Lake County Zoning Code § 21-23 Regulations

23.1 Purpose: To provide areas for a wide range of heavy commercial/manufacturing uses, research facilities, or administrative offices clustered within business parks with welldesigned buildings and attractively landscaped areas. The following regulations shall apply in all “MP” districts and all uses shall be subject to the development review provisions of Article 56.
23.2 Applicability: This district shall be for designated community areas of the County identified in the Lake County General Plan which are served by public water and sewer systems. Parcels or lots shall front on a "minor collector” or larger as designated on the Circulation Plan of the Lake County General Plan, or on a “local road” as defined in the Lake County General Plan and when, in the opinion of the Planning Director, such local road serves as a freeway frontage road.
23.3 Performance standards: All uses permitted within this district shall be subject to the performance standards set forth herein and in Article 41.
23.4 Uses permitted: The following heavy commercial/manufacturing uses are permitted: When conducted within a completely enclosed building; when not obnoxious or offensive because of noise, dust, odor, smoke, vibration, danger to life and property; and when not exceeding fifteen (15) percent of the gross floor area of the lot for outdoor storage or finished products or materials and when within a completely screened area on the same lot:
- (a) Retail sales of large and bulky household items such as appliances, carpet and floor covering, fabric, furniture, and fireplaces or woodstoves.
- (b) Commercial trade services including incidental retail sales such as cleaning and dyeing agencies and plants, bottling works, cabinet and carpentry shops; blacksmith, welding and machine shops; furniture repair and upholstery shops.
- (c) Construction related sales and services such as hardware stores; general and specialty contractors offices; electrical, plumbing, and heating shops; and light equipment rental shops.
- (d) Commercial warehouses and mini-storage.
- (e) Light manufacturing, assembly, packaging, or processing of the following materials, including incidental retail sales of finished products at the point of manufacture; and when not including any use which incorporates processes involving the pulverization of clays, use of kilns fired by fuels other than electricity or gas, or the refining or rendering of oils or fats:
  1. High technology products such as electrical instruments, computers, optical equipment and similar uses, including research and development.
  2. Grains, vegetables, fruit or other farm products.

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Wood, paper, or paper products.
Fabrics, textiles, and similar materials.
Leather and leather products.
Metals and alloys.

(f) Administrative and general business offices and facilities when compatible with uses permitted in this district.
(g) Professional construction support services such as blueprinting, duplicating, printing, drafting, engineering, surveying, planning, or architectural services.
- (h) Research, development, and testing laboratories and facilities.
- (i) Any other heavy commercial or light industrial use, building, or structure which is of similar character and not materially different to those enumerated herein.
- (j) Food services such as cafes and diners open to the public between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
- (k) Laundry, janitorial or facility maintenance services.
- (l) Industrial and commercial accessory uses and accessory structures.
- (m) Those uses permitted in the “MP” district with a zoning permit in Table A, Article 27.
23.5 Uses permitted subject to first obtaining a Minor Use Permit in each case: The following heavy commercial/manufacturing uses are permitted: When conducted within a completely enclosed building; and when not exceeding fifteen (15) percent of the total area of the lot for outdoor storage of finished products or materials within a completely screened area on the same lot:
- (a) Uses permitted in Section 23.4 which may be obnoxious or offensive because of noise, dust, odor, smoke, vibration, danger to life and property.
- (b) Uses permitted in Section 23.4 when not in compliance with the performance standards set forth in Article 41.
- (c) Health care, child care, and recreational facilities accessory to a principal use permitted on the premises and open to the public only during normal business hours of the principal use.

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(d) Uses which are minor additions or alterations to existing uses or structures permitted by Section 23.6, limited to an increase of twenty (20) percent of the use or gross floor area of the structure(s).
(e) Those uses permitted in the “MP”’ district with a minor use permit in Table B, Article 27.
23.6 Uses permitted subject to first obtaining a Major Use Permit in each case : The following heavy commercial/manufacturing uses are permitted: When conducted within a completely enclosed building; and when not exceeding fifteen (15) percent of the total area of the lot for outdoor storage of finished products or materials within a completely screened area on the same lot:
- (a) Uses permitted in Sections 23.4 and 23.5 when obnoxious or offensive because of noise, dust, odor, smoke, vibration, danger to life and property.
- (b) Uses permitted in Sections 23.4 and 23.5 when not in compliance with the performance standards set forth in Article 41.
- (c) Home improvement centers; recycling centers.
- (d) Boat manufacturing and repair.
- (e) Those uses permitted in the “MP”’ district with a major use permit in Table B, Article 27.

SEC. 21-23.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.¶

23.11 Minimum lot size: Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
23.12 Minimum average lot width:
- (a) Interior lots: One hundred (100) feet.
- (b) Corner lots: One hundred twenty-five (125) feet.
23.13 Maximum length to width ratio: Three (3) to one (1).
23.14 Maximum lot coverage: Thirty five (35) percent.

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