Chapter 18.34
INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICTS

18.34.010    Purpose of the industrial zone districts.

18.34.020    Allowable land uses and permit requirements.

18.34.030    M-L zone district development standards.

18.34.040    M-1 and M-2 zone district development standards.

18.34.010 Purpose of the industrial zone districts.

The purposes of the individual industrial zone districts are as follows:

Limited manufacturing (M-L) zone district: Intended to accommodate a limited group of business, professional, research and technical manufacturing uses which may have unusual requirements for light, space and air and the operations of which are clean and quiet. The M-L zone district is consistent with the commercial and industrial general plan designations.

Light industrial (M-1) zone district: Intended to be applied where heavy commercial, light industrial and warehousing facilities are necessary for public service and convenience. The M-1 zone district is consistent with the commercial and industrial general plan designations.

General industrial (M-2) zone district: Intended to be applied where general industrial and manufacturing facilities are necessary for public service and convenience. The M-2 zone district is consistent with the industrial general plan designation. (Ord. 1365 § 6 (part), 2014).

18.34.020 Allowable land uses and permit requirements.

Table 18.34.020 identifies the uses of land allowed by each of the industrial zone districts. The last column of the table identifies a section of this title that references additional land use regulations or development standards that are applicable to that use. The applicable permit requirements for each use are established by the letter designations as follows:

"P"

Designates a permitted use. New development requires a development plan review which is typically a ministerial staff review process that ensures compliance with all city development standards, as provided in Sec. 18.72.010. Larger projects may trigger a more extensive review.

"ZC"

Designates that a zoning clearance is needed, which is a ministerial staff review, as provided in Sec. 18.72.020.

"U"

Designates that a use permit is required, as provided in Sec. 18.72.030.

"MU"

Minor use permit.

Blank

Not an allowable use in that zone district.

 

Table 18.34.020: Allowed Uses and Permit Requirements for the Industrial Zone Districts 

Land Use

Zone District

Specific Use Regulation

M-L

M-1

M-2

Industrial

Indoor assembly, processing, fabricating, treatment, manufacturing, repairing or packaging of goods that do not create noise, dust odor, smoke, bright light, involve the handling of explosives or inflammable materials as a primary use, or otherwise create offensive conditions at the property line

P

P

P

 

The uses described above or provided elsewhere in this table that may create the potentially offensive condition(s) described above

 

U

U

 

Adult oriented business

U

U

U

Chap. 18.66

Auto body, radiator, upholstery repair, brake, muffler shop, tire shop2

 

P

P

 

Auto service station

 

P

P

Sec. 18.96.050

Auto wrecking yard1

 

U

U

 

Auto, boat, and motorcycle sales, repair and rental2

P

P

P

 

Bank, financial institution, insurance

P

P

P

 

Bar, night club, lounge, tavern

P

P

 

 

Bottled gas sales1

U

U

U

 

Building material sales, lumber yard

 

P

P

 

Bulk petroleum and pressurized gas product storage and wholesale

 

U

U

 

Bus depot

U4

U4

U4

 

Cabinet, plumbing, sheet metal, welding, machine shop

 

P

P

 

Commercial cannabis activity business, including medical cannabis dispensary:

 

 

 

Chap. 5.10, 18.67, 18.69

• Cultivation, specialty, small, 500—5,000 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, specialty mixed light, small, 2,501—5,000 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, specialty cottage (indoor), small, up to 2,500 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, indoor, small, 5,001—10,000 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, mixed light, small, 5,001—10,000 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, indoor, medium, 10,001—22,000 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, mixed light, medium, 10,001—22,000 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, nursery (indoor)

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, indoor, large, >22,000 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Cultivation, mixed light, large, >22,000 square feet

U

U

U

 

• Manufacture 1 (use of nonvolatile solvents)

U

U

U

 

• Manufacture 2 (use of volatile solvents)

ZC

ZC

ZC

 

• Testing laboratory

P

P

P

 

• Retailer (medical cannabis only)

U

U

U

 

• Distributor

ZC

P

P

 

• Microbusiness (medical cannabis only), <10,000 square feet cultivation

U

U

U

 

Car wash

P

P

P

 

Card room

U4

U4

U4

 

Caretaker, night watchman residence

P

P

P

 

Cement and asphalt plant

 

 

U

 

Clubs and lodges

U4

U4

 

 

Cold storage facility

 

P

P

 

Commercial laundry

 

P

P

 

Community center

P

P

 

 

Contractor’s yard, outdoor material storage

 

P

P

 

Cultural institution

P

P

 

 

Day care center

U

U

 

 

Distribution center

 

P

P

 

Drive-through facilities

MU4

MU4

MU4

Sec. 18.96.030

Dry cleaning, dyeing plant

 

P

P

 

Employment centers (includes office uses that generally do not cater to the public such as call centers)

P

P

P

 

Equipment rental

 

P

P

 

Farm equipment and supply sales

 

P

P

 

Flea market

 

 

U

 

Funeral establishment

P

P

 

 

General retail sales and services conducted indoors (unless otherwise specified in this table)

P

P

P

 

Health/fitness facility

P

P

P

 

Heliport, airport

 

U4

U4

 

Hospital1

U4

U4

U4

 

Hotel, motel

U

U4

U

 

Indoor entertainment (theater, video arcade/fun center, skating rink, bowling, billiards)

P

P

P

 

Kennel

 

 

U

 

Laundry, laundromat

P

P

 

 

Library/museum

P

P

 

 

Lumber processing (sawing, planing, plywood, veneer, laminating)

 

U

U

 

Massage service

U

U

 

Excludes services exempted under Sec. 5.48.270

Medical, dental, optical lab

P

P

P

 

Moving and storage facility

 

P

P

 

Offices (administrative, governmental, business, medical and professional)

P

P

P

 

Outdoor commercial recreation (theme, amusement park, miniature golf, go-kart)

 

P

P

 

Park

P

P

P

 

Processing and manufacturing of food products

 

P

P

 

Public buildings and facilities

P

P

P

 

Public parking

P

P

P

 

Recreational vehicle park

U4

U4

U4

 

Recycling collection and materials processing facility1

 

U

U

Chap. 18.92

Religious facility

U

U

U

 

Repair shop (i.e., shoes, radios, appliances, electronic equipment)

P

P

P

 

Research and development laboratory

P

P

P

 

Restaurant

U4

U4

U4

 

Retail plant nursery (includes outdoor sales)

P

P

P

 

RV, camper sales and repair

 

P

P

 

Sales and indoor repair of commercial trucks and trailers and other heavy equipment

 

P

P

 

Schools and studios primarily conducted indoors

U

U4

 

 

Secondhand store3

P

P

 

 

Self-storage facility1

P

P

P

Sec. 18.96.040

Tire recapping plant

 

P

P

 

Trade school

P

P

P

 

Truck, freight terminal1

 

P

P

 

Veterinary clinic, animal boarding, animal grooming3

 

P

P

 

Wholesale businesses, warehousing

 

P

P

 

Wholesale printing, engraving, lithography and publishing

P

P

P

 

Wholesale vehicle sales, auction; vehicle storage

 

 

P

 

Wireless communication facility

U4

U4

U4

Chap. 18.95

Wood yard

 

 

U

 

Wrecking, dismantling yard

 

 

U

 

Residential Uses

Condominiums

MU4

MU4

MU4

 

Emergency shelter

U

P

U

Sec. 18.96.060

Employee housing

MU4

MU4

MU4

 

Home occupation

ZC

ZC

 

Sec. 18.93

Live/work lofts

MU4

MU4

 

 

Multifamily residence

MU4

MU4

 

 

Residences w/office or retail

MU4

MU4

 

 

Senior congregate care facility, skilled nursing/intermediate care facility

MU4

MU4

 

 

Single-family residence

MU4

MU4

 

 

Single-room occupancy (SRO)

U4

U4

 

Sec. 18.96.070

 

1    Not allowed in central business district.

2    Minor use permit required in the central business district.

3    Animal boarding must be conducted indoors with air conditioning unless a use permit is approved for outdoor boarding.

4    Use permits and minor use permits not required in medical arts district.

5    Employee housing (up to six persons), supportive housing, transitional housing, mobilehomes on permanent foundations, and mobilehome parks (including condominium and cooperative parks) are allowed and subject only to those restrictions and development standards that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type and number in the same zone.

(Ord. 1404 § 5, 2018; Ord. 1392 § 1, 2017; Ord. 1378 §§ 4, 5, 2015; Ord. 1372 §§ 2(C), 2(G), 2(J), 2015; Ord. 1365 § 6 (part), 2014).

18.34.030 M-L zone district development standards.

 

Table 18.34.030: Development Standards Applicable to the M-L Zone District 

Minimum lot size

10,000 square feet.

Minimum lot width

None.

Minimum yards

Front yard: 10 feet.

Street side yard: 10 feet.

Interior side yard: 10 feet.

Rear yard: 20 feet.

Levee setback: 10 feet.

Other criteria and exceptions are provided in Section 18.84.070, Yards and fences.

Maximum building height

2.5 stories, not to exceed 35 feet.

Other criteria and exceptions are provided in Sec. 18.84.080.

Maximum building coverage

None.

Landscaping

The required front yard and all required yards that abut a street shall be landscaped.

Other landscaping standards are provided in Chap. 18.86.

Public improvements

Chap. 11.04.

Off-street parking and loading

See Chap. 18.60.

Exterior lighting

 

Signs

See Chap. 18.64.

Trash enclosures

See Chap. 18.61.

Outside storage

All outside storage shall be screened by a solid fence between 6 and 8 feet in height, except for vehicle sales.

(Ord. 1437 § 1, 2022; Ord. 1365 § 6 (part), 2014).

18.34.040 M-1 and M-2 zone district development standards.*

 

Table 18.34.040: Development Standards Applicable to the M-1 and M-2 Zone Districts 

Minimum lot size

None.

Minimum lot width

None.

Minimum yards

Front yard: None, except within 25 feet of a residential district it shall be 15 feet. Upper story may overhang if there is a vertical clearance of 12 feet.

Street side yard: Same as front yard.

Interior side yard: none, except when abutting a residential zone district it is 5 feet and a 6-foot masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line.

Rear yard: none, except when abutting a residential zone district it is 5 feet and a 6-foot masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line. It is 12 feet if accessible by a street, alley or parking lot. Upper floor may overhang if there is 14 feet of vertical clearance if not located abutting a residential zone district.

Levee setback: 10 feet.

Other criteria and exceptions are provided in Section 18.84.070, Yards and fences.

Maximum building height

2.5 stories, not to exceed 35 feet.

Other criteria and exceptions are provided in Sec. 18.84.080.

Public improvements

Chap. 11.04.

Off-street parking and loading

See Chap. 18.60.

Exterior lighting

 

Landscaping

 

Signs

See Chap. 18.64.

Trash enclosures

See Chap. 18.61.

Screening mechanical equip.

 

(Ord. 1437 § 1, 2022; Ord. 1365 § 6 (part), 2014).

*    Code reviser’s note: Ordinance 1365 adds these provisions as Section 18.34.030. The section has been editorially renumbered to prevent duplication of numbering.