The purpose of the general industrial (M) district is to provide areas for all types of industrial uses and uses that are accessory to industrial uses. This district is consistent with the industrial (I) general plan designation.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

The following uses are permitted outright in the M district:

A.

If conducted within a building:

1.

Combining, assembly, packaging or manufacturing of materials that are generally in a processed form which do not emit dust, odors, smoke or unacceptable levels of noise, including:

a.

Pharmaceuticals, drugs, toiletries or cosmetics,

b.

Small equipment, such as medical, dental or optical equipment, watches, clocks, photographic equipment or drafting equipment,

c.

Radios, televisions or computers,

d.

Food products, excluding those that may create obnoxious odors or smoke,

e.

Products from the following previously prepared materials: bristles, bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horns, leather (excluding any melting or odorous process), rubber, shells, textiles, tobacco, wood or yarn;

2.

Professional business, research or administrative offices when part of a permitted use;

3.

Trade school;

4.

Research and development laboratory;

5.

Printing, engraving, lithographing and publishing;

6.

Wholesale businesses and sales, warehouses, mini and other storage buildings and distribution facilities, except those storing or distributing flammable or explosive materials.

B.

Uses accessory to the primary use and contained within the same plant site, such as a cafeteria, blueprinting or printing. This does not include uses open to the general public;

C.

Outdoor storage in conjunction with a permitted use, provided:

1.

Storage is located on the rear portion of the lot, and

2.

Storage is completely enclosed by a solid wall or fence (with necessary solid gates) not less than six feet in height, unless the storage area abuts a residential district, in which case the screening shall be eight feet high,

3.

No material shall be stored to a height greater than that of the wall or fence enclosing the storage area;

D.

Agricultural uses.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

The following uses are permitted in the M district if a use permit is issued:

A.

Businesses that provide support services to industrial uses or will be used primarily by employees of the industrial uses, including blueprinting, photocopying, coffee shop or restaurant;

B.

Repair of truck tractors and trailers and other heavy equipment;

C.

Machine shop, welding shop, plating business, cabinet shop, contractor's yard or outdoor storage that does not meet the criteria established in Section 17.58.020C of this title;

D.

Commercial or industrial cleaning and dyeing plant;

E.

Truck terminal, truck yard;

F.

Automobile wrecking yard;

G.

Caretaker's or night watchman's quarters;

H.

Manufacture or assembly of aircraft, automobiles, boilers, engines, motors and generators, mobile homes, railroad equipment, trucks, trailers, recreational vehicles or other products which require use of heavy machinery;

I.

Manufacture of acids, alcohol, ammonia, asphalt, cellulose, cement, dyes, fertilizer, film, fireworks, fuel briquettes, gelatin, glass, glue, tar, paint, plaster, plastics, rubber, soap, vinyl floor covering, hazardous chemical products, including acetylene, carbide, caustic soda, chlorine, cleaning and polishing preparations, creosote, exterminating agents, industrial gases or explosives;

J.

Processing plants, including breweries, distillers, wineries; food processing plants and canneries not permitted in the M-L district; painting, sandblasting, incinerators, textile bleaching or dyeing; wood processing, including sawmills, planing mills, or pulp mills; metal smelting, alloying, foundries, drop forges, rolling or other types of ore reduction; rubber processing, power generation plants, petroleum refining, concrete or asphalt batch plants;

K.

Storage of potentially objectionable materials, including explosives, fireworks, fuel, gas, manure, flammable liquids and gases, garbage, trash dumps and piles, junk or other salvage material, solid waste recycling and disposal facilities;

L.

Animal keeping or processing, including dog kennels, stock yards, feeding pens, animal slaughter facilities, dead animal reduction, tannery or curing of raw hides, or bone distillation;

M.

Race tracks for motorized and non-motorized vehicles, including bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, or similar vehicles;

N.

All other industrial uses not previously listed;

O.

Outdoor advertising signs and structures other than those appurtenant to any permitted use. Such signs and structures shall be at least one thousand (1,000) feet apart when on the same side of a public road and at least five hundred (500) feet apart when on the opposite side of a public road;

P.

Industrial condominiums.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

The following other uses are permitted in the M district:

A.

The uses allowed by, and subject to the provisions of, Sections 17.88.010 through 17.88.110 of this title;

B.

Other uses found to be similar in character and impact to those listed in Sections 17.58.020 and 17.58.030 of this chapter, as determined in accordance with Section 17.94.030 of this title.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))

The development standards for minimum building sites and yards established by this section apply to all development in the M district. However, alternate standards may be approved for a condominium project as part of the use permit process if the approving body finds that the proposed development will be of equal or greater excellence in arrangement, design, attractiveness and compatibility with its surroundings than would result if the routine development standards of this section were applied.

A.

Minimum Building Site. The minimum building site requirement is twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.010 of this title.

B.

Minimum Average Lot Width. The minimum average lot width requirement is eight feet.

C.

Yards. The following yard requirements apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.020 of this title:

1.

Front, ten feet;

2.

Interior side, none; except where the district abuts a residential district it shall be twenty (20) feet, or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way it shall be ten feet;

3.

Street side, ten feet;

4.

Rear, none; except where the district abuts a residential district it shall be twenty (20) feet or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way it shall be ten feet.

D.

Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is forty-five (45) feet, except when within forty (40) feet of a residential district, it shall be one story not to exceed twenty (20) feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.030 of this title.

E.

Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.040 of this title.

F.

Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.050 of this title.

G.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86 of this title.

H.

Signs. Requirements for signs are as follows:

1.

Building signs shall not exceed a combined total size of one square foot in area for each lineal foot of building frontage.

2.

If there is one hundred (100) lineal feet or more of street frontage, one freestanding sign per building site, not to exceed two hundred (200) square feet in size and thirty (30) feet in height shall be permitted. For double-faced signs, each face shall not exceed one hundred (100) square feet. The sign shall be set back a minimum of twelve (12) feet from the front or street-side property or road right-of-way line and shall be located in a landscaped island equal to a minimum of one-half the total sign area of the free-standing sign. A portion of the allowable sign area may be allocated to combined off-site signs identifying two or more establishments when all are located within this district and they share adjoining lots for parking and access. An additional sign with similar height and size restrictions is permitted if there is over three hundred (300) feet of building frontage.

3.

If there is less than one hundred (100) lineal feet of street frontage, one ground sign not to exceed fifty (50) square feet in size (twenty-five (25) square feet per face if double-faced) and forty-two (42) inches in height shall be permitted, except the sign height may be six feet if located thirty-five (35) feet or more from the center of a driveway or a curb return at a street intersection.

4.

The general appurtenant sign standards shall apply, as specified in Section 17.84.060 of this title.

I.

Zone Walls. The requirement for zone walls is as specified in Section 17.84.070 of this title.

J.

Outdoor Trash Storage. All outside trash storage and collection facilities shall be enclosed by a solid masonry wall or view-obscuring fence at least one foot higher than the trash container.

K.

Development Plan. An applicant for either a building permit or use permit shall submit a site plan which indicates how the standards listed in this section will be met. This submittal shall be made on a form prescribed by the development services director or his or her designee. If only a building permit is required for the use, then the director's approval shall be obtained prior to issuance of the permit. If a use permit is required, then the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.

(Ord. 97-99 § 1 (part))