Chapter 17.52
M-2, INDUSTRIAL GENERAL DISTRICT
Sections:
17.52.040 Standards for permitted and conditional uses.
17.52.060 Site area requirements.
17.52.090 Off-street parking and loading.
17.52.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the M-2 district is to provide areas suitable for all types of industrial uses and to establish minimum standards of operation to prevent conflicts between industrial uses and other types of uses in their vicinity. M-2 districts provide opportunities for the development and operation of heavy industrial uses that, in most cases, are most appropriately located on the periphery of the community and in areas where good highway and rail access is available. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.52.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses and their accessory uses are permitted in an M-2 district, subject to the limitations imposed in Section 17.52.040:
A. Any use permitted in the M-1 district;
B. Vocational, technical, and trade schools, including all educational facilities related to industrial trades;
C. Building materials processing and manufacturing, including the manufacturing of concrete and masonry materials and concrete mixing, and wood products processing and milling;
D. Rail and trucking distribution facilities for the loading of raw materials and manufactured products;
E. Other uses not listed which the planning commission may find to be similar to those listed above and which are found to be consistent with the purpose of this district. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.52.030 Conditional uses.
The following uses and their accessory uses may be permitted in an M-2 district when authorized in accordance with Chapter 17.76:
A. Developer’s project and sales offices, including mobile homes adapted to that purpose, during construction only;
B. Permitted uses that are referred to the planning commission by city staff because they were found to exhibit potentially adverse or hazardous characteristics not normally found in uses of a similar type and size;
C. Business offices and commercial uses that are compatible with and closely related in their nature of business to permitted uses in the M-2 district, or that would be established to serve primarily the uses, employees, or customers of the M-2 district. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.52.040 Standards for permitted and conditional uses.
All uses within the M-2 district shall be subject to the following conditions and standards:
A. The facility shall be in compliance with all applicable state and federal environmental, health and safety regulations;
B. All principal parking areas for automobiles and industrial vehicles shall be surfaced with rock or pavement and all other open areas shall be appropriately treated and maintained to minimize dust;
C. Fencing shall be required between any M-2 property and an abutting property in a nonindustrial district. Such fencing shall be a minimum of six feet in height and, when installed between any M-2 lot and a lot in any commercial or residential district, shall be constructed of wood, masonry or other sight-obscuring material, including chain link fencing with sight-obscuring slats. A wire fence supplemented by sight-obscuring plant materials may be approved, if found to be effective by the planning commission. (Ord. 1684 §50, 1993; Ord. 1615 §46, 1989; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.52.050 Height regulations.
Maximum height of any building or structure in an M-2 district shall be sixty feet. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.52.060 Site area requirements.
There is no minimum site area in an M-2 district except as necessary to provide for required parking, loading and yard spaces. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.52.070 Yard requirements.
The following measurements indicate minimum yard requirements in an M-2 district:
A. Front Yard. The front yard shall be a minimum of ten feet.
B. Side Yard. The side yard shall be a minimum of ten feet except when the side yard property line abuts a lot in any residential (R) district or any county-zoned agricultural district outside the urban growth boundary and then the side yard shall be a minimum of twenty feet and shall be increased by one-half foot for each foot by which the building height exceeds twenty feet.
C. Rear Yard. The rear yard shall be a minimum of ten feet except when the rear lot line is abutting a lot in any residential (R) district or any county-zoned agricultural district outside the urban growth boundary and then the side yard shall be a minimum of twenty feet and shall be increased by one-half foot for each foot by which the building height exceeds twenty feet.
D. Notwithstanding the yard requirements above and depending on the location of the lot, special setback requirements may apply as specified in Section 17.60.090. (Ord. 1615 §26, 1989; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.52.080 Signs.
Signs within the M-2 district shall be subject to the following limitations:
A. Lighted signs shall be indirectly illuminated and nonflashing;
B. Permitted signs shall contain not more than one hundred square feet of surface area on any one side, or an aggregate of two hundred square feet of surface on all sides which can be utilized for display purposes;
C. Signs advertising property “for rent” or “for sale” shall not exceed four square feet of area on any one side and one such sign shall be permitted for each street frontage;
D. All signs must conform to the requirements of Chapter 15.24 and with Section 17.60.110 pertaining to vision clearances. (Ord. 1615 §19, 1989; Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).
17.52.090 Off-street parking and loading.
All uses in an M-2 district shall provide off-street parking and loading areas and facilities as required by Chapter 17.64, except when located within a special district organized to provide common public parking areas. (Ord. 1436 §2(part), 1981).