Chapter 16.46 — M-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

Permitted uses in the M-2 district, all within a building and not requiring new construction or structural alterations therefor (except for those structural alterations enumerated below) and not having any noxious or hazardous character, are as follows:

• (1) General industrial uses including but not limited to warehousing, manufacturing, printing, assembling;

• (2) Offices;

• (3) All of the uses listed above involving any of the following structural alterations:

  • (A) Seismic or Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant upgrades,

  • (B) Structural alterations that affect ten thousand (10,000) square feet or less of gross floor area of a building during a twelve (12) month period measured from final inspection to building permit issuance, or

  • (C) Structural alterations that affect more than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area of a building, where said alterations do not both change the use and increase the intensity of a building.

• (Ord. 739 § 3, 1986; Ord. 891 § 1, 1999; Ord. 936 § 6 (part), 2005; Prior code § 30.420(A))

Uses allowed in the M-2 district, subject to obtaining an administrative permit, are as follows:

(1) Any outside storage of material, equipment or vehicles associated with the main use. (Ord. 931 § 5, 2004)

Conditional uses allowed in the M-2 district, subject to obtaining a use permit, are as follows:

• (1) All of the uses listed in Section 16.46.010, for which new construction or structural alterations are required, except for the structural alterations permitted therein;

• (2) Activities similar to those listed in Section 16.46.010, but involving the use of hazardous material, provided there are adequate safeguards therefor;

• (3) Cafes, intended to serve the employees of the immediate area;

• (4) Convenience stores to serve the employees of the immediate area and limited to hours of operation between the hours of seven (7) a.m. and seven (7) p.m., Monday through Saturday;

• (5) Personal services such as barber, beauty, launderette, dry cleaning and shoe repair meant to serve the employees of the immediate area and limited to hours of operation between seven (7) a.m. and seven (7) p.m., Monday through Saturday;

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City of Menlo Park, CA

MENLO PARK CODE

§ 16.46.020

§ 16.46.030

• (6) Day care facilities to serve the employees of the immediate area;

• (7) Public utilities in accordance with Chapter 16.76;

• (8) Hotels, including ancillary facilities;

(9) Special uses in accordance with Chapter 16.78.

(Ord. 786 § 5, 1988; Ord. 891 § 2, 1999; Ord. 850 § 9, 1993; Ord. 931 § 6, 2004; Ord. 936 § 6 (part), 2005; Ord. 1020 § 3, 2016; Prior code § 30.420(B))

Development regulations in the M-2 district are as follows:

• (1) Minimum lot area—Twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet;

• (2) Minimum lot dimensions—One hundred feet (100) width; one hundred feet (100) depth;

• (3) Required minimum yards—Twenty feet (20) front; rear, none except twenty feet (20) where abutting residential districts; side, ten feet (10), except that side yard may be reduced to zero feet (0) provided the side yard is correspondingly increased;

• (4) Land cover by all structures shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of building site;

• (5) Height of structures shall not exceed thirty-five feet (35); however, additional height may be permitted subject to obtaining a conditional development permit;

• (6) In the case of conditional uses, additional regulations may be required by the planning commission;

• (7) The floor area ratio shall not exceed fifty-five percent (55%) for general industrial uses, including but not limited to, warehousing, manufacturing, printing, assembling, related office and laboratory uses, and shipping and receiving, and forty-five percent (45%) for offices.

• (Ord. 739 § 4, 1986; Prior code § 30.420(C))

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City of Menlo Park, CA