Earlier editions: 2026-09
McFarland Municipal Code Ch. 17.88 M-2 Zone
McFarland Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · McFarland
Cite as: McFarland Municipal Code Chapter 17.88 · Text as of 2026-10-04
17.88.010 - Applicability.¶
The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in the M-2 light manufacturing zone unless otherwise provided in this title.
(Ord. 109 § 22.00, 1969)
17.88.020 - Uses permitted.¶
The uses permitted in the M-2 zone are as follows:
A. Any use permitted in the M-1 zone; provided, however, that no buildings shall be used as a dwelling except accessory buildings which are incidental to the use of the land.
B. Any of the following uses:
Any kind of manufacturing, 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.
Agricultural industries, including packing, canning and processing plants.
Aircraft and automobile factories (no foundries).
Automobile assembling, body and fender works, painting, upholstering, dismantling and used parts storage when operated or maintained wholly within a building.
Automobile and truck parking and storing.
Bakeries.
Blacksmith shops.
Boat building.
Bottling plants.
Breweries.
Building material storage yards.
Cabinet or carpenter shops.
Carpet, awning, blinds, mattress or upholstery shops, including cleaning and repair.
Contractors' plants or storage yards.
Creameries.
Distributing plants.
Draying, freighting or trucking yards or terminals.
Electric welding and electroplating.
Equestrian establishments, including stables or riding academies, schools or amusements.
Feed and fuel yards.
Flour mills.
Fruit, vegetable and meat canning, freezing, packing and preserving plants.
Ice and cold storage plants.
Laboratories, experimental and the like.
Laundries, cleaning and dyeing plants.
Lumber yards.
Machine shops (except punch presses of over twenty tons rated capacity, drop hammers and automatic screw machines).
Motion picture studios.
Paint mixing plants (not employing a boiling process).
Petroleum products storage, provided that no storage structures shall exceed fifty feet in height.
Planing mills.
Poultry and rabbit raising, slaughter or storage.
Public utilities service yards, electric transmission substations and gas transmission and compressor stations.
Rubber fabrication or products made from finished rubber.
Sheet metal shops.
Storage spaces for transit and transportation equipment.
Tire rebuilding, recapping and retreading plants.
Truck repairing and overhauling shops.
Manufacture of:
a. Batteries;
b. Billboards and advertising structures, electric or neon signs;
c. Ceramic products;
d. Clothing or garments;
e. Cosmetics, perfumes and toiletries, drugs and pharmaceuticals;
f. Electronic instruments and devices, radios, televisions and phongraphs;
g. Food products (except the rendering of fats or oils);
h. Furniture;
i. Musical instruments and toys;
j. Prefabricated buildings;
k. Shoes;
l. Soap (cold mix only);
m. Textiles.
- Manufacturing, compounding, assembling, processing or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fibre, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, shell, textiles, tobacco, wood, yarns and paint not employing a boiling process.
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 § 22.01, 1969)
(Ord. No. 0001-2023, § 4, 2-23-23)
17.88.030 - Building height.¶
Six stories and not to exceed seventy-five feet.
(Ord. 109 § 22.02, 1969)
17.88.040 - 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 § 22.03, 1969)
17.88.050 - Side yard.¶
None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.
(Ord. 109 § 22.04, 1969)
17.88.060 - Rear yard.¶
None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.
(Ord. 109 § 22.05, 1969)
17.88.070 - Area requirements.¶
None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.
(Ord. 109 § 22.06, 1969)
17.88.080 - Distance between buildings on same lot.¶
None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.
(Ord. 109 § 22.07, 1969)
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