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Marysville City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

34 INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICTS

§ 18.34.010 Purpose of the industrial zone districts.

The purposes of the individual industrial zone districts are as follows:
Limited manufacturing (M-L) zone district: Intended to accommodate a limited group of business, professional, research and technical manufacturing uses which may have unusual requirements for light, space and air and the operations of which are clean and quiet. The M-L zone district is consistent with the commercial and industrial general plan designations.
Light industrial (M-1) zone district: Intended to be applied where heavy commercial, light industrial and warehousing facilities are necessary for public service and convenience. The M-1 zone district is consistent with the commercial and industrial general plan designations.
General industrial (M-2) zone district: Intended to be applied where general industrial and manufacturing facilities are necessary for public service and convenience. The M-2 zone district is consistent with the industrial general plan designation.
(Ord. 1365 § 6 (part), 2014)

§ 18.34.020 Allowable land uses and permit requirements.

Table 18.34.020 identifies the uses of land allowed by each of the industrial zone districts. The last column of the table identifies a section of this title that references additional land use regulations or development standards that are applicable to that use. The applicable permit requirements for each use are established by the letter designations as follows:
"P"
Designates a permitted use. New development requires a development plan review which is typically a ministerial staff review process that ensures compliance with all city development standards, as provided in Sec. 18.72.010. Larger projects may trigger a more extensive review.
"ZC"
Designates that a zoning clearance is needed, which is a ministerial staff review, as provided in Sec. 18.72.020.
"U"
Designates that a use permit is required, as provided in Sec. 18.72.030.
"MU"
Minor use permit.
Blank
Not an allowable use in that zone district.
Table 18.34.020: Allowed Uses and Permit Requirements for the Industrial Zone Districts
Land Use
Zone District
Specific Use Regulation
M-L
M-1
M-2
Industrial
Indoor assembly, processing, fabricating, treatment, manufacturing, repairing or packaging of goods that do not create noise, dust odor, smoke, bright light, involve the handling of explosives or inflammable materials as a primary use, or otherwise create offensive conditions at the property line
P
P
P
The uses described above or provided elsewhere in this table that may create the potentially offensive condition(s) described above
U
U
Adult oriented business
U
U
U
Chapter 18.66
Auto body, radiator, upholstery repair, brake, muffler shop, tire shop2
P
P
Auto service station
P
P
Section 18.96.050
Auto wrecking yard1
U
U
Auto, boat, and motorcycle sales, repair and rental2
P
P
P
Bank, financial institution, insurance
P
P
P
Bar, night club, lounge, tavern
P
P
Bottled gas sales1
U
U
U
Building material sales, lumber yard
P
P
Bulk petroleum and pressurized gas product storage and wholesale
U
U
Bus depot
U4
U4
U4
Cabinet, plumbing, sheet metal, welding, machine shop
P
P
Commercial cannabis activity business, including medical cannabis dispensary:
Chapters 5.10, 18.67, 18.69
• Cultivation, specialty, small, 500—5,000 square feet
U
U
U
• Cultivation, specialty mixed light, small, 2,501—5,000 square feet
U
U
U
• Cultivation, specialty cottage (indoor), small, up to 2,500 square feet
U
U
U
• Cultivation, indoor, small, 5,001—10,000 square feet
U
U
U
• Cultivation, mixed light, small, 5,001—10,000 square feet
U
U
U
• Cultivation, indoor, medium, 10,001—22,000 square feet
U
U
U
• Cultivation, mixed light, medium, 10,001—22,000 square feet
U
U
U
• Cultivation, nursery (indoor)
U
U
U
• Cultivation, indoor, large, >22,000 square feet
U
U
U
• Cultivation, mixed light, large, >22,000 square feet
U
U
U
• Manufacture 1 (use of nonvolatile solvents)
U
U
U
• Manufacture 2 (use of volatile solvents)
ZC
ZC
ZC
• Testing laboratory
P
P
P
• Retailer (medical cannabis only)
U
U
U
• Distributor
ZC
P
P
• Microbusiness (medical cannabis only), <10,000 square feet cultivation
U
U
U
Car wash
P
P
P
Card room
U4
U4
U4
Caretaker, night watchman residence
P
P
P
Cement and asphalt plant
U
Clubs and lodges
U4
U4
Cold storage facility
P
P
Commercial laundry
P
P
Community center
P
P
Contractor's yard, outdoor material storage
P
P
Cultural institution
P
P
Day care center
U
U
Distribution center
P
P
Drive-through facilities
MU4
MU4
MU4
Section 18.96.030
Dry cleaning, dyeing plant
P
P
Employment centers (includes office uses that generally do not cater to the public such as call centers)
P
P
P
Equipment rental
P
P
Farm equipment and supply sales
P
P
Flea market
U
Funeral establishment
P
P
General retail sales and services conducted indoors (unless otherwise specified in this table)
P
P
P
Health/fitness facility
P
P
P
Heliport, airport
U4
U4
Hospital1
U4
U4
U4
Hotel, motel
U
U4
U
Indoor entertainment (theater, video arcade/fun center, skating rink, bowling, billiards)
P
P
P
Kennel
U
Laundry, laundromat
P
P
Library/museum
P
P
Lumber processing (sawing, planing, plywood, veneer, laminating)
U
U
Massage service
U
U
Excludes services exempted under Section 5.48.030
Medical, dental, optical lab
P
P
P
Moving and storage facility
P
P
Offices (administrative, governmental, business, medical and professional)
P
P
P
Outdoor commercial recreation (theme, amusement park, miniature golf, go-kart)
P
P
Park
P
P
P
Processing and manufacturing of food products
P
P
Public buildings and facilities
P
P
P
Public parking
P
P
P
Recreational vehicle park
U
U
U
Recycling collection and materials processing facility1
U
U
Chapter 18.92
Religious facility
U
U
U
Repair shop (i.e., shoes, radios, appliances, electronic equipment)
P
P
P
Research and development laboratory
P
P
P
Restaurant
U
U
U
Retail plant nursery (includes outdoor sales)
P
P
P
RV, camper sales and repair
P
P
Sales and indoor repair of commercial trucks and trailers and other heavy equipment
P
P
Schools and studios primarily conducted indoors
U
U
Secondhand store3
P
P
Self-storage facility1
P
P
P
Section 18.96.040
Tire recapping plant
P
P
Trade school
P
P
P
Truck, freight terminal1
P
P
Veterinary clinic, animal boarding, animal grooming3
P
P
Wholesale businesses, warehousing
P
P
Wholesale printing, engraving, lithography and publishing
P
P
P
Wholesale vehicle sales, auction; vehicle storage
P
Wireless communication facility
U
U
U
Chapter 18.95
Wood yard
U
Wrecking, dismantling yard
U
Residential Uses
Condominiums
MU1
MU3
MU3
Emergency shelter
U
P
U
Section 18.96.060
Employee housing
P4
P4
P4
Home occupation
ZC
ZC
Chapter 18.93
Live/work lofts
MU1
MU1
Multifamily residence
P
P
Residences w/office or retail
MU1
MU1
Senior congregate care facility, skilled nursing/intermediate care facility
MU1
MU1
Single-family residence
MU
MU
Single-room occupancy (SRO)
U
U
Section 18.96.070
Notes:
1
Minor use permit required.
2
Animal boarding must be conducted indoors with air conditioning unless a use permit is approved for outdoor boarding.
3
Employee housing (up to six persons), supportive housing, transitional housing, mobile homes on permanent foundations, and mobile home parks (including condominium and cooperative parks) are allowed and subject only to those restrictions and development standards that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type and number in the same zone.
(Ord. 1365 § 6 (part), 2014; Ord. 1372 §§ 2(C), 2(G), 2(J), 2015; Ord. 1378 §§ 4, 5, 2015; Ord. 1392 § 1, 2017; Ord. 1404 § 5, 2018; Ord. 1463, 10/7/2025)

§ 18.34.030 M-L zone district development standards.

Table 18.34.030: Development Standards Applicable to the M-L Zone District
Minimum lot size
10,000 square feet.
Minimum lot width
None.
Minimum yards
Front yard: 10 feet.
Street side yard: 10 feet.
Interior side yard: 10 feet.
Rear yard: 20 feet.
Levee setback: 10 feet.
Other criteria and exceptions are provided in Section 18.84.070, Yards and fences.
Maximum building height
2.5 stories, not to exceed 35 feet.
Other criteria and exceptions are provided in Sec. 18.84.080.
Maximum building coverage
None.
Landscaping
The required front yard and all required yards that abut a street shall be landscaped.
Other landscaping standards are provided in Chap. 18.86.
Public improvements
Chap. 11.04.
Off-street parking and loading
See Chap. 18.60.
Exterior lighting
Signs
See Chap. 18.64.
Trash enclosures
See Chap. 18.61.
Outside storage
All outside storage shall be screened by a solid fence between 6 and 8 feet in height, except for vehicle sales.
(Ord. 1365 § 6 (part), 2014; Ord. 1437 § 1, 2022)

§ 18.34.040 M-1 and M-2 zone district development standards. [1]

Table 18.34.040: Development Standards Applicable to the M-1 and M-2 Zone Districts
Minimum lot size
None.
Minimum lot width
None.
Minimum yards
Front yard: None, except within 25 feet of a residential district it shall be 15 feet. Upper story may overhang if there is a vertical clearance of 12 feet.
Street side yard: Same as front yard.
Interior side yard: none, except when abutting a residential zone district it is 5 feet and a 6-foot masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line.
Rear yard: none, except when abutting a residential zone district it is 5 feet and a 6-foot masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line. It is 12 feet if accessible by a street, alley or parking lot. Upper floor may overhang if there is 14 feet of vertical clearance if not located abutting a residential zone district.
Levee setback: 10 feet.
Other criteria and exceptions are provided in Section 18.84.070, Yards and fences.
Maximum building height
2.5 stories, not to exceed 35 feet.
Other criteria and exceptions are provided in Sec. 18.84.080.
Public improvements
Chap. 11.04.
Off-street parking and loading
See Chap. 18.60.
Exterior lighting
Landscaping
Signs
See Chap. 18.64.
Trash enclosures
See Chap. 18.61.
Screening mechanical equip.
(Ord. 1365 § 6 (part), 2014; Ord. 1437 § 1, 2022)
[1]
Code reviser's note: Ordinance 1365 adds these provisions as Section 18.34.030. The section has been editorially renumbered to prevent duplication of numbering.