Chapter 17.34
LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT (M-1)
Sections:
17.34.070 Development standards.
17.34.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to implement the comprehensive plan by providing for planned development of large land areas, in appropriate locations, exclusively for industrial and subordinate uses which provide support services to the district. The light manufacturing district is a light industrial zoning classification suitable for the manufacture, distribution and assembly of finished products that have a relatively light impact on adjacent uses and are primarily conducted in an enclosed structure. Master planning of the entire industrial site is encouraged to ensure compatibility between industrial operations, as well as the existing and future character of adjacent areas. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.020 Principal uses.
Principal uses permitted outright in light manufacturing districts shall include:
A. Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices;
B. Automotive assembly and repair, auto body and detail shops;
C. Automobile, truck and machinery dealer (new and used), garage, automobile, truck and other vehicle repair;
D. Boat building;
E. Brewery;
F. Building material storage yard;
G. Contractors’ or loggers’ equipment and trucks storage yard, plant, repair, or rental;
H. Contractors’ plant or storage yards;
I. Creamery, bottling, ice manufacture and cold storage plant;
J. Distillery;
K. Electrical central power station;
L. Enameling or metal coating (galvanizing), or electroplating;
M. Farm equipment repair;
N. Food products, cosmetics, and pharmacology manufacturing, compounding, processing, and packaging; except fish and meat products and the reducing and refining of fats and oils;
O. Fuel oil distributor;
P. Grain elevator;
Q. Heavy machinery sales and service;
R. Laboratories, experimental;
S. Landscape gardening and storage area for equipment and materials;
T. Lumber sales business;
U. Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, food and beverage products;
V. Manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of merchandise from previously prepared materials, such as bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, and glass;
W. Manufacture, compounding, assembling or fabrication of lumber and millwork, manufactured homes, travel trailers, and other structures, structural wood members, wood containers and miscellaneous wood products;
X. Mini-storage as defined in Section 17.04.556;
Y. Printing plant;
Z. Research, development and assembly facilities for component devices and equipment of an electrical, electronic or electromagnetic nature;
AA. Railroad facilities of all types, except repair shops;
BB. Recycling center;
CC. Rental center;
DD. Solid fuel yard;
EE. Spinning or knitting of cotton, wool, flax, or other fibrous materials;
FF. Tire retreading or recapping;
GG. Towing shop and related facilities, including bull pens;
HH. Trucking, express and storage yards;
II. Vocational training programs and apprenticeships;
JJ. Warehouse;
KK. Welding shops;
LL. Wholesale business; and
MM. Wineries. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.030 Accessory uses.
Accessory buildings shall not be permitted on a parcel prior to the existence of a principal use. Accessory uses permitted in light manufacturing districts shall include:
A. Business signs in compliance with Chapter 17.42.
B. Accessory uses in light manufacturing districts may be permitted which are customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use. All such accessory uses must conform to all requirements for the principal use. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.040 Conditional uses.
Conditional uses permitted in light manufacturing districts shall include:
A. Eating establishments, convenience grocery stores, cafes and gas stations operating primarily for the convenience of employees, clients and customers of the district;
B. Business firm headquarters and professional offices;
C. Public, governmental, and municipal buildings serving as administrative offices;
D. Fire and police stations;
E. Public utility and communication facilities including telephone exchanges, broadcasting stations and transmitting towers;
F. Retail sale of lumber and other building materials;
G. Manufacture and processing of food including meat, dairy, fruit, vegetable, seafood, bakery and beverage products;
H. Fabrication of apparel including clothing, hats, caps, fur products; and miscellaneous textile products;
I. Fabrication of leather products including belts, boots, shoes, gloves and mittens, luggage, handbags and other personal leather goods;
J. Machine shop, welding shop, saw mill and sawmill activities; provided, that all odor and noise producing processes are conducted in an enclosed structure equipped with filtering or noise reduction equipment to mitigate odor and/or noise impacts;
K. Tire retreading or recapping;
L. Other uses deemed by the board of adjustment as similar to and consistent with the intent and purpose of the light manufacturing zoning district. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.050 Prohibited uses.
No building, structure, or premises, or portions thereof shall be used for human habitation, except as quarters for a caretaker, guard, or other person whose permanent residency on the premises is required for operational, safety or protective purposes. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.060 Outdoor storage.
Outdoor storage in a light manufacturing district must be maintained in an orderly manner at all times. For outdoor storage in this district, uses such as junkyards, auto wrecking and scrap metal storage are permitted under the following conditions:
A. All storage yards must be screened to a minimum height of six feet, and materials must consist of sight-obscuring fence or evergreen plantings which completely enclose the use;
B. No materials may be piled higher than the top of the fence or screening material;
C. Such storage shall be no closer than two hundred feet from any public thoroughfare or commercial district and not closer than three hundred feet from any residential district;
D. Storage of animal or vegetable wastes shall be prohibited which would attract insects or rodents or otherwise create a public health hazard. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.070 Development standards.
The following provisions shall apply in the light manufacturing district, subject to other provisions of this title, except that where conflicts in regulation occur, the regulations specified in this section or on a development plan approved pursuant to this chapter shall apply:
A. Minimum lot area: five thousand square feet;
B. Minimum lot width: forty feet;
C. Minimum lot depth: forty feet;
D. Maximum building height: forty feet;
E. Maximum lot coverage: not applicable;
F. Minimum front yard depth: five feet (twenty-five feet when abutting a residential district);
G. Minimum rear yard depth: five feet (twenty-five feet when abutting a residential district);
H. Minimum side yard width: five feet (twenty-five feet when abutting a residential district). (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.080 Parking.
Parking standards shall be provided in accordance with the terms of Chapter 17.52. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.090 Landscaping.
Landscaping shall be provided with the terms of Chapter 17.54. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)
17.34.100 Site plan.
A site plan shall be approved in accordance with the terms of Chapter 17.46. (Ord. 1438 §2(part), 2014)