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Plumas County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 26

- LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE I-2

Sec. 9-2.2601.- Purpose (I-2).

The purpose of the Light Industrial Zone (I-2) is to provide for light industry where access is available to transportation routes, transportation facilities, and public service facilities and where surrounding land use and the environmental setting will permit most light industrial uses without major adverse impacts.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985)

Sec. 9-2.2602. - Uses (I-2).

(a)

The following uses shall be permitted in the Light Industrial Zone (I-2) subject to site development review as set forth in Article 11.3 of this chapter:

(1)

Assembly, manufacturing, and processing which are based upon materials which are already in processed form;

(2)

Building supply, car wash, storage, transport stations, warehousing, wholesaling, public utility facilities, vehicle sales, and vehicle services;

(3)

Retail sales when associated with and appurtenant to a use permitted by subsections (1) and (2) of this subsection and subsection (b) of this section;

(4)

One dwelling unit, including additional quarters, when in conjunction with an industrial use;

(4.1)

Accessory dwelling units as set forth in Article 45, Accessory Dwelling Units, of this chapter; and

(5)

Child day care homes and limited child day care homes.

(b)

The following uses shall be permitted subject to the issuance of a special use permit:

(1)

Junk yards, salvage operations, heavy equipment services, places of assembly, and public service facilities.

(c)

Telecommunications facilities in the Light Industrial Zone (I-2) shall be as permitted in Section 9-2.4105, Permits Required, of Article 41, Telecommunications, of this chapter, except as exempted under Section 9-2.4106, Exemptions, of Article 41, Telecommunications, of this chapter.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985, as amended by § 22, Ord. 86-623, eff. February 6, 1986, § 2, Ord. 94-832, eff. June 9, 1994, and § 2, Ord. 99-915, eff. June 3, 1999, § 1, Ord. 99-926, eff. January 13, 2000, and § 1, Ord. 02-965, eff. April 9, 2002; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. 2019-1116, adopted January 22, 2019; § 5(Exh. A), Ord. 2019-1121, adopted October 15, 2019; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. No. 2024-1154, adopted May 7, 2024)

Sec. 9-2.2603. - Height (I-2).

Timber product manufacturing structures shall not exceed 125 feet in height, no other structures shall exceed seventy-five (75') feet in height, except for dwelling units, which shall not exceed thirty-five (35') feet.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. 2019-1122, adopted October 15, 2019)

Sec. 9-2.2604. - Area, width and coverage (I-2).

(a)

The minimum net lot area in the Light Industrial Zone (I-2) shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

(b)

The minimum width shall be sixty (60') feet.

(c)

The maximum building coverage shall not exceed seventy (70%) percent of the lot area.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. 2019-1122, adopted October 15, 2019)

Sec. 9-2.2605. - Yards (I-2).

The minimum yard requirements in the Light Industrial Zone (I-2) shall be as follows, except as modified by Section 9-2.419 of Article 4 of this Chapter (General Requirements: Yards) and Sec. 9-2.4504 of Article 45 of this Chapter (Accessory Dwelling Units: Development Standards):

(a)

Front yards: none, except ten (10') feet for yards adjacent to a residentially zoned parcel; and

(b)

Side and rear yards: none, except ten (10') feet for yards adjacent to residentially zoned parcels.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985, as amended by § 1, Ord. 91-762, eff. October 3, 1991; s; 1, Ord. 01-952, eff. September 21, 2001; and § 15, Ord. No. 2004-998, adopted January 6, 2004; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. 2018-1114, adopted October 9, 2018; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. No. 2024-1154, adopted May 7, 2024)

Sec. 9-2.2606. - Parking and loading (I-2).

Parking and loading in the Light Industrial Zone (I-2) shall be as required by Section 9-2.414 of Article 4 of this chapter (General Requirements: Parking and loading).

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985)

Sec. 9-2.2607. - Signs (I-2).

(a)

Signs in the Light Industrial Zone (I-2) shall be as permitted by Section 9-2.416 of Article 4 of this chapter (General Requirements: Signs).

(b)

Business signs shall be permitted, the total face area of which does not exceed ten (10%) percent of the building front square footage per 200 square feet, whichever is less, for each street frontage treated separately, except that each frontage shall be allowed at least thirty-two (32) square feet.

(c)

Subject to the issuance of a special use permit, one additional self-supporting sign structure shall be permitted with a total face area not to exceed 200 feet.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985, as amended by § 22, Ord. 86-623, eff. February 6, 1986, and Ord. 86-643, eff. November 6, 1986)