In addition to the objectives prescribed in chapter 19.00, the industrial district is established in order to achieve the following purposes:

(1)

To reserve appropriately located areas consistent with the General Plan for a full range of industrial uses grouped in such a manner as to achieve maximum compatibility with respect to the characteristics of the various types of industrial activities and processes;

(2)

To encourage the development of all types of industrial establishments in a manner that is consistent with sound standards of public health and safety;

(3)

To allow certain types of light industrial uses which are relatively free of nuisance or hazardous features to locate in areas nearest to the city's residential, office and commercial districts;

(4)

To protect areas appropriate for industrial development from intrusion by residences and other inharmonious uses while providing opportunities for various types of industrial establishments to concentrate in mutually beneficial relationship to each other;

(5)

To create a suitable environment for various types of industrial uses and to protect them from adverse impacts incidental to certain other industrial uses;

(6)

To ensure the provision of adequate space to meet the needs of industrial development, including off-street parking and truck loading areas;

(7)

To strengthen the city's economic base and to increase employment opportunities close to home for residents of the city and surrounding area;

(8)

To ensure that the appearance of industrial buildings and uses is harmonious with the visual character of the area in which they are located; and

(9)

To achieve these purposes, the industrial district is designed to be applied as follows: to accommodate a full range of industrial, manufacturing, and related establishments of types which may have operational characteristics or features making their location near residential areas inappropriate because of potential adverse impacts but not to allow establishments with nuisance features which cannot be mitigated or which pose a threat to the public health or safety.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.010, 7-20-2015)

Industrial district is intended for industrial oriented uses including but not limited to the manufacture and storage of products, assembly, dismantling and salvage, as well as operations that may be incompatible to more sensitive uses (such as the use of hazardous materials). Except as specifically provided elsewhere in this title, any building or structure in the industrial district used or occupied and every building erected, constructed or established within the industrial district shall be only in accordance with the regulations set forth in this chapter. In the industrial district, the following uses are permitted:

(1)

Administrative offices of any business or industry, provided not more than 25 percent of the floor area is devoted to office use.

(2)

Adult bookstores, adult motion picture theaters, adult mini-motion picture theaters, and massage parlors.

(3)

Advertising display manufacture.

(4)

Agricultural uses of any kind.

(5)

Animal hospitals.

(6)

Antique sales and refinishing.

(7)

Assembly of electrical equipment, such as stereo, and television receivers, phonographs, other types of sound equipment, and motion picture cameras and projectors.

(8)

Assembly of small electric appliances such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans, toasters, and electric toys.

(9)

Bakeries, wholesale, and distribution.

(10)

Bicycle assembly plants.

(11)

Canvas products manufacture.

(12)

Catering businesses.

(13)

Ceramic products manufacture using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired by electricity or gas.

(14)

Cleaning and dyeing plants.

(15)

Cold storage plants.

(16)

Electrical equipment sales and repair shops.

(17)

Equipment rental agencies.

(18)

Freight forwarding terminals.

(19)

Frozen food distributors.

(20)

Garment manufacture.

(21)

Glass and glass products manufacture.

(22)

Heating and ventilating shops.

(23)

Household appliance sales and repair shops.

(24)

Ice manufacture.

(25)

Laundries, commercial.

(26)

Lumber and building materials yards.

(27)

Machinery sales and rentals.

(28)

Machine shops up to five thousand square feet in floor area with no outside work or storage permitted.

(29)

Mail order and mail-out businesses.

(30)

Manufacture and assembly of business machines including electronic data equipment, accounting machines, calculators, typewriters, communications and testing equipment and related equipment.

(31)

Manufacture and assembly of electrical supplies such as coils, condensers, crystal holders solid-state circuitry, lamps, switches and wire and cable assembles.

(32)

Manufacture and maintenance of electric and neon signs, commercial advertising structures, light sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating ducts and equipment, and similar uses.

(33)

Manufacture of cutlery, hardware and hand tools, die and pattern making, metal stamping and extrusion of small products, such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle-caps, buttons, kitchen utensils, and similar uses.

(34)

Manufacture of leather and leather accessories (tanning requires a conditional use permit).

(35)

Manufacture of scientific, medical, dental and dieting instruments, orthopedic and medical appliances, optical goods, watches and clocks, electronics equipment, precision instruments and musical instruments.

(36)

Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging, and processing of cosmetics, drugs and pharmaceuticals.

(37)

Moving agencies and storage warehouses.

(38)

Packing and crating services.

(39)

Parcel delivery terminals.

(40)

Photographic processing.

(41)

Plumbing shops.

(42)

Printing, lithography and engraving.

(43)

Public utility and public service pumping stations, equipment buildings and installations, service yards, power stations, drainage ways and structures, reservoirs, well fields, storage tanks, transmission lines, and offices.

(44)

Publishing.

(45)

Railroad freight stations, repair shops, and yards.

(46)

Refrigeration equipment sales and repair shops.

(47)

Rug and carpet cleaning plants.

(48)

Sheet metal shops.

(49)

Tattoo/body art studios within an enclosed building and subject to the requirements of section 119300 et seq. of the San Bernardino County Health and Safety Code.

(50)

Technical and industrial training schools.

(51)

Toys and novelties manufacture.

(52)

Trucking yards and terminals.

(53)

Warehousing, not including the storage of fuel or flammable liquids.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.020, 7-20-2015)

In the industrial district, the following uses may be permitted, subject to chapter 19.30:

(1)

Aircraft and aircraft accessories and parts manufacture.

(2)

Airports.

(3)

Automobile and horse racing tracks.

(4)

Automobile dismantling, junk, rag, metal salvage, scrap processing, and recycling operations.

(5)

Automobile rental agencies.

(6)

Automobile repair or painting.

(7)

Automobile storage lots.

(8)

Automobile, truck, farm equipment, motorcycle and trailer accessories and parts manufacture and assembly.

(9)

Batch plants.

(10)

Bottling plants.

(11)

Boat building and maintenance.

(12)

Box factories and cooperage.

(13)

Brick, tile, and clay products manufacture.

(14)

Building materials manufacture and assembly including composition wallboards, partitions, panels, and prefabricated structures.

(15)

Cabinet shops and furniture manufacture.

(16)

Can and metal container manufacture.

(17)

Cannabis: Indoor cannabis cultivation (Types 1-5, including processing but excluding any outdoor cultivation), delivery (Type 9), distribution (Types 11 and 13), manufacturing (Types 6, 7, N, P), and testing (Type 12). All these uses shall be subject to section 19.27.080, Cannabis business location restrictions, and require approval of the following entitlements: development agreement, conditional use permit, cannabis business permit, and all applicable state cannabis licenses.

(18)

Carpets and rug manufacture.

(19)

Contractors' storage yards.

(20)

Creameries and dairy products plants.

(21)

Day nurseries or centers.

(22)

Electroplating.

(23)

Extermination business.

(24)

Flammable liquid or gas.

(25)

Food and food products manufacture and processing, not including slaughterhouses.

(26)

House moving business.

(27)

Laboratories, commercial, testing, research, experimental or other, including pilot plants.

(28)

Landscape and gardening services.

(29)

Machinery manufacture, including heavy electrical, agricultural and construction machinery, and light machinery and equipment such as air conditioning, dishwashers, dryers, furnaces, heaters, refrigerators, ranges, stoves, ovens, and washing machines.

(30)

Machine shops more than 5,000 square feet in floor area, no outside work permitted, any outdoor storage to be screened.

(31)

Machine tools manufacture, including metal lathes, metal presses, metal stamping machines, and woodworking machines.

(32)

Manufacture of burial vaults and caskets.

(33)

Manufacture of furnaces and accessories.

(34)

Manufacture of pipe and plumbing materials.

(35)

Metal products manufacture and assembly, including metal extrusion, steel cabinets, lockers, doors, fencing, and furniture.

(36)

Mobile home manufacture.

(37)

Motion picture studio.

(38)

Motor and generator manufacture.

(39)

Paint manufacture not employing a boiling process.

(40)

Paper products manufacture, including shipping containers, pulp goods, coated paper stencils and similar uses.

(41)

Penal institutions, jail farms, honor farms and juvenile halls when publicly owned.

(42)

Porcelain products manufacture, including bathroom and kitchen fixtures and equipment.

(43)

Private or public dumps and disposal areas.

(44)

Public or private recreation center.

(45)

Recreational vehicle parks.

(46)

Restaurants.

(47)

Retail sale of products produced.

(48)

Sandblasting establishments.

(49)

Sanitary fill operations.

(50)

Service stations.

(51)

Sewage disposal plants (private).

(52)

Storage buildings for household goods and mini-warehouses.

(53)

Storage garages.

(54)

Storage yards for commercial and recreational vehicles.

(55)

Tire retreading and recapping.

(56)

Truck stops/service stations.

(57)

Wholesale business establishments.

(58)

Welding shops.

(59)

Wood and lumber processing and woodworking, including planning mills, sawmills, plywood veneer, and wood preserving treatment.

(60)

Incidental and accessory structures and uses on the same site with and necessary for the operation of a permitted or conditional use.

(61)

Other uses which, in the judgment of the planning commission, as evidenced by a resolution in writing, are similar to and no more objectionable than any of the uses set forth in this section.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.030, 7-20-2015; Ord. No. 977-2021, § 13, 10-4-2021)

The following uses shall be prohibited in the industrial districts: any use which, on the basis of an environmental assessment, is found to be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, glare, electromagnetic interference, unsightliness, or other objectionable feature or to involve a hazard of fire or explosion, unless the city council has adopted a statement of overriding considerations pursuant to the proposed use.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.040, 7-20-2015)

(a)

A dwelling or mobile home unit shall be permitted only when the planning commission finds that the nature of the business or industrial activity requires continuous supervision by a caretaker, guard, watchman or superintendent.

(b)

The dwelling or mobile home unit shall be located no closer than 15 feet from any other building or storage area on the site and no closer than six feet from any perimeter wall or fence.

(c)

The dwelling or mobile home unit shall comply with all setback requirements of the zoning district, as well as applicable building and fire codes.

(d)

A minimum of 300 square feet of private outdoor living and service space suitably screened for privacy shall be provided for each unit.

(e)

Each unit shall be provided with all necessary utility hookups.

(f)

A dwelling shall be mounted on a conventional foundation, and a mobile home unit shall be placed on a concrete or asphalt slab of sufficient thickness to support its weight.

(g)

The tongue or hitch of a mobile home unit shall be removed, and the support structure shall be enclosed with a material or a texture and color compatible with the exterior surfaces of the unit. Where the tongue or hitch is not removable, it shall be screened by landscaping or other suitable materials.

(h)

The conditional use permit for the dwelling or mobile home unit shall be subject to annual review by the planning commission at its discretion and shall be revocable upon a finding of a violation of the requirements of this section.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.050, 7-20-2015)

(a)

The following regulations shall apply in all industrial districts:

(1)

Use of required yards adjoining streets. Except as otherwise provided in the district regulations, required landscape setback areas adjoining streets may be used only for landscaping, access drives, walkways, lighting standards and signs. Any areas behind the required landscape setback may be used for off-street parking.

(2)

Outdoor storage of materials. The outdoor storage of materials and equipment shall be permitted only within an area surrounded by a masonry wall or fence with screening (a minimum of 80 percent opaque) a minimum of six feet and a maximum of eight feet in height with gates capable of being locked. Within such area, except for trucks or other vehicles necessary for the operation, no materials or equipment shall be stored to a height greater than eight feet. In all industrial districts, where the storage area is visible from a public street or from adjoining properties in residential, office, public or institutional use, the storage area shall be screened by a wall or fence along the side of the storage area facing the street or use. The wall or fence shall be located behind any required landscape setback. When fencing is used as a method of screening, the screening material shall be a minimum of 80 percent opaque.

(3)

Security fencing for uses employing toxic substances. For any use in which a toxic substance of any kind is employed in a process or activity, a security fence or wall at least eight feet in height with gates capable of being locked shall be provided at the perimeter of the area within which the process or activity is conducted, and the gates shall be kept closed and locked at all times when not in use or under direct supervision.

(4)

Processes and activities except for the outdoor storage of materials and finished products. All processes and activities related to a permitted or conditional use shall be conducted within a completely enclosed structure.

(5)

Exterior lighting. Exterior lighting shall be arranged or shielded in such a manner as to contain the direct illumination on the site and avoid glare in nearby residential areas pursuant to section 19.06.010.

(6)

Signs. No sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any type shall be permitted, except as prescribed in section 19.06.060.

(7)

Exterior mechanical equipment. All mechanical, heating, and air conditioning equipment shall be screened when visible from a public street or from adjoining properties in residential, office, public or institutional use. Screening method shall be integrated into the design of the building such as an increase in the height of the parapet.

(8)

Vibration. No machine, process or operation shall produce a vibration discernible without instruments at or beyond the property line of the operation and pursuant to the goals and policies of the General Plan noise element, unless the city council has adopted a statement of overriding considerations applicable to the proposed use.

(9)

Phased developments. If a project is to be phased, a phasing plan must be submitted to and approved by the planning commission, showing each phase and general time frames for development. Such project shall be designed so that utility extensions, street construction, off-site improvements and site improvements can be carried out in a reasonable manner as determined by the city engineer. In addition, temporary improvements to facilitate public safety, convenience and maintenance may be required by the city engineer, building official or fire department.

(b)

A parking and improvement agreement shall be approved by the city council, detailing extent and time frames for all public improvements, landscaping, off-street parking and building areas. Dedication shall be provided for all future rights-of-way and easements.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.060, 7-20-2015)

For parking regulations, see section 19.06.050.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.070, 7-20-2015)

(a)

All industrial uses shall provide spaces not less than 12 feet in width, 20 feet in length, and 14 feet in height, as follows:

(1)

Three thousand to 20,000 square feet gross floor area, one loading space;

(2)

For each additional 40,000 square feet of gross floor area, one loading space.

(b)

The loading space shall not occupy any portion of the required yard areas.

(c)

Where the loading area is not adjacent to a street, any required yard adjacent to the street shall not be used for loading spaces and there shall be no more than one entry or exit to each 60 feet of lot frontage facing a street.

(d)

When the lot upon which the loading space abuts upon any alleys, loading spaces may adjoin and have access from the alley.

(e)

Loading spaces shall be adjacent to an overhead door, loading dock, or other door used for delivery purposes.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.080, 7-20-2015)

Bumper guards, wheelstops, pavement markings and other vehicular control devices shall be provided as necessary to ensure the safe and efficient operation of off-street parking and loading facilities.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.090, 7-20-2015)

The minimum lot size for all new lots to be created in the industrial zone shall be 10,000 square feet.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.100, 7-20-2015)

(a)

Building setback.

(1)

Adjacent to local streets, the minimum building setback shall be ten feet.

(2)

Adjacent to any arterial or collector street shown on the circulation element of the General Plan, the minimum building setback shall be 50 feet.

(b)

Landscape setback.

(1)

Adjacent to local streets, ten feet.

(2)

Adjacent to arterial or collector streets shown on the circulation element of the General Plan, an average of 20 feet measured along the entire street frontage. In no event shall the landscaping be less than ten feet in depth. Upon approval of a phasing plan and improvement agreement, as noted in section 19.18.060, portions of the landscaping may be phased and deferred.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.110, 7-20-2015)

(a)

Corner lots. Buildings and landscape setbacks shall be the same requirements as for front yards.

(b)

Interior lot lines. Zero setback required, except:

(1)

Where the side property line of a site adjoins a residential district, the minimum side yard shall be 50 feet, and a six-foot solid wall or a six-foot chain link fence with screening (minimum 80 percent opaque) shall be required at the side property line.

(2)

Where the side property line of a site adjoins any other district in which a setback from the same property line is required, the minimum side yard shall be the same as the setback required in the adjoining district, and a six-foot solid wall or a six-foot chain link fence with screening (minimum 80 percent opaque) shall be required at the side property line.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.120, 7-20-2015)

(a)

The minimum rear yard shall be not less than ten feet.

(b)

Where the rear property line of a site adjoins a residential district, the minimum rear yard shall be 50 feet, and a six-foot solid wall or a six-foot chain link fence with screening (minimum 80 percent opaque) shall be required at the rear property line.

(c)

Where the rear property line of a site adjoins any other district in which a setback from the property line is required, the minimum rear yard shall be the same as the setback required in the adjoining district, and a six-foot solid wall or a six-foot chain link fence with screening (minimum 80 percent opaque) shall be required at the rear property line.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.130, 7-20-2015)

The maximum coverage of any building site by building and structure shall be 50 percent.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.140, 7-20-2015)

All landscape setback areas adjoining a street as noted in this chapter shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. Off-street parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with section 19.06.080.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.150, 7-20-2015)

The maximum building height in the industrial district shall not exceed 35 feet when adjacent to residential districts and 55 feet adjacent to all other districts.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.160, 7-20-2015)

The following additional requirements shall apply in the industrial district:

(1)

Uses in the industrial district shall be planned, developed, conducted and operated so that smoke, fumes, dust, odors, liquids and other waste of any kind is confined and purified to control pollution of air, soil or water to meet the standards and requirements of the city or other applicable rules or regulations and in such manner as to provide no threat to public health and welfare.

(2)

Uses in the industrial district shall be planned, developed, conducted and operated so that noise and vibration do not impact adjacent properties pursuant to section 19.18.060(h) and the noise element of the Barstow General Plan. Noise levels shall be no more than 65 dBA when measured at the property line when adjacent to residential or other sensitive uses, or as approved by the city for other uses.

(c)

Section 19.06.110 (Special provisions) shall apply.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.18.170, 7-20-2015)