The M-2, general industrial zone is intended to provide for and encourage sound industrial development, providing large and exclusive areas for such development; sufficiently regulated to protect nearby residential, commercial and industrial uses from hazards, noises, and other disturbances and nuisances.

(Ord. No. 2020-1059, § 1, 3-23-2020)

Buildings, structures, and land shall be used, and buildings and structures shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered or enlarged in the M-2 zone only for the following uses, plus such other uses as the Planning Commission may deem to be similar and not more obnoxious or detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare. All uses shall be subject to the property development standards in section 18.20.060. All uses shall be of a non-nuisance type as regulated by the performance standards in chapter 18.38.

A.

Those uses permitted in the M-1 zone.

B.

Manufacturing, processing, packaging, and assembly uses, however, the uses listed in section 18.34.080 shall require a conditional use permit.

C.

Railroad yards and repair shops, freight stations, and repair shops.

D.

Trucking and motor terminals and repair shops.

E.

Public and quasi-public storage and corporation yards.

F.

Other uses which the Director of Community Development and/or Planning Commission may deem to be similar in character and purpose to those enumerated above.

(Ord. No. 2020-1059, § 1, 3-23-2020)

The following uses shall be permitted as accessory to all the principal uses in the M-2 zone:

A.

Cafeterias, canteens, and other incidental services when operated within a totally enclosed building used for one or more of the principal uses.

B.

Residential uses required for plant security personnel only.

C.

Public and private off-street parking facilities as specified in subsection 18.34.120.L.

D.

Off-street facilities as specified in subsection 18.34.120.M.

E.

Recycling center consisting of an area less than 500 square feet, subject to site plan approval.

(Ord. No. 2020-1059, § 1, 3-23-2020)

The following uses may be permitted in the M-2 zone subject to a conditional use permit as provided for in chapter 18.30:

A.

Automobile service stations.

B.

Convenience oriented retail and service commercial uses to primarily serve the principal uses, including but not limited to:

1.

Restaurants, coffee shops.

2.

Food stores.

3.

Confectionery stores.

4.

Gift shops.

5.

Barber and beauty shops.

C.

Public buildings.

D.

General hospitals.

E.

The manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of products such as:

1.

Food products.

2.

Fruit and vegetable packing.

3.

Perfumes.

4.

Toiletries.

5.

Alcoholic beverages.

F.

Automobile manufacturing.

G.

Structural steel fabricating shops, forges, and foundries.

H.

Any manufacturing use, involving primary production of the following products from raw materials, provided that such uses are located not less than 500 feet from the nearest residential or commercial zone:

1.

Aniline dyes.

2.

Ammonia.

3.

Ammunition.

4.

Asphalt.

5.

Carbide.

6.

Charcoal.

7.

Caustic soda.

8.

Cellulose.

9.

Chlorine.

10.

Carbon black and bone black.

11.

Creosote.

12.

Hydrogen and oxygen.

13.

Industrial alcohol.

14.

Nitrates of an explosive nature.

15.

Potash.

16.

Plastic materials and synthetic resins.

17.

Pyroxylin.

18.

Rayon yarn.

19.

Hydrochloric, nitric, phosphoric, picric, sulfuric acids.

20.

Rubber.

21.

Soaps.

22.

Turpentine.

23.

Coal, coke, tar products.

24.

Fertilizers.

25.

Gelatin.

26.

Animal glue and size.

I.

The following industrial processes:

1.

Nitrating of cotton or other materials.

2.

Magnesium foundry.

3.

Reduction, refining, smelting and alloying of metal or metal ores. Refining of petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, lubricating oil, distillation of wood or bones.

4.

Storage, curing or tanning of raw, green, or salted hides or skins.

J.

Stockyards, slaughter houses, slag piles.

K.

Storage of fireworks or explosives.

L.

Automobile salvage and wrecking operations.

M.

Industrial metal, waste rags, glass, paper salvage operations.

N.

Off-site advertising, subject to the provisions of chapter 18.26 of this title.

O.

Recycling center and auxiliary facilities consisting of an area greater than 500 square feet of floor area.

P.

Self-supporting, monopole or guyed towers constructed for the purpose of supporting cellular telephone antennas.

Q.

Adult businesses as allowed by chapter 5.15 of this Code.

R.

Industrial recreational facility, as defined under section 18.02.010 of this title.

S.

Pallet storage/pallet fabrication related uses.

(Ord. No. 2020-1059, § 1, 3-23-2020)

The following uses are expressly prohibited in the M-2 zone:

A.

Residential uses unless otherwise authorized as an accessory use in this chapter.

B.

Retail commercial and service commercial uses unless otherwise authorized as a conditional use in this chapter.

C.

Administrative and office uses unless otherwise authorized as a conditional use in this chapter.

D.

Fortunetelling and related activities as defined in chapter 5.12 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2020-1059, § 1, 3-23-2020)

The following property development standards shall apply to all land and buildings in the M-2 zone:

A.

Lot area. For all new lots and proposed rezoning:

1.

The minimum lot area in the M-2 zone shall be 20,000 square feet with the exception of the following conditional uses:

a.

Automobile service stations.

b.

Convenience-oriented commercial uses.

c.

Public buildings (other than storage, corporation, repair yards).

2.

The minimum lot size for the above conditional uses shall be as approved by the Planning Commission.

B.

Lot coverage. The maximum allowable lot coverage for all uses shall be 60 percent.

C.

Lot dimensions.

1.

The following minimum lot dimensions shall apply, unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission:

a.

Width: One hundred feet minimum.

b.

Depth: One hundred feet minimum.

D.

Setback requirements.

1.

Front yard. 25 feet minimum.

2.

Side yard.

a.

Interior: no requirements.

b.

Exterior: 25 feet minimum.

3.

Rear yard. No requirements.

4.

Automobile service stations, convenience-oriented commercial uses, and public buildings other than storage and corporation yards. The setback requirements for automobile service stations, convenience-oriented commercial uses, and public buildings (other than storage and corporation yards) shall be subject to the setback requirements approved by the Planning Commission.

5.

Cellular equipment supports. Self-supporting, monopole or guyed towers constructed for the purpose of supporting cellular equipment, shall not be located within a distance equal to twice the height of the tower from a residentially-zoned parcel.

6.

Fences. No front and exterior side yard setback is required for fences in the industrial-zoned area located west of Railroad Avenue between Whitmore Avenue and Industrial Way subject to the following:

a.

A minimum ten-foot wide landscaped area shall be provided on the street side of the fence along all street frontages. The minimum ten-foot wide landscaped area may include area in the street right-of-way. The landscaping shall comply with the Water Efficient Landscape Guidelines and Standards and shall be used to screen any outdoor storage areas if the fence is not solid (a chain-link fence with slats is considered solid for screening purposes). The landscape area may be reduced to not less than five feet in width when installed in conjunction with masonry, wrought iron, or other decorative fence material.

b.

The maximum fence height in the front and exterior side yard setback area is eight feet including any security attachments such as barbed wire.

c.

The type and location of the fence and the required landscaping shall receive approval by the Planning and Community Development Department.

d.

Fences along Whitmore Avenue shall meet the full setback requirements.

E.

Distance between buildings. For all uses, no requirements.

F.

Floor area requirements.

1.

For all buildings and the first story of all multiple-story buildings, the maximum allowable FAR shall be 0.65:1.0.

2.

For all multiple-story buildings, the maximum allowable FAR shall be as approved by the Planning Commission.

G.

Building height requirements. The height of all main and accessory buildings erected in the M-2 zone shall be as approved by the Planning Commission upon site plan approval, except those areas of an M-2 zone that fall within the area designated as an Airport Overlay Zone, which shall comply with the height limitations prescribed by the zone, if they are more restrictive.

H.

Population density. No requirements.

I.

Site plan approval. Before any building is erected on any lot, a site plan, floor plans of all buildings, elevations of all buildings, and a landscape plan shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission.

J.

Yards, landscaping, open space requirements.

1.

Yards. The minimum yard requirements for all uses shall be the same as those listed in the setback requirements in subsection D of this section.

2.

Landscaping. All uses shall provide landscaping which shall be maintained, all new development shall be consistent with the Ceres Water Efficient Landscape Guidelines and Standards and the State of California Model Water Efficiency Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) requirements. All landscaped areas that abut public property shall include a four-inch raised planter box along the line of abutment.

3.

Open space requirements. Additional open space requirements shall be specified by the Planning Commission upon site plan approval.

K.

Fences, hedges and walls.

1.

All general hospitals shall be surrounded by a ten-foot high solid masonry wall or landscaped and maintained fence.

2.

The following conditional uses shall be required to have an eight-foot high solid masonry wall on all sides abutting an M-2 use:

a.

Convenience-oriented commercial uses.

b.

Public buildings (except storage, corporation, repair yards).

3.

The fences, hedges and wall requirements for all other uses in the M-2 zone shall be as approved by the Planning Commission upon site plan approval.

L.

Off-street parking requirements. For all uses, the following off-street parking requirements shall apply:

1.

Manufacturing and industrial uses: uses involving any type of manufacturing shall provide one space for every 800 square feet of building floor area or one space for each employee during a maximum shift, whichever is greater.

2.

Warehouses and storage facilities: one space for every 1,000 square feet of building area or one space for each employee during a maximum shift, whichever is greater.

3.

Office uses within a warehouse or manufacturing use shall provide one space for every 275 square feet of building floor area dedicated to office or one space for each employee during a maximum shift, whichever is greater.

4.

Open uses and commercial and industrial uses conducted primarily outside of buildings: one space for each employee on the maximum shift plus the number of additional spaces prescribed by the Director of Community Development.

5.

Automobile service stations: one space for every 300 square feet of floor area.

6.

Public buildings and grounds other than schools and administrative offices: one space for every two employees, plus the number of additional spaces prescribed by the Director of Community Development.

7.

Public utility structures and installations: one space for every two employees on the maximum shift plus the number of additional spaces prescribed by the Director of Community Development.

8.

Retail stores, food, drug, variety stores, and similar enterprises: one space for every 200 square feet of net floor area except for floor area used exclusively for administrative office, storage or truck loading.

9.

Restaurants, bars, cafes and other establishments for sale and consumption on the premises of food and beverages: one space for every three seats, plus any additional spaces as prescribed by the Director of Community Development.

10.

General hospitals: 1½ spaces for each licensed bed. Facilities of 100 beds and larger shall provide off-street parking as prescribed by the Director of Community Development.

11.

All off-street parking shall comply with the standards listed in chapter 18.25 of this title.

M.

Off-street loading requirements. All uses shall provide loading spaces unless plans are submitted showing that the receipt, delivery or distribution of goods will not disrupt the circulation and off-street parking spaces on the site. Off-street loading shall comply with the standards established by chapter 18.25 of this title.

N.

Access.

1.

All main vehicular access to and from M-2 zone shall be through streets with a classification of major thoroughfare or greater, as designated by the general plan.

2.

There shall be vehicular access from a dedicated street or alley to off-street parking facilities on the property requiring off-street parking.

3.

All ingress and egress to and from public property shall be in a forward motion.

O.

Signing. All signage shall comply with chapter 18.26 of this title.

P.

Laundry, clothes drying areas, facilities. No provisions.

Q.

Solid waste storage, disposal facilities.

1.

No open storage shall be allowed.

2.

Unless specifically waived by the Director of Community Development, an area for the storage, collection, and loading of garbage, solid waste, refuse and recyclable materials shall be provided for each use or development where common trash collection facilities are provided. Such areas shall be conveniently located for users and collectors and of sufficient size to accommodate the volume of garbage, solid waste, refuse and recyclable materials generated by the use, uses or development. Such areas shall be protected from the weather and screened from public view in accordance with the Ceres Water Efficient Landscaping Guidelines and Standards.

R.

Recreational facilities. No requirements.

S.

Park-in-lieu fees. No provisions.

T.

Additional provisions. All metal buildings in the M-2 zone shall be covered with some rust or corrosion-inhibiting substance. Such substance shall be a color other than clear or silver.

(Ord. No. 2020-1059, § 1, 3-23-2020)