9-202.010 - PURPOSE

The specific purposes of the Industrial zones are to:

(a)

Designate adequate land, consistent with the General Plan, for business use, manufacturing and industrial operations, agricultural industry, oil and gas facilities, research and technology, wholesaling, distribution and related storage, and services supporting industrial growth and agricultural activity;

(b)

Maintain and strengthen the County's economic and fiscal resources, and provide employment opportunities for residents of the County;

(c)

Establish appropriate development standards and buffering requirements to protect adjacent uses and ensure land use compatibility; and

(d)

Minimize the impacts of industrial development on adjacent residents.

The following Industrial zones implement the General Plan Industrial land use classification.

I-W Zone. The Warehouse Industrial (I-W) Zone is intended to accommodate wholesale distribution and warehouses and service establishments catering to those uses whose primary distinguishing features are independence from public sewage disposal systems using septic tanks and the minimal production of industrial wastes. This zone implements the Warehouse Industrial land use designation of the General Plan.

I-P Zone. The Industrial Park (I-P) Zone is intended to allow for the development of a combination of corporate and technology service offices, warehousing, light manufacturing, wholesaling, and professional offices, as well as the services necessary to support those uses. Development standards may be established for this zone to allow for locations near existing and planned residential areas with a minimum of environmental conflict and adverse land use impacts. This zone implements the Limited Industrial land use designation of the General Plan.

I-L Zone. The Limited Industrial (I-L) Zone is intended to provide for light impact manufacturing, warehousing, wholesaling, construction contracting, and distribution uses. Activities within this zone have external physical effects that are generally restricted to the immediate area, are compatible with surrounding uses, are conducted entirely within enclosed buildings. Business and professional offices are permitted within this zone as a secondary use. This zone implements the Limited Industrial land use designation of the General Plan.

I-G Zone. The General Industrial (I-G) Zone provides for a wide range of manufacturing, distribution, and storage uses. Uses within this zone tend to have moderate to high nuisance characteristics, such as noise, heat, glare, odor, and vibration, requiring segregation from other land uses, and/or may require extensive outside storage areas. This zone implements the General Industrial land use designation of the General Plan.

ial (I-G) Zone provides for a wide range of manufacturing, distribution, and storage uses. Uses within this zone tend to have moderate to high nuisance characteristics, such as noise, heat, glare, odor, and vibration, requiring segregation from other land uses, and/or may require extensive outside storage areas. This zone implements the General Industrial land use designation of the General Plan.

I-T Zone. The Truck Terminals (I-T) Zone is intended to provide locations within one mile of a freeway interchange for the transfer of goods from large freight trucks and trains to smaller local distribution trucks or to consolidate small loads to large freight trucks and trains for delivery to distant locations, and for the storage and transfer of uncontainerized materials. The Truck Terminals zone is limited to areas outside urban and rural communities. It also may not be applied land adjacent to residential, commercial (other than Freeway Service), or Resource Conservation areas designated in the General Plan. This zone implements the Trucking Terminals land use designation of the General Plan.