stores | A | |
| Transit and transportation equipment, storage space and yards, except freight classificationyards |
A | A |
| Transit terminals and truckstops | U | |
| Travelbureaus | A | |
| Trophy shops | A | |
| Trucking terminals | A | A |
| Typewriter repairshops | A | |
| Upholstery shops | A | |
| Variety stores | A | |
| Veterinarian offices and small animal hospitals or clinics including short-term boarding of animals and incidental care such as bathing and trimming, provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure which complies with specifications of soundproof constructionprescribed by the Uniform Building Code |
A | |
| Video store | A | |
| Warehouses except for the storage of fuel oil or flammable liquids and explosives |
A | |
| Wedding chapels | A | |
| Welding and blacksmithing shops, excepting drophammer | A | |
| Wholesale establishments | A | |
| Wire and cablemanufacturing | U* | A |
| Wood and bones distillation | U | |
| Wood and lumber processing and woodworking including planning mills and sawmills, excelsior, plywood, veneerand wood-preserving treatment |
U* | A |
| Wood pulp andfiber reductionand processing | U | |
| Woolpulling orscouring | U* | A |
*Use is Conditional provided that, on the basis of the use permit application and the evidence submitted, the planning commission makes the following findings in addition to the findings prescribed in Chapter 17.80 of this title
That consideration of all the determinable characteristics of the use which is the subject of the application indicated that the use has the same essential characteristics as the uses permitted in the M-1 district, with respect to methods of operation, type of process, materials, equipment, structures, storage and appearances,
If the use involves nuisance or hazardous characteristics, that the application include sufficient evidence to indicate that measures are planned to eliminate the nuisance or hazardous characteristics
**Any other use is permitted in each zoning district that the Planning Commission finds consistent with the purpose and intent of that district subject to use permit review per Chapter 17.80.
City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance
September 2008 17.54-9