Bakersfield City Zoning Code
17.28 M-1
Light Manufacturing Zone
17.28.010 Generally.
The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply in the M-1 light manufacturing zone unless otherwise provided in this title. (Prior code § 17.31.010)
17.28.020 Uses permitted.
The following uses are permitted in an M-1 zone:
A. Any use permitted in the C-O, C-1 and C-2 zones; provided, however, that no building shall be used as a dwelling except accessory buildings which are incidental to the permitted use of the land, and that no building shall have a dwelling unit except when such use as a dwelling unit is incidental to the primary use of the building.
B. Any use specified below, provided such use does not produce, cause or emit any fumes, odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise or vibration detrimentally impacting neighboring property and the occupants thereof. Where adopted city or other public agency standards are applicable and available to measure such impacts, such standards shall be used to determine whether a use constitutes or will constitute such a detrimental impact.
1. Adult day care;
2. Adult entertainment establishments as defined in Section 17.69.020 and subject to the regulations of Chapter 17.69 of this code;
3. Animal hospitals, kennels and veterinaries;
4. Automobile and light truck, two-axle vehicles, parking and storage;
5. Automobile assembling, body and fender works, painting, upholstering, dismantling and used parts storage, when operated or maintained wholly within a building;
6. Bakeries;
7. Banquet venue;
8. Boat buildings;
9. Bottling plant;
11. Cabinet or carpenter shop;
12. Carpet, awning, blinds, mattress or upholstery shops, including cleaning and repair;
13. Concrete batch plants, portable, not to exceed two-yard capacity;
14. Contractor’s plants and storage yards;
15. Distributing plants;
16. Electric welding and electroplating;
17. Frozen food lockers;
18. Furniture and automobile upholstering operations not confined wholly to a building;
19. Ice and cold storage plants;
20. Laboratories, experimental research and testing;
21. Laundries, cleaning and dyeing plants;
22. Lumberyards;
23. Machine shops (except punch presses of over twenty tons rated capacity, drop hammers and automatic screw machines);
24. Paint mixing plants (not employing a boiling process);
25. Public utilities service yards, power plants or distributing stations;
26. Rubber fabrication or products made from finished rubber;
27. Sheet metal shops;
28. Stone monument works;
29. Storage spaces for transit and transportation equipment;
30. Tool rental and equipment;
31. Truck repairing and overhauling shops;
32. Welding, metal fabricating and blacksmith shops;
33. Wholesale businesses, storage buildings and warehouses;
34. Manufacturer of:
a. Arts and crafts,
b. Billboards and advertising structures, electric neon signs,
c. Ceramic products,
d. Clothing or garments,
e. Cosmetics, perfumes and toiletries, drugs and pharmaceuticals,
f. Electronic instruments and devices, radios, televisions, phonographs and business machines,
g. Food products (except the rendering or refining of fats or oils),
h. Furniture,
i. Musical instruments and toys,
j. Prefabricated buildings,
k. Shoes,
l. Soap (cold mix only),
m. Textiles. Manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, shell, textiles, tobacco, wood, yards and paint, not employing a boiling process.
C. The accessory buildings or structures necessary to such use located on the same lot or parcel of land.
D. The Bakersfield Airpark provides an expanded airport/aircraft landing field for recreation, agricultural, and commercial/industrial uses. Therefore, in addition to the uses allowed in this section, the following additional uses are permitted within the Bakersfield Airpark property:
1. Agricultural crop dusting services and related chemical storage;
2. Aircraft rental;
3. Aircraft repair and maintenance;
4. Aircraft runways and landing fields;
5. Aviation related businesses;
6. Aviation fuel sales;
7. Aviation related manufacturing;
8. Flight training schools;
9. Freight and package delivery services;
10. Hangars and aircraft tie-downs. (Ord. 5008 § 11, 2020; Ord. 3995 § 1, 2001; Ord. 3059 § 1, 1986; Ord. 2926 § 2, 1984; Ord. 2707 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.31.020)
17.28.030 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
A. The following uses are permitted in the M-1 zone only with the approval of a conditional use permit issued in accordance with the procedures provided in Chapter 17.64 of this code:
1. Agricultural packing plants;
2. Aircraft and automobile factories;
3. Automobile parts manufacturer;
4. Battery manufacturer;
5. Breweries or distilleries, large;
6. Clinics, hospitals, sanitariums or other buildings for contagious, mental, drug or liquor addiction cases;
7. Equestrian establishments, stables, riding academies, schools or amusements;
8. Food and/or shelter service as defined in Section 17.04.285;
9. Freighting or trucking yards or terminals;
10. Helipad (in conjunction with a hospital);
11. Livestock slaughtering and processing, wholly within a building;
12. Machine shops, including punch presses and automatic screw machines;
13. Movie theater serving alcohol;
14. Planing mills;
15. Recycling centers, as defined by Public Resources Code Section 14520, that are within a convenience zone, as defined by Public Resources Code Section 14509.4;
16. Tire rebuilding, recapping and retreading plants;
17. Truck stop. (Ord. 5163 § 1, 2024; Ord. 5008 § 12, 2020; Ord. 4949 § 1, 2018; Ord. 4926 § 2, 2018; Ord. 4912 § 1, 2017; Ord. 3746 § 10, 1997; Ord. 3174 § 5, 1988; Ord. 2707 § 2, 1982; prior code § 17.31.026)
17.28.035 Additional requirements.
The following requirements shall apply to all development permitted by this chapter:
A. All permitted and conditional uses pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to site plan review as provided in Chapter 17.08 of this code.
B. Landscaping shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.61 of this code.
C. Off-street parking and loading shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.58 of this code.
D. Signs shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.60 of this code.
E. Industrial and commercial development proposed adjacent to property zoned or designated for residential development shall be required to be separated by a solid masonry wall constructed a minimum height of six feet from highest grade. Any wall located within or along the front yard area shall not exceed a height of four feet. Along street frontages, landscaping shall be required in lieu of or in combination with a solid wall, as determined by the development services director, to screen the development from the residential uses.
F. Open storage of material and equipment permitted in this zone shall be surrounded and screened by a solid wall or fence, including solid gates where necessary, not less than six feet in height. Materials shall not be stacked above the height of the screening.
G. For developments under this section using outside storage, the areas devoted to outside storage shall be treated with a permanent dust binder or other permanent dust control measures consistent with air pollution control regulations, as approved by the planning director.
H. Roof-top areas of structures adjacent to properties zoned or designated for residential development shall be completely screened from view by parapets or other finished architectural features constructed to a height of the highest equipment and unfinished structural element or architectural feature of the building. This requirement shall apply to all new construction and remodeling of existing structures which involve a change of fifty percent or more of the roof structure or an addition of fifty percent or more to the floor area of the structure. (Ord. 4939 § 14, 2018; Ord. 4714 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3964 § 25, 2000; Ord. 3835 § 16, 1998; Ord. 2707 § 3, 1982)
17.28.040 Building height.
Building height in an M-1 zone shall be six stories and not exceed seventy-five feet. (Prior code § 17.31.030)
17.28.050 Front yard.
Front yard requirements in an M-1 zone shall be as follows:
A. All buildings shall be located a minimum of ten feet from the front property line. (Ord. 5163 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4236 § 4, 2005; prior code § 17.31.040)
17.28.060 Side yard.
Side yard requirements in an M-1 zone shall be as follows:
A. Where the lot abuts any R zone, MH zone, or PUD project of a residential nature, there shall be a side yard of not less than twenty feet.
B. On a corner lot, the side yard on the street side of the lot shall be not less than ten feet.
C. In all other cases, a side yard shall not be required. (Ord. 5163 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4236 § 5, 2005; prior code § 17.31.050)
17.28.070 Rear yard.
Rear yard requirements in an M-1 zone shall be as follows:
A. Where the lot abuts any R zone, MH zone, or PUD project of a residential nature, there shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty feet.
B. Where there is an alley at the rear of the lot, such rear yard may be measured to the center of the alley.
C. In all other cases, a rear yard shall not be required. (Ord. 5163 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4236 § 6, 2005; prior code § 17.31.070)