SEC. 36.20. - Purpose.

This article provides regulations applicable to development and new land uses in the industrial zoning districts established by Section 36.04 (Zoning Districts Established). The purposes of the individual industrial zoning districts are as follows:

a.

ML (Administrative, Research and Limited Industrial) district. This district is designed to provide an environment conducive to the development and protection of modern, large-scale administrative facilities, research institutions and specialized manufacturing organizations, all of a nonnuisance type. The ML zoning district is consistent with the general industrial and high-intensity office land use designations of the general plan.

b.

MM (General Industrial) district. This district is designed to encourage sound industrial development in the city by providing and protecting an environment exclusively for such development, subject to regulations necessary to insure the purity of the air and waters in the bay area, and the protection of nearby residential uses of the land from hazards and noise or other radiated disturbances. The MM zoning district is consistent with the general industrial and high-intensity office land use designation of the general plan.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

DIVISION 2. - LAND USES

The uses of land allowed by this Chapter in each industrial zoning district are identified in the following tables as being:

a.

Permitted subject to compliance with all applicable provisions of this Chapter, including development review and parking requirements, and subject to obtaining any building permit or other permit required by the city code ("P" uses on the tables). Per Section 36.44.45, development review approval is required for exterior building or site modifications.

b.

Allowed subject to approval of a conditional use permit ("CUP") (Sec. 36.48).

c.

Allowed subject to approval of a temporary use permit ("TUP") (Sec. 36.46).

d.

Land uses listed, as specifically defined in this Chapter, and on the tables in a particular zoning district(s) shall only be allowed in the specific zoning district(s) in which it is listed. Such uses can only be allowed in other zoning district(s) upon approval of a text amendment as provided by Section 36.52.35 (Zoning amendments). These uses cannot be named as similar uses as determined by the zoning administrator through the conditional use permit process or Section 36.58.30 (Procedures for interpretation).

e.

Land uses that are not listed on the tables are not allowed, except where otherwise provided by Section 36.06.40 (Determination of allowable land uses) or 36.06.50 (Exemptions from zoning permit requirements).

LAND USES AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS BY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

NOTE: Where the last column on the following tables ("See Section") includes a section number, there are specific regulations in the referenced section that apply to the use and/or a specific definition of the use; however, provisions in other sections may apply as well.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 5.18, § 6, 4/24/18; Ord. No. 9.18, § 4, 10/23/18; Ord. No. 10.19, § 3, 6/25/19; Ord. No. 16.19, § 10, 10/22/19; Ord. No. 20.19, § 7, 12/10/19; Ord. No. 01.2024, § 16, 1/23/24; Ord. No. 3.2026, § 5, 3/10/26.)

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