Torrance Municipal Code Art. 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.