Rosemead Municipal Code Ch. 17.20 Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts

The purpose of the individual commercial zoning districts and the manner in which they are applied are as follows:

A. Commercial - Industrial Mixed-Use District (CI-MU). The CI-MU zoning district is intended to provide for heavy commercial and quasi-industrial uses that are consistent with the General Plan Industrial land use designation. The purpose of the CI-MU zone is to accommodate light industry, research and development, and office uses. The emphasis is on providing career-oriented and trade jobs. Commercial uses are limited to those that support the primary industrial and office uses.

B. Light Manufacturing and Industrial (M-1) District. The M-1 zoning district is intended to provide for manufacturing, assembly, research and development, and light industrial parks, consistent with the General Plan Industrial land use designation.

(Ord. No. 931, § 5(Exh. A), 10-22-13)

Table 17.20.020.1, Uses in Commercial and Industrial Districts, identifies the uses of land allowed in each such zoning district, and the land use permit required, if any, to establish each use subject to section 17.08.050. Where the last column in the tables (Specific Use Regulations) includes a section reference number, the regulations in the referenced section apply to the use in addition to those shown in the table.

Table 17.20.020.1 USES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

Note:

P Permitted Use A Permitted Accessory Use CUP Conditional Use Permit required AUP Administrative Use Permit required — Use not allowed

A. Performance Standards. The following performance standards shall apply to all uses located in CI-MU and M-1 zone districts.

1. Smoke. No use may emit from a vent, stack, chimney, or combustion process any smoke or emission, other than water vapor, that is visible to the naked eye and violates any standards established by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the California Air Resources Board.

2. Noise. No use may violate the City's noise standards.

3. Vibration. No use may generate any ground-transmitted vibration that is perceptible to the human sense of touch measured at the outside boundary of the immediate space occupied by the enterprise generating the vibration if the enterprise is onto of several located on a lot, or the lot line if the enterprise generating the vibration is the only enterprise located on a lot.

4. Odors. No use may generate any obnoxious or adverse odor that can be detected beyond the boundary of the lot occupied by that use.

5. Electrical Disturbance or Interference. No use may create any electrical disturbance that adversely affects any operations, equipment, appliances, communications devices, or other electrical devices other than those of the creator of such disturbances.

6. Stormwater Runoff. The construction of any new building, and all activities conducted indoors and out of doors, shall comply with stormwater runoff regulations and National Pollution Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) requirements.

B. Health Risk Assessment. The City may require a health risk assessment for any use involving hazardous materials.

C. Business License Required. A valid business license, obtained pursuant to Title 5 of the Rosemead Municipal Code, shall be required as a condition of obtaining any permit or authority to establish a use under this Title.

D. Site Plan and Design Review Required.

1. A Site Plan and Design Review application shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements of Article 5, Chapter 17.120 (Applications and Processing) and Chapter 17.136 (Site Plan and Design Review) for any new development or any addition to an existing development in the CI-MU or M-1 as follows:

a. Any proposal to construct a new building of three thousand (3,000) gross square feet or more, or the addition of three thousand (3,000) square feet, or an addition that exceeds fifty (50) percent of the existing floor area shall require a discretionary review.

b. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 17.28 (Overlay Zones), any proposal to construct less than three thousand (3,000) square feet of new construction shall be subject to City staff-level review coordinated by the Community Development Department.

(Ord. No. 931, § 5(Exh. A), 10-22-13; Ord. No. 1018, § 2, 11-14-23; Ord. No. 1032, § 4, 5-12-26)

A. General Requirements.

1. Development Standards Table. New land uses and structures and alterations to existing land uses and structures in the CI-MU and M-1 zones shall conform to the requirements in Table 17.20.030.1, Commercial and Industrial District Development Standards, as well as specific district standards listed below.

Table 17.20.030.1 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

2. Encroachments.

a. No part of the structure, permanent attachment or other similar architectural feature may extend into:

1. Any required front, side or rear yard or minimum distance between buildings for more than two feet.

2. The public right-of-way without approval of an encroachment permit.

b. Hedges or any other shrubs or landscaping shall not encroach onto a curb or sidewalk or over a lot line.

3. Awnings.

a. Awnings may encroach into the public right-of-way by extending over the sidewalk or parkway with review and approval from the City Engineer and Building Official.

b. Awnings, arcades, and galleries may encroach into the sidewalk within two feet of the curb but must clear the sidewalk vertically by at least eight feet.

c. Projections beyond the front or exterior side lot line of a corner lot shall require the review and approval of the City Engineer and the Building Official.

4. Landscape and Irrigation Plans.

a. Landscape and irrigation plans for any development within a commercial zone, including the type and location of plant materials to be used, shall be submitted to the Planning Division for review and approval by the Community Development Director or his designee.

b. A total of three percent of the gross lot area shall be landscaped. The landscape plan shall be designed and installed such that much of the landscaping is visible from the public street or thoroughfare. Additional site landscaping maybe required for conditionally permitted uses or developments that require the approval of a Design Review or precise plan of design.

c. An automatic irrigation system installed below ground except for sprinkler heads shall be permanently maintained in all landscaped areas.

d. All landscaping shall be maintained in a neat and healthy condition.

e. Landscaped areas shall comply with the city of Rosemead Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance.

5. Fences/Walls/Landscape Screening. Each development shall be improved with fencing walls, and landscape screening in accordance with Chapter 17.68.

6. Lighting. Each development shall be improved with lighting facilities in accordance with Chapter 17.88.

7. Mechanical Equipment, Loading Zones, and Service Area Screening.

a. Wall-mounted equipment shall be flush with the exterior building walls and painted to match the color of the exterior of the building and screened from the view of any public right-of-way. Window-mounted air conditioners or exterior-mounted fans shall be prohibited.

b. Ground-mounted and pad-mounted mechanical or utility equipment and other such similar equipment shall be screened from view from all public rights-of-way and adjacent properties by architectural building features, fencing or landscaping.

c. Rooftops should be designed in a way that acknowledges their visibility from other buildings and the street. Equipment shall be screened on all four sides from both the street and neighboring buildings using parapets or similar architectural features and from the top where visible from an adjacent building of greater height.

d. Service and loading zones where visibility from public streets and views from neighboring buildings and properties shall be screened by the use of decorative walls and/or dense landscaping that will serve as both a visual and a noise barrier.

8. Trash. Each development shall be improved with solid waste and recyclable material collection in accordance with Chapter 17.32 (Accessory Structures).

9. Outside Storage. The following provisions apply to uses with outside storage areas:

a. Outside storage (not for display purposes) of equipment or materials is permitted on the rear area of a lot or parcel of land. On corner lots or where site coverage or topography make rear yard storage impossible or impose a severe hardship upon the owner or occupant of the parcel, storage may be permitted, subject to the approval of the Community Development Director, in a side yard or open yard adjacent to a corner.

b. Any outdoor area used for storage if visible from public right-of-way shall be completely enclosed by a solid masonry wall and solid gate not less than six feet in height. The Community Development Director may approve the substitution of a fence or decorative wall where such fence or wall provides adequate visual clearance, is structurally adequate, and equivalent in decorative appearance. In no event shall the height of such storage exceed the height of the wall or fence enclosing the storage area.

B. District Specific Requirements. In addition to the general development requirements listed in Table 17.20.030.1, Commercial and Industrial District Development Standards, the following development standards apply to specific commercial districts as shown:

1. CI-MU Zoning District.

a. Merchandise. All display of merchandise for sale on the premises shall be wholly within an enclosed building, except as provided in section 17.20.030.B.1.b below.

b. All display of merchandise for sale on the premises shall be wholly within an enclosed building except for the following:

1. Parking Lots.

2. Automobile Sale Areas.

3. Service Station Fuel Dispensing Activities.

4. Plant Nurseries.

5. Garden and bulky hardware supplies associated with a home improvement or similar retail business, provided that all such outdoor use shall be fully screened and secured by walls or fencing materials (See Chapter 17.76 Outdoor Sales and Garage Sales).

6. Temporary sales or special events permits with the approval of a Temporary Use Permit pursuant to Chapter 17.124 (Temporary Use Permits and Special Events).

2. M-1 Zoning District.

a. Retail Uses. Permitted retail sales within the M-1 Zoning District shall be subject to the following requirements:

1. Vehicular access to the property shall be from an arterial street.

2. All customer parking and pedestrian circulation serving the retail shall be separate from any non-retail uses on the same site.

3. The retail use shall comply with all standards for parking, landscaping, circulation and access.

4. No restrictions shall apply to retail sales in which the premises are "point of sale" only, with limited customer traffic and the merchandise is shipped or delivered from elsewhere.

b. Manufacturing, assembly and heavy commercial processing uses shall be subject to the following requirements:

1. Maintain loading and outdoor operations a minimum of fifty (50) feet from any school, park or residentially zoned property.

2. Provide a buffer adjacent to a school, park or residential zoned property sufficient to confine light, glare, odor and noise to the property on which the industrial use is established.

3. Uses adjacent to a school, park or residentially zoned property shall limit outdoor operations to the hours of seven a.m. to ten pm.

(Ord. No. 931, § 5(Exh. A), 10-22-13)