Heavy industrial districts hereinafter designated as M-2 districts, are established to encourage sound development of general industrial uses by providing and protecting an environment exclusively for them, subject only to the minimum regulation necessary to insure the protection of adjacent areas from detrimental effects.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.0)

Subject to conformance with the performance standards specified in Section 17.46.080, the following principal uses are permitted in an M-2 district:

A.

Railroad or trucking terminal facility;

B.

Public utility;

C.

Wholesale establishment;

D.

Research laboratory;

E.

Parking lot;

F.

Any manufacturing, processing or assembly plant, or industrial operation, except those listed in Section 17.46.030.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.1)

In addition to the uses listed in Sections 17.52.480 and 17.52.580, the following are conditional uses in an M-2 district and shall be permitted only if approved by the board of zoning adjustments, as provided in Section 17.54.130:

A.

Restaurant, retail store, or personal service establishment, when necessary to serve the needs of the occupants of existing industrial buildings or employees in the immediate vicinity;

B.

Advertising signs, provided that no single sign shall be flashing or intermittent, contain moving parts or be located so as to be directed towards lands in any adjacent R district, except pursuant to Section 17.52.515(A)(3) and in conformance with Section 17.54.226;

C.

Salvage yards;

D.

Abattoir, stockyard;

E.

Kennel, animal hospital, menagerie (collection of wild or strange animals);

F.

Drive-in theater, amusement park, race track;

G.

Service station, Type A or Type B;

H.

Housemovers storage yard;

I.

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.

Any use excluded from an M-2 district solely by reason of conflict with the performance standards set forth in Section 17.46.080 may, upon application, be considered by the board of zoning adjustments and approved as a conditional use if it finds that, under all the circumstances, including the conditions imposed, the use will be properly located in all respects as specified in Section 17.54.130.

(Ord. 2008-33 § 6: Ord. 2002-60 (part); Ord. 2000-53 § 1 (part); prior gen. code §§ 8-52.2—8-52.3)

(Ord. No. 2010-49, § 11, 9-14-10; Ord. No. 2010-71, § 68, 12-21-10)

The following are conditional uses and shall be permitted in an M-2 district only if approved by the planning commission, sitting as a board of zoning adjustments, as provided in Sections 17.54.135 and 17.46.010:

A.

Dumping, disposal, incineration or reduction of garbage, sewage, offal, dead animals or refuse;

B.

Manufacture or bulk storage of acid, cement, explosive materials, fireworks, fertilizer, gas, glue, gypsum, lime or plaster of Paris.

(Ord. 2000-53 § 1 (part))

(Ord. No. 2010-71, § 69, 12-21-10)

Retail sale of products produced by a permitted use on the premise.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.4)

Except as otherwise provided in the case of a combining B district, every use in an M-2 district shall be on a Building Site having an area of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.5)

No yards are required in M-2 districts except such as may be specified and required in connection with approval of a conditional use, and except that along any lot line which is also the lot line of any premises in an A district or an R district, there shall be provided a yard having a width (or depth, in the case of a rear yard) of not less than fifty (50) feet.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.6)

No building or structure in an M-2 district which is distant less than two hundred (200) feet from any R district shall have a height in excess of forty-five (45) feet except as provided by Section 17.52.090.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.7)

No use shall be permitted in an M-2 district unless approved as a conditional use pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 17.46.030 which is characterized by or which causes any of the effects specified in the performance standards of this title for M-P districts, in Sections 17.42.020(A) through H except as follows:

A.

Sections 17.42.020(A), (F) and (G) shall apply only to noise, vibration, odor, glare, or heat which is perceptible from any point within an R district.

B.

Section 17.42.020(E) shall apply only to the emission of visible gray smoke of a shade darker than No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart referred to therein.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.8)

(Ord. No. 2010-71, § 70, 12-21-10)

Business signs, low profile signs, and service station sign display structures are permitted subject to Section 17.52.520, and Section 17.36.080, Section 17.38.100; Section 17.38.110 and Section 17.38.140.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.9)

Except as a temporary use regulated by Section 17.52.480, use of a mobilehome is not permitted.

(Prior gen. code § 8-52.10)