Title 24

Part 16B — IG/PER-2: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT/ PERFORMANCE DISTRICT

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24.10.1600 PURPOSE.

The purpose of this General Industrial Performance District is to modify the normal gen-

(5) To allow the change of use of existing buildings on the site that complies with the following permit requirements. (Ord. 2005-21 § 1 (part), 2005).

24.10.1570 APPLICABILITY.

The IG/PER overlay zone shall be applied to parcels or a combination of contiguous parcels in the IG General Industrial District which are at least eight acres in area, located in a flood

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eral industrial land use classifications to provide for and encourage appropriate uses for economic development of the Westside industrial lands.

(Ord. 2022-19 § 28, 2022; Ord. 2007-13 § 1 (part), 2007).

24.10.1605 PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES.

  1. The following uses are allowed outright, subject to other requirements of the municipal code (numerical references at the end of these categories reflect the general use classifications listed in the city’s land use codes. Further refinement of uses within these categories can be found in the land use codes, but they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of potential uses):

a. Accessory dwelling units on parcels with an approved residential use, subject to the provisions of Chapter 24.16, Part 2;

b. Acting/art/music/dance schools and studios (610); c. Adult school/work force training (510F);

d. Building materials/garden supply stores (220) with less than forty thousand square feet including indoor floor area and outdoor storage, display, or sales area. For building materials/garden supply stores of which fifty percent or more of the square footage will occupy an existing building, this threshold will be seventy-five thousand square feet including indoor floor area and outdoor storage, display, or sales areas so long as vacant, available space in existing buildings in the IG Zone exceeds four hundred thousand square feet. When the vacant, available square footage is less than four hundred thousand square feet, the forty-thousandsquare-foot threshold will apply;

e. Communication and information services (550);

f. Financial, insurance, real estate offices (420);

g. Fabricated metal products (150);

h. Food and beverage preparation and production (100);

i. Furniture and fixtures (120);

j. Medical/health offices/laboratories, including cannabis testing (410);

k. Millwork textile products (105);

l. Other manufacturing and processing industries (except bulk petroleum, scrap and waste materials) (155);

m. Primary metals and material subject to performance standards (145);

n. Rubber, plastic, miscellaneous materials and products subject to performance standards (135);

o. Printing and publishing or lithographic shops and plants;

p. Professional offices (400);

q. Professional/personal service (except mortuaries) (310);

r. Rental service (360);

s. Repair, alterations, maintenance (including boat repairs) (340);

t. Small and large family daycare homes in residential units;

u. Start-up fabrication assembly or packaging from light metals, prepared materials, or prefabricated parts, including electrical devices;

v. Stone, clay, glass design and production (140);

w. Storage warehousing (330);

x. Technology related research and development facilities and products;

  • y. Wholesale trade durable goods (210);

  • z. Wholesale trade nondurable goods

(200).

(Ord. 2024-17 § 27, 2024; Ord. 2022-19 § 28, 2022; Ord. 2017-21 § 6 (part), 2017: Ord. 2007-13 § 1 (part), 2007).

24.10.1610 USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT.

  1. The following uses require an administrative use permit and are subject to other applicable requirements of the municipal code (numerical references at the end of these cate-

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gories reflect the general use classifications listed in the city’s land use codes. Subcategories of uses within these use categories can be found in the land use codes, but they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of potential uses):

a. Agriculture (000);

b. Auto services and repairs, including trucks, heavy equipment and auto towing, subject to performance standards in Section 24.12.900 (350);

c. Cannabis cultivation, subject to the commercial cannabis regulations, Part 14 of Chapter 24.12;

d. Cannabis distribution and warehousing, subject to the commercial cannabis regulations, Part 14 of Chapter 24.12;

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e. Cannabis manufacturing, subject to the commercial cannabis regulations, Part 14 of Chapter 24.12;

f. Cannabis retail, subject to the commercial cannabis regulations, Part 14 of Chapter 24.12;

g. Eating and drinking establishments, subject to live entertainment and alcohol regulations of Chapter 24.12 (280);

h. Forestry services (010); i. Leather tanning (110); j. Off-site public/private parking facilities, five or more spaces (930);

k. Temporary structures;

l. Utilities and resources (540);

m. Wireless telecommunications facilities, subject to the regulations in Chapter 24.12, Part 15;

n. Private property outdoor seating areas, subject to the requirements in Section 24.12.191.

vacant, available square footage is less than four hundred thousand square feet, the fortythousand-square-foot threshold will apply;

b. Chemicals and allied products, subject to performance standards (130);

c. Food and beverage stores (except liquor and convenience stores) (240);

d. Government and public agencies (530); e. Group quarters (850); f. Multiple dwellings or condominiums subject to R-M District regulations (830, 840);

g. Paper and allied products subject to performance standards (125);

h. Parks and recreation facilities, subject to alcohol regulations in Chapter 24.12, Part 12 (720);

i. Single-room occupancy (SRO) housing (860) under the following conditions: (1) The site is located within one-quarter mile (one thousand three hundred twenty feet) of a grocery store.

  1. The following uses require a special use permit and are subject to other applicable requirements of the municipal code. All industrial classifications from 125 to 145 shall comply with all performance standards listed in Part 2 of the Environmental Resource Management provisions (numerical references at the end of these categories reflect the general use classifications listed in the city’s land use codes. Subcategories of uses within these use categories can be found in the land use codes, but they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of potential uses):

shall comply with all performance standards listed in Part 2 of the Environmental Resource Management provisions (numerical references at the end of these categories reflect the general use classifications listed in the city’s land use codes. Subcategories of uses within these use categories can be found in the land use codes, but they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of potential uses):

a. Building material/garden supply stores (220) with forty thousand square feet or more including indoor floor area and outdoor storage, display, or sales areas. For building materials/garden supply stores of which fifty percent or more of the square footage will occupy an existing building, this threshold will be seventy-five thousand square feet including indoor floor area and outdoor storage, display, or sales areas so long as vacant, available space in existing buildings in the IG Zone exceeds four hundred thousand square feet. When the

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(2) The lot size is less than six thousand square feet.

(3) The SRO is part of a mixed use project, sharing the site and/or building with a use that is allowed under Section 24.10.1505, Principal Permitted Uses, is in conformance with Section 24.10.1540(2), and complies with the following requirements:

(a) The SRO development and the mixed use business are under one ownership.

(b) The amount of building space occupied by the nonresidential use is either at a minimum equal to the SRO or residential use or the nonresidential use occupies the entire ground floor of the development.

(4) Ambient interior noise levels can be mitigated below forty-five decibels.

(5) Air quality on and around the site, including odors resulting from adjacent land uses, is not considered a potential health hazard and/or objectionable to residential use;

j. Transportation facilities (560). (Ord. 2024-12 § 14, 2024; Ord. 2022-19 § 28, 2022; Ord. 2017-21 § 6 (part), 2017: Ord. 2016-11 § 31, 2016: Ord. 2007-13 § 1 (part), 2007).

24.10.1615 ACCESSORY USES.

  1. Uses and buildings customarily appurtenant or incidental to uses listed in Section 24.10.1510 subject to the provisions of Section 24.12.140, including service facilities such as bank ATMs, cafeterias, employee recreation centers, daycare and other similar installations; intended solely for use by the occupants of a principal permitted use or uses.

  2. Incidental retail sales unrelated to cannabis are a permitted use if:

a. The incidental retail sales are directly related to and supportive of a permitted or conditionally permitted use operating on the site; and

b. The incidental retail sales area occupies no more than twenty percent of the gross building floor area used or one thousand square feet,

whichever is less, and occupied by the permitted or conditionally permitted use; and

c. The incidental retail sales have hours of operation similar to or less than the related permitted or conditionally permitted use except that the hours should not exceed 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

(Ord. 2022-19 § 28, 2022; Ord. 2017-21 § 6 (part), 2017: Ord. 2007-13 § 1 (part), 2007).

24.10.1620 PROHIBITED USES.

  1. Any manufacturing use involving the primary production of products from new materials found to be incompatible with the neighborhood or the city as a whole based on noise, odor, air quality or other adverse environmental impact shall be prohibited.

  2. No use which either produces or utilizes asbestos in any manufacturing process shall be permitted.

  3. Refinery of petroleum products or other industrial activities in support of off-shore oil drilling shall not be permitted.

(Ord. 2022-19 § 28, 2022; Ord. 2007-13 § 1 (part), 2007).

24.10.1630 USE DETERMINATION.

Any other use or service establishment determined by the zoning administrator to be of the same general character as the foregoing uses, and which will not impair the present or potential use of adjacent properties, may be permitted. If the zoning administrator determines that the proposed use is more in character with the conditional uses for this zone, then a use permit shall be required and processed pursuant to Part 1, Chapter 24.08, Use Permits. The decision as to whether the use determination requires an administrative use permit or a special use permit shall be based on the use category that is most similar to the proposed use as determined by the zoning administrator. (Ord. 2022-19 § 28, 2022).

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