Chapter 19.08 — INDUSTRIAL ZONES

San Bernardino Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · San Bernardino

INDUSTRIAL ZONES – 19.08
CHAPTER 19.08
INDUSTRIAL ZONES
Section Page
19.08.010 Purpose ........................................................................................................ II-19.08-1
19.08.020 Permitted, Development Permitted, and Conditionally Permitted Uses ............ II-19.08-2
19.08.030 Development Standards .............................................................................. II-19.08-7
19.08.040 Applicable Regulations ............................................................................... II-19.08-8
Tables
08.01 Industrial Zones List of Permitted Uses ...................................................... II-19.08-3
08.02 Industrial Zones Development Standards ................................................... II-19.08-7

Section

(G)19.08.050 Industrial Development Design Guidelines .......................................... II-(G)19.08-9

19.08.010 PURPOSE

1. The purpose of this Chapter is to achieve the following:

  • A. Provide appropriate industrial areas to accommodate enterprises engaged in the manufacturing, processing, creating, repairing, renovating, painting, cleaning, or assembling of goods, merchandise, or equipment.

  • B. Provide adequate space to meet the needs of industrial development, including off-street parking and loading.

  • C. Minimize traffic congestion and avoid the overloading of utilities.

  • D. Protect industrial areas from excessive noise, illumination, unsightliness, odor, smoke, toxic wastes, and other objectionable influences.

  • E. Promote high standards of site planning and landscape design for industrial developments within the City.

  • F. Promote consolidation of industrial uses into comprehensively planned industrial parks.

  • G. Promote a mix of industrial uses that provide the City with a sound, diverse industrial base.

  • H. Ensure compatibility with adjacent land uses.

  • I. Single-family dwelling units which legally existed in the industrial zones prior to June 3, 1991, may remain as a permitted use. (MC 823 3/2/92)

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2. The purpose of the individual industrial zones is as follows: (MC 1393 12/2/13)

A. OIP (OFFICE INDUSTRIAL PARK) ZONE

This zone is intended to establish distinctive office industrial parks and corporate centers serving City and regional needs. Supporting retail/commercial services may be located in Corporate Office Industrial Park structures.

B. IL (INDUSTRIAL LIGHT) ZONE

This zone is intended to retain, enhance, and intensify existing and provide for the new development of lighter industrial uses along major vehicular, rail, and air transportation routes serving the City.

C. IH (INDUSTRIAL HEAVY) ZONE

This zone is intended to provide for the continuation and development of heavy manufacturing industries in locations where they will be compatible with and not adversely impact adjacent land uses.

D. IE (INDUSTRIAL EXTRACTIVE) ZONE

This zone is intended to promote the mining and processing of the City's mineral resources in the Cajon Creek, Lytle Creek, and Santa Ana River areas, while ensuring their compatibility with adjacent land uses. Additionally, this zone provides for the development of interim uses including, but not limited to lumber yards, outdoor storage, plant nurseries, recreation (non-structural), etc., which do not impair the long term ability to extract and process mineral resources.

19.08.020 PERMITTED, DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED AND CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES

The following list represents those primary uses in the manufacturing/industrial zones which are Permitted (P), subject to a Development Permit (D) or a Conditional Use Permit (C):

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TABLE 08.01 INDUSTRIAL ZONES LIST OF PERMITTED, DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED AND CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES

The following list represents those primary uses in the industrial zones, which are Permitted (P), subject to an Administrative or Development Permit (D), Minor/Conditional Use Permit (C), or a Commercial Cannabis Business (CCB) Permit (Chapter 5.10 of the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code). Those with a – are not permitted uses in that zone. (MC 1601 12/7/22)

LAND USE ACTIVITY OIP IL IH IE
1. Accessory structures/uses typically appurtenant to a
principally permitted land use activity
D D D D
2. Agricultural Production-crops D D
3. Agricultural Services D D
4. Assembling, cleaning, manufacturing, processing, repairing
or testing of products (except vehicle-related) and welding
and excluding explosives,conducted entirely within an
enclosed structureexcept for screened outdoor storage areas
D D D
5. Assembling, cleaning, manufacturing, processing, repair of
products, research, storage, testing or wholesale land uses
(except vehicle-related and explosives) with a portion of the
operation (other than storage) occurring outside of the
enclosed structure
D
A.
Outside land uses in the CH and IH districts within 150
feet of a residential land use district
C
6. Commercial Cannabis Activity5
**A)**Cultivation CCB CCB
**B)**Distribution (Stand-Alone) CCB CCB
**C)**Manufacturing
**i.**Non-Volatile (License Types N,
P & S)
CCB CCB
**ii.**Volatile CCB
**D)**Microbusiness
**i.**Non-Retail
CCB CCB
**ii.**Retail (15% or less) CCB CCB
**iii.**Retail (Over 15%)
**E)**Retail
**i.**Storefront
**ii.**Non-Storefront

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LAND USE ACTIVITY OIP IL IH IE
**F)**Testing Laboratory CCB CCB CCB
7. Concrete batch plants, processing of minerals and aggregate
and other related land uses, not including extraction activities
C C
8. Crematory D D
9. Dwelling unit for a full-time security guard and family D D D
10. Educational Service, including day care D D C
11. Emergency Shelters D 1 D 1
12. Entertainment/Recreational Uses
A.
Adult Entertainment
C
B.
Auditoriums, Convention Halls and Theaters
C
C.
Banquet Hall
C
D.
Miscellaneous Indoor
C D D
**E.**Miscellaneous Outdoor C C C
13. Financial D
14. Fuel Dealers C D
15. Funeral Parlors/Mortuaries D D
16. Gasoline Service Stations with or without ancillary
Commercial Uses only at the intersections of major and
secondary arterials4
C C
17. Heliports/Helipads C C C C
18. Impound Vehicle Storage Yards (with or without towing) C D
19. Membership organizations, including meeting halls, and
fraternal lodges
D D
20. Mining/Extraction, including aggregate, coal, gas, metal
and oil
C
21. Mobile Home Dealers (sales and service) D D
22. Offices/Services (administrative and professional) D D
23. Offices – Medical D
24. Outdoor contractor's, lumber, and rental yards and storage
areas for building supplies
D D D
25. Outdoor Horticultural Nurseries D D D
26. Parking Lots D D D D
27. Personal Services D D

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LAND USE ACTIVITY OIP IL IH IE
28. Pipelines (As defined by Section 19.20.030[12][E] or as
superseded by State or Federal law)
C C C C
29. Public utility uses, distribution and transmission substations
and communication equipment structures
D D D D
30. Publishing/Printing Plants D D D
31. Railroad Yards D
32. Recycling Facilities In compliance with Section
19.06.030(1)(B)(2)(Q)
33. Research and Development, including laboratories D D D
34. Retail Commercial D2 D 2 D 2
35. Salvage and Wrecking (dismantling) yards C C
36. Salvage and Wrecking Facilities (completely within an
enclosed structure)
C C
37. Social Service Centers C3
38. Swap Meets C C C
39. Towing Services D D
40. Transportation/Distribution D D
41. Truck Stops C C
42. Veterinary Services/Animal Boarding D
43. Warehousing and Wholesaling, including self-service mini-
storage
D D
44. Other
A.
Antennas, Satellite and Vertical
D D D D
B.
Cleaning/Janitorial
D D
C.
Copy Centers/Postal Service Centers, Blueprinting
D D
D.
Equestrian Trails
P P P P
E.
Fences/Walls
D D D D
F.
Police/Fire Protection
D D D D
G.
Religious Facilities/Churches
C C C
H.
Single-Family Residential – Existing**(MC 823 3/2/92)**
P P P P
I.
Temporary Uses (Subject to Temporary Use Permit)
T T T T
J.
Transit Center
D
K.
Vehicle Repair
C C

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LAND USE ACTIVITY OIP IL IH IE
L.
Winery/Microbrewery
C

1 Permitted in the Emergency Shelter Overlay, pursuant to Chapter 19.10-E. (MC 1342 12/6/10; MC 1636 05/01/24)

2 Incidental to a primary use, and contained within a primary structure (15% max.)

3 Commission recommends to Council for final determination

  • 4 (MC 1400 5/4/14)

  • 5 (MC 1519 7/17/19; MC 1601 12/7/22)

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19.08.030 LAND USE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

1. GENERAL STANDARDS

A. The following standards are minimum unless stated as maximum:

TABLE 08.02 INDUSTRIAL ZONES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
OIP IL IH IE
Net Lot Area1 10,000 20,000 40,000 N/A
Front Setback 202 10 20 N/A
Rear Setback 10 10 10 N/A
Side Setback(Each) 10 103 103 N/A
Side Setback(Street Side) 10 10 10 N/A
Lot Coverage(Maximum %) 50 75 75 N/A
Structure Height
(Maximum)/Feet
42 2 stories/
504
None N/A

st. = story

ac. = acre

  • 1 This standard is only required for new industrial subdivisions

  • 2 The minimum setback of 20 feet is required only along major or secondary arterial streets. Ten (10) feet is the minimum setback along all other streets.

  • 3 Unless attached buildings are proposed, whereby no setback would be required for the attached side.

  • 4 Unless the Commission finds that increased height is necessary for the proposed industrial use.

2. INDUSTRIAL ZONE STANDARDS

The following standards shall apply to development in all industrial zones, except as otherwise provided for in this Development Code:

1. All uses shall be subject to the approval of a Development Permit or a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Chapters 19.44 and 19.36.

2. Retail sales and service incidental to a principally permitted use are allowable provided that the following standards are met:

  • a. The operations are contained within the main structure which houses the primary use;

  • b. Retail sales occupy no more than 15% of the total building square footage;

  • c. No retail sales or display of merchandise occur(s) outside the structure(s); and

  • d. All products offered for retail sales on the site are manufactured, warehoused, or assembled on the premises.

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3. Outside storage shall be confined to the rear of the principal structure(s) or the rear twothirds of the site, whichever is the more restrictive, and screened from public view from any adjoining properties and public rights-of-way by appropriate walls, fencing and landscaping. However, all outdoor (i.e. open air) activities having to do with the cultivation, storage, processing, and/or manufacturing of cannabis product/items are prohibited and shall occur indoors or within mixed light structures in accordance with Chapter 5.10 of the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code. (MC 1601 12/7/22)

4. An intensity bonus of up to 12 square feet for each 1 square foot of permanent space for properly designed and administered day care facilities may be approved by the review authority.

5. Every parcel with a structure shall have a trash receptacle on the premises. The trash receptacle shall comply with adopted Public Works Department standards and be of sufficient size to accommodate the trash generated. The receptacle(s) shall be screened from public view on at least 3 sides by a solid wall 6 feet in height and on the fourth side by a solid gate not less than 5 feet in height. The gate shall be maintained in working order and shall remain closed except when in use. The wall and gate shall be architecturally compatible with the surrounding structures.

6. In addition to the general development requirements contained in Chapter 19.20 (Property Development Standards), the Standards referred to in Table 06.03 shall apply to specific Industrial Zones.

SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OIP (OFFICE INDUSTRIAL PARK) ZONE

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19.08.040 APPLICABLE REGULATIONS

All uses shall be subject the applicable regulations of this Development Code, including, but not limited to, Article IV, Administration provisions.

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