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Title 18 — ZONINGChapter 18.24 — ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE

§ 18.34

Redding Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Redding

18.34.010 - Purpose.

The specific purposes of "industrial" districts are to:

A.

Promote and preserve the city's industrial areas as significant employment generators.

B.

Accommodate a variety of existing, traditional industries ranging from small, employee-intensive businesses to large, capital-intensive businesses, while anticipating new technologies and business-service uses.

C.

Preserve areas of the city for the appropriate location of businesses that may have the potential to generate off-site impacts, while providing compatibility in use and form.

D.

Identify appropriate standards for reviewing proposals for new development and redevelopment, where appropriate, in industrial areas.

E.

Ensure the provision of services and facilities needed to accommodate planned employment densities.

F.

Additional purposes of each "industrial" district:

"GI" General Industry. Provide areas for businesses that have limited potential to create significant adverse visual, noise, or other impacts to adjoining public and residential properties. Supporting retail and restaurant uses may be allowed subject to size limits and siting criteria. Uses characterized by substantial outdoor processing and/or storage are not allowed.

"HI" Heavy Industry. Provide areas for the broadest range of industrial uses, including those that are characterized by significant outdoor processing or storage. Supporting retail and restaurant uses may be allowed subject to size limits.

(Ord. 2403 § 7, 2008; Ord. 2343 § 2 (part), 2005: Ord. 2310 § 3 (part), 2003; Ord. 2301 § 3 (Att. A (part)), 2002)

18.34.020 - Land use regulations.

Schedule 18.34.020-A and Section 18.34.030, Permit Requirements for New Development, below prescribe the development regulations for "Industrial" districts.

"P" designates permitted use classifications subject to the provisions of Section 18.34.030.

"L" designates use classifications that are permitted subject to certain limitations prescribed by the additional use regulations contained in this chapter.

"Sd" designates use classifications that are permitted after review and approval of a site development permit by the director.

"S" designates use classifications that are permitted after review and approval of a site development permit by the board of administrative review.

"U" designates use classifications that are permitted after review and approval of a use permit by the planning commission.

Use classifications are defined in Chapter 18.60, Use Classifications. In cases where a specific land use or activity is not defined, the director shall assign the land use or activity to a classification that is substantially similar in character. Use classifications not listed or not substantially similar to the uses in the schedule below are prohibited. The schedule also notes additional regulations that apply to various uses.

18.34.020-A (Use Regulations - "Industrial Districts")

Use Classifcations "GI" "HI" Additional Regulations
Residential Uses
Single Family L6 L6
Residential Cannabis
Cultivation
L19P L19P See
Chapter 6.12
Public and Semipublic Uses
Cultural Institutions S
Colleges and Trade
Schools, Public and
Private
S
Public Safety Facilities S S
Commercial Uses
Commercial Recreation S
Convenience Gas Mart S S See Section
18.43.090
Eating and Drinking
Establishments
Restaurants, Full Service Sd Sd
Food and Beverage
Preparation
P
Ofces, Business &
Professional
L17 L17
Ofces, Medical and
Dental
L22 S
Clinics L22 S
Retail Sales L15 L15
Vehicle Equipment Sales
and Services
Automobile/Vehicle
Repair, Major
P P See Section
18.43.050
Automobile/Vehicle
Repair, Minor
P P See Section
18.43.050
Large
Vehicle/Equipment
Sales, Service & Rental
P P
Vehicle Storage S S
Wholesale, Distributing,
& Storage
P P
Retail Cannabis Sales L20P L20P See
Chapter 6.12
Commercial Cannabis
Cultivation
L19P L19P See
Chapter 6.12
Industrial Uses
Contractors' Ofce &
Shop Buildings
P P See Section
18.43.130
Contractors' Storage
Yards
Sd P
Industry,
Handicraft/Custom
P P
Industry, General P P
Industry, Heavy S P
Salvage/Wrecking L14 S U
Warehousing & Storage P P
Self-Storage
Warehouses
Sd
Cannabis
Microbusinesses,
Distribution,
Manufacturing,
Processing, Testing, and
Storage
L21P L21P See
Chapter 6.12
Transportation, Communication, and Utilities Uses
Communication
Antennae &
Transmission Towers
L16 L16 See Section
18.40.010
Communication
Facilities within
Buildings
P P
Freight/Truck Terminals
and Warehouses
S S
Truck Weigh Stations P P
Utilities, Major P P
Utilities, Minor P P
Agriculture and Extractive Uses
Goat Grazing for fre fuel
management
Sd Sd
Mining and Quarrying U U
Nurseries P
Accessory Uses and Structures See Section
18.43.020
Temporary Uses See
Chapter
18.17
Nonconforming Uses See
Chapter
18.46

Specific Limitations L6 A single caretakers' quarters only, not to exceed one thousand square feet. Site development permit required.

L14 No outdoor storage, dismantling, or similar activities.

L15 Store sales allowed as an accessory use not to exceed ten percent of floor area. L16 Use permit required for transmission towers. L17 Offices that support industrial uses, business and office parks, and corporate offices, excluding small scale offices oriented to individual/personal services.

L19 Indoor cannabis cultivation permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6.12, Cannabis Activity.

L20 Retail sales of cannabis products permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6.12, Cannabis Activity.

L21 Cannabis Microbusinesses, Distribution, Manufacturing, Processing, Testing, and Storage permitted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6.12, Cannabis Activity.

(Ord. 2343 § 2 (part), 2005: Ord. 2310 § 3 (part), 2003; Ord. 2301 § 3 (Att. A (part)), 2002)

(Ord. No. 2468, § 2, 10-19-2010; Ord. No. 2481, § 5, 11-15-2011; Ord. No. 2541, § 3, 2-16-2016; Ord. No. 2584, § 11, 3-20-2018; Ord. No. 2590, § 7, 8-21-2018; Ord. No. 2606, § 8, 6-18-19; Ord. No. 2611, § 3, 9- 17-2019)

18.34.030 - Permit requirements for new development.

A site development permit approved by the BAR shall be required under any of the following circumstances unless otherwise noted:

A.

The proposed building(s) or building additions exceed the following:

1.

Ten thousand square feet (site development permit—Director);

2.

Twenty thousand square feet (site development permit—BAR).

B.

Industrial or manufacturing uses which, in the opinion of the director, may be objectionable by reason of producing offensive odor, dust, noise, bright lights, vibration, project scale, or traffic volumes or involving the storage or use of explosives or other dangerous materials.

C.

The property has direct access to or frontage on a designated arterial street or frontage road.

D.

The property is not located on an improved public street developed to serve industrial traffic.

E.

The property abuts a residential district.

(Ord. 2343 § 2 (part), 2005: Ord. 2310 § 3 (part), 2003; Ord. 2301 § 3 (Att. A (part)), 2002)

18.34.040 - Site development regulations and performance standards.

See Schedule 18.34.040-A below prescribes the development regulations for industrial districts.

Schedule 18.34.040-A: Development Regulations—"Industrial" Districts

"GI" "HI" Additional Regulations (Letters
refer to standards immediately
below the table.)
Building Scale - Intensity of use
Minimum lot area (square feet) 20,000 1 acre See Section
18.46.080
(Nonconforming parcels)
Minimum lot width (feet) 100 100 See Section
18.46.080
(Nonconforming parcels)
Building Form and Location
Maximum building height (feet) 50 50 (1)
Sky plane adjacent to "R"
districts
45º 45º (2)
Minimum yards (feet) (3)
Front 25 25 (4)
Side and rear No side yard Not required unless bufer
yard is required
Corner side 25 25 (4)
Other
Bufer yard standards See Section
18.40.020

Outdoor storage

Outdoor storage shall be screened from view from public streets or any "R" district with a solid masonry block, concrete panel, or similarly constructed wall.

(1)

Maximum Building Height. Building height may be increased by site development permit. Projections above the maximum height limit are allowed for chimneys, towers, spires, mechanical equipment, and antennas per Section 18.40.080 (Exceptions to height limits) of this title.

(2)

Sky Plane Encroachments. Encroachments permitted subject to specified standards as prescribed in Section 18.40.080 (Exceptions to height limits) of this title.

(3)

Front Yard Landscape. All unimproved areas within building and parking setbacks shall be landscaped.

(4)

Front Yard and Street Side Yard Setbacks. Twenty-five feet for arterial streets and frontage roads. All other street setbacks twenty feet minimum. Nonarterial and frontage road front yard setbacks may be reduced to fifteen feet for parcels less than forty-five thousand square feet.

(Ord. 2343 § 2 (part), 2005: Ord. 2310 § 3 (part), 2003; Ord. 2301 § 3 (Att. A (part)), 2002)

Chapter 18.35 - "OS" OPEN-SPACE DISTRICT

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