Chapter 17.32
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

Sections:

17.32.010  Specific purposes.

17.32.020  IL, IG, IW and IP districts – Land use regulations.

17.32.030  IL, IG, IW and IP districts – Property development regulations.

17.32.040  Review of plans.

17.32.010 Specific purposes.

A. In addition to the general purposes listed in Chapter 17.04 BMC, the specific purposes of industrial district regulations are to:

1. Provide appropriately located areas consistent with the general plan for a broad range of manufacturing and service commercial uses;

2. Strengthen the city’s economic base, and provide employment opportunities close to home for residents of the city and surrounding communities;

3. Provide a suitable environment for various types of industrial uses, and protect them from the adverse impacts of inharmonious uses;

4. Reserve areas for port terminals and water-related industry;

5. Ensure that the appearance and effects of industrial uses are compatible with the character of the area in which they are located;

6. Minimize the impact of industrial uses on adjacent residential districts;

7. Ensure the provision of adequate off-street parking and loading facilities.

B. The additional purposes of each I district are as follows:

1. IL Limited Industrial District. To protect areas appropriate for business and commercial services and light manufacturing from adverse effects of retail uses or of general industrial uses by preventing conversion of prime sites to general office use;

2. IG General Industrial District. To provide sites for the full range of manufacturing, industrial processing, general service, and distribution uses deemed suitable for location in Benicia; and to protect Benicia’s general industrial areas, to the extent feasible, from disruption and competition for space from unrelated retail and commercial uses that could more appropriately be located elsewhere in the city. Performance standards will minimize potential environmental impacts;

3. IW Water-Related Industrial District. To protect sites for port-priority uses and to provide opportunities for water-related industry and marine services supporting the Port of Benicia. Performance standards will minimize potentially adverse environmental impacts;

4. IP Industrial Park District. To provide sites in landscaped settings for industrial office centers, research and development facilities, limited industrial activities (including production and assembly, but no raw materials processing or bulk handling), and small-scale warehousing distribution. (Ord. 01-6 N.S., 2001; Ord. 87-4 N.S., 1987).

17.32.020 IL, IG, IW and IP districts – Land use regulations.

In the following schedule, the letter "P" designates use classifications permitted in industrial districts. The letter "L" designates use classifications subject to certain limitations described by the "Additional Use Regulations" which follow. The letter "U" designates use classifications permitted on approval of a use permit. The letters "P/U" designate use classifications permitted on the site of a permitted use, but requiring a use permit on the site of a conditional use. Letters in parentheses in the "Additional Regulations" column refer to the "Additional Use Regulations" following the schedule. Where letters in parentheses are opposite a use classification heading, referenced regulations shall apply to all use classifications under the heading.

IL, IG, IW, and IP Districts: Land Use Regulations 

P – Permitted

U – Use Permit

L – Limited (See "Additional Use Regulations")

– – Not Permitted

 

IL

IG

IW

IP

Additional Regulations

Residential

 

 

 

 

(L)

Live/Work Quarters

U

–

–

–

(A)

 

Public and Semipublic

 

 

 

 

 

Clubs and Lodges

L18

L18

–

L18

 

Cultural Institutions

U

U

–

U

 

Day Care, General

U

U

–

U

(B)

Government Offices

U

U

U

U

 

Heliports

L1

L1

L1

L1

 

Maintenance and Service Facilities

P

P

P

–

 

Public Safety Facilities

U

U

U

U

(C)

Religious Assembly

U

U

–

U

(K)

Utilities, Major

U

U

U

U

 

Waste Facility

–

U

–

–

 

Utilities, Minor

P

P

P

P

 

 

Commercial Uses

 

 

 

 

 

Ambulance Services

P

P

–

P

 

Animal Sales and Services

 

 

 

 

 

Animal Boarding

L20

–

–

–

 

Animal Hospitals

L20

L20

–

–

 

Artists’ Studios

P

–

–

U

 

Banks and Savings and Loans

L2

L2

–

L2

 

Building Materials and Services

L3

L3

–

-

 

Catering Services

P

P

–

P

 

Commercial Filming

U

U

U

U

 

Commercial Recreation and Entertainment

L5

L21

–

L5

 

Game Center

L8

L8

–

L8

 

Communication Facilities

P

P

–

P

 

Eating and Drinking Establishments

L4

L4.1

L4

L4

 

With Wine and Beer Service

L4

L4.1

L4

L4

 

With Full Alcoholic Beverage Service

U

U

U

U

 

With Take-Out Service

L4

L4.1

L4

L4

(D)

Limited

L4

L4.1

L4

L4

(D)

Food and Beverage Sales

L6

L6

–

L7

 

Funeral and Interment Services

L9

–

–

–

 

Horticulture, Limited

P

P

–

–

 

Laboratories

P

P

–

P

 

Maintenance and Repair Services

P