ARTICLE 12 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE – (M-1 ZONE)

Section 1200: PURPOSE. It is the purpose of the Light Industrial Zone to allow a wide diversity of industrial uses under minimum development and operational controls in areas where such uses will not have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential areas. The uses permitted are those generally regarded as “Light ”, conducted primarily indoors, but which may require limited outdoor storage or assembly areas. Section 1201: GENERAL CRITERIA. The following general criteria are hereby established for use in the classification or reclassification of land to the M-1 zone. (a) General Plan – Compliance with the General Plan shall be established in accordance with Article 3, Section 313 of this ordinance. (b) Location – areas shall be located with primary access to a major or secondary street as shown on the Major Street Plan. (c) Utilities – The existing utility system (water, sewer, drainage, electrical, gas and communications facilities) must be adequate or new systems shall be constructed to adequately serve the proposed development. (d) Development Plans – Before development of any M-1 zoned land, a development plan shall be filed with and approved by the Planning Commission pursuant to provisions of Article 16, Section 1611 governing development plans. Section 1202: PERMITTED USES. Subject to the development standards of this Article and the provisions of Article 27 governing off-street parking requirements, industrial uses conducted primarily within a may be permitted. Such uses include but are not limited to the following: (1) Any use permitted in the I-P zone. (2) Automobile painting. All painting, sanding and baking shall be conducted wholly within a building. (3) houses or stores.

12-1 (4) Bakeries. (5) Body and fender works, including painting. All painting, sanding and baking shall be conducted wholly within a building. (6) Bottling plants. (7) Breweries. (8) Breweries, Craft. (9) Cabinet shops. (10) cleaning plants. (11) Cleaning and plants. (12) Electric or neon sign manufacture. (13) Electrical appliance assembly such as: (a) Electronic instruments and devices. (b) Radios and phonographs, including manufacture of small parts such as coils. (14) Frozen food lockers. (15) Fruit and vegetable preserving and freezing. (16) Food products manufacture, storage and process of, except lard, pickle, sauerkraut, sausage or vinegar. (17) Fruit packing houses. (18) manufacturers. (19) Garment manufacturers. (20) Glass studios, staining, beveling, and silvering in connection with sale of mirrors and glass for decorating purposes. (21) Laboratories, experimental, motion picture, testing. (22) Laundries. (23) yards (-no planning mills or burners). (24) Machine shops. (25) Nurseries (retail).

12-2 (26) Parcel delivery. (27) , fabrication from. (28) shops, supply yards. (29) Public scales. (30) Rubber, fabrication of products made from finished rubber (having 15 employees or less). (31) Sheet metal shops. (32) Shoe manufacture. (33) manufacture (cold mix only). (34) Textile manufacture. (35) Veterinarians-small animal . (36) Wholesale , , storage or enterprises. (37) Wineries. (38) Wineries, Craft. (39) Equipment rental yards. (40) Other uses may be permitted as contained in Article 15 subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit. Section 1203: ACCESSORY USES. The following accessory uses are permitted only where they are integrated with and clearly incidental to a primary permitted use. All uses shall be conducted primarily within a building. (a) Administrative, professional, educational offices and financial institutions. (b) Development of prototypes required in laboratories. (c) Employee cafeterias, auditoriums, coffee shops, or . (d) Exhibition of products produced on the premises or available for wholesale . (e) pumps to serve only the owner’s own . (f) Outdoor off-street parking or parking structures.

12-3 Section 1204: FRONT YARDS. See Section 1701 (f). Section 1205: SIDE YARDS. See Section 1702 (e). Section 1206: REAR YARDS. See Section 1703 (c). Section 1207: YARD REQUIREMENTS WHEN ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL ZONES. (a) M-1 zones separated from R zones by public rights-of- way. Any M-1 zoned property which is separated from a R zone by a public right-of-way (except railroad rights-of-way) shall maintain a minimum 15 feet deep landscaped setback, with the exception of driveway areas. Landscaping shall be provided as required under the provisions of Section 1731 of this ordinance. (b) M-1 zones abutting R zones. Any M-1 zoned property which abuts a R zoned property shall in addition to the walls required in Section 1721 (e) provide a 10 feet deep landscaped buffer area. Landscaping so required shall consist of a combination of trees, shrubs and ground cover to provide a noise barrier and plant materials and sizes shall be subject to approval of the City Planner and City Landscape Architect and all other provisions of Section 1731 of this ordinance. Section 1208: LOT WIDTH. See Section 1706 (h). Section 1209: HEIGHT. See Section 1709 (c). Section 1210: OFF-STREET PARKING. See Article 27. Section 1211: REQUIRED WALLS. See Section 1721 (e). Section 1212: LANDSCAPING. See Section 1731. Section 1213: LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE. See Section 1732. Section 1214: SCREENING. (a) Screening of outdoor storage and assembly areas – Those uses which require outside storage areas, except those uses which are customarily conducted in the open, such as nurseries, equipment rental yards, etc. shall be enclosed on all sides with a solid concrete, masonry, or decorative block wall at least six feet in height. Materials stored therein shall not be stacked to exceed the height of such wall or fence. A view

12-4 obscuring fence not to exceed eight (8) feet in height, made of materials such as woven wire, welded wire, chain link or wrought iron may be allowed to within ten (10) feet of the side street side property line. The area between this fence and the property line shall be landscaped in accordance with provisions of Article 17, Section 1731. (b) Screening of mechanical equipment – Provisions of Article 17, Section 1729 shall apply. (c) Refuse storage – Provisions of Article 17, Section 1730 shall apply. Section 1215: PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. All uses permitted in the M-1 district shall be subject to the following limitations: (1) Noise or vibration created by or resulting from any industrial machinery or process shall not be audible beyond the limits of the industrial zoned area and shall conform to the standards adopted in the Noise Element of the General Plan. (2) Odors, glare, heat or lighting created by or resulting directly from any use shall not be perceptible at any point beyond the industrial area. (3) Discharge into the atmosphere of air contaminants shall be subject to all requirements of the San Diego Air Quality and Air Control Board. (4) Water supply, drainage, rubbish and waste disposal systems and practices shall conform with all applicable codes and standards. (5) Industrial activities shall be of such nature as not to cause damage or nuisance to the health, safety, peace or general welfare of persons residing or working in the vicinity of the .

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