San Jose Municipal Code Part 3 Development Regulations

All development in the industrial zoning districts shall conform to the development regulations set forth below in Table 20-120.

Table 20-120 Industrial Zoning Districts Development Standards

Notes:

1. "Front" refers to lot boundaries abutting streets, excluding freeways.

2. "Side" refers to lot boundaries not abutting streets or which abut freeways.

3. "Rear" refers to lot boundaries not abutting streets or which abut freeways.

4. An alternative maximum height may be established as described in Chapter 20.85. Where an alternative maximum height restriction has been established as described in Chapter 20.85, that regulation described in Chapter 20.85 shall govern and control over the provisions in this section.

(Ords. 26248, 28460, 29012, 29176, 29218.)

All uses or activities, except parking, permitted in the IP district shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building unless the use or activity is traditionally conducted outdoors or is pursuant to and in compliance with Part 10.5 of Chapter 20.80.

(Ords. 26248, 31079.)

A. No retail establishment in any industrial district shall be open between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., except pursuant to and in compliance with a conditional use permit as provided in Chapter 20.100.

B. No outdoor activity, including loading, sweeping, landscaping or maintenance shall occur within one hundred fifty feet of any residentially zoned property between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., except pursuant to and in compliance with a conditional use permit as provided in Chapter 20.100.

(Ords. 26248, 26455, 29011.)

No residential use which includes the provision of service to residents may offer services to nonresidents.

(Ord. 26455.)

In the LI and HI districts, the director may approve reductions of the front setback with a development permit, issued pursuant to Chapter 20.100, upon finding that:

1. A reduced building setback is consistent with setbacks on surrounding properties and necessary to maintain the urban character of the surrounding area; or a reduced parking setback, but only in conjunction with a reduced building setback, is reasonably necessary for consistency with the overall character of the project; or

2. A loading dock, with such a reduced setback, is located in a building face not exposed to a public street or is located within an area fully screened by solid walls, provided such location will permit all truck maneuvering to occur on site.

(Ord. 26248.)

In the LI and HI districts, the director may approve with a development permit, issued pursuant to Chapter 20.100, a side or rear setback of less than twenty-five feet, adjacent to a residence district, upon finding either that such a reduced setback will have no greater negative effect on the residential property than would the twenty-five-foot setback or that the reduced setback is not less than the setbacks required on the residential property.

(Ord. 26248.)

A. All lighting or illumination shall conform with any lighting policy adopted by the city council.

B. Light fixture heights should not exceed eight feet when adjacent to residential uses unless the setback of the fixture from property line is twice the height of the fixture. No ground mounted light fixture shall exceed twenty-five feet in height.

C. Any lighting located adjacent to riparian areas shall be directed downward and away from riparian areas.

(Ord. 26248.)

A. The following landscaping requirements shall apply for all sites in the industrial districts:

1. All setback areas, exclusive of permitted off-street parking areas and private egress, or circulation, shall be landscaped.

2. All landscaped areas shall be maintained in perpetuity, and all dead plant materials replaced with viable plant materials in conformance with an approved permit.

3. A ten-foot-wide landscape buffer and a seven-foot-high property line masonry wall is required when a driveway, service yard, loading area or parking lot is adjacent to residential uses.

4. Tree wells in a parking lot shall be a minimum forty square feet, with a minimum five-foot net dimension.

5. A four-foot-high parking screen is required when residential uses are located across the street. Attractive walls, dense landscaping or depressed parking are acceptable screening solutions.

6. All landscaped areas shall be designed and maintained in conformance with City Council Policy No. 6-29, entitled "City Council Policy on Post Construction Urban Runoff Management," as the same may be amended from time to time.

B. Landscape guidelines are contained in the landscape and irrigation guidelines, adopted by the city council, October 1989, Revised March 1993, the general plan, as amended, the riparian corridor policy study, approved by the city council, May 17, 1997, the current Guidance Manual on Selection of Stormwater Quality Control Measures, prepared for the Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement, and the current Post-Construction Urban Runoff Management Policy approved by the city council.

(Ords. 26248, 26995, 29012.)