Chapter 18.28 — M-1 DISTRICT—MANUFACTURING
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18.28.010 - Intent.¶
The M-1 manufacturing district has been created for uses which include manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, processing of material, and specified, limited commercial agricultural operations.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228, 1968).
(Ord. No. 2017-03, § 2, 11-15-2017)
18.28.020 - Uses permitted—Generally.¶
The following uses shall be permitted, provided that no uses shall be carried on in a manner that is, in the opinion of the planning commission, objectionable from the standpoint of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise or vibration. All uses shall be subject to the property development standards in Sections 18.28.060 through 18.28.190:
Animal hospital and shelter;
Automotive painting;
Automotive reconditioning;
Bulk oil storage and supply;
Butane gas storage;
Carpenter or cabinet shop;
Carpet and rug cleaning plant;
City, county or state maintenance and equipment yards;
Cleaning and dyeing plant;
Commercial cannabis operations subject to the provisions of Chapter 18.55.
Concrete, sand and gravel storage and mixing;
Electric motor;
Farm equipment sales repair and storage;
Feed and fuel yard;
Freight yard;
Grain storage and shipping;
Heavy farm equipment sales and repair;
Ice and cold storage plant;
Ice manufacturing;
Indoor cultivation of crops other than cannabis;
Lumber yard, outside storage and warehouses;
Machinery shop (no punch press over twenty ton or drop hammer);
Machinery rental;
Packing of fruit and vegetables;
Packing sheds;
Petroleum bulk plant;
Printing, lithographing, publishing;
Public utility buildings and uses;
Repair garage;
Retail lumber yard including warehousing;
Service station;
Sheet metal shop;
Storage yards and building materials;
Storage yards for contractors;
Tire retreading, recapping, rebuilding;
Truck terminal and repair;
Upholstering;
Welding and machine works;
Wholesaling and warehousing.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.1, 1968).
(Ord. No. 2017-03, § 2, 11-15-2017)
18.28.030 - Uses permitted—Subject to commission review and approval.¶
Uses permitted subject to planning commission review and approval shall include: The manufacturing, compounding, assembly or treatment of articles of merchandise from previously prepared materials and metals.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.2, 1968).
18.28.040 - Uses permitted—Subject to conditional use permit.¶
Uses permitted subject to conditional use permit shall include:
Bailed cotton storage;
Cotton compress;
Used lumber and material yard.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.3, 1968).
18.28.050 - Prohibited uses.¶
A.
The residential uses existing as of May 4, 1968, may continue as residential uses but may not be expanded into more intensified residential uses.
B.
Uses expressly prohibited in the M-1 district include:
New residential uses;
Automobile wrecking or burning, rag or scrap iron storage or bailing;
Asphalt and asphaltic concrete mixing or batching plants;
Chemical plants (heavy);
Garbage, offal, dead animal or refuse incineration, reduction or dumping;
Inorganic fertilizers and the compounding of dried inorganic material;
Metals extraction and smelting plant;
Organic fertilizer manufacture;
Tanning, curing or storing of raw hides or skins;
Serum, toxin and virus manufacturing laboratory;
Sugar or starch manufacturing plant;
Wool pulling or scouring plant.
C.
Adult uses shall not be permitted in the M-1 district.
(Ord. 85-19 §8, 1985; Ord. 68-128 §5-228.4, 1968).
18.28.060 - Property development standards.¶
The property development standards codified in Sections 18.28.070 through 18.28.190 shall apply in the M-1 district.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(part), 1968).
18.28.070 - Lot area.¶
There are no lot area requirements in the M-1 district.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(A), 1968).
18.28.080 - Lot dimensions.¶
The minimum width shall be seventy-five feet and the minimum depth shall be one hundred twenty feet.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(B), 1968).
18.28.090 - Population density.¶
There are no population density requirements in the M-1 district.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(C), 1968).
18.28.100 - Building height.¶
No structure or building shall have a height greater than seventy-five feet.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(D), 1968).
18.28.110 - Setback and yard requirements.¶
A.
Front. None, except if the boundary between the M-1 district and a residential district is developed on a street or highway the front yard or side yard setback shall be fifteen feet. This yard shall not be used for parking or boarding.
B.
Side. None, except when the side lot line of an M-1 district adjoins any residential district there shall be a side yard of fifteen feet. Side yard may be used for parking and storage. Storage shall not be stored higher than six feet.
C.
Corner Lot. When the rear lot line of a corner lot in an M-1 district adjoins any residential district there shall be a side yard abutting the street not less than ten feet in width.
D.
Reversed Corner Lots. When the rear lot line of a reversed corner lot in an M-1 district adjoins any residential district, there shall be a side yard abutting the street fifteen feet in width. This yard shall not be used for parking or loading.
E.
Rear. None, except if the boundary between the M-1 district and a residential district is developed on a street or highway the rear yard setback shall be fifteen feet. The yard shall not be used for parking or loading. When the rear lot line in an M-1 district adjoins any residential district there shall be a rear yard of fifteen feet. The yard may be used for parking and material storage.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(E), 1968).
18.28.120 - Space between buildings.¶
There are no requirements in the M-1 district.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(F), 1968).
18.28.130 - Lot coverage.¶
There are no lot coverage requirements in the M-1 district.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(G), 1968).
18.28.140 - Fences, hedges and walls—Corner cut-off areas.¶
A.
A lot that is bounded by an M-1 and residential district shall have a six-foot high masonry wall erected along the property line of the M-1 lot.
B.
The wall height of the interior lot line between the M-1 and residential district shall be reduced to three feet within the front yard setback area.
C.
Corner Cut-off Areas. There shall be a corner cut-off area at all intersecting streets or highways. The cut-off area shall be visually nonobstructive. The area shall be measured horizontally thirty feet from the corner of the lot, in each direction.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(H), 1968).
18.28.150 - Off-street parking.¶
There shall be one off-street parking space for each two permanent employees, one parking space for each truck operated by the concern and one parking space for each salesperson permanently employed. Such spaces shall be located within three hundred feet of the property served. The general conditions Section
18.32.140 shall apply.¶
18.28.160 - Access.¶
A.
The planning commission shall designate the number and location of the ingress and egress system.
B.
There shall be vehicular access from a dedicated and improved street or alley to off-street parking and loading facilities on the property requiring off-street parking and loading.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(J), 1968).
18.28.170 - Outdoor advertising.¶
There shall be no advertising structures or signs located within fifty feet of a boundary between an M-1 and a residential district.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(K), 1968).
18.28.180 - Lighting.¶
No red, green or amber lights or illuminated signs may be placed in such a position that they could reasonably be expected to interfere with or be confused with any official traffic control device or traffic
signal or official directional guide sign. Lights used to illuminate signs or advertising structures shall be so installed as to concentrate the illumination on the sign or advertising structure and so as to minimize glare upon a street or adjacent property.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(L), 1968).
18.28.190 - Loading spaces required.¶
Number of Loading Spaces Gross Floor Area
A. Industrial building
3,500 — 40,000 square feet
40,001 — 80,000 square feet
80,001 — 120,000 square feet
120,001 — 160,000 square feet
B. Commercial buildings
3,000 — 15,000 square feet
15,001 — 45,000 square feet
45,001 — 75,000 square feet
75,001 — 105,000 square feet
C. Office buildings
3,500 — 50,000 square feet
50,001 — 100,000 square feet
100,001 — and over square feet
D.
The minimum loading space shall be twelve feet in width, forty feet in length and fourteen feet in vertical clearance.
E.
An alley or street shall not be used for loading.
F.
Whenever the loading area abuts a street, the front yard required in this M-1 district can be used in calculating the area needed for loading.
G.
After May 4, 1968, if a building has existing loading spaces, those loading spaces shall be maintained as long as the building remains. If a new building is erected, the loading space requirements of this title shall apply.
(Ord. 68-128 §5-228.5(M), 1968).
18.28.200 - Site plan review.¶
A site plan will be submitted to the city council for its approval before any building is erected or any parking facilities developed on any lot within the M-1 district. The provisions of Chapter 18.40 shall apply.
(Ord. 88-08, 1988).
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