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Title 17 — ZONING

McFarland Municipal Code Ch. 17.84 M-1 Zone

McFarland Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · McFarland

Cite as: McFarland Municipal Code Chapter 17.84 · Text as of 2026-10-04

17.84.010 - Applicability.

The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in the M-1 limited manufacturing zone unless otherwise provided in this title.

(Ord. 109 § 21.00, 1969)

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17.84.020 - Uses permitted.

The uses permitted in the M-1 zone are as follows:

A. Any use permitted in the C-2 zone; provided, however, that no building shall be used as a dwelling except accessory buildings which are incidental to the use of the land.

B. Any of the following uses:

  1. Any kind of manufacture, compounding, assembling, processing or treatment of products other than any which produces, causes or emits any fumes, odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise or vibrations which are or may be detrimental to properties in the neighborhood or to the welfare of the occupants thereof and which are conducted wholly within a building.

  2. Assaying.

  3. Animal hospitals, kennels and veterinaries.

  4. Frozen food lockers.

  5. Wholesale businesses, storage buildings and warehouses.

  6. The following uses, if wholly enclosed within a solid masonry wall or fence as approved by the planning commission, not less than six feet in height, and provided that such uses are conducted so that no material or equipment is visible to a person walking or riding on adjoining streets or property:

a. Building material storage yards;

b. Contractors' plants or storage yards;

c. Draying, freighting or trucking yards or terminals;

d. Feed and fuel yards;

e. Lumber yards;

f. Petroleum products storage;

g. Stone monument works;

h. Truck parking or storage;

i. Plumbing and sheet metal shops;

j. Public utilities service yards.

C. The accessory buildings and structures necessary to such use located on the same lot or parcel of land.

D. Oil and gas drilling and production shall be permitted by the planning commission according to the provisions of Section 17.140.050.

E. Additional uses may be permitted by the planning commission according to the provisions of Sections 17.152.020 and 17.152.030.

F. Commercial cannabis activity as established by Chapter 19.04, Commercial Cannabis Activity within Title 19, Marijuana.

(Ord. 109 § 21.01, 1969)

(Ord. No. 0001-2023, § 3, 2-23-23)

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17.84.030 - Building height.

Two stories and not to exceed thirty-five feet.

(Ord. 109 § 21.02, 1969)

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17.84.040 - Front yard.

A. All buildings shall be located not nearer than forty feet from the centerline of a street. Provided, however, that along any secondary highway, as designated by the city or county's highway plan, a minimum setback of forty-five feet from the centerline of the highway shall be required, and along any major highway, as designated by the city or county's highway plan, a minimum setback of fifty-five feet from the centerline of the highway shall be required.

B. All buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.

(Ord. 109 § 21.03, 1969)

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17.84.050 - Side yard.

None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.

(Ord. 109 § 21.04, 1969)

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17.84.060 - Rear yard.

None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.

(Ord. 109 § 21.05, 1969)

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17.84.070 - Area requirements.

Six thousand square feet minimum lot area; all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.

(Ord. 109 § 21.06, 1969)

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17.84.080 - Distance between buildings on same lot.

None, except that all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.

(Ord. 109 § 21.07, 1969)

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17.84.090 - Parking requirements.

For all buildings, not less than the same area of parking space shall be provided on the same site as there is floor space in the building.

(Ord. 109 § 21.08, 1969)

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