This district is designed to accommodate a limited group of business, professional, research and technical manufacturing uses which may have unusual requirements for space, light and air and the operations of which are clean and quiet. The following specific regulations and general rules set forth in Sections 17.04.060 and 17.04.070 and Chapter 17.50 of this title shall apply in all M-L districts.

(Ord. 153 §§15.01, 15.02, 1959).

In M-L districts, permitted uses shall be as follows:

A.

Commercial and professional offices;

B.

The following and similar uses from which noise, smoke, dust, odors and other such offensive features are confined to the premises of each such use:

1.

Research institutes and laboratories,

2.

Small electronic and plastics products manufacturing,

3.

Electrical products and instrument manufacturing,

4.

Bookbinding, printing and lithography,

5.

Cartography,

6.

Editorial and designing,

7.

Garment manufacturing, paper products manufacturing;

C.

Underground utility installations and aboveground utility installation for local service, except that substations, generating plants and gas holders must be approved by the planning commission prior to construction; and the route of any proposed transmission line shall be discussed with the planning commission prior to acquisition.

D.

Upon securing a conditional use permit, an on-site residence may be permitted, provided the occupation of such residence will not exceed one third of the square footage of an active business establishment and occupied by the owner/proprietor or their agent. Such residence is to be a secondary use to an active industrial enterprise. No residential garage shall be permitted.

(Ord. 589 §11, 2001; Ord. 153 §15.03, 1959).

In M-L districts, the minimum height, bulk and space requirements shall be as follows:

A.

Lot area, ten thousand square feet;

B.

Front yard, twenty feet;

C.

Side yard, twenty feet;

D.

Rear yard, twenty feet;

E.

Automobile parking, same as M-1 districts;

F.

Loading area, private off-street space for the handling of all materials and equipment;

G.

Building height limit, two stories, but not to exceed forty feet.

(Ord. 153 §§15.10-15.17, 1959).