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Compton City Zoning Code

§ 30-14.2

Uses M-L.

[Added by Ord. #1557, Ord. #1698, § 1; Code § 9140.2; Ord. #1713, § 1; Ord. #1717, § 1; Ord. #1733, § 1; Ord. #1746, § 1; Ord. #1784; Ord. #1921, § 1; Ord. #2101, § 9; Ord. #2155, § 3; Ord. #2282 § 15; Ord. #2300 § 4]
a. 
Principal Permitted Uses. The following uses and buildings of less than 50,000 square feet in size shall be permitted in the Limited Manufacturing Zone (M-L); provided, however, nothing in this subsection is intended to permit any use or process set forth in paragraph b of subsection 30-15.2.
1. 
Any use permitted in the Limited Commercial Manufacturing Zone (C-M), except those uses which require a conditional use permit;
2. 
Manufacturing of the following:
Aircraft parts;
Appliances;
Automobile and automobile trailer sales and services;
Automobile parts;
Automobile tire sales and service;
Awnings;
Batteries, including rebuilding;
Boat and other marine sales;
Boat repair;
Boats;
Bone and horn products;
Brushes;
Building, electrical, plumbing and roofing equipment sales and rental agencies;
Burial vaults and coffins;
Cans;
Candles;
Carpets;
Ceramic products;
Cigarettes and cigars;
Clocks and watches;
Cork products;
Cosmetics, perfumes, and toiletries;
Dextrine;
Drugs and pharmaceuticals;
Electrical and electronic instruments and equipment;
Electrical motors and generators;
Feather products;
Feed stores;
Felt;
Fiber and fiber products;
Fiberglass products;
Flagstone sales;
Food products, excepting pickles, sausages, sauerkraut, and vinegar;
Furniture;
Fur products;
Golf balls;
Grinding wheels;
Gypsum products;
Hair products;
Heating equipment;
Hemp and rope;
Ink;
Jewelry;
Leather products;
Machinery;
Margarine;
Metal products;
Metal stamps;
Musical instruments;
Paint, lacquer, shellac, and varnish;
Paper products;
Phonograph records;
Plastic products;
Polish;
Putty;
Rubber products;
Sandpaper and emery cloth;
Shoes;
Signs;
Soap (cold mix);
Soft drinks;
Stencils;
Textiles;
Tools;
Tow trucks (no storage of inoperable vehicles);
Toys;
Trailers and campers;
Turpentine and linseed oil;
Vegetable oil;
Wallboard;
Window shades and Venetian blinds;
Wire;
Wood products;
Woolen goods; and
Yeast;
3. 
Storage of the following materials, subject to the provisions of paragraph e of subsection 30-14.4:
Automobiles (in operating condition);
Barrels;
Building materials (excluding rock, gravel, and sand storage in excess of 2,000 tons);
Equipment;
Feed;
Grain;
Lumber;
Metal;
Oxygen and other gases (in Interstate Commerce Commission approved cylinders);
Pipe;
Wood;
4. 
Automobile body and fender shops;
5. 
Automobile paint shops;
6. 
Blacksmiths;
7. 
Book binderies;
8. 
Bottling plants;
9. 
Butane service stations;
10. 
Cabinet and carpentry shops;
11. 
Canneries (excluding meat and fish);
12. 
Carpet cleaning;
13. 
Cleaning and dyeing plants;
14. 
(Reserved)
15. 
Die casting;
16. 
Electric transmission substations;
17. 
Field crops, orchards, and similar agricultural uses;
18. 
Flour mills;
19. 
Foundries (nonferrous metals);
20. 
(Reserved)
21. 
Fruit and vegetable packing plants;
22. 
Fuel yards;
23. 
Ice plants;
24. 
Knitting mills;
25. 
Laundries;
26. 
Lumber planing;
27. 
Machine shops;
28. 
(Reserved)
29. 
Metal spinning;
30. 
Military supply depots;
31. 
Motion picture lots;
32. 
Newspaper printing plants;
33. 
Paint spray booths;
34. 
Pest control operators;
35. 
Pipe fabrication;
36. 
Public utility service yards;
37. 
Saw works;
38. 
Sheet metal shops;
39. 
Starch bottling and mixing;
40. 
Stone grinding and cutting;
41. 
Tire retreading and recapping;
42. 
(Reserved)
43. 
(Reserved)
44. 
Welding shops;
45. 
Wineries;
46. 
Uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use or building set forth in this subsection; and
47. 
Any use or building which the Commission finds, as evidenced by resolution in writing, is similar to any of the uses or buildings set forth in this subsection.
48. 
Indoor marijuana cultivation is allowed consistent with State law which permits no more than six live marijuana plants to be planted, cultivated, harvested, dried, or processed within a single private residence or inside an accessory structure located upon the grounds of a private residence that is fully enclosed and secured as long as the marijuana cultivation activities comply with the regulations set forth in paragraph c of subsection 9-24.4.
b. 
Uses Permitted Subject to Conditional Use Permits. The following uses and buildings may be permitted in the Limited Manufacturing Zone (M-L) provided a conditional use permit has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section 30-26 of this Chapter.
[Amended 12-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2342]
1. 
Advertising statuary;
2. 
Alcoholic beverage sales for consumption on the premises that are accessory to a primary restaurant or entertainment use (the provisions of Section 30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);
3. 
Amusement machine sales (the provisions of Subsection 7-6.9 shall apply);
4. 
Amusement parks, fairgrounds, private clubs and privately owned recreation centers, game rooms and domino parlors;
5. 
Arcades (the provisions of Subsection 7-6.9 shall apply);
6. 
Auctions (open air);
7. 
Bars, lounge and liquor stores (the provisions of Section 30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);
8. 
Beer and wine sales for consumption off the premises that are accessory to a primary convenience or small grocery store use where such sales utilize less than 10% of the sales floor area (the provisions of Section 30-51 of this Chapter shall apply);
9. 
Bowling alleys;
10. 
Buildings in excess of 50,000 square feet in size;
11. 
Car washes;
12. 
Charitable institutions and rescue missions;
13. 
Contractor's equipment storage yards;
14. 
Dance halls;
15. 
Dog and cat hospitals, training schools and kennels;
16. 
Firearm sales;
17. 
Freight terminals and transportation yards;
18. 
Ice and roller skating rinks;
19. 
Jail farms;
20. 
Live work units;
21. 
Metal plating;
22. 
Microwave stations and telecommunications antennas;
23. 
Motels and hotels;
24. 
Mortuaries;
25. 
New buildings, including additions and substantial modifications, that are designed for occupancy by manufacturing uses on lots located within 200 feet of a residentially zoned property within the City of Compton;
26. 
New commercial strip centers;
27. 
New establishments with drive-thru facilities;
28. 
New take-out restaurants;
29. 
Outside storage yards (for exceptions see Subsection 30-20.6);
30. 
Paper recycling;
31. 
Personal storage facilities;
32. 
Planned commercial and industrial developments (the provisions of Section 30-18 of this Chapter shall apply);
33. 
Pool halls;
34. 
Public works yards;
35. 
Race trucks;
36. 
Radio and television transmission towers;
37. 
Rifle and pistol ranges, shooting galleries, skeet and trap shooting and archery ranges;
38. 
Small collection facilities (the provisions of Subsection 30-12.4i of this Chapter shall apply);
39. 
Swap meets, indoor swap meets, flea markets and similar multiple-vendor sales;
40. 
Recycling, collection and processing facilities (the provisions of Subsection 30-12.4i of this Chapter shall apply);
41. 
Truck, bus and recreational vehicle sales and service;
42. 
Trailer parks;
43. 
Wedding chapels, banquet halls and live entertainment;
44. 
Worm farms;
45. 
Zoos and menageries; and
46. 
Uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use or building set forth in this subsection.