MP Business Park Zone. The MP zone is intended to provide for modern industrial, research, corporate/general office and business park developments that meet high performance and development standards. This zone shall not be applied to any property smaller than 10 acres in size unless part of an approved business park development plan.

ML Limited Manufacturing Zone. The ML zone is intended to provide areas for light industrial and limited retail uses that are complementary and not detrimental to neighboring commercial and residential districts. Typical uses in this zone include warehousing and assembling and manufacturing of products from previously prepared materials.

MR Rail Manufacturing Zone. The MR zone is intended to provide for light to heavy industry in areas served by rail, which are not detrimental to neighboring commercial and residential districts. This zone shall allow for more intensive heavy manufacturing operations, external freight loading activities as well as natural resource extraction and processing activities.

Urban agricultural activities on lots less than one acre in size are permitted as follows:

Urban agricultural activities on lots one acre or greater in size are permitted as follows:

Community gardens, not to exceed one acre in size, subject to the following standards and criteria:

The day care center shall be subject to all applicable state and local licensing requirements, as well as applicable city codes and standards.

The day care center shall be located on the site of the principal employment establishment.

The day care center shall exist entirely to serve the children of employees and other persons affiliated with the principal employment establishment.

The day care center shall be located so that access streets, parking and/or loading areas are sufficient to safely accommodate the number of vehicle trips associated with the day care use.

A minimum 10-foot-wide landscape buffer strip shall be provided on the subject site wherever the day care center use abuts any RS- or RM-zoned property.

The subject property is zoned ML (limited manufacturing).

No adult entertainment shall be permitted on a property that lies within 1,000 feet from any RS, RM, or PDR zone.

No adult entertainment shall be permitted on a property that lies within 500 feet from any other property containing a use that offers adult entertainment regulated under this section.

No adult entertainment shall be permitted on a property that lies within 1,000 feet from any church and/or school property.

The maximum building height shall be equal to the proposed building setback within the first 35 feet of setback from an adjoining public street or residential zone. The maximum building height may be increased by one and one-half feet for each additional one foot of setback in excess of 35 feet up to the maximum permitted building height set forth in Table 20.35.020.

Building heights within required setbacks shall be measured from the grade of the public sidewalk or centerline of the public street adjoining the site, or from the grade of a property line adjoining a residential zone.

In order to achieve a building height greater than the maximum permitted building height, those buildings located 500 feet or further from any residentially zoned property shall be eligible for one or more of the height bonuses described by this section, subject to the maximum bonus provisions of this subsection.

Twenty percent reduction for those businesses subject to the city of Puyallup commute trip reduction plan which have implemented an approved CTR program;

Ten percent reduction for business park developments which do not contain businesses subject to the city of Puyallup commute trip reduction plan but include features and facilities which serve multimodal transportation such as bike racks/lockers, employee showers, vanpool programs, preferential parking for carpools, etc.;

Ten percent reduction for business park developments which provide transit features such as bus pullouts and transit shelters.

No more than 75 percent of the site shall be covered with impervious materials;

Perimeter landscaping as required in PMC § 20.35.035(2) and interior open space amenities (either natural or manmade) for the benefit of park occupants, including landscaped lawns, courtyards, and/or plazas;

Limited access points to adjoining public streets defined by substantial landscaping features and/or public art;

Location of office buildings along adjoining arterial streets and light industrial uses to the rear or sides of the site;

Loading docks, solid waste/recycling facilities and other service uses should be located in visually unobtrusive areas and screened from view from adjacent properties and streets;

Employee and visitor parking areas shall be internalized within the development. Parking lots shall not be located between a public street and a building unless no other feasible alternative exists. The maximum width of parking lots located along a public street shall not exceed 64 feet or 50 percent of the property's frontage on the street. A 30-foot-wide landscaping area shall be required as specified in PMC § 20.35.035(2). All parking lots shall be landscaped in accordance with PMC § 20.58.005(1) and the Type IV standards in the vegetation management standards (VMS) manual.

Exterior Mechanical Devices. Large mechanical equipment shall be screened from surrounding residentially zoned properties and public rights-of-way. Minor utility equipment, such as small generators, utility meters, air conditioners, or junction boxes, which are less than three and one-half feet in height, shall be exempt from screening and setback requirements. Alternative methods for screening may include the use of building or parapet walls, sight-obscuring fencing and/or landscaping, equipment enclosures, consolidation and orientation of devices towards the center of the rooftop, and/or the use of neutral color surfaces.

Required Landscaping.

Outdoor Storage. Outdoor storage as defined in PMC § 20.15.005, including merchandise display, equipment and materials storage, and junk and scrap storage, when permitted in the ML and MP zones shall comply with the following requirements:

Outdoor Lighting. Building-mounted lighting and aerial-mounted floodlighting shall be shielded from above in such a manner that the bottom edge of the shield shall be below the light source. Ground-mounted floodlighting or light projection above the horizontal plane is prohibited between midnight and sunrise. All lighting shall be shielded so that the direct illumination shall be confined to the property boundaries of the light source.

Properties Adjacent to Residential Properties.

Trash and Recycling Receptacles. In the MP and ML zones, trash and recycling receptacles shall be screened from adjacent properties and public rights-of-way by an opaque visual barrier no lower than the highest point of the receptacles.

Electrical Disturbance – Heat and Cold – Glare. No use except a temporary construction operation shall be permitted which creates changes in temperature or direct glare, detectable by the human senses without the aid of instruments, beyond the lot line. No use shall be permitted which creates electrical disturbances that affect the operation of any equipment beyond the lot line.

Odor. No use shall be permitted which creates annoying odor in such quantities as to be perceptible, without instruments, at the boundaries of the lot in which the use is located.

Radioactivity. The use of radioactive materials shall be limited to measuring, gauging and calibration devices.

Vibration. No use except a temporary construction operation shall be permitted which generates inherent and recurrent ground vibration perceptible, without instruments, at the boundary of the lot in which the use is located.

Hazardous Materials. All users of hazardous materials shall notify the city fire chief and public works director of the type and quantities of such materials generally on the premises. No emission which would be demonstrably injurious to human health, animal or plant life in the vicinity, on the ground or beyond any lot line on which the use is located shall be permitted. Where such an emission could be produced as a result of accident or equipment malfunction, adequate safeguards consistent with industry standards and applicable regulations shall be implemented. This provision shall not be interpreted to prohibit the use of herbicides or pesticides. All hazardous waste materials shall be transported to the site of disposal certified by appropriate state and federal agencies for disposal of hazardous waste.

Solid Waste Processing, Storage and Disposal. Processing, storage and disposal of solid waste shall be subject to all applicable provisions of this chapter, and shall comply with all local, state and federal requirements. All solid waste materials shall be disposed of at an official landfill waste disposal site or recycling center. No such material shall be disposed of on the premises.

Liquid Waste Processing, Storage and Disposal. No liquid waste materials except pure water may be permanently disposed of on site; however, where such materials are temporarily stored on the property, they shall be contained in a manner so as to prevent their entry into the surface water drainage system and/or any groundwater aquifer.

Dog Kennel/Veterinary Clinic. Dog kennels, whether operated as accessory to another use (e.g., veterinary clinic) or as a stand-alone operation, shall meet the following performance standards:

Truck Parking and Loading/Unloading Areas. Truck parking and loading/unloading areas shall be considered a form of outdoor storage, and shall be screened from adjoining properties and public right-of-way in accordance with the fencing and screening requirements for outdoor storage set forth in subsection (3)(a) of this section.

Pedestrian Access and Circulation. Pedestrian walkways shall be constructed to provide safe, convenient and direct access between building entrances, transit facilities, passenger loading areas, public sidewalks, adjacent properties and pedestrian plazas. All employee/customer parking lots which contain more than 90,000 square feet of paved area in ML zones or 30,000 square feet in MP zones including driveways and traffic aisles shall include clearly defined pedestrian routes from parking areas to main building entrances. All required walkways shall meet the following minimum requirements:

Public Transit Facility Location and Design. In order to reduce the use and dependence on private vehicles and associated traffic congestion, and to encourage the use of public transit, adequate provision should be made for public transit facilities and supporting improvements. When formally recommended or requested by the local public transit authority, bus shelters, transit turnouts and supporting facilities shall be located and designed in accordance with the following provisions: