§ 17.28

This chapter shall apply to all land within the Industrial (I) zone. The purpose of the I district is to provide areas for manufacturing, wholesale, and storage activities that may be conducted inside or outside of buildings.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

Uses shall be permitted or not permitted, conditionally permitted, administratively permitted, or temporarily permitted as prescribed in the land use table in Section 17.08.030.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

A.

The minimum site area for new lots shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, unless a conditional use permit for smaller lots is approved, in accordance with Chapter 17.80.

B.

Existing sites of less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet may be developed in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

The minimum lot frontage shall be sixty (60) feet, except that where there is a recorded reciprocal use agreement for shared common access and parking areas, no minimum frontage is required.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

The maximum coverage of a lot shall be determined by the combined building setback area requirements, open space requirements, and off-street parking and loading requirements.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

A.

No structure shall be placed within a building setback area.

B.

The front building setback area shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet.

C.

The rear building setback area shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet.

D.

The interior side building setback area be a minimum of ten (10) feet.

E.

The street-side building setback area be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

There is no minimum distance between structures required, except that all building code requirements shall be met.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

The maximum structure height shall be seventy-five (75) feet, except that the height of portions of structures set back at least two hundred (200) feet from any lot line may be up to one hundred (100) feet high.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.28.090 - Driveways.

A.

Wherever possible, developments shall share driveways to minimize the number of driveways on public streets.

B.

New driveways near street corners shall be located a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) feet from the radius curve of the curb, unless otherwise specifically approved by the city engineer.

C.

Gated entrances shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from the public right-of-way unless a shorter distance is approved by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.28.100 - Off-street parking.

Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 17.54.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.28.110 - Usable open space.

There is no minimum requirement for usable open space.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.28.120 - Landscaping.

A.

Landscaping shall be provided and permanently maintained in a setback area not less than ten (10) feet from a lot line adjoining a street.

B.

Required landscaping is to be installed prior to occupancy and continually maintained pursuant to Chapter 17.52.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.28.130 - Screening, fences, and walls.

A.

Fences and walls in the I zone shall conform to the design standards provided in Section 17.50.110.

B.

Fences, walls, and hedges in the I zone shall conform to the following standards:

1.

A seven-foot solid masonry wall shall be required along any side or rear property line abutting an R-VL, R-L, R-M, R-H, PO, or PF zone district, except in required front and corner side yards where the maximum

height shall be four (4) feet. On a reversed corner lot of where the district boundary line is adjacent to a front yard of a neighboring property, the required wall shall be reduced in height to four (4) feet within fifteen (15) feet of a street property line.

2.

The Director may allow fence and wall heights to be increased in order to mitigate noise problems documented by a noise study.

3.

No fence or wall shall be placed in front of or within any landscaped area located next to a street.

4.

The open storage of materials and equipment attendant to a use shall be permitted only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence (7) feet minimum in height, except as may be modified under site plan review. Such storage shall not be visible above the fence or wall.

5.

Razor wire, electrified fencing, and similar security devices are only allowed on a permanent basis in the I zone district with approval by the Director, provided that it is not located adjacent to a residence or residential district.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.28.140 - Signs.

Signs placed in the I zone shall be subject to the requirements and standards prescribed in Chapter 17.56.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

17.28.150 - General provisions and standards.

A.

Mechanical equipment shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from a rear or side lot line that abuts an R-VL, R-L, R-M, or R-H zone district, except that where there is a parapet wall that shields the mechanical equipment no minimum distance is required.

B.

All open and non-landscaped portions of any lot shall be maintained in good condition free from weeds, dust, trash, and debris.

C.

No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or material shall be employed that is found by the city to be injurious to persons residing or working in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, noise, vibrations, illumination, glare or heavy truck traffic, or to involve any hazard of

fire, explosion, hazardous or toxic waste, or radioactivity or to emit electrical disturbances which adversely affect commercial or electronic equipment outside the boundaries of the site.

D.

No solid or liquid waste shall be discharged into a natural watercourse, nor into a public or private sewage disposal system except in compliance with the applicable regulations of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board and city ordinances and policies.

E.

Structures and the use of structures or land shall be subject to the requirements and standards prescribed in Chapter 17.50.

(Ord. No. 650, § 3, 4-28-2025)

Chapter 17.30 - PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONE