It is the intent of this chapter to:

(1)

Promote and attract a wide variety of industrial and manufacturing activities and encourage research and development uses that will attract highly skilled, well paid jobs;

(2)

Provide the necessary improvements to support industrial growth;

(3)

Ensure that new industry is compatible with uses on adjacent lands;

(4)

Protect industrial areas from encroachment by incompatible uses that may jeopardize industry; and

(5)

Strengthen the city's economic base.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply in all I-P Zones.

(Ord. No. 2021-29, § 29, 12-16-2021)

A.

The following uses are permitted:

(1)

Emergency Shelters, subject to the development standards set forth in Section 9.240.565 in addition to the standards of this chapter, and provided a building permit has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Title 8.

B.

The following uses are permitted, provided a site development permit has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.240.330:

(1)

The following industrial and manufacturing uses:

(a)

Food, lumber, wood, and paper products:

(i)

Grain and bakery products.

(ii)

Sugar and confectionary products.

(iii)

Nonalcoholic beverages.

(iv)

Ice.

(v)

Manufacture of furniture and fixtures including cabinets, partitions, and similar items.

(vi)

Printing and publishing or newspapers, periodicals, books, forms, cards, and similar items.

(vii)

Binding of books and other publications.

(b)

Textile and leather products:

(i)

Wearing apparel and accessory products.

(ii)

Manufacture of handbags, luggage, footwear, and other personal leather goods.

(c)

Chemical and glass products:

(i)

Pharmaceutical research and manufacture.

(ii)

Glassblowing, pressing, cutting, and other glassware products.

(d)

Metal, machinery, and electrical products:

(i)

Jewelry manufacture and repair.

(ii)

Manufacture, assembly, testing and repair of components, devices, equipment and systems of an electrical, electronic, or electro-mechanical nature, such as, but not limited to:

a.

Television and radio equipment and systems.

b.

Phonographs and audio units.

c.

Metering instrnments, equipment and systems.

d.

Radar, infrared and ultraviolet equipment and systems.

e.

Coils, tubes, semiconductors and similar components.

f.

Scientific and mechanical instruments.

g.

Data processing equipment and systems.

h.

Communication, navigation control, transmission and reception equipment, control transmission and reception equipment, control equipment and systems, guidance equipment and systems.

i.

Musical and recording equipment.

(iii)

Office and computing machine manufacture, repair, and sales.

(iv)

Control devices and gauges.

(v)

Equipment sales, rental and storage, excluding heavy vehicles and equipment specially designed for executing construction tasks. Examples of heavy equipment include, but are not limited to, cranes, boom lifts, earth moving, dozers, loaders, excavators, scraper, grader and other similar equipment.

(vi)

Appliance manufacture, and repair.

(vii)

Manufacture oflighting fixtures, and supplies.

(e)

Research and development.

(f)

Engineering and scientific instruments: Manufacture and repair of engineering, scientific, and medical instrumentation, including, but not limited to

(i)

Measuring devices, watches, clocks, and related items.

(ii)

Optical goods.

(iii)

Medical, and dental instruments.

(iv)

Engineering, survey, and drafting instruments.

(v)

Photographic equipment.

(g)

Industrial uses:

(i)

Public utility substations and storage buildings.

(ii)

Communications and microwave installations.

(iii)

Telephone exchanges and switching equipment.

(iv)

Post offices.

(v)

Fire and police stations.

(vi)

Water and gas company service facilities.

(vii)

Parcel delivery services.

(viii)

Mini warehouses (self-storage facility) provided they satisfy the provisions of Section 9.240.470.

(2)

The following service and commercial uses:

(a)

Banks and financial institutions.

(b)

Blueprint and duplicating services.

(c)

Laboratories, film, medical, research, or testing centers.

(d)

Office equipment sales and service.

(e)

Offices, professional sales and service, including business, law, medical, dental, chiropractic, architectural and engineering.

(f)

Parking lots and parking structures.

(g)

Restaurants and other eating establishments.

(h)

Barber and beauty shops.

(i)

Day care centers.

(j)

Health and exercise centers.

(k)

Mobilehomes, provided they are kept mobile and licensed pursuant to state law, when used for construction offices and caretaker's quarters on construction sites for the duration of a valid building permit.

(l)

One (1) family dwellings on the same parcel as the industrial or commercial use provided such dwellings are occupied exclusively by the proprietor or caretaker of the use and their immediate families.

(m)

Signs, on-site advertising.

(n)

Automobile service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption, excluding truck stops/travel centers.

(o)

Motels.

(p)

Churches, temples, or other structures used primarily for religious worship.

C.

The following uses are permitted provided a conditional use permit has been granted pursuant to Section 9.240.280:

(1)

Airports.

(2)

Heliports.

(3)

Lumber yards.

(4)

Towing and impoundment of vehicles that are stored entirely within an enclosed building, with no outdoor storage allowed.

(5)

Trailer, recreational vehicle, and boat storage entirely within an enclosed building (no outdoor storage).

(6)

Warehousing and distribution only within an approved general plan warehouse and distribution center overlay, including the Mira Loma or Agua Mansa Warehouse and Distribution Overlays.

(7)

Reserved.

(8)

Reserved.

(9)

Recycling collection facilities.

(10)

Recycling processing facilities.

(11)

Automobile service stations with the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption and airports with the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption pursuant to Section 9.240.490.

(12)

Vehicle storage entirely within an enclosed building (no outdoor storage).

(13)

Contractor storage yards, equipment sales and storage, salvage yards, cold storage, and warehouses (storage only, not distribution warehouses) provided they also meet all of the following criteria:

(a)

A project site of one (1) acre or less;

(b)

A total building area of thirty thousand (30,000) square feet or less; and

(c)

Located a minimum of five hundred (500) feet from residentially zoned property and sensitive uses, such as churches or schools.

D.

A conditional use permit required for the uses listed in subsection B.(3)—B.(13) of this section shall not be granted unless the applicant demonstrates that the proposed use meets the general welfare standard articulated in Section 9.240.280(4) and meets all of the following additional findings:

(1)

The proposed use will not adversely affect any residential neighborhood or property in regards to aesthetics, solar access, privacy, noise, fumes, odors or lights.

(2)

The proposed use will not impact traffic on local or collector streets.

(3)

The proposed use is adequately buffered from sensitive uses in the vicinity that may include, but not be limited to, churches, child care facilities, schools, parks and recreation facilities.

(4)

The proposed use does not pose a hazard or potential to subject other properties in the vicinity to potential blight or crime.

E.

Development agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision, the requirement of a conditional use permit in subsection B.(3)—(10) of this section shall not apply to any property for which a development agreement has been adopted by the City Council.

F.

Prospective application. No conditional use permit shall be required for those uses which are being exercised and legally permitted on the effective date of Ordinance No. 2012-10, which have received discretionary or ministerial approvals issued by the county or city are still in effect, as of the effective date of Ordinance No. 2012-10.

G.

Sex-oriented businesses, subject to the provisions of Chapter 5.60. The uses listed in subsections A. and B. of this section do not include sex-oriented businesses.

H.

Any use that is not specifically listed in subsections A. and B. of this section may be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use provided that the Community Development Director finds that the proposed use is substantially the same in character and intensity as those listed in the designated subsections. Such a use is subject to the permit process which governs the category in which it falls.

I.

Reserved.

J.

It is the intent of the City Council that a legally established pre-existing land use of an occupied property shall not assume a nonconforming status as a result of the adoption of the 2017 General Plan and the concurrent or subsequent adoption of a change of zone for consistency with the 2017 General Plan. Any pre-existing use certified pursuant to Section 9.240.080 that is not specifically listed in subsections A. and B. shall be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use the same as provided for such use under the zoning classification of the subject property prior to the adoption of the new zoning classification concurrent with, or subsequent to, the effective date of City Council Resolution No. 2017-14 [AS] adopting the 2017 General Plan. The expansion of significant modification of such a pre-existing use shall be subject to the approval process and zoning requirements that had governed the category of use in which it fell under the prior zoning classification. However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to mean that a site development permit or conditional use permit is required to continue such pre-existing use.

(Ord. No. 2012-02, § 1, 6-7-2012; Ord. No. 2012-10, § 1(A), 11-1-2012; Ord. No. 2017-09, §§ 7A., 8G., 9-21-2017; Ord. No. 2021-08, § 4, 4-15-2021; Ord. No. 2021-09, § 4, 4-15-2021; Ord. No. 2021-21, § 38, 11-4-2021; Ord. No. 2021-29, § 30, 12-16-2021; Ord. No. 2022-24, § 15, 12-15-2022; Ord. No. 2023-08, § 27, 5-18-2023)

Planned industrial developments are permitted provided a land division has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Title 7.

Applications for an industrial park site development permit shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.240.330. In addition to the requirements of Section 9.240.330, the application shall contain:

(1)

A description of the proposed industrial operation in sufficient detail to fully describe the nature and extent of the proposed use.

(2)

Plans or reports describing proposed methods for handling traffic, noise, glare, odor, vibration, hazardous gases, liquids and other materials.

(3)

Plans or reports showing proposed method for treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial and toxic waste materials.

(4)

An architectural perspective of all buildings and grounds showing the relationship of the proposed development to adjacent properties.

(Ord. No. 2012-02, § 1, 6-7-2012)

The following standards of development are required in the I-P Zone:

(1)

The minimum lot size shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet with a minimum average lot width of one hundred (100) feet.

(2)

The maximum height of all structures, including buildings, shall be thirty-five (35) feet at the yard setback line. Any portion of a structure that exceeds thirty-five (35) feet in height shall be set back from each yard setback line not less than two (2) feet for each one (1) foot in height that is in excess of thirty-five (35) feet. All buildings and structures shall not exceed fifty (50) feet in height, unless a height up to seventy-five (75) feet for buildings, or one hundred and five (105) feet for other structures is specifically permitted under the provisions of Section 9.240.370.

(3)

A minimum fifteen (15) percent of the site shall be landscaped and automatic irrigation shall be installed.

(4)

A minimum twenty-five (25) foot setback shall be required on any street. A minimum ten (10) foot strip adjacent to the street line shall be appropriately landscaped and maintained, except for designated pedestrian and vehicular accessways. The remainder of the setback may be used for off-street automobile parking, driveways or landscaping.

(5)

The minimum sideyard setback shall equal not less than ten (10) feet for the two (2) side lot areas combined.

(6)

The minimum rear yard setback shall be fifteen (15) feet.

(7)

A minimum fifty (50) foot setback shall be required on any boundary where the industrial property abuts a residential or commercially zoned property. A minimum of twenty (20) feet of the setback shall be landscaped, unless a tree screen is approved, in which case the setback area may be used for automobile parking, driveways or landscaping. Block walls or other fencing may be required.

(8)

Parking, loading, trash and service areas shall be screened by structures or landscaping. They shall be located in such a manner as to minimize noise or odor nuisance. Block walls or other fencing may be required.

(9)

Outside storage shall be screened with structures or landscaping. Landscaping shall be placed in a manner adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the area so that materials stored are screened from view. If a non-screened exhibit of products is proposed, it shall be part of the industrial park site development permit, and shall be set back at least ten (10) feet from the street line.

(10)

Automobile parking shall be provided as required by Section 9.240.120.

(11)

All new utilities shall be underground.

(12)

All roof mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from the ground elevation view to a minimum sight distance of one thousand, three hundred and twenty (1,320) feet.

(13)

All signs shall be in conformance with Chapter 9.245.

(14)

All lighting, including spotlights, floodlights, electrical reflectors and other means of illumination for signs, structures, landscaping, parking, loading, unloading and similar areas shall be focused, directed, and arranged to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property.

(15)

All uses listed under subsection 9.145.020B.(12) shall comply with the following additional development standards:

(a)

Accessory truck and trailer parking, loading, trash and service areas shall be completely on site and screened from public view with a combination of buildings, decorative masonry walls such as tan split face block, stucco block, cultured stone of equivalent, berms and/or landscaping.

(b)

Outside storage as described in Section 9.10.950 shall be completely screened from public view with a combination of buildings, decorative masonry block walls, berms and/or landscaping. Outside storage areas shall be prohibited within twenty-five (25) feet of the front property line and street-side property line.

(c)

Screen walls shall be located outside the required street side setback areas and be fully landscaped in front of a wall adjacent to any street. The minimum height of a screen wall shall be eight (8) feet. All screen walls shall include an anti-graffiti coating or equivalent measures to prevent graffiti.

(d)

All vehicle parking lots, drive-aisles, storage areas shall be designed and constrncted with paved asphalt, concrete or similar surface material approved by the Public Works Director.

(e)

All heavy-duty trnck/vehicles and similar heavy equipment shall not idle more than five (5) minutes.

(f)

All site landscape shall be designed to reduce air pollution and include species such as Pinus eldarica (Afghan Pine) or similar that reduce particulate matter.

(g)

All properties, buildings, outdoor storage areas, landscaping, walls, trash enclosures, accessory structures, signs and overall grounds shall be maintained in good repair, in a clean, neat and orderly condition.

(16)

Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 9.240.270 to the contrary, any variance from the development standards of this section shall be heard by the Community Development Director pursuant to Section 9.240.330(4)(b) unless the proposed use also requires approval of a conditional or public use permit.

(Ord. No. 2012-02, § 1, 6-7-2012; Ord. No. 2021-08, § 4, 4-15-2021; Ord. No. 2021-09, § 4, 4-15-2021; Ord. No. 2021-29, §§ 31, 32, 12-16-2021; Ord. No. 2023-08, § 28, 5-18-2023)