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Taft City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 6

INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICT

6-6-1: PURPOSE AND INTENT:

   (A)   The General Plan outlines the goals, objectives and policies establishing the character and location of regional commercial and industrial land uses within the City. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide regulations that implement those goals, objectives and policies that assure the availability of a solid and diversified economic base that is capable of offering a wide range of employment to the residents of the City.
   (B)   The provisions of this chapter are intended to ensure that specific, well defined patterns of industrial activities are established which are compatible with the surrounding land uses, provide adequate access to the regional transportation network, and accommodate the employment and personal needs of workers and business visitors which meet the service needs of local businesses.
   (C)   It is the further intent of the provisions of this chapter to:
      1.   Preserve appropriate areas for industrial uses and protect these areas from intrusion by residential and other incompatible land uses;
      2.   Protect adjacent land uses from noise, odor, dust, smoke, truck traffic, fire, explosion, radiation and other potential hazards and objectionable influences associated with certain industrial uses;
      3.   Provide adequate open space around industrial structures to protect them from hazards and to minimize the impact of industrial plants on nearby residential or commercial districts; and
      4.   Minimize traffic congestion and avoid overloading utilities by regulating the construction of buildings and structures of excessive size relative to the size of the building parcel. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-6-2: INDUSTRIAL (I) ZONE DISTRICT:

The primary purpose of the Industrial (I) Zone District is to provide appropriate regulations and suitable locations for manufacturing, research and development, warehousing and distribution, multi-tenant industrial uses, in addition to administrative support, professional offices, and commercial activities on a limited basis. This zone district is intended to provide an area for the establishment of light industrial and limited service commercial uses which meet high performance standards, but which usually cannot meet site development standards applicable to planned research and development parks. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-6-3: USE REGULATIONS:

   (A)   Identified in table 6.A of this section are those land uses or activities which may be permitted in the Industrial Zone District, subject to the provisions of this title and applicable General Plan policies. This table also indicates development procedure and approval type by which each listed land use or activity may be permitted in the Industrial Zone District.
   (B)   Land uses within the Industrial Zone District shall meet the provisions of section 6-11-11, "Hazardous Materials Management", of this title, and all applicable local, State and Federal hazardous materials legislation, in addition to the provisions of this chapter.
   (C)   If permitted, land uses within the Industrial Zone District which are or would be deemed "hazardous materials handlers or generators", as defined in the County hazardous waste management plan, shall be subject to section 6-2-5, "Conditional Use Permit", of this title, notwithstanding the application process which may be specified in this chapter.
TABLE 6.A
USES PERMITTED WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICT
To view Table 6.A Uses Permitted Within The Industrial Zone District, click HERE
Legend:
P = Permitted subject to consistency assessment
C = Permitted subject to approval of a conditional use permit application
X = Prohibited
Industrial Uses
I
Industrial Uses
I
Accessory uses:
 
Accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a permitted use
P
Accessory uses and structures located on the same site as a use permitted subject to a conditional use permit
C
Watchman/caretaker living quarters only when incidental to and on the same site as a permitted or conditional use (where 24 hour surveillance is required)
C
Commercial uses and services:
 
Adult entertainment (as provided in section 6-12-3 of this title)
P
All uses either permitted or conditionally permitted in the commercial districts, except residential uses (unless otherwise specified in this table)
P
Auction house
P
Automotive fleet storage
P
Automotive repair (minor)
P
Automotive sales, service and rental agencies
P
Automotive, truck, bus and recreational vehicular repair (major)
C
Bakery shops (retail and wholesale)
P
Barber and beauty colleges
P
Blueprinting and photocopying
P
Boat and camper sales, manufacture and repairs
P
Cannabis event organizers and temporary cannabis events (license type 14)
X
Cannabis retail sales/dispensary (license type 10)
X
Cannabis retail sales, non-storefront (license type 9)
X
Car wash (self- or full service)
P
Cleaning and pressing establishments
P
Cocktail lounge/bar, including upgrading existing ABC license (e.g., beer and wine to hard liquor license) (refer to section 6-12-5 of this title)
C
Commercial recreational facilities (indoor)
P
Commercial recreational facilities (outdoor)
C
Communication and telecommunications facilities (radio and television)
C
Driving schools
P
Exterminators
P
Fruit and/or vegetable stand
X
Furniture stores (sales, manufacture, repair and upholstery)
P
Glass shops and glass studio
P
Hookah lounges
X
Hotels and motels
C
Kennel and catteries
C
Lumber and building material yards
P
Medical marijuana dispensaries
X
Mortuaries
C
Newspaper and magazine shops (printing and publishing)
P
Parking facilities, commercial
P
Plumbing shops and supplies
P
Printing and copy shops
P
Recycling facilities (subject to provisions of section 6-12-22 of this title):
   Reverse vending machines
P
   Small and large collection facilities
C
   Light and heavy processing facilities
C
Restaurants (including drive-through)
P
Restaurants other than fast food (refer to section 6-12-5 of this title):
With drive-through services (subject to provisions of section 6-12-15 of this title)
C
With entertainment and/or serving alcoholic beverages, including upgrading an existing ABC license (e.g., beer and wine to a hard liquor license)
C
Without entertainment and/or serving alcoholic beverages
P
Service stations (subject to section 6-12-25 of this title)
C
Sign painting shops
P
Smoking lounge, private (subject to provisions in section 6-12-30 of this title)
C
Tattoo parlors
P
Tire retreading and recapping
C
Tire shops (retail and service)
P
Tobacco shop (subject to provisions of section 6-12-30 of this title)
C
Truck wash
C
Vending machine service and repair
P
Veterinary offices and animal hospitals, including exterior kennels, pens or runs
C
Manufacturing uses:
 
Bakery/food preparation
P
Batch plants
C
Bottling plants
P
Cannabis cultivation, indoor (licenses for medical or adult-use, specialty cottage, specialty, small, medium, nurseries, and processors)
X
Cannabis cultivation, outdoor (licenses for medical or adult-use, specialty cottage, specialty, small, medium, nurseries, and processors)
X
Cannabis distributors and distributor transport only (license types 11 and 13)
X
Cannabis manufacturer (medical or adult-use, license type 6, type 7, type N-infusions, and type P-packaging and labeling only)
X
Cannabis microbusiness (license type 12)
X
Cannabis testing laboratory (license type 8)
X
Carpenter and cabinet shops
P
Cement products manufacturing
C
Electronics: electrical and related parts; electrical appliances, motors and devices; radio, television, computers
P
Fruit, vegetable and plant products processing, and retail services, including cold storage, packing, preserving, canning and shipping
P
Furniture upholstering
P
Instruments: electronic and precision; medical and dental; timing and measuring
P
Laboratories: chemical, dental, electrical, optical, mechanical and medical
P
Manufacture and maintenance of electrical and other signs
P
Manufacturing, compounding, assembly or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared typical materials: canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, felt, fiber, fur, glass, leather, paper (no milling), precious or semiprecious stones or metals, plaster, shells, textiles, tobacco, wood and yarns
P
Office and related machinery: audio machinery, visual and electrical equipment machinery
P
Oil and gas exploration and production, subject to provisions of chapter 10 of this title
P
Pharmaceuticals: cosmetics, drugs, perfumes, toiletries and soap (not including refining or rendering of fats or oils)
P
Processing frozen food products
P
Rubber and metal stamp manufacturing
C
Welding shops
C
Office and related uses:
 
Administrative and executive offices (incidental to primary use)
P
Clerical and professional offices (incidental to primary use)
P
Financial/mortgage services and institutions
P
With drive-through services (subject to provisions of section 6-12-15 of this title)
C
Medical, dental and related health services for humans, including laboratories, clinics and the sale of articles clearly incidental to the services provided
P
Prescription pharmacies when located within a building containing the offices of medical practitioners
P
Public and quasi-public uses:
 
Bus, rail, rail freight classification or switching yard, rail spurs and taxi stations
P
Churches, clubs, lodges, fraternities and sorority headquarters
C
Day nurseries, nursery schools and childcare facilities, per State law
C
Educational institutions, museums, public libraries
C
Fire and police facilities
P
Postal services
P
Public administration buildings
P
Public utility and public service substations, reservoirs, drainage sumps, pumping plants, transmission line and similar installations, not including public utility offices, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted
C
Public utility services offices
P
Recreational facilities (e.g., golf courses, parks)
C
Temporary uses:
 
Temporary uses as prescribed in section 6-2-10, "Temporary Use Permit", of this title and based upon issuance of a temporary use permit
P
Wholesale uses and warehousing:
 
General wholesale, storage and distribution, including warehousing, storage, freight handling, shipping
P
Mini-storage, self-storage units (commercial)
P
Recreational vehicle storage (screening of outdoor storage required)
P
Vehicle storage/towing services (screening of outdoor storage required)
P
Vehicle wrecking and storage (screening of outdoor storage required)
C
Warehousing from the premises of unfinished, raw and semirefined products requiring further processing, fabrication or manufacturing; contractors' storage yards, including the storage of equipment, materials and vehicles for the construction industry (screening of outdoor storage required); truck terminals, outdoor storage yards
P
Other uses similar to, and no more objectionable than, the uses identified above, may be permitted subject to approval by the Planning Commission
 
 
(Ord. 831-18, 3-20-2018; amd. Ord. 833-18, 4-17-2018; Ord. 844-21, 11-16-2021)

6-6-4: SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:

   (A)   General Requirements:
      1.   Table 6.B of this section establishes the minimum property development standards for all land, buildings and structures constructed within the Industrial Zone District. All sites shall conform to the dimensions established by this section.
      2.   A development or business park may, for the purposes of meeting the minimum site size standards, consist of a combination of parcels whose total net acreage meets the minimum site size criteria; provided, that the design for the entire site is integrated and unified.
      3.   In addition to the minimum development standards established in table 6.B of this section, developments within an Industrial District shall comply with the provisions of subsection (B) of this section, chapter 13, "Performance Standards", of this title, other applicable City regulations and ordinances, and the City General Plan.
      4.   Flag lot street frontage shall be no less than fifty feet (50'). Access to the large portion of any flag lot shall be designed and constructed to City standards and shall be subject to approval by the City Engineer.
      5.   In the Industrial District, structures may exceed the maximum permitted height subject to securing an approved conditional use permit.
   TABLE 6.B
   INDUSTRIAL SITE DEVELOPMENT
   MINIMUM STANDARDS
Requirement
I
Requirement
I
Minimum parcel size
10,800 square feet
Minimum parcel size of flag lots
15,000 square feet
Minimum site width
80 feet
Minimum site depth
120 feet
Minimum front, interior side, street side and rear building setback
0 feet
Maximum building height may exceed with approved conditional use permit
50 feet
Maximum lot coverage
60 percent
 
   (B)   Special Site Development Standards:
      1.   All uses in the Industrial Zone District shall comply with the provisions of section 6-11-30, "Screening Requirements", of this title.
      2.   Where off street parking areas in the Industrial Zone District are situated along a visual corridor, as may be defined in a precise plan adopted by the City Council, screening, such as walls, berms, landscaping, or a combination thereof, no less than two feet (2') in height, shall be erected between the street right-of-way and the parking area.
      3.   Parking for each proposed use within the Industrial Zone District shall comply with the provisions of chapter 14, "Parking Regulations", of this title.
      4.   When abutting a residentially zoned district, the front, side and rear yard setbacks of that residentially zoned district shall apply to the development abutting that residentially zoned district.
   (C)   Vacant Building Registration: Vacant or abandoned nonresidential buildings are subject to the vacant building registration requirements per section 6-11-40 of this title and title III, chapter 4.3 of this Code.
   (D)   Fences And Walls: Walls for the purpose of visual screening and sound attenuation shall be required between nonresidential uses and any adjacent residential use or residentially zoned property, or where more sensitive adjacent land uses exist. Maximum height shall be six feet (6'), except within the required front yard or street side yard setback area where the maximum height shall be forty inches (40"). Fences and walls shall be in compliance with section 6-11-9 of this title. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)