Chapter 155 — ZONING REGULATIONS (old)
§ 155.098 PERMITTED USES.
Eureka Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Eureka
The following uses shall be permitted:
(A) ML Limited Industrial Districts.
(1) Light industrial and related uses, including only:
(a) Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging, and processing of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: asbestos, bone, canvas, cellophane, cellulose, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, and synthetic fiber, fur, glass, hair, ink, horn, leather, paint (not employing a boiling process), paper, plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, rubber, shells, straw, textiles, tobacco, and wood (not including a planing mill or a sawmill);
(b) Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging, and processing cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals, perfumes, perfumed toilet soap (not including refining or rendering of fats or oils), and toiletries;
(c) Manufacture of ceramic products, such as pottery, figurines, and small glazed tile; utilizing only previously pulverized clay, provided that kilns are fired only by electricity or gas;
- (d) Manufacture and maintenance of electric and neon signs, commercial advertising structures, and light sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating ducts and equipment, cornices, eaves, and the like;
(e) Manufacture of scientific, medical, dental, and drafting instruments, orthopedic and medical appliances, optical goods, watches and clocks, electronics equipment, precision instruments, musical instruments, and cameras and photographic equipment, except film;
(f) Assembly of small electric appliances, such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans, toasters, and electric toys, but not including refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, and similar home appliances;
(g) Assembly of electrical equipment, such as radio and television receivers, phonographs, and home motion picture equipment, but not including electrical machinery;
(h) Manufacture and assembly of electrical supplies, such as coils, condensers, crystal holders, insulation, lamps, switches, and wire and cable assembly, provided no noxious or offensive fumes or odors are produced;
(i) Manufacture of cutlery, hardware, and 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, and kitchen utensils;
(j) Manufacturing, canning, and packing of food products, including fruits and vegetables, but not including meat products, pickles, sauerkraut, vinegar, or yeast, dehydrating of garlic or onions, or refining or rendering of fats or oils;
(k) Processing, packing, and canning of seafood for human consumption, not including processing seafood for fish oils;
(l) Bakeries;
(m) Blacksmith shops;
(n) Boat building;
(o) Bottling works;
(p) Brewery, craft;
(q) Building material storage yards;
(r) Bus depots;
(s) Cold storage plants;
(t) Contractors’ equipment yards;
(u) Dairy products plants;
(v) Freight forwarding terminals;
(w) Furniture manufacture;
(x) Ice manufacture;
(y) Janitorial services and supplies;
(z) Kennels;
(aa) Laboratories;
(bb) Laundry and cleaning plants;
(cc) Lumber yards, not including planing mills or sawmills;
(dd) Machine shops not involving the use of drop hammers, automatic screw machines, or punch presses with a rated capacity of over 20 tons;
(ee) Mattress manufacture;
(ff) Metal finishing and plating;
(gg) Offices, not including medical or dental offices;
(hh) Printing, lithographing, and engraving;
(ii) Public utility and public service pumping stations, equipment buildings and installations, service yards, power stations, drainage ways and structures, storage tanks, and transmission lines;
(jj) Railroad stations;
(kk) Repair shops, including electrical, glass, and auto-motive;
(ll) Sheet metal shops;
(mm) Storage yards for commercial vehicles;
(nn) Textile, knitting, and hosiery mills;
(oo) Trucking terminals;
(pp) Warehouses, except for the storage of fuel or flammable liquids;
(qq) Veterinarians’ offices and small animal hospitals;
(rr) Welding shops;
(ss) Woodworking shops and cabinet shops; and,
(tt) Pickup truck camper and canopy assembly.
(2) Any other use which is determined by the Planning Commission, as provided in §§ 155.265 through 155.270 of this
chapter to be similar to the uses listed in subsection (1) of this division;
(3) Retail sales establishments with single occupant floor areas of 40,000 square feet or larger;
(4) Wholesale stores with single occupant floor areas of 40,000 square feet or larger and public utility buildings and uses;
(5) Parking lots improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required parking facilities in § 155.118 of this chapter; and,
(6) Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use.
(7) Emergency shelters pursuant to the requirements and regulations contained in § 155.040 of this chapter.
(8) Wireless telecommunication facilities located more than 100 feet from an R District subject to a wireless
telecommunication facility permit issued pursuant to Chapter 159 .
(B) MG General Industrial Districts.
(1) All uses permitted in division (A) of this section;
(2) Heavy industrial and related uses, including only:
(a) Aircraft and aircraft accessories and parts manufacture;
(b) Automobile, truck, and trailer accessories and parts manufacture;
(c) Automobile, truck, and trailer assembly;
(d) Bag cleaning;
(e) Battery manufacture;
(f) Boiler works;
(g) Box factories and cooperages;
(h) Breweries and distilleries;
(i) Building materials manufacture and assembly, including composition wallboards, partitions, panels, and prefabricated
structures;
(j) Business machines manufacture, including accounting machines, calculators, card-counting equipment, and typewriters;
(k) Can and metal container manufacture;
(l) Candle manufacture, not including rendering;
(m) Carpet and rug manufacture;
(n) Cement products manufacture, including concrete mixing and batching;
(o) Chemical products 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;
(p) Clay products manufacture, including brick, fire brick, tile, and pipe;
(q) Cork manufacture;
(r) Cotton ginning and cotton wadding and linter manufacture;
(s) Firearms manufacture;
(t) Flour, feed, and grain mills;
(u) Food products manufacture, including such processes as cooking, dehydrating, roasting, refining, pasteurization, and extraction involved in the preparation of such products as casein, cereal, chocolate and cocoa products; cider and vinegar, coffee, glucose, milk and dairy products, molasses and syrups, oleomargarine, pickles, rice, sauerkraut, sugar, vegetable oils, and yeast;
(v) Glass and glass products manufacture;
(w) Graphite and graphite products manufacture;
(x) Gravel, rock, and cement yards;
(y) Hair, felt, and feathers processing;
(z) Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants, and similar industrial and household chemical compounds manufacture;
(aa) Jute, hemp, sisal, and oakum products manufacture;
(bb) Leather and fur finishing and dyeing, not including tanning and curing;
(cc) 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, heaters, refrigerators, ranges, stoves, ovens, and washing machines;
(dd) Machine tools manufacture, including metal lathes, metal presses, metal stamping machines, and woodworking machines;
(ee) Match manufacture;
(ff) Meat products processing and packaging not including slaughtering and glue and size manufacture;
(gg) Metal alloys and foil manufacture, including solder, pewter, brass, bronze, and tin, lead, and gold foil;
(hh) Metal casting and foundries, not including magnesium foundries;
(ii) Motor and generator manufacture;
(jj) Motor testing of internal combustion motors;
(kk) Painting, enameling, and lacquering shops;
(ll) Paper products manufacture, including shipping containers, pulp goods, carbon paper, and coated paper stencils;
(mm) Paraffin products manufacture;
(nn) Plastics manufacture;
(oo) Porcelain products manufacture, including bathroom and kitchen fixtures and equipment;
(pp) Precious metals reduction, smelting, and refining;
(qq) Railroad equipment manufacture, including railroad car and locomotive manufacture;
(rr) Railroad freight stations, repair shops, and yards;
(ss) Rubber products manufacture, including tires and tubes;
(tt) Sandblasting;
(uu) Shoe polish manufacture;
(vv) Starch and dextrine manufacture;
(ww) Steel products manufacture and assembly, including steel cabinets, lockers, doors, fencing, and furniture;
(xx) Stone products manufacture and stone processing, including abrasives, asbestos, stone screening, and sand and lime products;
(yy) Structural steel products manufacture, including bars, girders, rails, and wire rope;
(zz) Textile bleaching;
(aaa) Wire and cable manufacture;
(bbb) Wood and lumber processing and woodworking, including planing mills, saw mills, excelsior, plywood, veneer, and wood-preserving treatment; and,
(ccc) Wool scouring and pulling; and,
(3) Emergency shelters pursuant to the requirements and regulations contained in § 155.040 of this chapter.
(4) Any other use which is determined by the Planning Commission, as provided in §§ 155.265 through 155.270 of this chapter, to be similar to the uses listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this division.
('63 Code, § 10-5.1003) (Ord. 80-C.S., passed 10-16-66; Am. Ord. 121-C.S., passed 5-23-69; Am. Ord. 153-C.S., passed 12-4-70; Am. Ord. 551-C.S., passed 12-17-92; Am. Ord. 631 C.S., passed 9-7-99; Am. Ord. 710-C.S., passed 3-20-07; Am. Ord. 757-C.S., passed 10-19-10; Ord. 783-C.S., passed 5-1-12)
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- Chapter 90 — ABANDONED VEHICLES
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- Chapter 97 — SMOKING
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- Chapter 104 — MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE
- Chapter 110 — BUSINESS LICENSES
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- Chapter 117 — MASSAGE PARLORS
- Chapter 118 — SOLICITORS, CANVASSERS, AND SIDEWALK VENDORS
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- Chapter 120 — TAXICABS AND LIMOUSINES
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- Chapter 122 — FOREIGN-TRADE ZONE
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- Chapter 152 — PLANNING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATION
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▸ Chapter 155 — ZONING REGULATIONS (old)
Overview- § 155.080 OFF-STREET PARKING.
- § 155.081 OFF-STREET LOADING.
- § 155.082 SIGNS.
- § 155.083 SITE PLAN REVIEW AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
- § 155.095 PURPOSES.
- § 155.096 SPECIAL PURPOSES OF ML AND MG DISTRICTS.
- § 155.097 REQUIRED CONDITIONS.
- § 155.098 PERMITTED USES.
- § 155.099 CONDITIONAL USES.
- § 155.100 OFF-STREET PARKING.
- § 155.101 OFF-STREET LOADING.
- § 155.102 SIGNS.
- § 155.103 SITE PLAN REVIEW.
- § 155.115 PURPOSES.
- § 155.116 BASIC REQUIREMENTS.
- § 155.117 SCHEDULE OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
- § 155.118 STANDARDS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES.
- § 155.119 LOCATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES.
- § 155.120 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS.
- § 155.121 EXEMPTIONS FOR SITES IN PARKING ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS.
- § 155.122 EXISTING USES.
- § 155.123 IN LIEU PAYMENTS.
- § 155.124 ADA PARKING.
- § 155.135 PURPOSES.
- § 155.136 BASIC REQUIREMENTS.
- § 155.137 SCHEDULE OF OFF-STREET LOADING BERTH REQUIREMENTS.
- § 155.138 STANDARDS FOR OFF-STREET LOADING FACILITIES.
- § 155.139 LOCATION OF OFF-STREET LOADING FACILITIES.
- § 155.140 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS.
- § 155.141 EXISTING USES.
- § 155.155 PURPOSES AND SCOPE.
- § 155.156 DEFINITIONS.
- § 155.157 TEMPORARY AND OTHER EXEMPT SIGNS.
- § 155.158 SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS.
- § 155.159 REGULATIONS FOR ON-PREMISES AND OFF-PREMISES SIGNS.
- § 155.161 MURALS, GRAPHIC DESIGNS AND THE LIKE.
- § 155.162 ILLUMINATION; MOVEMENT.
- § 155.163 PROHIBITED LOCATIONS; SIGN TYPES; MESSAGES.
- § 155.164 MAINTENANCE, ABANDONMENT, REMOVAL, RETRIEVAL, AND DE…
- § 155.165 NONCONFORMING SIGNS.
- § 155.166 SIGN PERMITS.
- § 155.167 COMPENSATION.
- § 155.168 COMPLIANCE WITH CALIFORNIA BUILDING AND ELECTRIC COD…
- § 155.169 INVENTORY AND IDENTIFICATION OF ILLEGAL OR ABANDONED…
- § 155.180 PURPOSES.
- § 155.181 DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE.
- § 155.182 DRAWINGS TO BE APPROVED AND AUTHORIZATION.
- § 155.183 DRAWINGS TO BE SUBMITTED.
- § 155.184 REFERRAL TO DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE.
- § 155.185 ACTION OF DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE.
- § 155.186 ACTION OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
- § 155.187 APPEALS TO COUNCIL; ACTION OF COUNCIL.
- § 155.200 PURPOSES.
- § 155.201 SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT PERMIT REQUIRED; APPLICATION…
- § 155.202 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS - COASTAL ZONE.
- § 155.203 EXISTING SECONDARY DWELLING UNITS.
- § 155.204 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS - INLAND.
- § 155.215 HOME OCCUPATIONS; REQUIRED CONDITIONS AND APPLICATIO…
- § 155.216 SUBDIVISION SALES OFFICE PERMITS.
- § 155.230 LICENSE REQUIRED FOR OCCUPANCY; COMPLIANCE WITH STAN…
- § 155.231 REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR MOBILEHOME PARKS.
- § 155.232 REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS.
- § 155.244 PURPOSES.
- § 155.245 DEFINITIONS.
- § 155.246 CONTINUATION AND MAINTENANCE.
- § 155.247 ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
- § 155.248 ABANDONMENT OF NONCONFORMING USES.
- § 155.249 RESTORATION OF DAMAGED STRUCTURES.
- § 155.265 PURPOSE AND INITIATION.
- § 155.266 APPLICATIONS.
- § 155.267 INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS.
- § 155.268 DETERMINATIONS.
- § 155.269 EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECISION.
- § 155.270 APPEALS TO COUNCIL; DETERMINATIONS BY COUNCIL.
- § 155.280 PURPOSES AND AUTHORIZATION.
- § 155.281 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; FEES.
- § 155.282 PUBLIC HEARINGS; NOTICE AND PROCEDURE.
- § 155.283 INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS.
- § 155.284 ACTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
- § 155.285 FINDINGS BEFORE GRANTING USE PERMIT.
- § 155.286 EFFECTIVE DATE OF USE PERMITS.
- § 155.287 APPEALS TO COUNCIL; COUNCIL REVIEW.
- § 155.288 TRANSMISSION OF RECORDS.
- § 155.289 PUBLIC HEARINGS BY COUNCIL.
- § 155.290 ACTION OF COUNCIL.
- § 155.291 LAPSE OF USE PERMITS.
- § 155.292 PREEXISTING CONDITIONAL USES.
- § 155.293 MODIFICATION OF CONDITIONAL USES.
- § 155.294 SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION.
- § 155.295 NEW APPLICATIONS.
- § 155.296 USE PERMITS TO RUN WITH THE LAND.
- § 155.297 TIME OF APPLICATIONS WHERE ZONING RECLASSIFICATION I…
- § 155.298 ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
- § 155.299 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES.
- § 155.310 PURPOSES AND AUTHORIZATION.
- § 155.311 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; FEES.
- § 155.312 ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
- § 155.313 PUBLIC HEARINGS; NOTICE AND PROCEDURE.
- § 155.314 INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS.
- § 155.315 ACTION OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
- § 155.316 FINDINGS; CRITERIA FOR GRANTING VARIANCE.
- § 155.317 ADDITIONAL FINDINGS REGARDING SIGNS; PARKING AND LOA…
- § 155.318 EFFECTIVE DATE OF VARIANCE.
- § 155.319 APPEALS TO COUNCIL; COUNCIL REVIEW.
- § 155.320 TRANSMISSION OF RECORDS TO COUNCIL.
- § 155.321 PUBLIC HEARINGS; NOTICES.
- § 155.322 ACTION OF COUNCIL.
- § 155.323 LAPSE OF VARIANCES.
- § 155.324 REVOCATION.
- § 155.325 NEW APPLICATIONS.
- § 155.335 PURPOSES AND REQUIREMENTS.
- § 155.336 APPLICATIONS AND ISSUANCE OF ZONING PERMITS.
- § 155.337 ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS AND SIGN PERMITS.
- § 155.338 ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY.
- § 155.350 PURPOSE; INITIATION.
- § 155.351 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; FEES.
- § 155.352 PUBLIC HEARINGS; NOTICE AND PROCEDURE.
- § 155.353 INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS.
- § 155.354 ACTION OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
- § 155.355 REQUESTS FOR COUNCIL HEARINGS ON DENIED APPLICATIONS.
- § 155.356 ACTION OF COUNCIL.
- § 155.357 RECLASSIFICATION OF C DISTRICT TO FORMER ZONING DIST…
- § 155.358 MODIFICATIONS OF SUBMITTED PLANS FOR C DISTRICT DEVE…
- § 155.359 CHANGE OF ZONING MAP.
- § 155.360 NEW APPLICATIONS.
- § 155.361 PREZONING OF UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY.
- § 155.362 UNZONED TERRITORY.
- § 155.365 PURPOSE; AUTHORIZATION; PETITION.
- § 155.366 PETITION REQUIREMENTS; MAPS AND FEES.
- § 155.367 PUBLIC MEETING; NOTICE AND PROCEDURE.
- § 155.368 INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS.
- § 155.369 ACTION OF CITY COUNCIL.
- § 155.370 INITIATION REQUIREMENTS; MAPS AND FEES.
- § 155.371 PUBLIC HEARINGS; NOTICE AND PROCEDURE.
- § 155.372 NEW PETITION APPLICATIONS.
- § 155.375 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCEDURE.
- § 155.376 PERMITS, CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES.
- § 155.377 DUTIES OF CITY OFFICIALS.
- § 155.378 VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS.
- § 155.379 VOIDABLE CONVEYANCES.
- § 155.380 EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHAPTER.
- § 155.381 NOTIFICATION OF LITIGATION CONCERNING COASTAL ZONE D…
- Chapter 156 — COASTAL ZONING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 157 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Chapter 158 — CANNABIS
- Chapter 159 — WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES