§ 36-13. "L-M" Limited Industrial.

The regulations set out in this section shall apply in all L-M Districts and shall be subject to the provisions of § 36-18.

This district is intended to provide space for the limited types of manufacturing, wholesale, and storage activities that will not be detrimental to activities in adjacent commercial or residential neighborhoods by reason of, but not limited to excessive noise, smoke, odor, dust, vibrations, fumes, glare, or gas.

Buildings, structures, and land shall be used, and buildings and structures shall be erected, structurally altered, or enlarged in the L-M Districts, only for the following uses subject to the property development standards in § 36-13.6.

• A. Crop farming and pasturing of horses, cattle, sheep or goats, and the dwellings and outbuildings appurtenant to crop farming and pasturing; but excluding livestock feed lots, corrals, hog and poultry farming.

• B. Assembling of typewriters, business machines and similar mechanical equipment.

• C. Bottling plants.

• D. Compounding and packaging of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and toiletries, but excluding soap manufacture.

• E. 1. Food processing, packaging and storage, including milk products, fruits, nuts, vegetables, blended foods, candies, nonalcoholic beverages, preserves, bakery goods and frozen foods, and further meat processing (not including slaughtering).

  2. Excluding dehydrating of aromatic vegetables and spice, olive, processing, vinegar manufacturing by fermentation, pickle manufacturing, sauerkraut manufacturing, live stock feed manufacturing and processing, fertilizer manufacturing, slaughtering, eviscerating and fat rendering.

• F. Manufacturing and assembling of jewelry, watches, clocks, precision instruments, appliances, musical instruments, bottles and other glass products which are made from previously prepared materials; electric or electronic instruments, components of such electric or electronic instruments and equipment, electric motors, toys, television and radio equipment.

• G. Manufacturing of leather goods, paper products, pens, pencils and artist supplies when such goods,

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products and supplies are made from previously prepared materials.

• H. Manufacturing and assembling of professional and scientific instruments, photographic and optical equipment.

• I. Manufacturing of containers from previously prepared materials when such process does not include enameling, lacquering, rubber coating or electric plating.

• J. Printing, publishing, bookbinding and paper sales.

• K. Public utilities, including electrical receiving and transforming stations, radio television and communications facilities, research institutions and administrative institutions.

• L. Wholesale stores and storage warehouses, including mini-warehouses.

• M. Emergency Shelters as defined in § 36-2.2 (50(a)).

• N. Any other limited industrial establishment determined by Planning Commission Resolution to be consistent with the purpose of this section and which will not impair the present or potential use of adjacent properties.

Only those accessory uses and accessory buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, including storage of fresh fruit or vegetable containers which are uniformly stacked and maintained at least one hundred (100) feet from the nearest property line.

§ 36-13.5. Conditional Uses. [Ord. No. 929, § 1, 1988; Ord. No. 1256-18; amended 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 1276.]

The following uses may be permitted in the L-M Districts subject to a Use Permit provided for in § 36-20.

• A. Public and quasi-public uses appropriate to serve the L-M District.

• B. Retail commercial uses, such as restaurants and service stations, appropriate in and necessary to serve the L-M District.

• C. Caretakers residence, one unit not to exceed twelve hundred (1,200) square feet for industrial uses of one-acre minimum lot area.

• D. Airports.

• E. Industrial operations which include enameling, lacquering, rubber coating, electric or hotdip plating, which will not become offensive because of the creation of vapors, dust, odors or noise inherent to the business, which in the opinion of the Planning Commission is excessive.

• F. Dray, freight or truck yards and railroad terminals.

• G. Chemical plants.

• H. Any other light industrial establishment determined by the Planning Commission by resolution to be consistent with the purpose of this section and which will not impair the present or potential use of adjacent properties.

• I. Manufacturing biodegradable soap detergents.

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• J. Cannabis cultivation business, cannabis manufacturing business, cannabis distribution business, cannabis testing laboratory, and dispensary, as defined in § 37-2.

Permits to establish a cannabis cultivation business, cannabis manufacturing business, cannabis distribution business, cannabis testing laboratory, or dispensary shall be located in the area highlighted on the attached maps.

• K. Mobile Food Vendor, as specified in § 36-29. [Added 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 1276]

The following property development standards shall apply to all land and buildings in the L-M Districts.

• A. Lot Area. The lot shall be sufficient to provide the minimum yard, parking requirements as specified in § 36-25, and landscaping requirements as specified in § 36-24.

• B. Setback/Yard Requirements. The following setback/yard requirements shall apply to all uses in the L-M District:

  1. A minimum of sixty-five (65) feet from the center line of any major thoroughfare, or fifty (50) feet from the center line of any other street, except as provided for in § 36-18.9 Special Building Lines; and that a minimum setback of sixty (60) feet is required for any industrial use constructed adjacent to any R District.

• C. Distance Between Buildings: Minimum requirements of the Uniform Building Code.

• D. Building Height. No building erected shall have a height greater than seventy (70) feet. Permitted projections above these heights include: ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, flag poles, chimneys, or similar structures approved under Site Plan Review, § 36-19.

• E. Hours of Operation. Business may be conducted on a twenty-four (24) hour a day basis except that fewer hours may be determined by the Planning Commission for those uses provided for in Sections 36-13.3 and 36-13.5 which are subject to a Use Permit provided for in § 36-20.

• F. Site Plan Review. Prior to the issuance of any Building Permit for the erection of any structure on any lot, a Site Plan shall be submitted and considered pursuant to Site Plan Review requirements of § 36-19.

• G. Landscaping and Open Space. All uses, as specified in § 36-24.

• H. (Reserved)

• I. (Reserved)

• J. Fences, Hedges, Walls, and Screen Plantings. Fences, hedges, walls, and screen plantings shall be erected subject to the provisions of § 36-18. The outside storage of materials, merchandise, supplies, equipment, wastes, incinerations, and sewage disposal shall be enclosed within a chain link with slats, solid wooden or masonry fence not less than six (6) feet in height. Whenever an L-M Use is proposed to be located adjacent to an R-1, R-2, or R-3 District, an eight (8) foot masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line pursuant to § 36-24.

• K. Off-Street Parking Requirements. All uses, as specified in § 36-25.

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• L. Off-Street Loading Requirements. All uses, as specified in § 36-25.

• M. Vehicular Access. For all uses, there shall be vehicular access to the off-street parking and loading facilities from a dedicated street.

• N. Signs. For all uses, as specified in § 36-26.

• O. All refuse, garbage and trash bins one-half (1/2) yard or larger shall be behind the building setback line and screened from public view.

1. Outdoor trash enclosures are required in the L-M District on lots ten thousand (10,000) square feet or larger in area. Trash enclosures subject to public views shall be constructed of split face masonry and solid metal doors, a minimum of six (6) feet in height, with a minimum two (2) foot irrigated and landscaped perimeter around the enclosure (excepting door entries).

   2. Trash enclosures not subject to public views shall be enclosed by a nonextruded six (6) inch cement curb, and a six (6) foot high slatted chain link fence and gated doors.