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Chapter 106 — ZONING›Article II — BASE AND OVERLAY ZONES
San Fernando Municipal Code § 106-104 Industrial zoned property development standards
San Fernando Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Fernando
Cite as: San Fernando Municipal Code § 106-104 · Text as of 2026-10-04
Sec. 106-101. - Purpose.¶
The purpose of the Industrial Zones (M) is to implement and provide appropriate regulations for General Plan classifications of "Central Business District" and "Commercial."
Additional purposes of each [of the industrial] zones are as follows:
(1) M-1 Limited Industrial Zone. The M-1 limited industrial zone is established to provide areas for the location and operation of light manufacturing and related services and uses. This division is designed to promote the effective operation of light manufacturing uses and to increase their compatibility within this district and with adjacent land uses. It is also intended to provide for those uses which are supportive of or provide a direct service to the permitted industrial uses.
(2) M-2 Light Industrial Zone. The M-2 light industrial zone is intended to provide an area for a variety of industrial activities operating under development standards designed to limit impacts on surrounding land uses.
(Ord. No. 1732, § 3(Exh. A), 5-5-2025)
Sec. 106-102. - Use regulations.¶
Table 106-102 prescribes the proposed land use regulations for industrial zones subject to issuance of a building permit, business license or other required permit(s):
"P" designates permitted uses.
"C" designates uses that are permitted after review and approval of a Conditional Use Permit.
"(#)" numbers in parentheses refer to specific limitations listed at the end of the table.
"-" designates uses that are not permitted.
TABLE 160-102: USE REGULATIONS - INDUSTRIAL ZONES
| District | M-1 | M-2 | Additional Regulations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Use Classifications | Residential Use Classifications | Residential Use Classifications | Residential Use Classifications |
| Transitional Housing | C | C | |
| Public and Semi-Public Use Classifications | |||
| Commercial antennas | C | C | |
| Emergency homeless shelters | - | P | Article IV, Division 18 - SRO, Emergency Homeless Shelters |
| Electric distribution and transmission substations, gas metering and regulation stations, and other similar public utility structures and uses | C | C | |
| Helistops | C | C | |
| Public service facilities | - | P(2) | |
| Commercial Use Classifications | Commercial Use Classifications | Commercial Use Classifications | Commercial Use Classifications |
| Administrative and professional office | C (4) | C (4) | |
| Animal Care, Sales and Services | Animal Care, Sales and Services | Animal Care, Sales and Services | |
| Animal Shelter | C | P | |
| Veterinary Clinics | P | P | Article IV, Division 4 - Animal Boarding, Pet Day Care, Veterinary Clinics and Animal Hospitals |
| Automobile/ |
C | C | |
| Car Wash | P | P | |
| Commercial uses which are customarily and incidental to permitted industrial uses. | P | P | |
| Eating and Drinking Establishments | C | C | |
| Automobile Service Station | C | C | Article IV, Division 21 - Vehicle Fueling And Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations |
| Maintenance and Repair Services | Maintenance and Repair Services | Maintenance and Repair Services | |
| Bicycle and Motorcycle | P | P | |
| Automobile | P | P | Article IV, Division 6 - Automotive Repair Supplemental Regulations and Standards |
| Retail Sales | Retail Sales | Retail Sales | |
| General Retail | P (1) | P (1) | |
| Heavy equipment sales and rental | - | P(2) | |
| Swap meets or flea markets, auctions indoor or outdoor | C | C | |
| Personal Services | Personal Services | Personal Services | |
| Extermination | C | C | |
| Laundromat and dry-cleaning | P | P | |
| House Moving | C | C | |
| Pest control contractors | - | P(2) | |
| Industrial Use Classifications | Industrial Use Classifications | Industrial Use Classifications | Industrial Use Classifications |
| Manufacturing | Manufacturing | Manufacturing | |
| Assaying | - | P (2) | |
| Assembly plants | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Assembly of plastic products | C | C | |
| Automobiles, trailers, boats, recreational vehicles | - | P (2) | |
| Boat building and repair businesses | C | C | |
| Building materials and hardware sales | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Blast furnaces as an accessory use and not needing EPA or AQMD approvals | - | P (2) | |
| Cabinet shops and woodworking | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Ceramics, pottery, statuary | - | P (2) | |
| Computer manufacturing, maintenance and service | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Cosmetics (no soap) | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Electric and gas appliances | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Engine manufacture | C | C | |
| Food products (excluding fish meat, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, and rendering or refining of fats and oils) | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Glass edging, beveling and silvering | C | C | |
| Ink, polish, enamel | - | P(2) | |
| Jewelry | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Lumberyard, building materials, contractor storage | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Machine shop | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Machine shops and tool and die making | C | C | |
| Manufacture of ceramic products using only previous pulverized clay and using kilns fired only by electricity or gas | C | C | |
| Manufacture of control devices and gauges | C | C | |
| Metal engraving, metal fabrications | - | C | |
| Metal welding and plating business | C | C | |
| Motion picture studio or television studio | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Optical equipment | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Paint or related manufacture | C | C | |
| Pharmaceutical | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Photoengraving | C | C | |
| Photographic products and equipment. | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Product service center | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Sandblasting | - | P(2) | |
| Signs | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Telephone, communication exchange or equipment building | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Tile (indoor kiln) | - | P(2) | |
| Tire retreading and recapping | - | C | |
| Wallboard, glass (no blast furnace) | - | P(2) | |
| Welding shop | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Automotive impound area | - | P | |
| Blueprinting and photostating | C | C | |
| Chemical, biological, or anatomical laboratory | C | C | |
| Research and development facilities for the creation of prototypes | C | C | |
| Parcel service delivery depot | C | C | |
| Pharmaceutical laboratory | C | C | |
| Studio or office or quarters for industrial designing, model making, sculpture, architecture, engineering, planning, drafting, editorial and general designing and ceramic arts | C | C | |
| Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution | Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution | Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution | |
| Indoor Warehousing and Storage | C | C | |
| Outdoor Storage | C | C | |
| Truck terminal or yard | C | C | |
| Lumberyards and outside storage of building materials | C | C | |
| Rental yards, maintenance yards and storage yards for construction and agricultural related equipment, machinery and vehicles | C | C | |
| Recreation vehicle storage yards | C | C | |
| Wholesale business | P (2) | P (2) | |
| Hazardous waste facility | C | C | Article IV, Division 9 - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities |
| Landscaping and gardening service and supply businesses | C | C | |
| Roofing businesses | C | C | |
| Salvage and recycling businesses | C | C | |
| Other Applicable Type | Other Applicable Type | Other Applicable Type | Other Applicable Type |
| Temporary Uses and Events | P | P | Article V, Division 5 - Temporary Use Permit and Special Event Permit |
| Accessory uses integrated with and clearly incidental to a primary permitted use, including: | P | P | |
| (1) Employee's cafeteria or coffeeshop, | P | P | |
| (2) Exhibition of products, produced on the premises or available for wholesale distribution, | P | P | |
| (3) Offices. | P | P | |
| Accessory uses integrated with and clearly incidental to a primary permitted use, including: | C | C | |
| (1) Recreation area, | C | C | |
| (2) Facility. | C | C | |
| Outdoor Advertising Signs | C (5) | C (5) | |
| Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: |
| (1) Commercial uses should be customarily and incidental to industrial uses. | |||
| (2) Uses should not be obnoxious or offensive because of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, vibration or other similar causes detrimental to the public health, safety or general welfare | |||
| (3) Excluding fish meat, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, and rendering or refining of fats and oils. | |||
| (4) No outdoor advertising sign shall be located within a 500-foot radius of any other such sign; each outdoor advertising sign shall have, at most, two sign faces, and each sign face shall have a maximum area of 100 square feet; the maximum height shall be 24 feet; and no outdoor advertising sign shall be located within 300 feet of a residential zone. | |||
| (5) Administrative, professional and business offices accessory to use permitted in this district |
(Ord. No. 1732, § 3(Exh. A), 5-5-2025)
Sec. 106-103. - Density and massing development standards.¶
Tables 106-103.1 through 106-103.2 prescribe the development standards for the industrial zones.
TABLE 106-103.1: LOT AND DENSITY STANDARDS - INDUSTRIAL ZONES
| District | M-1 | M-2 | Additional Regulations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Lot Size (sq. ft.) | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| Minimum Lot Width (ft.) | 75 | 75 | |
| Minimum Lot Depth (ft.) | - | - | |
| Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: |
TABLE 106-103.2: BUILDING FORM AND LOCATION STANDARDS - INDUSTRIAL ZONES
| District | M-1 | M-2 | Additional Regulations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum Height (ft.) | 45 | 45 | |
| Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from ultimate street right-of-way | Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from ultimate street right-of-way | Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from ultimate street right-of-way | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Front | 10 (1) | 10 (1) | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Rear | 10 | 10 | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Side | 10 | 10 | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from property line not abutting street | Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from property line not abutting street | Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from property line not abutting street | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Side | 0 (2) | 0 (2) | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Rear | 0 (2) | 0 (2) | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from property line abutting on alley | Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from property line abutting on alley | Minimum Setbacks (ft.) from property line abutting on alley | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Front | 10 | 10 | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Rear | 0 | 0 | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Side | 0 | 0 | See sections 106-188 and 106-189 for additional requirements on setbacks |
| Maximum Lot Coverage (% of Lot) | 60 | 60 | |
| Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: | Specific Limitations: |
| (1) Shorter frontage abutting either street of a corner lot shall constitute the front of the lot. Where a corner lot has equal frontage abutting both streets, the owner has the choice of which frontage constitutes the front of the lot. | |||
| (2) When abutting a residential R zone, the required setback shall be 20 feet. |
(Ord. No. 1732, § 3(Exh. A), 5-5-2025)
Sec. 106-104. - Industrial zoned property development standards.¶
Development standards for industrial zoned property shall be as follows:
(1) Exterior building colors. Exterior structure colors shall be reviewed in conjunction with a request for any type of discretionary review as required by this Code or as a result of any determination of non-conforming status. Exterior building elevation plans and color samples indicating proposed color schemes shall be provided as required by the director. Approval authority for colors on the exterior of all building shall be by the director or commission, as applicable.
(2) Exterior lighting. All exterior lighting shall be 90 degrees cutoff downlight luminaires. The rays on all lighting shall be confined to the premises; no spillover shall be permitted.
(3) Parking, loading, etc. Parking, loading, etc., shall be as required by division 3 of article III of this chapter.
(4) Permanent buildings. All uses permitted in M-1 and M-2 zones shall be inside permanent buildings except those enumerated for these zones.
(5) Required street frontage. The required street frontage shall be 75 feet.
(6) Signs. Signs shall comply with division 9 of article III of this chapter.
(7) Storage. No outside storage is permitted unless approved by conditional use permit.
(8) Utilities. All utilities shall be underground.
(9) Landscaping. Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with division 4 of article III of this chapter.
(10) Walls and fences. A seven-foot wall shall be constructed where the property abuts residential zoned property; a six-foot wall or fencing shall be permitted along all other property lines except within the front setback. Also see division 7 of article III pertaining to walls and fences.
(Ord. No. 1732, § 3(Exh. A), 5-5-2025)
Sec. 106-105—106-130. - Reserved.¶
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