Chapter 18.42 — M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

The M-1 district is intended to establish areas where light manufacturing and the less abrasive industrial activities may take place, particularly where heavy industry may not be appropriate. To provide for maximum harmony within the community, M-1 district uses shall be designed and constructed to occur within confined areas. These provisions, in combination with standards and special provisions, are designed to accommodate circulation, fire safety, access, hazards, and other considerations relevant to the health, safety and general welfare of the community. (Ord. 467 § 56, 1984)

The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply to all M-1 districts and shall be subject to Chapters 18.02 through 18.108 of this title. (Ord. 467 § 56, 1984)

Uses permitted by right in an M-1 district shall be as follows:

• (1) Animal hospitals and kennels;

• (2) Nurseries and greenhouses;

• (3) Saw shops, provided all operations occur within the building;

• (4) Vehicle repair services, garages and body shops, provided all operations occur within a building;

• (5) Miscellaneous repair shops and related services, provided that all operations occur within a building;

• (6) Equipment rental and leasing, provided all equipment shall be screened by a wall, fence, or landscaping screen not less than six feet in height;

• (7) Car washes;

• (8) Off-site construction, maintenance services and contractors' yards including building, electrical, plumbing, heating, roofing, painting, landscaping, excavation and similar contractors, and janitorial, fumigating, septic tank pumping, and similar services;

• (9) Welding shops, machine shops and sheet metal shops, provided all operations occur within a building;

• (10) Commercial laundries and dry cleaning facilities;

• (11) Woodworking shops;

• (12) Feed stores;

• (13) Assembly and light manufacturing uses which are not objectionable, obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of noise, smoke, dust, odors, fumes, or other materials or which did not involve the handling or storage of flammable explosives or dangerous materials;

• (14) Lumberyards;

• (15) Bulk storage of oil, gasoline, propane and similar products;

• (16) Mini-storage and public storage facilities;

• (17) Warehouses and warehousing;

(18) Bottling works, distilleries, breweries.

(Ord. 467 § 56, 1984; Ord. 467-Q § 15, 1994; Ord. 467-AC § 19, 2003; Ord. 2023-08, 11/14/2023)

Commercial uses permitted by right in an M-1 district shall be as follows:

• (1) Building supply and hardware sales;

• (2) Auto parts sales;

• (3) Delicatessens and donut shops oriented toward serving industry-related employees and customers;

• (4) Automobile sales.

• (Ord. 467-Q § 16, 1994)

Uses permitted by use permit in an M-1 district shall be as follows:

• (1) Truck terminals or truck storage;

• (2) Storage elevators;

• (3) Power generation plants, all energy sources including biomass;

• (4) Wood planing mills;

• (5) Caretaker's residence, provided that the permitted use requires continuous supervision of a caretaker, superintendent or security persons, and the residence is to be occupied only by such person and his family;

• (6) Recreational vehicle parks;

• (7) All other uses similar to those enumerated above and any light manufacturing or related industrial use determined by the planning director, upon presentation of substantial evidence, to be of the same general character as the above-permitted uses.

• (Ord. 467 § 56, 1984; Ord. 467-M § 1, 1992)

• (1) Minimum Lot Size Area. Fourteen thousand square feet.

• (2) Minimum Lot Width. Seventy-five feet, provided that no lot shall be greater than four times deeper than it is wide, or greater than four times wider than it is deep.

• (3) Minimum Front Yard Required. None, except that buildings shall not be less than fifty feet from the centerline of any public roadway.

• (4) Minimum Side Yard Required. None, except that it shall be twenty-five feet when adjacent to R zones; this twenty-five-foot minimum shall be increased one foot for every foot over thirty-five feet of building height, and except that buildings shall not be less than fifty feet from the centerline of any public roadway.

• (5) Minimum Rear Yard Required. Ten feet except that it shall be twenty-five feet when the rear yard is adjacent to R zones; this twenty-five-foot minimum shall be increased one foot for every foot over thirty-five feet of building height, and except that buildings shall not be any less than fifty feet from the centerline of any public roadway.

• (Ord. 467 § 56, 1984; Ord. 467-AC § 19, 2003)

Special provisions in an M-1 district shall be as follows:

• (1) All development shall be subject to design review according to the provisions of this title.

• (2) Buildings accessory to the permitted use are allowed, provided they meet the provisions of the development standards and area requirements of this part.

• (3) Off-street parking required shall be one space for every three employees on the largest shift or one parking space for every two thousand square feet of gross floor space, whichever is greater. Minimum parking space size shall be nine feet by eighteen feet.

• (4) For off-street parking, provisions of Chapter 18.104 of this title shall apply. All off-street parking areas shall have an all-weather, dust-free surface, unless otherwise required by ordinance or by an approved use permit. For uncovered parking areas with sixteen or more spaces, the minimum landscaping required shall be one tree, within the parking area, of a species suited to the area climate zone for every eight parking spaces to provide shade and visual diversity. Additional landscaping may be required in areas abutting public roads on a case-by-case basis.

• (5) Any off-street parking areas provided in a required front or side yard setback shall be separated from streets and adjacent property by a five-foot minimum landscaped strip, except when required yards abut, adjoin, or directly face R zones. These required yards shall totally contain a landscaped buffer zone, which shall be designed to buffer and screen the R zones from the industrial use. Such area shall be maintained by the property owner.

• (6) Off-street loading zones required shall be one space for each five thousand square feet of gross floor area, or remainder portions thereof, except for buildings greater than ten thousand square feet, two spaces shall be provided and one space for every thirty-five thousand square feet thereafter. No loading space shall occupy a required yard area. Minimum loading space shall be twelve feet by twenty-two feet.

• (7) All activities shall take place within confined areas, and shall be securely fenced, or otherwise securely contained, and shall be screened from view from public roadways and adjoining properties.

• (Ord. 467 § 56, 1984; Ord. 467-AC § 19, 2003)