Susanville City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 17
56 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL M DISTRICT
§ 17.56.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the general industrial (M) district is to provide areas for all types of industrial uses. This district is consistent with the light industry or business park and the heavy or general industry general plan designations.
(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006)
§ 17.56.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted outright in the M district:
If conducted within a building:
Combining, assembling, 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:
Pharmaceuticals, drugs, toiletries or cosmetics,
Small equipment, such as medical, dental or optical equipment, watches, clocks, photographic equipment or drafting equipment,
Radios, televisions or computers,
Food products, excluding those that may create obnoxious odors or smoke,
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;
Professional business, research or administrative offices when part of a permitted use;
Business college or trade school;
Research and development laboratory;
Printing, engraving, lithographing and publishing;
Wholesale businesses and sales, warehouses, mini and other storage buildings and distribution facilities, except those storing or distributing flammable or explosive materials.
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.
Outdoor storage in conjunction with a permitted use, provided:
Storage is located on the rear portion of the lot;
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;
No material shall be stored to a height greater than that of the wall or fence enclosing the storage area.
Agricultural uses.
Machine shop, welding shop, planing business, cabinet shop.
Recycling facilities as set forth in Section 17.124.
(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006)
§ 17.56.030 Uses requiring use permit.
The following uses are permitted in the M district if a use permit is issued:
Businesses that provide support services to industrial uses or that will be used primarily by employees of the industrial uses, including blueprinting, photocopying, coffee shop or restaurant;
Repair of truck tractors and trailers and other heavy equipment;
Contractor's yard or outdoor storage that does not meet the criteria established in Section 17.56.020(C);
Commercial and industrial cleaning and dyeing plants;
Truck yard, truck terminals;
Automobile wrecking yard;
Caretaker's or night watchman's quarters;
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;
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;
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;
Storage of potentially objectionable materials, including explosives, fireworks, fuel, gas, manure, flammable liquids and gases, propane bulk and storage plants, garbage, trash dumps and piles, junk other salvage material, solid waste recycling and disposal facilities;
Animal keeping or processing, including dog kennels, stockyards, feeding pens, animal slaughter facilities, dead animal reduction, tannery or curing of raw hides, or bone distillation;
Race tracks for motorized and nonmotorized vehicles, including bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, or similar vehicles;
All other industrial uses not previously listed;
Industrial condominiums; and
Recycling facilities as set forth in Section 17.124.
(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006)
§ 17.56.040 Other permitted uses.
§ 17.56.050 Site development standards.
The development standards for minimum building site area 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.
Minimum Building Site. Newly created lots shall have a minimum building site of 20,000 square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.96.010.
Yards. The following yard requirements apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.96.020:
Front, 10 feet; except where the district abuts a residential district the front yard shall be the same as required by the residential district within 25 feet of the residential district;
Interior side yard, none; except where the district abuts a residential district the minimum shall be 15 feet;
Street side, 10 feet;
Rear yard, none; except where the district abuts a residential district the minimum shall be 15 feet. The minimum average lot width requirement is 80 feet;
A landscaped buffer zone of at least 25 feet in width shall be provided along the edge of (and on) the industrial parcel wherever the property abuts or is across the street from a property classified for any use other than "industrial or agricultural."
Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is 45 feet, except within 40 feet of a residential district it shall be one story not to exceed 20 feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.96.030.
Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Sections 17.100.010—17.100.160.
Signs. Sign requirements as specified in Section 17.128.070 of the Susanville Municipal Code.
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.
Architectural and Site Plan Review. An applicant for either a building permit or a use permit shall submit architectural drawings, the elevations of all buildings and a site plan which indicates how the standards listed in this section will be met. Development plans are also subject to the City of Susanville Design Guidelines, adopted July 17, 2002, as may be amended. This submittal shall be made on a form prescribed by the community development director and shall include such additional plans, drawings and information as the planning commission from time to time may require by resolution. Such drawings and site plans shall be considered by the planning commission at a public meeting. The planning commission must find that the architectural and general appearance of such buildings or structures and grounds are in keeping with the character of the neighborhood and will not be detrimental to the orderly and harmonious development of the city. The planning commission may approve, conditionally approve or disapprove said plans. If a use permit is required, architectural and site plan review will be a part of the use permit process, and the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.
(Ord. 00-866 § 2, 2000; Ord. 06-932 § 1, 2006)