Chapter 21.22 — INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT

The industrial (M-2) zoning district is established to provide areas appropriate for a wide variety of industrial, manufacturing, and support uses. The use and development regulations in this chapter are intended to ensure that the appearance and effects of industrial uses are compatible with the character of the area in which they are located, and to minimize any adverse impact of industrial uses on nearby properties.

(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).

(a) General. Table 21.22.020 identifies permitted uses, uses subject to conditional use permit review and approval, permitted accessory uses, and prohibited uses, in the M-2 zoning district, subject to compliance with all other provisions of this title. Uses not listed in Table 21.22.020 are prohibited. Chapter 21.42 contains additional regulations regarding accessory uses.

(b) Uses Specifically Prohibited. The following uses or classes of uses are specifically prohibited in the M-2 zoning district:

• (1) Livestock and poultry keeping, slaughtering, and rendering.

• (2) Blast furnace, boiler works, foundry.

• (3) Manufacture or bulk storage of acid, ammonia, explosives, fertilizer, gypsum, lime, plaster of paris, or tallow.

• (4) Tannery, fat rendering, distillation of bones.

• (5) Any use involving the emission of gases or odorous matter in quantities perceptible beyond the boundaries of the property on which such materials are used or produced.

Notes:

1. Caretaker housing is permanent or temporary housing accessory to the primary use for caretakers or others employed for the purpose of site security and/or monitoring of facilities. One or more such unit may be granted with a conditional use permit.

2. This use includes all uses engaged in the handling of substances subject to the maintenance of a risk management prevention program as defined by the State of California Health and Safety Code Section 25534.

3. This use category applies to both raw and previously prepared materials, excluding uses involving an incinerator, blast furnace or other similar industrial process (e.g., batch plants, truss manufacturing, canneries, co-generation plants, equipment assembly). Such uses are subject to conditional use permit review.

4. No liquor store or tobacco retail business, shall be located within 600 feet of any public or private school, church, temple, or park, nor shall any liquor store or tobacco retail business be located within 100 feet of any residential zone, nor within 500 feet of any other liquor store or tobacco retail business, respectively.

5. Outdoor storage of trailers, boats, campers, and other recreational vehicles also requires approval of a conditional use permit.

6. "Primary use" for the purpose of retail sales shall mean that 50% or more of the gross floor area of the business is devoted to retail sales display, merchandising, or sales area.

7. Subject to requirements set forth for such uses in Article VI: Specific Land Use Provisions.

8. Shall comply with applicable provisions of Section 21.20.057.

• P = Permitted Use; CUP = Conditional Use Permit Required; A = Accessory Use; X = Prohibited

• (Ord. 728, §8, 2023; Ord. 652, § 8, 2012; Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008; Ord. 682, § 7, 2016).

Table 21.22.030 sets forth the minimum development standards for industrial development in the M-2 district. These standards shall be used for the land use and development permitting process(s) as criteria for project review.

Notes:

1. Where a property abuts a residential property, public school property, a park, a playground, or street, the minimum setback distance is 20 feet.

2. Where the property is within 50 feet of any residential property, the maximum building height is 20 feet. (Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).

Wherever an industrial property abuts any property zoned for residential use or any property developed with a school, a minimum six-foot-high decorative block wall, consisting of such materials as slumpstone, stucco, wrought-iron work with masonry pilasters, or other similar decorative materials determined suitable by the community development director, shall be constructed on the property line between the industrial and residential or school use. (Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).

(a) Temporary Sales. Location of display area for temporary sales is to be limited to those areas generally adjacent to the front building elevation of the tenant space, and shall in no manner interfere with vehicle circulation and required parking spaces. Display areas shall be designed to be viewed primarily from on-site rather than from the public right-of-way. Such temporary sales activity shall require a temporary use permit pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 21.100.

(b) Outdoor Display Areas. The design of the outdoor display area and its physical delineation shall place an emphasis on aesthetic and functional integration into the site and building design. The physical limits of display areas shall be clearly delineated through treatments such as decorative pavement, decorative bollards, landscaped planters, or similar features. All outdoor display areas shall be designed in a manner to allow free pedestrian movement within and around their vicinity, including compliance with federal ADA requirements.

(c) Pest Control. Where storage is permitted in accordance with this title, materials, including wastes, shall be stored and grounds maintained in a manner that will not attract or aid the propagation of insects or rodents or create a health hazard.

(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).

(a) Roof-mounted Mechanical Equipment. All roof-supported mechanical equipment such as air conditioners, heating and ventilating systems, ducts, cooling towers, solar panels, and similar equipment shall be screened or enclosed, as viewed from a public street or public alley. Screening materials shall consist of materials architecturally compatible with the building for which the equipment is provided.

(b) Air Conditioning/Filtration Units. All air conditioning and/or filtration units shall be screened or enclosed in manner that is visually compatible with the structure upon which it is located and installed and/or designed such that no portion of the unit is visible from any public street or adjoining lot. Units requiring approval of a building permit shall be subject to a zoning clearance (Chapter 21.96). The community development director may impose conditions to minimize noise, dust, and vibration and to ensure compatibility with surrounding property. (Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).

All trash receptacles and other refuse or waste storage shall be kept in an enclosed building or within a trash enclosure area. Any such trash enclosure area shall consist, at a minimum, of a three-sided, six-foot-high decorative block or similar wall structure, with the fourth side comprised of a closable, latchable solid gate.

(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).

(a) Utility lines, wastelines, vents, and other piping affixed to the exterior of a building shall be structurally encased and screened from public view with building materials that are similar in nature and color to that of the permanent building. The developer or owner of a property shall be responsible for utility service connections, in cooperation with the utility company.

(b) All electrical, telephone, community antenna television and similar service wires and cables that provide direct service to the property being developed shall, within the exterior boundary lines of such property be installed underground, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The developer or owner is responsible for complying with the requirements of this section and he or she shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies for the installation of such facilities. When above-ground facilities are the only feasible alternative, they should be sited as unobtrusively as possible. For the purposes of this section, appurtenances and associated equipment including, but not limited to, surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts in an underground system may be placed above ground upon written approval of the public works director. (Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).

The following chapters of this title apply to all development in the M-2 zoning district:

21.42 Accessory uses

• 21.44 Adult businesses

• 21.46 Antennas and wireless communications facilities

• 21.48 Commercial cannabis uses and cultivation

• 21.50 Recycling facilities

• 21.60 Accessory structures

• 21.62 Fences and walls

• 21.64 Height measurement and exceptions

• 21.66 Landscaping

• 21.68 Parking and loading

• 21.70 Performance standards

• 21.72 Property maintenance

• 21.76 Signs

• 21.78 Yard requirements and exceptions

• (Ord. 700 § 5 (part), 2017; Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).