A.

Purpose. The employment zoning districts provide a wide range of employment uses to serve the needs of city employers and residents. The standards for the employment districts are intended to protect employment areas from incompatible uses as well as protecting adjacent uses from the potential adverse impact of the employment uses by establishing standards for compatibility and screening, and encouraging quality and variety in building and landscape design as further addressed in Chapter 107 of this ordinance.

B.

Intent. It is intended for the employment zoning districts to permit a variety of both indoor and outdoor industrial uses focused on meeting the needs of the different employment sectors of the community while making certain to buffer surrounding land uses from the negative impacts that might come from such uses.

C.

Applicability and intensity.

1.

The employment zoning districts shall be limited to land that is within the employment character area of the city General Plan at locations with appropriate access to major roads, transportation corridors, and the necessary utilities.

2.

The employment zoning districts listed below represent the different levels of allowed intensity of a development or land use in relation to the building size, scale, and overall impact on surrounding neighborhoods and developments. All land uses shall comply with the land use matrix in Table 106-1c herein or otherwise is considered in violation of this Code.

3.

The employment zoning districts are intended to work in conjunction with and adhere to Articles I and III of the Planning and Engineering Design Standards (PEDS) of Chapter 107 of this ordinance in general, and any additional business park or industrial specific standards outlined below.

D.

Review and process. A type 3 review is required to establish any of the employment zoning districts. All development within the businessparkzoning district or any of the industrial zoning districts shall require a type 1 site plan review prior to the submittal for a building and/or grading permit. Some proposed uses may require a type 3 review for conditional use permits as identified in Table 106-1c in Article 1 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2022-10, § 1(Exh. A), 4-19-22; Ord. No. 2024-03, § 1(Exh. A), 3-5-24)

A.

Business park (BP) zoning district. The business park (BP) zoning district provides for the development of integrated campus-style employment uses to serve technology, research and development, office, and product distribution along with limited retail and service uses primarily to serve the business park uses.

1.

The standards for the BP zoning district are intended to establish and maintain high quality site planning and architecture in a landscaped setting to create an attractive and unified development character.

2.

Projects within a BP zoning district shall develop in a campus-like setting that allows for a variety of buildings and sizes that interact through outdoor seating areas, shaded pathways and landscaped areas.

B.

Light industrial (I-1) zoning district. The light industrial zoning district provides for a mix of industrial activities which have generally negative impacts on the community, and which may be incompatible with other uses.

1.

Typical industrial uses have limited retail or on-site consumer interaction.

2.

The uses permitted within the I-1 zoning district are intended to be indoor uses with restricted and limited outdoor operations and storage, see Section 106-10.32.

C.

General industrial (I-2) zoning district. The general industrial zoning district provides for a mix of industrial activities requiring large land areas unencumbered by nearby residential or commercial development.

1.

Typical industrial uses have limited retail or on-site consumer interaction.

2.

The uses permitted within the I-2 zoning district are a variety of indoor uses with outdoor operations and storage, see Section 106-10.32.

D.

Heavy industrial (I-3) zoning district. The heavy industrial (I-3) zoning district provides for uses that require major earth moving activities suitable only in certain locations and may require land reclamation upon completion of the operation.

(Ord. No. 2024-03, § 1(Exh. A), 3-5-24)

A.

All projects within the BP zoning district shall adhere to the development standards listed below:

1.

There may be a combination of warehousing, manufacturing and office use under one (1) development provided all activities are conducted indoors and there is no outdoor storage.

2.

Developments shall be designed in a campus-like setting that allows for a variety of buildings and sizes that interact through outdoor seating areas, shaded pathways and landscaped areas.

3.

The minimum parcel size for requesting the BP zoning district is fifty (50) acres.

B.

All projects within the I-1, I-2, I-3 zoning districts shall adhere to the development standards listed below:

1.

Projects designed as commerce center will comply with overall development standards regarding perimeter setbacks from abutting developments.

2.

Pad sites within a commerce center may have reduced setbacks along boundaries internal to the site plan if the whole development complies with parking and landscaping regulations. Approval by the community development director or designee is required.

3.

Within the indoor tenant space industrial uses may include ancillary offices, showrooms/sales offices, retail, and service uses (as shown in Table 106-1c) no greater than twenty-five (25) percent of the gross floor area.

C.

Developments in I-3 zoning district shall also adhere to the additional development standards listed below:

1.

Primary access from an arterial street or streets specifically designed for intense heavy equipment use.

2.

Appropriate warning signs shall be installed upon the property indicating hazards and the type of hazards.

D.

Table 106-7a below is specific to individual lots and identifies the dimensional standards required for the employment zoning districts.