Industrial park districts hereinafter designated as M-P districts, are established to accommodate a limited specialized group of administrative, laboratory and light manufacturing uses which are capable of being operated under high performance standards in attractive structures with landscaping and parking spaces such as to insure an attractive and visually harmonious working environment; and to protect and increase the stability of such areas by establishing high performance standards and stringent requirements as to space, light and air about the buildings.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.0)

The uses listed hereinafter as permitted in M-P districts shall in each instance be subject to site development review pursuant to Section 17.54.210. No use in any of the categories listed shall be approved which is characterized by, or which is found by the board of zoning adjustments to involve any of the following:

A.

Any noise or vibration, other than that related to transportation activities and temporary construction work, which is discernible without instruments at any lot line of the building site;

B.

Any activity, including storage or dumping which could result in the emission of radioactivity in dangerous amounts;

C.

Any activity which causes electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance;

D.

The production, use, storage, or handling of any inflammable or explosive materials, unless provided at all points with adequate safety devices against hazards of explosion and all equipment and devices standard in the industry for fire prevention and fire fighting;

E.

The emission of visible gray smoke of a shade or quality darker than No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart, as specified in Information Circular 7718 of the United States Bureau of Mines, or its equivalent capacity as determined by the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District, for more than three minutes in any one hour;

F.

Any direct or sky-reflected glare or heat which is perceptible at any point outside of the building site;

G.

The emission of odorous gases or odorous matter in quantities such as to be perceptible at any lot line of the building site;

H.

The discharge into the air of any dust, dirt or particulate matter from any activity or from any products stored on the building site;

I.

The discharge into any public sewer, private sewage disposal system or stream or into the ground except in accordance with the standards approved by the State Department of Health, of any materials of such nature or temperature as to contaminate any water supply, interfere with bacterial processes and sewage treatment, or in any way cause the emission of dangerous or offensive elements;

J.

The emission from any incineration operation of individually visible incandescent particles.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.1)

(Ord. No. 2010-71, § 64, 12-21-10)

Subject to the limitations of Section 17.42.020, the following principal uses are permitted in an M-P district:

A.

Professional and administrative offices;

B.

Laboratory, including research, commercial, testing, developmental, experimental or other types; but excluding the manufacture, assembly, or packaging of products for distribution, except as otherwise provided in subsection C of this section;

C.

The manufacturing, compounding, packaging, treating, fabrication, or assembly of electronic or nucleonic equipment, precision instruments, optical, or photographic goods, jewelry or pharmaceuticals;

D.

Publishing, printing, lithographing, engraving.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.2)

In addition to the conditions listed for Sections 17.52.480 and 17.52.580, the following are conditional uses in an M-P district, and shall be permitted only if approved by the board of zoning adjustments as provided in Section 17.54.130:

A.

Public utility building or structure, but not including service yard, storage of materials or vehicles, or repair facilities;

B.

Parking lot;

C.

Mobile outdoor business that directly serves the needs of the occupants of existing industrial uses or workers, patrons, or clients of businesses in the immediate vicinity;

D.

Other uses which are found by the board of zoning adjustments to meet the requirements of Section 17.42.020 of this chapter.

(Ord. 2008-33 § 4: Ord. 2002-60 (part): Prior gen. code § 8-50.3)

Every use in an M-P district shall be on a building site having an area not less than two acres and an effective lot frontage not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.4)

The yard requirements in M-P districts shall be as follows, subject to the general provisions of Section 17.52.330.

A.

Depth of front yard: not less than fifty (50) feet;

B.

Depth of rear yard: not less than forty (40) feet;

C.

Width of side yards: not less than forty (40) feet along a side lot line common to any property in an R district; otherwise, not less than twenty (20) feet.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.5)

No building or structure in an M-P district shall have a height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet, except as provided by Section 17.52.090.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.6)

In M-P districts, the aggregate ground coverage, calculated as provided in Section 17.52.380, shall not exceed forty (40) percent of the area of the lot or building site.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.7)

Business signs are permitted provided they are wall signs which are made structurally and architecturally a part of a building, up to an aggregate area not in excess of eighty (80) square feet per building site. No sign shall be flashing or intermittent, contain moving parts, or be located so as to be directed towards lands in any adjacent R district.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.8)

All uses permitted in M-P districts shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, except (A) the parking and loading or unloading of vehicles, and (B) electric substation. All open areas used for parking or vehicle loading or unloading of vehicles having a manufacturer's gross weight rating, as defined by the State Vehicle Code, greater than sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds shall be enclosed by a wall or fence not less than six feet in height, with gates at all points of ingress and egress. All open spaces shall be graded and adequately drained, and shall be continuously maintained in a dust free condition by landscaping or planted ground cover or by paving. Except as a temporary use, regulated by Section 17.52.480, use of a mobilehome is not permitted.

(Prior gen. code § 8-50.9)