Martinez City Zoning Code

To provide appropriate buffers between industrial and residential uses to preserve the feasibility of industrial operations as well as residential quality. To protect surrounding properties from noise, odor, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare and other objectionable influences and from fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards incidental to certain industrial uses by restricting such uses to appropriately located areas;

To provide a range of employment opportunities to meet the needs of current and future residents and take advantage of the City's location relative to regional roadway and transit systems;

To diversify the City's economic base by providing sites for technology-based businesses, research and development, manufacturing, and similar uses;

To provide areas for a wide range of manufacturing, industrial, general service, warehousing, storage and distribution, and service commercial uses and to protect areas where such uses now exist.

Advanced manufacturing;

Agricultural product processing;

Clean technology;

Craftsmanship establishments;

High technology;

Homeless shelters, emergency, subject to the development and operational standards of Section 22.34.230, Homeless Shelters;

Incidental and accessory uses on the same site with and necessary for the operation of a permitted use, including, but not limited to, living quarters;

Industry, light;

Life sciences and biotechnology;

Machinery and equipment manufacturing, sales, and repair;

Marinas, harbors, and boatbuilding facilities;

Media production;

Offices and retail stores incidental to and on the same site with a light industrial or related use;

Packing and shipping establishments;

Public utility structures and installations;

Renewable energy operations;

Research laboratories;

Wholesale establishments.

Advanced manufacturing;

Agricultural product processing;

Clean technology;

Craftsmanship establishments;

High technology;

Incidental and accessory uses on the same site with and necessary for the operation of a permitted use;

Industry, heavy, except for the uses listed in Section 22.18.060;

Industry, light;

Life sciences and biotechnology;

Machinery and equipment manufacturing, sales, and repair;

Marinas, harbors, and boatbuilding facilities;

Media production;

Offices, retail stores, and watchmen's living quarters incidental to and on the same site with an industrial or related use;

Packing and shipping establishments;

Public utility structures and installations;

Renewable energy operations;

Research laboratories;

Wholesale establishments.

Airports and heliports;

Agricultural product processing;

Dog fancier;

Freight and transportation stations;

Industry, heavy, in the LI Light Industrial district;

Natural resource extraction;

Parking lots and garages improved in conformity with the standards prescribed for required off-street parking facilities in Chapter 22.36;

Private clubs, lounges, and lodges;

Pumping stations, power stations, drainage ways and structures, storage tanks and transmission lines;

Refining, smelting, and alloying of raw materials;

Warehouses and storage;

Waste storage, processing, and disposal;

[Reserved;]

Other similar uses as determined by the Planning Commission, Zoning Administrator, Community and Economic Development Director, Planning Manager, or designee.

Noise or vibration. Except for the Heavy Industrial zoning district, no noise or vibration, other than related to transportation activities and temporary construction work, shall be discernible without instruments at any point from a lot line of the building site or off-site.

Radioactivity. No activity, including storage or dumping, shall result in the emission of radioactivity in dangerous amounts. A dangerous amount is defined as any level exceeding ten millisieverts.

Electrical disturbance. No activity shall cause electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.

Explosive materials. No explosive materials shall be produced, used, stored, or handled unless provided at all points with adequate safety devices and procedures against hazards of explosion and all equipment and devices for fire prevention and firefighting approved by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

Air pollution. No air pollution or smoke shall be produced in violation of the requirements of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

Glare or heat. No direct or sky-reflected glare or heat shall be produced which is discernible without instruments at any point from a lot line of the building site or off-site.

Odorous gases. No emission of any odorous gases or matter shall occur in quantities which are discernible without instruments at any point from a lot line of the building site or off-site.

Dust, dirt, or particulate matter. No discharge into the air of any dust, dirt or particulate matter shall occur from any activity or from any products stored on the building site which is discernible without instruments at any point from a lot line of the building site or off-site.

Liquid contaminants. No discharge into any public sewer, private sewage disposal system approved by the County Department of Environmental Health, stream, or into the ground of any liquid contaminants or materials of such nature or temperature which contaminates any water supply, interferes with bacterial processes and sewage treatment, or in any way causes the emission of dangerous or offensive materials shall occur.

Hazardous materials. Industrial activities involving the production, use, storage, or handling of hazardous materials shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including but not limited to those outlined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Adequate safety measures and procedures shall be implemented to prevent accidents, spills, or releases of hazardous substances that could pose risks to public health, safety, or the environment. Storage facilities for hazardous materials must be equipped with appropriate containment measures, leak detection systems, and emergency response protocols to minimize the potential for contamination or harm. Compliance with these standards shall be subject to inspection and verification by relevant regulatory agencies.

A business, service, or process which is not conducted within a completely enclosed structure and which is located on a site abutting on or across a street or alley from property in a Residential, Professional and Administrative, Neighborhood Commercial, or Central Commercial District shall be required to be screened either by a solid masonry wall, board fence, or compact evergreen hedge not less than six feet in height if found by Planning Commission or Zoning Administrator to be unsightly.

Open storage of materials and equipment shall be permitted only within an area surrounded by a solid masonry wall, board fence or compact evergreen hedge (with solid gates where necessary) not less than six feet in height, provided that neither the area nor the wall, fence, or hedge shall be located in any required yard or any required side yard on the street side of a corner lot, and provided further that no materials or equipment shall be stored to a height greater than that of the wall, fence, or hedge.

No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment, or materials shall be employed which are objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property located in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness, or heavy vehicular traffic, or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.