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Title 17 — Development Code

Chapter 17.45 — MANUFACTURING/INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL CENTER ZONES

Wildomar Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Wildomar

§ 17.45.010. Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to establish districts in the city that provide appropriate locations for manufacturing, industrial, medical center uses, as well as related service and commercial uses. These zones are consistent with and implement the City's General Plan land use designations, as shown in Table 17.45.020-1.

(Ord. 247, 1/15/2025)

§ 17.45.020. Allowed uses and approval requirements.

  • A. Allowed Uses Table. Table 17.45.020-1 identifies allowed uses and corresponding approval requirements for the manufacturing/industrial and medical center zones subject to compliance with all other provisions of this Title. Descriptions/definitions of many of the land uses can be found in Article VI, (Definitions) of this Title.

  • B. Approval Requirements.

    1. Where indicated with a letter "P" the use shall be a permitted use by right, and subject to compliance with all applicable provisions of this Title.

    2. Where indicated with a letter "C" the use shall be conditionally permitted subject to the approval of a conditional use permit, described in Chapter 17.80 (Conditional Use Permits).

    3. Where indicated with a "—," the use is prohibited within the zone.

    4. The Additional Requirements column in the table identifies additional use regulations for specific uses and/or the specific chapter or section where additional regulations for that use type are located within this Title, where applicable. Uses for which additional requirements are listed shall be allowed only upon satisfaction of the specified additional requirements. Under no circumstances shall Table 17.45.020-1 authorize a use without satisfaction of such specified additional requirements.

  • C. Unlisted Uses. The allowed use tables of this Title may not include all possible uses. When a specific use is not listed and it is unclear whether the use is permitted by right, permitted conditionally, or prohibited, the Community Development Director or designee appointed by the City Manager may decide, consistent with Chapter 17.100 (Similar Use Determination), that new

uses not listed here that have substantially similar characteristics to specific listed permitted uses may be considered permitted as the similar use by right, or conditionally as appropriate.

  • D. Uses on Vacant Lots. A Minor or Major Development Review is required for approval when a permitted or conditionally permitted use is proposed for a vacant lot. A Minor or Major Development Review is not required for approval when a permitted or conditionally permitted use is proposed for an existing building.
Table 17.45.020-1: Manufacturing/Industrial and Medical Center Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval
Requirements
Allowed Use M-I M-C Additional Requirements
SERVICE, SOCIAL, AND COMMERCIAL USES
Assisted Living/skilled nursing facilities C C
Banks and fnancial institutions P P
Barber and beauty shops P
Blueprint and duplicating services P
Child care center C C
Churches, temples or other structures used
primarily for religious worship
C
Day care centers C
Drive-in theaters C
Drug stores (with drive-through facilities) P P
Emergency shelters P Section 17.200.030
Equipment sales, rental and storage P
Feed and grain sales P
Florist shops or gift shops P P
Gyms and health clubs C P
Hardware and home improvement center P
Health and exercise centers P
Hospitals and medical centers C P
Hotels P P
Hunting clubs, skeet, trap, rife and pistol ranges
(indoor only)
P
Indoor sports and recreation facilities P
Kennels and Catteries P Chapter17.225
Mobilehome sales lots C
Nurseries and garden supply stores P
Offce equipment sales and service P
Offces, professional sales and service, including
business, law, medical, dental, chiropractic,
architectural and engineering.
P P
Parcel delivery services P
Pharmacies P P
Professional offces, including medical, dental,
chiropractic, etc.
P
Table 17.45.020-1: Manufacturing/Industrial and Medical Center Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval
Requirements
Allowed Use M-I M-C Additional Requirements
Restaurants and other eating establishments P P
Sex-oriented businesses C Chapter5.40
Telephone exchanges and switching equipment
(only in an enclosed building)
P
Urgent care clinics C C
MANUFACTURING/SERVICE COMMERCIAL
Beverages, including alcoholic beverages P
Cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, distribution,
and testing laboratories
Chapter 17.240
Canning and preserving fruits and vegetables P
Containers, boxes, and crates P
Cutlery, tableware, hand tools, and hardware P
Dairy products P
Furniture products and fxtures including cabinets,
partitions, and similar items
P
Glassblowing, pressing, cutting, and other
glassware products
P
Grain and bakery products P
Ice P
Jewelry P
Handbags, luggage, footwear, and other personal
leather goods
P
Leather, tanning and fnishing C
Measuring devices, watches, clocks and related
items
P
Meat and poultry products, not including meat
packing or slaughtering
P
Meat packing or slaughtering C
Musical and recording equipment P
Offce and computing machine manufacture, repair
and sales
P
Soaps, cleaners and toiletries C
Sugar and confectionery products P
Wearing apparel and accessory products P
Wineries, distilleries and breweries, including
microbreweries and similar
P
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Laboratories, medical, research or testing centers P P
Manufacture, assembly, testing and repair of
components, devices, equipment and systems of
an electrical, electronic, or electromechanical
nature
P
Table 17.45.020-1: Manufacturing/Industrial and Medical Center Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval
Requirements
Allowed Use M-I M-C Additional Requirements
Manufacture and repair of engineering, scientifc
and medical instrumentation
P
Medical instruments, supplies, and equipment P
Offce and computing machines manufacture,
repair and sales
P
Optical goods, medical instruments, supplies, and
equipment and photography equipment
P
Pharmaceutical research and manufacture P
STORAGE
Building movers storage yard P
Cold storage facilities C
Cold storage plant P
Contractor storage yards P
Industrial warehousing and distribution (not to
exceed 50,000 sf)
C
Mini-warehouse/storage facilities C Chapter17.255
Petroleum and bulk fuel storage C
AUTOMOTIVE
Automobile service stations, with or without
concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises
consumption
1
C Note applies
Body and fender shops, and spray painting C
Car and truck washes C
Draying, freighting and trucking operations C
Gasoline and diesel service stations, not including
the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-
premises consumption
1
Note applies
Motorcycles, bicycles and parts manufacture P
Parking lots and parking structures P P Chapter17.155
Recreational vehicle and travel trailer
manufacturing (with on-site sales)
P
Recreational vehicle and travel trailer
manufacturing (without on-site sales)
C
Table 17.45.020-1: Manufacturing/Industrial and Medical Center Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval
Requirements
Recreational vehicle, travel trailer, and boat storage
within an enclosed building
C Chapter 17.220 and Section
17.155.070
Truck and trailer sales and rental C
Vehicle and motorcycle repair shops C
Vehicle storage and impoundment C
Vehicles, aircraft, boats and parts manufacture P
MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL USES
Chemicals and Synthetic Products:
Table 17.45.020-1: Manufacturing/Industrial and Medical Center Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval
Requirements
Allowed Use M-I M-C Additional Requirements
Agricultural chemicals, not including pesticides and
fertilizers
C
Fabrication of rubber, plastic, and synthetic
products
P
Organic and inorganic compounds, not including
those of a hazardous nature
P
Paints and varnishes, and manufacturing and
incidental storage
C
Lumber, wood, and paper products:
Cotton ginning P
Cotton, wood, and synthetic weaving and fnishing
mills
C
Fabricated wood buildings and structures P
Fabrication of manufactured housing and
mobilehomes
P
Fabrication of wood buildings and structures P
Floor covering mills P
Knitting mills P
Lumber yards P
Paper and paperboard mills P
Paper shredding P
Paper storage and recycling, not within a building P
Printing and publishing of newspapers, periodicals,
books, forms, cards, and similar items
P
Saw and plaining mills C
Yarn and thread mills P
Stone and Concrete Products:
Concrete batch plants and asphalt plants P
Manufacture of concrete, gypsum, plaster and
mineral products
P
Rock crushing plants, aggregate washing,
screening and drying facilities and equipment, and
concrete batching plants;
C
Sand blasting P
Stone cutting and related activities P
Metal, Machinery, and Electrical Products:
Appliance manufacture and repair P
Blast furnaces P
Cans and containers P
Casting, smelting, stamping, and forging metals P
Control devices and gauges P
Table 17.45.020-1: Manufacturing/Industrial and Medical Center Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval
Requirements
Allowed Use M-I M-C Additional Requirements
Electrical and electronic apparatus and
components
P
Engines, turbines and parts P
Fabrication of metal buildings P
Farm, garden construction, and industrial
machinery
P
Fencing P
Foundries P
Lighting and wiring P
Lighting fxtures and supplies P
Machine, welding and blacksmith shops P
Manufacture of ordinance and frearms, not
including explosives
P
Plumbing and heating items P
Refrigeration and heating equipment P
Rolling and drawing metals P
Smelting metal and foundries P
Tires and tubes P
Wrought iron fabrication P
UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND PUBLIC SERVICES
Aviation facilities/heliports C C
Cemeteries, crematories and mausoleums C
Communications and microwave installations P
Disguised wireless facilities P P Chapter17.245
Electric and gas distribution, transmission
substations, battery energy storage, telephone, and
microwave
C
Fire and police stations P
Gas, steam, and oil drilling operations C
Meteorological towers P
Post offces P
Natural gas, above ground storage C
Radio, television and communications equipment P
Public utility substations and storage buildings C
Public utility substations and storage yards P
Railroad yards and stations P
Recycling collection facilities C
Recycling of wood, metal and construction wastes C
Recycling processing facilities C
Sewage sludge/organic waste composting facilities C
Table 17.45.020-1: Manufacturing/Industrial and Medical Center Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval
Requirements
Allowed Use M-I M-C Additional Requirements
Sewage treatment plants C
Utilities, both public and private C
Water well and any use appurtenant to the storage
and distribution of water
P
Water works facilities, both public and private C
Water and gas company service facilities P

Note:

  • 1 Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the contrary: (a) uses lawfully existing prior to the effective date of Ordinance 253 [October 10, 2025], may continue as originally entitled, (b) uses for which entitlements were granted prior to the effective date but have not yet started or completed needed improvements and/or started operations, may be improved and operate as entitled, and (c) the uses described by (a) and (b) shall be subject to compliance with applicable permits, conditions of approval and this Code, but shall not be considered nonconforming uses subject to Chapter 17.20, where the entitled use shall be considered allowable as permitted by approvals granted under (a) and (b) above.

  • E. Overlay Zones. Allowable uses are subject to any provisions applicable to overlay zones established by Chapter 17.25 .

  • (Ord. 247, 1/15/2025; Ord. 252, 8/13/2025; Ord. 253, 9/10/2025)

§ 17.45.030. Development standards.

The development standards listed below are the minimum standards for development within the respective zones.

Table 17.45.030-1: Development Standards
Development Standards M-I M-C
Lot Dimensions
Minimum Lot Size 20,000 sf 20,000 sf
Minimum Lot Depth 100 ft n/a
Minimum Lot Width 100 ft n/a
Setbacks The setback area may be used only off-street automobile parking, driveways
or landscaping.
Front 25 ft
(A minimum 10-foot strip adjacent to the
street line shall be appropriately
landscaped and maintained, except for
designated pedestrian and vehicular
accessways.)
50 ft
Side - Interior (adjacent to an
industrial zone)
15 ft 20 ft
Side - Facing a Street 25 ft
(A minimum 10-foot strip adjacent to the
street line shall be appropriately
landscaped and maintained, except for
20 ft
Table 17.45.030-1: Development Standards
Development Standards M-I M-C
designated pedestrian and vehicular
accessways.)
Rear 25 ft 50 ft
Adjacent to a residential zone 25 ft
(A minimum 20-foot strip adjacent to
residential zones, or separated by a
street from a lot with said zoning, shall be
landscaped and maintained, unless a tree
screen or other buffer treatment is
approved by the hearing offcer or body.
However, in no case shall the
landscaping be less than 10 feet wide
excluding curbing.)
50 ft
Height
Building(s) 60 ft
The maximum height of all structures,
including buildings, shall be 35 feet at the
yard setback line. Any portion of a
structure that exceeds 35 feet in height
shall be set back from each yard setback
line not less than 2 feet for each 1 foot in
height that is in excess of 35 feet. All
buildings and structures shall not exceed
60 feet in height.
170 ft

(Ord. 247, 1/15/2025)

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Contents — Wildomar Zoning Code
Wildomar Zoning Code
  1. Title 17 — Development Code
    Overview
    1. Chapter 17.05 — PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
    2. Chapter 17.10 — PLANNING AGENCY
    3. Chapter 17.15 — INTERPRETATION
    4. Chapter 17.16 — LEGAL NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES AND USES
    5. Chapter 17.25 — ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES
    6. Chapter 17.30 — AGRICULTURE AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONES
    7. Chapter 17.35 — RESIDENTIAL ZONES
    8. Chapter 17.36 — COMMERCIAL AND MIXED-USE ZONES
    9. Chapter 17.45 — MANUFACTURING/INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL CENTER ZO…
    10. Chapter 17.50 — PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONE
    11. Chapter 17.55 — OPEN SPACE ZONE
    12. Chapter 17.59 — OVERLAY ZONES
    13. Chapter 17.60 — GENERAL PLAN AND SPECIFIC PLANS
    14. Chapter 17.65 — PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
    15. Chapter 17.70 — VARIANCE
    16. Chapter 17.75 — DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
    17. Chapter 17.76 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
    18. Chapter 17.85 — DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, MAJOR
    19. Chapter 17.90 — DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, MINOR
    20. Chapter 17.95 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
    21. Chapter 17.96 — SIMILAR USE DETERMINATION
    22. Chapter 17.105 — TEMPORARY USE AND TEMPORARY EVENTS PERMITS
    23. Chapter 17.110 — PERMITS FOR HOME-BASED BUSINESSES
    24. Chapter 17.115 — SIGN PERMIT
    25. Chapter 17.116 — PRE-APPLICATION REVIEW (PAR) PROCEDURES
    26. Chapter 17.125 — COMMON APPLICATION PROCESSING PROCEDURES
    27. Chapter 17.130 — AMENDMENTS TO PROJECTS
    28. Chapter 17.135 — ZONING CLEARANCE AND VERIFICATION LETTER
    29. Chapter 17.136 — OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
    30. Chapter 17.145 — DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS
    31. Chapter 17.150 — GENERAL SITE REGULATIONS
    32. Chapter 17.155 — PARKING AND LOADING
    33. Chapter 17.156 — LANDSCAPING STANDARDS
    34. Chapter 17.165 — WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPES
    35. Chapter 17.170 — LIGHT POLLUTION STANDARDS
    36. Chapter 17.175 — DENSITY BONUS
    37. Chapter 17.176 — SIGNS
    38. Chapter 17.185 — ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
    39. Chapter 17.190 — CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT SUBDIVISIONS
    40. Chapter 17.195 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
    41. Chapter 17.196 — SPECIAL HOUSING TYPES
    42. Chapter 17.205 — LICENSED RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
    43. Chapter 17.210 — MOBILE HOME PARKS
    44. Chapter 17.212 — RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) STORAGE IN INDUSTRI…
    45. Chapter 17.221 — CONVENIENCE STORES
    46. Chapter 17.225 — ANIMAL KEEPING
    47. Chapter 17.230 — FARMERS MARKETS
    48. Chapter 17.235 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
    49. Chapter 17.236 — CANNABIS
    50. Chapter 17.245 — WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES
    51. Chapter 17.250 — RECYCLING FACILITIES
    52. Chapter 17.255 — MINI-WAREHOUSES/SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES
    53. Chapter 17.256 — RURAL EVENT VENUE
    54. Chapter 17.265 — UNIVERSAL DEFINITIONS

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