Chapter 18.25

This zone is intended to provide for the orderly development of manufacturing, research and development, wholesale and distribution, warehousing, and other compatible uses within the community. The provisions of this zone are intended to insure that industrial development will be protected from intrusion by inharmonious uses, that it will be provided with adequate space and accessory facilities and that adjacent, non-industrial areas will be protected from potential conflicts with industrial development.

The following uses are permitted and land shall be used and buildings and structures shall hereafter be erected, altered, enlarged, or otherwise modified for the following uses only:

• (1) All manufacturing and processing except those listed as conditional uses in this zone.

• (2) Wholesaling and warehousing.

• (3) Research, development and testing laboratories.

• (4) Accessory buildings and uses:

  • (a) The keeping of animals in connection with a legally nonconforming residential or agricultural use, in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 18.35 (STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO ANIMAL KEEPING).

  • (b) Exhibition of products produced on the premises or available for wholesale distribution.

  • (c) Administrative, professional, medical, and business offices and facilities incidental to permitted industrial uses on the premises.

  • (d) Cafeterias, cafes, restaurants, auditoriums, or recreational facilities incidental to permitted industrial uses on the premises.

  • (e) Gasoline service facilities and other truck or automobile service facilities for vehicles used in conjunction with permitted industrial activities on the premises.

• (5) Other similar uses by Commission Determination, in accordance with Chapter 18.42 (SIMILAR USES).

• (6) Shoeing horses, if said use is not being conducted at a fixed place of business, which is being operated wholly or partially for farrier purposes.

• (7) Farrier at a place of business which is being operated wholly or partially for farrier purposes.

• (8) Miniwarehouses which comply with Section 18.30.44 (Miniwarehouses). (Ord. 306 Sec. 17, 1974; Ord. 409 Sub. Sec. 2, 3, 1978; Ord. 528 Sec. 6, 1984)

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The following uses may be permitted subject to approval of a conditional use permit as provided in Chapter 18.45 (CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS):

• (1) Restaurants and coffee shops.

• (2) Industrial hospitals and clinics.

• (3) Industrial training centers.

• (4) Automobile and truck service stations which comply with Section 18.33 (SERVICE STATIONS).

• (5) Small or large animal hospital, shelter, or kennel.

• (6) Public utility uses, both publicly and privately owned.

• (7) Governmental and civic uses.

• (8) Dwelling, used exclusively by a caretaker or watchman of a permitted industrial use, and his family. Yards shall be governed by Site Plan Review.

• (9) Abattoir (slaughterhouse).

• (10) Airport or landing field.

• (11) Auto wrecking yard.

• (12) Blast furnace.

• (13) Borrow pit, commercial.

• (14) Boiler shop or works.

• (15) Coke ovens.

• (16) Fat rendering.

• (17) Fish cannery.

• (18) Gas, storage of, in excess of one thousand (1,000) cubic feet.

• (19) Incineration, reduction or dumping of offal, garbage, or refuse on a commercial scale.

• (20) Junk yard.

• (21) Lumber mill.

• (22) Manufacture of:

  • (a) Acetylene gas.

  • (b) Acid.

  • (c) Ammonia.

  • (d) Asphalt or products.

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• (e) Asbestos.

• (f) Brick tile or terra cotta.

• (g) Babbit metal.

• (h) Bleaching powder.

• (i) Carbon, lampblack or graphite.

• (j) Cement.

• (k) Celluloid.

• (l) Chlorine gas.

• (m) Coaltar or products.

• (n) Creosote or products.

• (o) Explosives.

• (p) Fireworks.

• (q) Fertilizer, including open storage on a commercial scale.

• (r) Gas, illuminating.

• (s) Gelatine.

• (t) Glucose.

• (u) Glue or size.

• (v) Guncotton or products.

• (w) Gypsum.

• (x) Insulating material (such as "Rock Wool" and similar products)

• (y) Lime or products.

• (z) Matches.

  • (aa) Phenol.

  • (bb) Pickles.

  • (cc) Plaster of Paris.

  • (dd) Poison.

  • (ee) Potash.

  • (ff) Pulp, paper, and strawboard.

  • (gg) Rubber.

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• (hh) Sauerkraut.

• (ii) Soap, except by cold process.

• (jj) Tar or asphalt roofing.

• (kk) Turpentine.

• (ll) Vinegar.

• (23) Meat packing plant.

• (24) Oil reclaiming plant.

• (25) Ore reduction plant.

• (26) Petroleum refinery.

• (27) Rock or slag crusher or quarry.

• (28) Rock, sand, or gravel pit.

• (29) Rolling mill.

• (30) Rubber reclaiming plant.

• (31) Saltworks.

• (32) Sand blasting plant.

• (33) Sewer farm or sewage disposal.

• (34) Smelting.

• (35) Stockyards, commercial.

• (36) Storage of petroleum products above ground in excess of one thousand (1,000) barrels.

• (37) Storage or bailing of rags or paper, except wholly within a building or behind a compact wall not less than six (6) feet in height.

• (38) Tannery.

• (39) Wool pulling or scouring plant.

• (40) Wood or bone distillation.

• (41) Oil well drilling or oil processing.

• (42) Area for the storage, alteration, or repair of a relocated building or structure.

• (43) Cotton gins.

All lots hereafter created in this zone shall contain a minimum of 20,000 square feet. The specified lot area is not intended to prohibit two or more separate uses on a lot where the lot is in

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undivided ownership.

All lots shall maintain the following minimum standards and no lot shall be created which does not satisfy these standards:

• (1) Width: Minimum width of 80 feet

• (2) Depth: Minimum depth of 150 feet

All uses and operations shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable Rules and Regulations of all governmental pollution control agencies having jurisdiction. In addition the following shall apply:

• (1) Solid Waste Disposal: There shall not be dumped, placed, or allowed to remain on any property in an M-2 zone any refuse, trash, rubbish, or other waste material outside a permanent building except in non-inflammable, covered, or enclosed containers so arranged and constructed that they will not be tipped or upended by winds of up to 70 miles per hour.

• (2) Sound: Every use or operation shall be conducted so that no noise is emitted which is objectionable to adjacent property owners or tenants or which exceeds, at the property line, a rating on a A-weighted scale of 90db for periods in excess of 2 minutes in any hour between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. or 70db for any period between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

• (3) Smoke: Smoke shall not be emitted from any source in a greater density of grey than that described as No. 1 on the Ringlemann Chart, except that visible grey smoke of a shade not darker than that described as No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart may be emitted for not more than four minutes in any thirty (30) minutes. These provisions applicable to visible grey smoke, shall also apply to visible smoke of a different color but with an equivalent apparent opacity.

• (4) Dust: Dust, fly ash, or airborne solids, from any sources shall not be in a density greater than that described as No. 1 on the Ringlemann Chart.

• (5) Odors: Odors from gases or other odorous matter shall not be in such quantities as to be offensive beyond the lot line of the use. Toxic gases or matter shall not be emitted which can cause any damage to health, to animals, or vegetation, or other forms of property, or which can cause any excessive soiling beyond the lot lines of the use.

• (6) Vibration: Vibration from any machine, operation, or process which can cause a displacement of .003 of one (1) inch as measured at the lot lines of the use shall be prohibited. Shock absorbers or similar mounting shall be allowed which will reduce vibration below .003 of one (1) inch as measured at the lot lines.

• (7) Glare and Heat: Glare and heat from any source shall not be produced beyond the lot lines of the use.

• (8) Radioactivity and Electrical Disturbances:

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§ 18.25.26

• (a) Except with the prior approval of the City Council as to specific additional uses, the use of radioactive materials within the M-2 zone shall be limited to measuring, gauging, and calibration devices; as tracer elements; in X-ray and like apparatus; and in connection with the processing and preservation of foods. In no event shall radioactivity, when measured at each lot line be in excess of 2.7 x 10–11 microcuries per milliliter of air at any moment of time.

• (b) Radio and television transmitters shall be operated at the regularly assigned wave lengths (or within the authorized tolerances therefor) as assigned thereto by the appropriate governmental agency. Subject to such exception and the operation of domestic household equipment, all electrical and electronic devices and equipment shall be suitably wired shielded, and controlled so that in operation they shall not, beyond the lot lines, emit any electrical impulses or waves which will adversely affect the operation and control of any other electrical or electronic devices and equipment.

Subject to Section 18.25.24 herein, the following shall apply:

• (1) Yard Abutting Street: Minimum of 30' from the right-of-way line as determined by the Master Plan of Streets and Highways; parking to be permitted in the required front yard excepting for the front 5 feet, which shall be landscaped in accordance with Section 18.02.04(40) (LANDSCAPING).

• (2) Interior Side Yard and Rear Yard: There shall be no requirement, except where a property in this zone abuts a school site, or any "A" or "R" zone, where a 50-foot yard shall be provided. Such yards may be used for off-street parking. Where any rear yard is provided, there shall also be provided a side yard of twelve (12) feet on at least one side of the lot, or a recorded vehicular access easement from a public street to said rear yard.

The maximum height of any building or structure shall be two stories or 35 feet; provided, however, that a Conditional Use Permit application may be made to increase this height to not more than 50 feet.

Buildings not actually adjoining shall be separated by a distance equal to one half of the height of the taller building; but in no event less than twelve (12) feet.

The provisions of Section 18.31.08 (WALLS, FENCES, AND STRUCTURES IN THE SETBACK AREAS) shall apply. In addition, where a property in this zone abuts any "A" or "R" zone, or an LD or OS zone, a masonry wall six feet in height shall be erected and maintained along the abutting lot line. The Planning Commission may require that all open storage areas be screened from public view by a solid wall or fence at least 6 feet high under Site Plan review.

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Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.32 (OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated in this Title, the display for sale or rental of goods, wares and merchandise in association with and furtherance of any of the following uses if permitted in this zone, may be conducted outside a completely enclosed building unless specifically prohibited hereinbelow: nurseries, lumber yards, equipment rental and sales, horse trailers, automobile sales, prefabricated fencing, hay sales yards, and other similar uses (subject to any conditions imposed on such displays as part of the approval of a site plan). The determination whether a similar use exists shall be made by the Planning Director, provided, however, such decision may be appealed to the City's Planning Commission in accordance with those applicable procedures provided in Subsections (6) through (8) of Section 18.35.06 of the Municipal Code of the City of Norco.

Except as specifically prohibited hereinbelow, the display for sale or rental of goods, wares and merchandise in association with and furtherance of any use permitted by the Norco Municipal Code in this zone may be conducted outside a completely enclosed building, if the display is located completely under a canopy attached to such building, subject to any conditions imposed on such display as part of approval of a site plan.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated hereinabove, any such display for sale or rental of goods, wares and merchandise as described hereinabove on that portion of property which is used or required by law to be used for vehicular parking or landscaping or on any portion of any property being used or required by law to be used for the traffic circulation of vehicles or loading of vehicles is specifically prohibited.

(Ord. 251 Sec. 2 (part), 1973; Ord. 275 Sec. 2 (part), 1973; Ord. 332 Sec. 1 (part), 1975)

All air conditioning equipment shall be so designed and located so as to transmit no noise or vibration to adjacent properties, insofar as practicable. Furthermore, such equipment shall be screened from view from adjacent properties or public streets by use of landscaped screens, walls or other devices and such screening shall consider the view of air conditioning equipment from adjacent multi-story buildings. Determination of the adequacy of screening shall be made at the time of Site Plan Review.

The provisions of Chapter 18.37 (SIGNS) shall apply.

A special trash pick-up area shall be provided for each building at a location and of a certain size as established after Site Plan Review and approval. Said trash area shall be completely enclosed in such a manner as to prevent the attraction of flies thereto, unless the trash receptacle in such area is a dumpster, having a volume of fifty (50) cubic feet or more, and is kept shut in a manner as to prevent the attraction of flies. Any such dumpster shall be screened from view by the public

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on adjacent streets, which screening may include buildings and structures on the site. The final determination as to the adequacy of the proposed screening as to height and component materials shall be determined by the Planning Commission after Site Plan Review. (Ord. 335 Sec. 2 (part), 1975)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated in Title 18 of the Municipal Code of the City, all property developed with a building or structure shall have landscaping in an amount equal to no less than five percent (5%) of the total area of the property having land improvements thereon and at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such required landscaping shall be located in that portion of the property being used for off-street parking. In addition to said amount of landscaping there shall be additional landscaping installed to a depth not less than five feet (5') immediately adjacent to and along the extension of those lot lines of the property, including front and side yards which abut streets, including the sidewalk portion thereof, provided, however, that portion of the area, required for landscaping, which constitutes an access way from the property to the street need not be landscaped.

Any portion of and all of said required landscaped area shall be separated from any portion of the property which is used for parking or movement of vehicles by a wall or curb not less than six inches (6") higher in elevation than the adjacent area being used for vehicular parking or movement.

Any landscaping installed immediately adjacent to a lot line, which abuts a street, shall not exceed three feet (3') in height at any point within twenty feet (20') of the intersection of a vehicular drive-way and a street or sidewalk or the intersection of two or more vehicular driveways or streets.

A permanent irrigation system shall be installed and maintained in an operable condition at all times for irrigation of all such required landscaped areas, and said landscaped areas shall at all times be maintained in a clean, neat and healthy condition, which maintenance shall include but not be limited to pruning, weeding, fertilizing, mowing of lawns, removal of litter, regular watering and replacement of landscaping when it has become incurably unhealthy or has died.

No building permit or occupancy permit shall be issued for any building or structure until landscaping plans for the property on which a building or structure is proposed has been submitted for review and approval by the City's Planning Department and/or Planning Commission pursuant to site plan approval. Such plans shall include, but not be limited to showing the following data and information on drawings and plans:

• (1) The size and dimension of all landscaped areas;

• (2) The type and location of irrigation system to be installed and maintained;

• (3) The type of proposed plant material for each area to be landscaped;

• (4) Manner of constructing planter curbs, including location thereof, height, width and type of materials therefor.

• (Ord. 311 Sec. 1 (part), 1974)

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City of Norco, CA

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The provisions of Chapter 18.40 (Site Plan Review) shall apply.

The provisions of Chapter 18.41 (Architectural Review) shall apply.

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City of Norco, CA § 18.26.02

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