Article 30 — M-1 LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT

(Amended by O-3835)

No building, structure, improvement or premises shall be used, and no building, structure or improvement shall be erected, constructed, altered or enlarged in Zone M-1 which is designed, arranged, or intended to be used, for any purpose other than the following:

a) The following industrial uses:

Acetylene. The storage of oxygen and acetylene in tanks if oxygen is stored in a room separate from acetylene, and such rooms are separated by not less than one (1) hour fire resistant wall

Agricultural contractor equipment, sale or rental or both Animal experimental research institute Animal hospital as provided for in Chapter 5 Assembly plants Automobile body and fender repair shops, if all operations are conducted inside of a building Automobile painting and upholstering Bags, manufacturing of Barrels, storage of empty barrels Baseball park as provided for in Chapter 5 Batteries, manufacture and rebuilding of batteries Beds, manufacture of bedspreads and bedsprings Billboards, manufacture of Blacksmith shops Boat building Book bindery Bottling plant Box factory Breweries Brushes, manufacture of Building materials, storage of Bus storage Cabinet making Candles, manufacturing of Canvas, manufacture of canvas and products of canvas Car barns for buses and street cars Car wash facilities as provided for in Chapter 5 Carnivals, commercial or otherwise as provided for in Chapter 5 Carpenter shop

Carpet cleaning

Casein, manufacture of casein products, except glue

Cellophane, manufacture of Ceramic, manufacture of Cesspool pumping, cleaning and draining Cigarettes, manufacture of Cigars, manufacture of Circus, as provided for in Chapter 5

Clay products, manufacture or storage of clay products including clay statuary

Cleaning and dyeing establishments, wholesale Clocks, manufacture of

Cloth, manufacture of cloth and cloth products, including clothing of all kinds, but not tanning Coffee roasting Coffins, manufacture of Cold storage plant Contractor’s equipment yard, including farm equipment and all equipment used in building trades Cork, manufacture of

Cosmetics, packaging and distribution of pharmaceutical and cosmetic items Cotton storage Creamery; provided, however, that this shall not permit the operation of dairies or the keeping or maintenance of cows, goats, or other livestock Curtain cleaning plants Dairy products depot and manufacture of dairy products

Dextrine, manufacture of Distributing plants Dogs as provided for in Chapter 5 Dog breeding as provided for in Chapter 5 Dog kennels, commercial, as provided for in Chapter 5 Dog training schools as provided for in Chapter 5 Draying yard or terminal Drugs, manufacture and sale at wholesale of Drygoods, manufacture, sale at wholesale and storage of Dyeing and cleaning, wholesale Electric appliance assembly Electric signs, manufacture of Electrical parts, manufacture, sale at wholesale, or the storage of small electrical parts Electrical transformer substations Emery cloth, manufacture of Engines, manufacture of internal combustion or steam engines; provided, however that foundries are not permitted Engraving, machine metal engraving Fabricating, other than snap riveting or any process used in bending or shaping which produces any annoying or disagreeable noise Feathers, manufacture or renovation of feather products Felt, manufacture of Ferris wheels Fiber products, including fiber glass, manufacture of Fixtures, manufacture of gas or electrical fixtures

Food products, manufacture, processing, storage and sale of, except lard, pickles, sausage, sauerkraut or vinegar

Fox farms

Fruit packing plant Fuel yard Fumigating contractor Fur products, manufacture of Fur warehouse Furniture, manufacture of Generators, manufacture of electrical generators

Glass, production by hand of crystal glass art novelties within a closed building of fire resistant construction Glass, storage of Gloves, manufacture of Granite, grinding, cutting and dressing of Hair products, manufacture of Harness, manufacture of Heating equipment, manufacture of Hemp storage Horn products, manufacture of Humane societies as provided for in Chapter 5 Ice, manufacture, distribution and storage of

Incinerators, manufacture of

Ink, manufacture of Iron, ornamental iron works, but not including a foundry Jewelry, manufacture of Knitting mills Laboratories for testing experimental motion picture film Laundry Leather products, manufacture of Linen and towel supply

Liquor storage

Lubricating oil, canning and packaging of lubricating oil, if not more than one hundred (100) barrels are stored above ground at any one time Lumber yard, except the storage of boxes and crates

Machine shops

Machinery, repair of farm machinery

Machinery storage yard Malt products, manufacture of

Marble, grinding, cutting and dressing of

Marine oil service station

Mattresses, manufacture and renovation of

Medicines, manufacture of

Metal, manufacture of products of precious metals

Metal, manufacture of metal, steel and brass stamps including hand and machine engraving Metal fabricating

Metal plating and finishing, provided no perchloric acid is used Metal spinning

Metal storage

Metal working shop Motors, manufacture of electric motors Moving van storage or operating yard Musical instruments, manufacture of

Novelties, manufacture of

Oil, manufacture of vegetable oil

Oil wells and appurtenances to the same extent and under all of the same conditions as otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Code

Oleomargarine, manufacture of

Optical goods, manufacture of

Outdoor skating rinks and outdoor dance pavilions, if such rinks and pavilions are not within five hundred (500) feet of any residential zone, Zone A-1 or any zone of similar restriction in any city or adjacent county as provided for in Chapter 5

Paint mixing, except the mixing of lacquers and synthetic enamels

Paper mache statuary, manufacture of

Paper products, manufacture of, but not including the manufacture of paper itself

Perfume, manufacture of

Pest control service, including residential termite control

Pharmaceuticals, manufacture and packaging of

Phonograph records, manufacture of, including the grinding and processing of the basic materials used in connection therewith Phonographs, assembly of

Plaster, storage of Plastics, molding of plastics, including the light manufacturing of products thereof, provided all grinding operations are conducted within an interior room Plumbing shop and plumbing contractor’s shop Polish, manufacture of Pottery, manufacture of Poultry and rabbits, wholesale and retail sale including slaughtering and dressing within a building Presses, hydraulic, for the molding of plastic Produce yard, or terminal Putty, manufacture of Radios, assembly of Refrigeration plant Riding academies Roofing contractor’s establishment Rope, manufacture and storage of Rubber, processing of raw rubber if the rubber is not melted Rubber, processing of raw rubber if where a banbury mixer is used, the dust resulting therefrom is washed Rugs, cleaning plant Rugs, manufacture of Saddles, manufacture of Sand, washing of sand to be used in sandblasting Sandpaper, manufacture of Sash and door manufacturing Sheet metal shop Shell products, manufacture of Shoe polish, manufacture of Shoes, manufacture of

Shooting gallery

Signs, manufacture of

Sodium glutamate, manufacture of

Soft drinks, manufacture and bottling of

Springs, manufacture of

Starch, mixing and bottling of

Statuary, manufacture of clay, paper mache and stone statuary and monuments

Stencils, manufacture of

Stone, marble and granite, grinding, dressing and cutting of

Storage and rental of plows, tractors, buses, contractor’s equipment and cement mixers, not within a building Stove polish, manufacture of

Textiles, manufacture of textiles, including clothing and upholstery

Tire retreading

Tools, manufacture of

Toys, manufacture of

Trailers, manufacture of

Truck storage or rental

Type, manufacture of printer’s type

Valves, storage and repair of oil well valves

Venetian blinds, manufacture of

Ventilating ducts, manufacture of

Veterinary, consulting offices and hospitals

Vitamin tablets, manufacture of

Wallboard, manufacture of

Warehouse, storage warehouse

Watches, manufacture of

Welding

Window shades, manufacture of

Wine storage and manufacture

Wood, manufacture of wood products; provided, however, that a planing mill is not permitted Wood yard

Woolen goods, manufacture and storage of

Yarn, dyeing of yarn and manufacture of yarn products

b) The following commercial uses:

Ambulance station

Animal grooming

Auction houses

Automotive repair or service centers

Bakeries

Battery service

Blue printer

Bottling operations Commercial parking lots Cotton storage Dyeing and cleaning works

Feed and grain stores

Fish markets

Furniture reupholstering

Glass works Horticultural enterprises

Laundries

Lithograph shop

Metal plating Motor vehicle and trailer sales (new and used)

Newspaper publishing plants

Pet shops Phonograph record production

Plumbing and heating shops

Public use facilities

Riding stables

Transfer stations and storage buildings

Wholesale commercial enterprises

c) Other industrial uses for which a conditional use permit has been granted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5.

d) The following commercial uses for which a conditional use permit has been granted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5:

1. Sales of merchandise at retail;

2. Business and professional offices;

3. Service business.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, no business or enterprise shall be permitted in Zone M-1 which produces or causes any dust, gas, smoke, noise, fumes, odors, or vibrations which are, or may be, detrimental to other property in the neighborhood, or to the welfare of the occupants thereof.

The maximum building height shall be regulated by the Building Code of the City of Torrance.

No minimum front yard depth is required.

(Added by O-2470)

a) All trash from all uses permitted by this Article shall be kept at all times in enclosures of the type described in this Section.

b) Trash enclosures as required in this Section shall be bounded on three (3) sides by walls of material compatible in color, texture and appearance with the main structure and having a gated opening of sufficient width to permit the removal and replacement of standard size commercial trash bins. The gate of said enclosure shall be constructed of solid, opaque material.

c) Trash bins shall remain in the enclosures except during trash pickup.