Chapter 8.28
INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
8.28.010 Purpose and intent.
The purpose and intent of this Chapter is to establish regulations which achieve the following:
A. Provide appropriate industrial areas to accommodate enterprises engaged in manufacturing, processing, creating, repairing, renovating, painting, cleaning, or assembling of goods, merchandise, or equipment and office uses, required by the residents of the City, in a manner consistent with the General Plan and applicable Specific Plans.
B. Provide adequate space to meet the needs of industrial development, including off-street parking and loading.
C. Minimize traffic congestion and avoid the overloading of public services and utilities.
D. Protect industrial areas from excessive noise, illumination, unsightliness, odor, smoke, and other objectionable influences.
E. Facilitate the provision of public improvements commensurate with anticipated increase in population, and need for industrial establishments.
F. Promote high standards of site planning and landscape design for industrial developments within the City.
G. Provide employment opportunities for existing and future residents of the City and those of adjacent communities.
H. Provide for land uses which meet the needs of and attract regional populations, in addition to local residents.
I. Promote a mix of industrial uses that provide the City with a sound and diverse industrial base.
J. Ensure compatibility with adjacent land uses.
8.28.020 Industrial Zoning Districts.
A. M-P (Industrial Park Zoning District).
1. Intent. The M-P zoning district is intended to provide for the continued use, expansion, and new development of industrial park use types in proximity to major transportation corridors, and to ensure compatibility with adjacent residential and commercial uses.
2. Use types permitted in the M-P zoning district. Laboratory, Office - Contractor’s, Office - Professional/Administrative, Industrial - Light, Printing and Publishing, Research and Development Laboratory, Storage of Petroleum Products for On-Site Use, and Warehousing and Distribution; similar and related uses, temporary uses, and conditional uses.
3. Use types conducted entirely within a building. All use types permitted in the M-P zoning district shall be conducted entirely within a building with the exception of Storage of Petroleum Products for On-Site Use.
4. General plan consistency. The M-P zoning district is consistent with the Business Park/Industrial, Industrial Park, and Industrial/Campus Office designations of the General Plan.
B. M-1 (Light Industrial Zoning District).
1. Intent. The M-1 zoning district is intended to provide for the continued use, expansion, and new development of light industrial use types in proximity to major transportation corridors, and to ensure compatibility with adjacent residential and commercial uses.
2. Use types permitted in the M-1 zoning district. Ambulance Service, Laboratory, Office - Contractor’s, Parking Lot/Garage - Commercial, Industrial - Light, Printing and Publishing, Research and Development Laboratory, Storage of Petroleum Products for On-Site Use, Trucking Terminal, and Warehousing and Distribution; similar and related uses, temporary uses, and conditional uses.
3. Open Storage/Parking.
a. Enclosure. Open areas used for storage or for parking and loading of vehicles shall be enclosed by a solid wall or fence not less than 6 feet in height with solid entrance and exit gates.
b. Stacking. Material shall not be stacked so that it is over 6 feet high.
c. Grading and Drainage. All open storage and parking areas shall be paved with an all-weather paving and adequately graded and drained.
d. Landscaping. A landscape buffer 10 feet wide shall be provided along all roadways which shall be adequately watered and maintained. This buffer shall be consistent with all screening requirements of Section 8.72.030.B, Screening Requirements.
4. General plan consistency. The M-1 zoning district is consistent with the Business Park/Industrial, Business Park/Industrial and Outdoor Storage and Industrial Park designations of the General Plan.
C. M-2 (Heavy Industrial Zoning District).
1. Intent. The M-2 zoning district is intended to provide for the continued use, expansion, and new development of heavy industrial use types in proximity to major transportation corridors, and to ensure compatibility with adjacent residential and commercial uses.
2. Use types permitted in the M-2 zoning district. Laboratory, Office - Contractor’s, Parking Lot/Garage - Commercial, Industrial - Heavy, Industrial - Light, Research and Development Laboratory, Storage of Petroleum Products for On-Site Use, Trucking Terminal, and Warehousing and Distribution; similar and related uses, temporary uses, and conditional uses.
3. General plan consistency. The M-2 zoning district is consistent with the Business Park/Industrial: Outdoor Storage designation of the General Plan. Rev. Ord. 27-10 (December 2010)
8.28.030 Industrial Performance Standards, M-P Zoning District.
All industrial land uses shall conform to the following standards. Any violation of these standards is a violation of the Zoning Ordinance:
A. Noise or vibration. No noise or vibration, other than related to transportation activities and temporary construction work, shall be discernible without instruments at any point on a lot line of the building site.
B. Radioactivity. No activity, including storage or dumping, shall result in the emission of radioactivity in dangerous amounts.
C. Electrical disturbance. No activity shall cause electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
D. Inflammable or explosive materials. No inflammable or explosive materials shall be produced, used, stored, or handled unless provided at all points with adequate safety devices and procedures against hazards of explosion and all equipment and devices for fire prevention and fire fighting approved by the Alameda County Fire Department.
E. Air pollution. No air pollution or smoke shall be produced which is in violation of the requirements of the Bay Area Air Pollution Quality Management District.
F. Glare or heat. No direct or sky-reflected glare or heat shall be produced which is discernible without instruments at any point on a lot line of the building site.
G. Odorous Gasses. No emission of any odorous gasses or matter shall occur in quantities which are discernible without instruments at any point on a lot line of the building site.
H. Dust, dirt or particulate matter. No discharge into the air of any dust, dirt or particulate matter shall occur from any activity or from any products stored on the building site which is discernible without instruments at any point on a lot line of the building site.
I. Liquid contaminants. No discharge into any public sewer, private sewage disposal system approved by the County Department of Environmental Health, stream, or into the ground of any liquid contaminants or materials of such nature or temperature which contaminates any water supply, interferes with bacterial processes and sewage treatment, or in any way causes the emission of dangerous or offensive materials shall occur.
8.28.040 Industrial Performance Standards, M-1 Zoning District.
All industrial land uses in the M-1 zoning district shall conform to the industrial performance standards in Section 8.28.030 except that Subparagraph A (Noise or Vibration) is modified for the purposes of the M-1 zoning district to prohibit any noise or vibration, other than related to transportation activities and temporary construction work, which is discernible without instruments at lot line separating the premises from an abutting Residential zoning district.
8.28.050 Industrial Performance Standards, M-2 Zoning District.
All industrial land uses in the M-2 zoning district shall conform to the industrial performance standards in Section 8.28.030 except that subparagraphs A (Noise or Vibration), F (Glare or Heat), and G (Odorous Gasses) are modified for the purposes of the M-2 zoning district to prohibit any noise or vibration, other than related to transportation activities and/or temporary construction work, direct or sky-reflected glare or heat, or emission of any odorous gasses or matter in quantities which are discernible without instruments at a lot line separating the premises from an abutting Residential zoning district.
8.28.060 Permitted and Conditionally Permitted Land Uses, and Regulations.
A. Permitted and Conditionally Permitted Land Uses. For permitted and conditionally permitted land uses, please see the Land Use Matrix in Section 8.12.050.
B. Accessory Structures and Uses Regulations. For accessory structures and uses regulations, please see Chapter 8.40.
C. Development Agreement Regulations. For development agreement regulations, please see Chapter 8.56.
D. Development Regulations. For development regulations, please see Chapter 8.36.
E. Hazardous Waste Facilities Location Regulations. For hazardous waste facilities location regulations, please see Chapter 8.60.
F. Landscaping and Fencing Regulations. For landscaping and fencing regulations, please see Chapter 8.72.
G. Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations. For off-street parking and loading regulations, please see Chapter 8.76.
H. Sign Regulations. For sign regulations, please see Chapter 8.84.
I. Water Efficient Landscaping Regulations. For water efficient landscape regulations, please see Chapter 8.88.
J. Wireless Communications Facilities Regulations. For wireless communications facilities regulations, please see Chapter 8.92.
K. Emergency Shelters. For Emergency Shelters regulations, please see Chapter 8.45.
L. Supportive Housing. For Supportive Housing regulations, please see Chapter 8.47.
M. Transitional Housing. For Transitional Housing regulations, please see Chapter 8.50. Rev. Ord. 4-11 (April 2011); Ord. 25-04 (October 2004)