Bakersfield City Zoning Code
17.30 M-2
General Manufacturing Zone
17.30.010 Generally.
The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply in the M-2 general manufacturing zone unless otherwise provided in this chapter. (Prior code § 17.32.010)
17.30.020 Uses permitted.
The following uses are permitted in an M-2 zone:
A. Any use permitted in the M-1 zone; 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 of the following uses:
1. Acetylene gas manufacture or storage;
2. Adult entertainment establishments as defined in Section 17.69.020 and subject to the regulations of Chapter 17.69 of this code;
3. Aircraft and automobile factories;
4. Agricultural packing plants (vegetables and fruits);
5. Alcohol and alcoholic beverages manufacture;
6. Ammonia, chlorine and bleaching powder manufacture;
7. Automobile and truck manufacture;
8. Automobile and truck parts manufacturer;
9. Bag cleaning;
10. Battery manufacturer;
11. Blast furnaces;
12. Boiler or tank works;
13. Breweries or distilleries, large;
14. Brick, tile or terra cotta products manufacture;
15. Building materials manufacture;
16. Carpet and rug manufacture;
17. Cement and lime manufacturing when the manufacturing plant is equipped capable of collecting at least ninety-seven percent of all particulate matter from kiln gases;
18. Clay product manufacture;
19. Coke ovens;
20. Cotton gins or oil mills;
21. Creameries;
22. Crematories;
23. Creosote treatment or manufacture;
24. Disinfectant manufacture;
25. Distillation of coal, wood or tar;
26. Dyestuffs manufacture;
27. Exterminator or insect poison manufacture;
28. Feed, flour and grains mills;
29. Firearms manufacture;
30. Food and/or shelter service as defined in Section 17.04.285;
31. Forge plants;
32. Freighting and trucking yards and terminals;
33. Freight classification yards;
34. Glass and glass product manufacture;
35. Grain elevator;
36. Helipad (in conjunction with a hospital);
37. Iron, steel, brass or copper foundries or fabrication plants, and heavy weight casting;
38. Lamp black manufacture;
39. Linoleum or oiled products manufacture;
40. Machine shops including punch presses and automatic screw machines;
41. Metal container manufacturer;
42. Ore reduction;
43. Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture;
44. Paper or pulp manufacture;
45. Petroleum refining and reclaiming plants;
46. Planing mills;
47. Plastic manufacture;
48. Potash works;
49. Railroad roundhouses and repair shops;
50. Rolling mills;
51. Rubber processing and manufacture;
52. Sawmills;
53. Soap manufacture;
54. Sodium compounds manufacture;
55. Starch manufacture;
56. Tar roofing or waterproofing or other tar products manufacture;
57. Tire rebuilding, recapping, and retreading plants;
58. Truck stop.
C. The accessory buildings or structures necessary to such use located on the same lot or parcel of land. (Ord. 5008 § 13, 2020; Ord. 4926 § 2, 2018; Ord. 4604 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2926 § 3, 1984; Ord. 2708 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.32.020)
17.30.030 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
While any use may be permitted by conditional use permit pursuant to Section 17.64.020(B), the following uses are not permitted in the M-2 zone except by conditional use permit issued in accordance with the procedures provided in Chapter 17.64 of this code:
A. Acid manufacture;
B. Ammunition manufacture;
C. Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture;
D. Chemical manufacture;
E. Curing, tanning and storage of rawhide or skins;
F. Distillation of bones;
G. Drop forge industries manufacturing forgings with power hammers;
H. Dumps and refuse disposal areas;
I. Explosives, manufacture or storage;
J. Fat rendering;
K. Feed and fuel yards;
L. Fertilizer manufacture;
M. Garbage, offal or dead animal reduction or dumping;
N. Gas manufacture;
O. Gelatin or size manufacture;
P. Glucose or dextrine manufacture;
Q. Glue manufacture;
R. Nonmineral oil extraction plants;
S. Recycling center, as defined by Public Resources Code Section 14520, that is within a convenience zone, as defined by Public Resources Code Section 14509.4;
T. Sewer farms or sewage disposal plants;
U. Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores;
V. Slaughterhouse;
W. Scrap metal yards, junkyards;
X. Wineries. (Ord. 4950 § 1, 2018; Ord. 4604 § 2, 2009; Ord. 4044 § 1, 2002; Ord. 3746 § 11, 1997; Ord. 3174 § 6, 1988; prior code § 17.32.026)
17.30.035 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.
D. Signs shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.60 of this code.
E. Industrial and/or 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 proposed 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 § 15, 2018; Ord. 4714 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3964 § 26, 2000; Ord. 3835 § 16, 1998; Ord. 2708 § 2, 1982)
17.30.040 Building height.
Building height in an M-2 zone shall be thirteen stories and shall not exceed one hundred fifty feet. (Prior code § 17.32.030)
17.30.050 Front yard.
Front yard requirements in an M-2 zone shall be as follows:
A. All buildings shall be located a minimum of ten feet from the front property line. (Ord. 5164 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4236 § 7, 2005; prior code § 17.32.040)
17.30.060 Side yard.
Side yard requirements in an M-2 zone shall be as follows:
A. Where the lot abuts any R, 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. 5164 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4236 § 8, 2005; prior code § 17.32.050)
17.30.070 Rear yard.
Rear yard requirements in an M-2 zone shall be as follows:
A. Where the lot abuts any R, 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. 5164 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4236 § 9, 2005; prior code § 17.32.060)