§ 314-3 Industrial Use Regulations

314-3 Industrial Use Regulations

The MB zone is intended to protect sites which are suitable for “business park” developments: well-designed mixed industrial/commercial areas composed of nuisance-free light industrial, research and development, administrative and business and professional office facilities, developed in a park-like environment. For further description of use types, see “Glossary of Use Types” in Section D: Use Types, at the end of this Chapter. (Former Section INL#314-44; Ord. 1800, Sec. 1, 6/23/87)

314-3.1	MB: BUSINESS PARK
Use Type	Principal Permitted Use
Civic Use Types	Administrative
Commercial Use Types	Office and Professional Service Warehousing, Storage and Distribution
Industrial Use Types	Research/Light Industrial
Use Type	Uses Permitted with a Special Permit
Residential Use Types	Residential Uses Subordinate to the Permitted Use including caretaker’s residences and, apartments on the upper floors of multistory structures where below are establishments engaged in uses designated “Principally Permitted” or “Conditionally Permitted” in the MB Zone. as well as transitional housing, and emergency shelters. (Added by Ord. 2335, 12/14/04)
Use Type	Uses Permitted with a Use Permit
Commercial Use Types	Retail Sales Retail Service Transient Habitation
Use Types Not Listed in This Table	Any use not specifically enumerated in this Division, if it is similar to and compatible with the uses permitted in the MB zone.
Other Regulations
Minimum Lot Area	10,000 square feet.
Minimum Lot Width	Sixty (60) feet.
Minimum Yard Setbacks*
Front	Thirty (30) feet.
Rear	Ten (10) feet.
Side	Thirty (30) feet where side yard adjoins a public street and ten (10) feet otherwise.
Maximum Ground Coverage	Fifty percent (50%).
Maximum Building Height	Fifty (50) feet.

* Note: Setbacks may be modified by other provisions of this Code or State law. For example, see Section 314-22.1, “Alquist-Priolo Fault Hazard” and the “Fire Safe” Regulations at Title III, Division 11.

(Former Section INL#314-44(a)(1-4); (Former Section INL#314-44(b)(1-3); INL#314-44(c)(1-5); Ord. 1800, Sec. 1, 6/23/87)

The Limited Industrial or ML Zone is intended to apply to areas in which light manufacturing and heavy commercial uses of the non-nuisance type and large administrative facilities are the desirable predominant uses. The following regulations shall apply in all Limited Industrial or ML Zones. (Former Section INL#314-43; Ord. 1086, Sec. 11, 7/13/76; Amended by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00; Amended by Ord. 2472, Sec. 1, 2/14/12)

314-3.2	ML: LIMITED INDUSTRIAL
Principal Permitted Uses
Small animal hospitals completely enclosed within a building. (From Section INL#314-37(b)(2); Ord. 1086, Sec. 8, 7/13/76)
Stores, agencies and services such as carpentry and cabinet-making shops, clothing manufacture, contractors’ yards, dry cleaning and laundry plants, handicraft manufacture, lumber yards, metal-working shops, wholesale outlet stores, painters’ and decorators’ yards, plumbing shops, printing, lithographing and major auto repair. (From Section INL#314-37(b)(3); Ord. 1086, Sec. 8, 7/13/76)
Administrative, business and professional offices. (From Section INL#314-43(a)(2))
Manufacturing of electrical and electronic equipment, of household effects such as lamps, rugs and fabrics, and research and development laboratories. (From Section INL#314-43(a)(3))
Emergency shelters.
Uses Permitted with a Special Permit
Single room occupancy facilities which are conversions of existing buildings.
Uses Permitted with a Use Permit
Dwellings, accessory dwelling units, manufactured homes, hotels, motels, and manufactured home parks. (Amended by Ord. 2335, 12/14/04)
Animal hospitals and kennels.
Animal feed and sales yards.
Manufacture of furniture, finished paper and paper products.
Any use not specifically enumerated in this division, if it is similar to and compatible with the uses permitted in the ML zone.
Other Regulations
Minimum Lot Area	One (1) acre.
Minimum Lot Width	(None specified.)
Minimum Yard Setbacks*
Front	Fifty feet (50');
Rear	Fifty feet (50');
Side	Ten percent (10%) of average-lot width but not less than twenty-five feet (25').
Maximum Ground Coverage	Twenty-five percent (25%).
Maximum Building Height	Seventy-five feet (75').
Special Regulations	All manufacturing and fabricating areas shall be enclosed in buildings; and All equipment and materials storage areas adjacent to Residential (RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4) Zones shall be screened by walls, fences or adequate plantings to a height of not less than six feet (6'); and Said fencing and screening shall conform to all yard requirements.

(Former Section INL#314-43(a)(1-3); INL#314-43(b); INL#314-43(c))

The Heavy Industrial or MH Zone is intended to apply to areas devoted to normal operations of industries subject only to regulations as are needed to control congestion and protect surrounding areas. The following regulations shall apply to all Heavy Industrial or MH Zones. (Former Section INL#314-46; Ord. 1086, Sec. 12, 7/13/76; Amended by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00; Amended by Ord. 2472, Sec. 1, 2/14/12)

314-3.3	MH: HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
Principal Permitted Uses
Small animal hospitals completely enclosed within a building. (From Section INL#314-37(b)(2); Ord. 1086, Sec. 8, 7/13/76)
Stores, agencies and services such as carpentry and cabinet-making shops, clothing manufacture, contractors’ yards, dry cleaning and laundry plants, handicraft manufacture, lumber yards, metal-working shops, wholesale outlet stores, painters’ and decorators’ yards, plumbing shops, printing, lithographing and major auto repair. (From Section INL#314-37(b)(3); Ord. 1086, Sec. 8, 7/13/76)
Administrative, business and professional offices. (From Section INL#314-43(a)(2))
Manufacturing of electrical and electronic equipment, of household effects such as lamps, rugs and fabrics, and research and development laboratories. (From Section INL#314-43(a)(3))
Animal hospitals and kennels. (From Section INL#314-43(b)(2))
Animal feed and sales yards. (From Section INL#314-43(b)(3))
Manufacture of furniture, finished paper and paper products. (From Section INL#314-43(b)(4))
Industrial manufacturing uses, except as provided in the following subsection, Uses Permitted with a Use Permit.
Uses Permitted with a Special Permit
Single room occupancy facilities which are conversions of existing buildings.
Uses Permitted with a Use Permit
Dwellings, accessory dwelling units, manufactured homes, hotels, motels, emergency shelters, manufactured home parks, and special occupancy parks. (Amended by Ord. 2335, 12/14/04)
All uses except: One-family dwellings; general agriculture; rooming and boarding of not more than two (2) persons; and manufactured homes. (Former Sections 314-2(c); 314-2(b)(1-4) and 314-46(b)(2))
Any use not specifically enumerated in this division, if it is similar to and compatible with the uses permitted in the MH zone.
Other Regulations
Minimum Lot Area	One (1) acre. (From Section INL#314-43(c))
Minimum Lot Width	(None specified.) (From Section INL#314-43(c))
Minimum Yard Setbacks*
Front	Fifty feet (50'); (From Section INL#314-43(c))
Rear	Fifty feet (50'); (From Section INL#314-43(c))
Side	Ten percent (10%) of average-lot width but not less than twenty-five feet (25'). (From Section INL#314-43(c))
Maximum Ground Coverage	(None specified.)
Maximum Building Height	Seventy-five feet (75'). (From Section INL#314-43(c))

(Former Section INL#314-46(a)(1-3); Ord. 1086, Sec. 12, 7/13/76) (Former Section INL#314-46(b)(1-2); Ord. 894, Sec. 1, 12/19/72; Amended by Ord. 1086, Sec. 12, 7/13/76; Amended by Ord. 2166, Sec. 16, 4/7/98) (Ord. 2678, § 3, 7/13/2021; Ord. 2693, § 7, 6/7/2022)