National City Municipal Code § 18.25.040 General development standards

This section lists the land uses allowed within the industrial zones and provides basic standards for site layout and building use. The purposes of the individual industrial zoning districts and the manner in which they are applied are as follows:

A. Light Industrial (IL). The IL light industrial zone is intended to accommodate warehousing operations, storage, office, and research and development facilities and establishments engaged in the manufacturing, assembling, packaging, treatment and processing of products other than those that which may be obnoxious or offensive to adjacent residential and business districts due to reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, vibration or other nuisances.

B. Medium Industrial (IM). The IM medium industrial zone is designed to provide for the development of medium manufacturing and industrial uses that operate without excessive noise, dust, odor or other nuisances and yet may be objectionable to other non-industrial uses.

C. Heavy Industrial (IH). The IH heavy industrial zone is intended to provide for manufacturing facilities and industries that may be obnoxious by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, vibration or similar causes and therefore require isolation from many other kinds of land uses.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

Table 18.25.020 identifies the uses of land allowed in each industrial zone.

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TABLE 18.25.020 Allowed Land Uses Industrial Zones

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

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Accessory uses and the conditions of their use are set out in Subsections (A) through (C) below.

A. Storage Buildings and Garages. Storage buildings and garages incidental to principal uses on the same premises are permitted.

B. Sale of Gasoline. The sale of gasoline may be permitted as an accessory use in any zone where gasoline service stations are permitted, subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit.

C. Auctions. Auctions, in conjunction with used furniture or antique sales, may be permitted subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

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TABLE 18.25.040 Development Standards Industrial Zones

Notes:

(a) Automobile service stations shall have a minimum lot area of fifteen thousand square feet.

(b) Automobile service stations shall have a minimum street frontage of one hundred feet.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

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All uses in the industrial zones shall be housed in completely enclosed buildings; provided, however, that businesses such as lumber yards, building material yards, gas stations, recycling facilities, metal processing yards, vehicle storage, storage lots, and similar uses that customarily include outdoor use, may be permitted outside of a completely enclosed building when screened from public view.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)