Imperial County Municipal Code Ch. 16 M-2 (medium Industrial)

The purpose of the M-2 (medium industrial) zone is to designate areas for wholesale commercial, storage, trucking, assembly type manufacturing, general manufacturing, research and development, medium intensity fabrication and other similar medium intensity processing facilities. The processing or fabrication within any of these facilities is to be limited to activities conducted either entirely within a building or within securely fenced (obscured fencing) areas. Provided further that such facilities do not omit fumes, odor, dust, smoke or gas beyond the confines of the property line within which their activity occurs, or produces significant levels of noise or vibration beyond the perimeter of the site.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

The following uses are permitted in the M-2 zone provided they meet the requirements of this Title:

a) Alcohol and alcoholic beverage manufacturer.

b) All M-1 uses permitted under § 90515.01.

c) Asphalt and asphalt products manufacturing.

d) Automobile assembly.

e) Automobile body and fender works.

f) Automobile dismantling for used parts storage, only if operated and maintained entirely within a building.

g) Automobile painting.

h) Automobile upholstering.

i) Bag cleaning.

j) Boiler or tank works.

k) Brick, tile or terra cotta.

l) Building materials and manufacturing.

m) Candle making.

n) Carbon manufacturing.

o) Cargo Containers (provided they have an approved building permit).

p) Celluloid or pyroxylin manufacturing.

q) Cement and cement product manufacturing.

r) Contractors' equipment yards.

s) Contractors' general.

t) Contractors' storage yards.

u) Cotton gins or oil mills.

v) Crumb rubber processing.

w) Data centers.

x) Disinfectant manufacturing.

y) Electrical Vehicles Charging Stations as a Primary Use.

z) Feed mills.

aa) Fertilizer and insecticide manufacturing.

bb) Fish and meat packing plant.

cc) Grain elevators.

dd) Graphite manufacturing.

ee) Gypsum manufacturing.

ff) House movers or wreckers.

gg) Industrial Hemp: manufacturing into semi-finished and finished products, subject to Division 4 Chapter 6 of Title 9 Land Use Ordinance and Title 14 of the Imperial County Codified Ordinance.

hh) Accessory buildings and/or structures necessary to such use located on the same lot or parcel of land as the primary structure or use.

ii) Insulation materials manufacturing.

jj) Mini Storage (outside storage allowed provided it is screened).

kk) Oil reclamation plant.

ll) Petroleum products storage.

mm) Railroad repair shop.

nn) Railroad yard.

oo) Seed mill.

pp) Solar energy extraction generation provided that it is for on-site consumption only.

qq) Wool pulling and scouring.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20; Ord. No. 1587, §§ 1, 2, 12-5-23)

The following uses are permitted in the M-2 Zone provided they meet the requirements of this Title:

a) Acid manufacturing.

b) Ammonia, chlorine and bleaching powder manufacturing.

c) Animal sales yards.

d) Animal slaughter plant.

e) Animal stock yards.

f) Automobile wrecking yard (operated entirely within a fenced area where all portions of the site are obscure from any adjacent parcel).

g) Battery Storage.

h) Billboards/Off site advertising signs.

i) Blast furnace.

j) Chemical manufacturing.

k) Commercial Cannabis (all forms), subject to Division 4 Chapter 6 of Title 9 Land Use Ordinance and Title 14 of the Imperial County Codified Ordinance.

l) Communication Towers: including radio, television, cellular, digital, along with the necessary support equipment such as receivers, transmitters, antennas, satellite dishes, relays, etc. (subject to requirements of this zone and Division 24; Section 92401 "Communications Facilities Ordinance" et al).

m) Distillation of coal, wood or tar.

n) Fat rendering.

o) Gelatin manufacturing.

p) Glass manufacturing.

q) Incinerators.

r) Junk yards.

s) Labor camps.

t) Major facilities relating to the generation and transmission of electrical energy, provided such facilities are not, under state or federal law, to be approved exclusively by an agency, or agencies of the state and/or federal governments, and provided that such facilities shall be approved subsequent to coordination and review with the Imperial Irrigation District for electrical matters. The maximum allowance of battery shall be in a ratio of 2 to 1 compared to solar. Such uses shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

Electrical generation plants.

Facilities for the transmission of electrical energy (100—200 kV).

Electrical substations in an electrical transmission system (500 kv/230 kv/161 kV).

u) Recycling Facility.

v) Rubber and rubber products manufacturing.

w) Smelting of tin, copper or iron ore.

x) Solid Waste Facilities.

y) Storage and handling of radio-active materials.

z) Surface mining.

aa) Transportation treatment units (TTU's).

bb) Trucking firms, truck and automobile storage yards.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20; Ord. No. 1587, §§ 1, 2, 12-5-23)

All other uses not permitted by Section 90516.01 or 90516.02 of this division are prohibited in the M-2 zone.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Minimum lot size requirement in the M-2 zone is twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

There is no requirement for a minimum area per dwelling unit in the M-2 zone since it does not allow dwelling units as an outright use except as an accessory and/or security or caretakers unit which may be permitted incidental to the primary use. Any residential use must meet R-1 setback requirements.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Yards and setbacks in the M-2 zone are as follows:

A. Front Yard: Minimum front yard setback for all buildings shall be as follows:

1. Ten (10) feet from property line or public right-of-way line.

2. Zero feet if approved by the planning director with written concurrence from the public works department and fire marshal.

In no case shall buildings be located in the right-of-way or on the property line unless it meets the latest edition of the California Building Code.

B. Side Yard: None required.

C. Rear Yard: None required.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Buildings and structures in the M-2 zone shall not exceed six stories or eighty (80) feet.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

There is no requirement for minimum distance between structures in the M-2 zone except as required by the Uniform Building Codes.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Off street parking in the M-2 zone shall be as provided in accordance with Section 90402.01(F).

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

The following signs shall be permitted in the M-2 zone; however, all signs shall be subject to Section 90401, as applicable:

1. Institutional identification signs.

2. Monument signs not to exceed one hundred (100) square feet.

3. Pole signs.

4. Signs attached to buildings.

5. Temporary construction signs.

6. Temporary political signs, not to exceed three months.

7. Temporary real estate signs, advertising property for sale or lease not to exceed twenty (20) square feet.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)

Landscaping in the M-2 zone shall be provided according to Section 90302.03.

(Ord. No. 1565, §§ 3, 4, 12-15-20)