The industrial zones are intended to provide locations devoted primarily to industrial and related uses and development where manufacturing and other industries can locate and operate away from the restricting influences of non-industrial uses, while maintaining an environment reasonably free from offensive or objectionable, dust, noise, odor or other nuisances.

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10)

The following districts are intended to implement the general plan's industrial land use designation:

A.

Business Park Zoning District (BP). The business park (BP) zone provides for and designates areas suitable for primarily light industrial uses, office uses, and limited commercial uses, including warehouse or large format retail, with all uses conducted primarily within enclosed buildings or structures. This district provides for both smaller office structures and as well as business park complexes or campuses characterized by enhanced architectural and landscaping treatment.

B.

General Industrial Zoning District (M). The general industrial (M) zone provides for and designates areas suitable for a broader range of light industrial and commercial service type uses, including manufacturing, processing, wholesale distribution and warehousing and similar uses.

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10)

Table 17.30-1 below identifies allowable uses in the industrial districts, contingent upon compliance with all other provisions of this title and all other applicable regulations of this code. It is the intent of this chapter to group similar or compatible land uses and to categorize them as either a permitted use or a conditional use authorized by approval of a conditional use permit (CUP) in the respective industrial district. Uses not listed as permitted or conditional are not allowed except where the uses are first determined by the director or by the commission, upon referral by the director, as materially similar to those uses permitted or conditionally permitted in the zone.

Permitted use—indicated as "P";

Conditionally permitted use—indicated as "C"; and

Uses not allowed—indicated as "N."

Certain uses listed in Table 17.30-1 lack notation indicating whether such uses are allowable or not allowed. Noted uses are allowed only as an accessory use that is clearly incidental to the principal use on the site, subject to any floor or lot area limitations and all other provisions of this chapter.

TABLE 17.30-1 ALLOWABLE USES

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10; Ord. No. 746, § 3, 7-20-2022; Ord. No. 759, § 3, 11-15-2023)

Uses not specifically identified in Table 17.30-1 above are prohibited unless determined to be materially similar to other permitted or conditionally permitted uses by the director or the commission upon appeal. Notwithstanding those uses designated as "permitted" or "conditional" in Table 17.30-1, the commission or council may deny certain uses which are determined to pose a danger or hazard to the public or will not comply with the pollution control standards specified in Section 17.38.240.

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10)

TABLE 17.30-2: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10)

A.

Fences Walls, and Hedges. The requirements of Section 17.36.010 apply except as otherwise modified by this section.

1.

Maximum Height. Eight feet shall be the maximum height for all fences, walls or hedges except in required front or street (corner) side yards where the maximum height shall be four feet subject to the sight visibility requirement of Section 17.36.010.

2.

Minimum Standards for Fences Along Street Frontages. Fences or walls located within or adjacent to the required minimum front or street side yard and/or rear yard abutting a public street or highway right-of-way shall be constructed of either: (a) a solid architectural wall compatible wall compatible with the building colors and materials; or ( b) a solid fence with landscaping on the exterior side; or (c) a tubular steel or similar quality 'visually transparent' style, subject to design review approval by the director.

3.

Minimum Standards for Fencing Adjacent To Residential Districts. Fencing located adjacent to a residential district or residential use (except where located within a required front or side street yard and/or abutting a public right-of-way) shall be screened by a minimum six-foot high masonry wall.

4.

Exceptions Allowed. Exceptions to the standards of this subsection may be approved by the architectural review committee or commission.

B.

Landscaping—Site and Parking Lot. Chapter 15.10 and Section 17.36.020 apply.

C.

Screening.

1.

Screening of Mechanical Equipment. All mechanical equipment, other than solar panels, shall be screened on all sides from view from right-of-ways or pubic use areas. Equipment to be screened includes, but is not limited to, air compressors, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration equipment, plumbing lines, duct work, and transformers. Wind turbines in all industrial districts and operating mechanical equipment in the "M" district located more than one hundred feet from a park or school site or from a commercial or residential district boundary are excluded from this requirement unless otherwise required through design review or a conditional use permit.

2.

Outdoor Storage and Loading Facilities. Screening is required for all outdoor storage areas and truck bays/loading dock areas in order to adequately minimize visibility from a public street or other public use area.

D.

Outdoor Storage. Outdoor storage shall be located outside the required front and street side and rear yards. Where outdoor storage areas for materials and equipment, other than for-sale items and goods, would be visible from a public right-of-way or from a similar public use area, these areas shall be entirely enclosed with a masonry wall or solid fence, a minimum of six feet in height, and with landscaping on the exterior side of wall or fence, subject to approval of the director. Stored materials shall not exceed the height of the wall except where such storage would not be visible from a public street or other public use area, subject to approval of the director or commission. For other outdoor storage areas not visible from a public right-of-way or public use area, other forms of screening may be used, such as chain link fencing with or without landscaping, subject to approval of the director or commission.

E.

Trash Enclosures. In the BP district, all solid waste and recycling facilities shall be screened on all sides by a solid wood or masonry wall at least six feet in height. In the M district, all solid waste and recycling facilities that would be visible from a public street or from a residential or highway commercial district shall be screened on all sides by a solid wood or masonry wall at least six feet in height.

F.

Access. There shall be adequate vehicular access from a dedicated and improved public street to off-street parking and loading facilities The location, design and number of driveways and project-related frontage improvements shall be determined by the city engineer at the time of review of the required site plan, subject to approval by the director or commission pursuant to Chapter 17.44.

G.

Off-street Parking. The off-street parking requirements of Section 17.36.020 apply except for the following parking reduction allowed by this section:

Developments which provide additional secure bicycle parking over and above the minimum requirement may reduce the parking requirement by one vehicle space for every four additional bicycle spaces provided with a standard stationary bicycle rack. The maximum reduction resulting from the provision of bicycle parking that may be approved by the director or commission is two percent of required off-street parking.

H.

Bicycle Parking. In addition to the off-street parking requirements of Section 17.36.020, all commercial uses having an off-street parking requirement of ten or more spaces shall provide secure bicycle parking at a minimum of ten percent of the requirement for off-street vehicle parking spaces. An exception to this requirement may be approved by the director or commission for those uses which provide services to customers off-site or which otherwise can justify a reduced requirement for bicycle parking.

I.

Off-street Loading. With the exception of office uses, commercial and industrial uses with more than five thousand square feet of floor area shall provide off-street loading in compliance with the provisions of this section. Office uses constituting the principally permitted use and having a floor area greater than ten thousand square feet shall provide at least one off-street loading space in compliance with the dimension provisions of this section unless an exception is granted by the director or commission, based upon adequate supporting evidence, that a smaller loading space is adequate to serve the proposed use. Off-street loading shall be restricted for loading purposed only and not counted toward meeting off-street parking requirements.

1.

Location. All truck loading/unloading facilities shall be located on the parcel where the primary business is located, shall be sited outside of the required front, side or rear setback areas and at least one hundred feet from any residential district, and shall be designed to ensure that all truck back-up maneuvering does not occur within any street right-of-way. The location of loading and disposal areas shall not obstruct or impede on-site or off-site parking circulation, nor create a hazard to the public safety or nuisance to adjoining properties.

2.

Minimum Dimensions. A loading space shall not be less than twelve feet in width and forty feet in length, with a vertical clearance of not less than fourteen feet.

3.

Number of Spaces. Commercial uses shall provide loading spaces at the rate of one space for each thirty thousand square feet of gross floor area unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the city that loading space at a lesser rate is adequate to serve the proposed use(s). Industrial uses shall provide loading spaces at the rate of one space for each forty thousand square feet of gross floor area unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the city that loading space at a lesser rate is adequate to serve the proposed use(s).

4.

Screening. Truck bays and loading dock areas shall be screened through the placement of a solid wall or fence, landscaping, and/or structure location to substantially minimize visibility from a public street.

5.

Noise Attenuation. Loading areas located within one hundred feet of a residential use or residential zone shall be completely enclosed within a structure, or have adequate noise attenuation from a barrier as determined through an acoustical study, or restrict operations between the hours of seven a.m. and eight p.m. Truck refrigeration units shall be shut off while docked if audible at residences.

J.

Outdoor Lighting. All exterior lighting shall face downward and be fully shielded to reduce nighttime glare and shall be turned off during the nighttime hours between eleven p.m. and six a.m. except as follows:

1.

Outdoor lighting in conjunction with industrial uses that continue to be operational after eleven p.m. or before six a.m. may be allowed to remain on. Outdoor lighting used for security purposes to illuminate walkways, roadways, equipment and materials yards, and parking lots may remain lighted after eleven p.m. only when low-pressure sodium outdoor lighting or comparable low energy use fixtures are used. An exception to the use of low-pressure sodium outdoor lighting may be approved by the director in areas where color rendition is essential to the effectiveness of these specified activities (e.g., outdoor material handling areas).

2.

Properties with existing nonconforming lighting shall be required to conform to the exterior lighting requirements of this section as a part of any permit for expansion of use, reuse or change in use.

K.

Performance Standards. The pollution control standards of Section 17.38.240 shall apply to all uses in the industrial districts.

L.

Signs. The provisions of Chapter 17.43 apply.

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10)

A.

Location Requirements. Emergency shelters shall not be located:

1.

Immediately adjacent to any R-1 district; or

2.

Within three hundred feet of another similar program and one thousand feet from an elementary school, middle school, high school, or public park.

3.

The distance between an emergency shelter, and the uses and zones described above, shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the building or structure, or a portion of the building or structure, in which the emergency shelter is located, to the boundary of the use or zone described above.

4.

Exceptions to these locational requirements may be approved through the conditional use permit process in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.42 of this title.

B.

Facility Requirements. Each emergency shelter shall include, at a minimum, the following:

1.

On-site area for outdoor client congregation, so that clients waiting for services are not required to use the public sidewalk for queuing;

2.

Telephones for use by clients;

3.

On-site personnel during hours of operation when clients are present. The manager's area shall be located near the entry to the facility;

4.

Adequate interior and exterior lighting;

5.

Secure areas for personal property;

6.

Posted hours of operation near the facility entrance; and

7.

Other features or measures as recommended by the police chief prior to zoning compliance approval by the director pursuant to Section 17.42.010 of this title.

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10)

A.

New Construction, Alterations, Expansions and Outdoor Storage. In the BP district, site and architectural design review and approval by the architectural review committee shall be required for construction of new structures and expansion of existing structures, and for façade improvements to portions of existing structures that face streets and/or public use areas including alteration of roofs lines or the location of doors and/or windows. In the M district, site and architectural design review and approval is required for the construction of new structures or expansion of existing structures exceeding thirty-five feet in height. In all industrial districts, site and architectural design approval is required for uses that involve outdoor storage exceeding five percent of the building site or parcel area.

B.

Master Sign Programs. Master sign programs shall be required for all multi-tenant structures or complexes in the industrial zones in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 17.43. Amendments to approved master sign programs which are in substantial conformance with said programs shall be approved by the director; amendments not in substantial conformance with approved programs shall be referred to the architectural review committee for review and approval.

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10)

Before any structure is erected on any parcel in the M or BP district, a site plan shall have been approved by the director or designee in compliance with Chapter 17.49.

(Ord. No. 670, § 2, 5-5-10)