Chapter 18.46
REGULATIONS FOR MP – PLANNED INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections:
18.46.070 Building height limits.
18.46.110 Maximum building coverage.
18.46.120 Open landscaped area.
18.46.130 Minimum parking requirements.
18.46.140 Additional development standards.
18.46.010 Application.
The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all MP zoning districts. (Zoning Ord. § 23-1).
18.46.020 Intent.
This district is intended to provide an environment exclusively for and conducive to the development and protection of modern large-scale administrative facilities, research institutions, and specialized manufacturing organizations, all of a non-nuisance type. Such permitted uses shall not cause objectionable noise, smoke, odor, dust, noxious gases, vibration, glare, heat, fire hazards, or other wastes emanating from the property. The district is to provide for an aesthetically attractive working environment with park-like grounds, attractive buildings, ample employee parking, and other amenities appropriate to an employee-oriented activity where problems of product handling, storage, advertising, and distribution are not of significant concern. (Zoning Ord. § 23-2).
18.46.030 Permitted uses.
None but the following uses, or uses that, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are of a similar nature will be permitted.
All uses except service stations shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except as otherwise provided for in this title.
(a) Chemical and physical science offices and laboratories.
(b) Engineering and cartographic offices and laboratories.
(c) Manufacture, assembling, and packaging of electronic equipment, instruments, and devices.
(d) Manufacture, assembling, and packaging of pharmaceuticals.
(e) Professional, financial, and administrative offices.
(f) Research offices and laboratories.
(g) Testing offices and laboratories.
(h) Light manufacturing and activity not dealing with large volumes of product handling, storage, and distribution and that, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are similar in character and not more detrimental to the health, safety, and general welfare of the neighborhood than any use listed above.
(i) Incidental retail sales of industrial products or products manufactured on-site if adequate on-site customer parking is provided, display and sales occur only within a permanent building, and the industrial character of the property is maintained.
(j) Incidental and accessory buildings, storage buildings, outdoor storage, warehouses, exposed mechanical appurtenances, and the like comprising less than ten percent of the total lot area and shielded from public view.
(k) Public or private automobile parking lots improved and landscaped in accordance with the provisions of this title.
(l) Smoking lounges, pursuant to Chapter 8.37 SCCC. (Zoning Ord. § 23-3; Ord. 1939 § 4, 3-24-15).
18.46.040 Conditional uses.
The following conditional uses may be established only by first securing a use permit in each case as provided in Chapter 18.110 SCCC. Such use permits shall not be granted if the proposed use or structure would be objectionable or detrimental to adjacent properties or to the industrial area in general by reason of traffic, parking, noise, inappropriate design, or signs.
Conditional uses shall be encouraged to be conducted within industrial and office buildings in order to maintain the industrial character of the zoning district. Use permits that propose the construction of new freestanding buildings shall not be approved, with the exception of service stations, unless the gross floor area of the buildings is over five thousand (5,000) square feet.
(a) Retail commercial and service uses, such as restaurants, cocktail lounges (may include ancillary dancing and live entertainment, exclusive of Class II entertainment as defined in SCCC 3.40.430), and service stations to serve the industrial zoning districts.
(b) Outdoor storage activity or mechanical equipment in excess of ten percent of the total lot area when ancillary to and necessary for the operation of any permitted use.
(c) Other uses not normally permitted, but that are:
(1) Necessary to permitted uses, such as a residence for security purposes or safe storage of hazardous materials; or
(2) Appropriate for an industrial area, such as lodges and bingo halls. (Zoning Ord. § 23-4).
18.46.050 Lot area.
Each lot shall contain a minimum area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. (Zoning Ord. § 23-5).
18.46.060 Lot width.
The minimum lot width shall be one hundred (100) feet. (Zoning Ord. § 23-6).
18.46.070 Building height limits.
Maximum permitted height shall not exceed seventy (70) feet. (Zoning Ord. § 23-7).
18.46.080 Front yard.
Each lot shall have a landscaped street side front yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth. (Zoning Ord. § 23-8).
18.46.090 Side yards.
Side yards are required at each side of every lot. Each such side yard shall not be less than ten feet in width.
The street side yard of each corner lot exclusive of front yard shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width. (Zoning Ord. § 23-9).
18.46.100 Rear yard.
Each lot shall have a rear yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet in depth. (Zoning Ord. § 23-10).
18.46.110 Maximum building coverage.
Buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover a total of more than fifty percent (50%) of the area of any lot. (Zoning Ord. § 23-11).
18.46.120 Open landscaped area.
Each lot shall have not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot area developed into and permanently maintained as open landscaped area including the following:
(a) Required front yards and street side yards of corner lots. A landscaped berm or planning division-approved equivalent, not less than thirty (30) inches in height, shall be provided and permanently maintained between the required street setback area and any open area used for parking, storage, and the like, except for necessary driveways and walkways.
(b) A minimum area equal to at least ten percent of the required parking area to be evenly distributed throughout the parking area and adjacent to buildings.
(c) An alternative proposal, equal to or exceeding the open landscaped area provisions provided herein, may be used subject to approval by the Director of Community Development in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.76 SCCC. (Zoning Ord. § 23-12; Ord. 2011 § 6, 2-11-20).
18.46.130 Minimum parking requirements.
The minimum parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 18.74 SCCC. (Zoning Ord. § 23-13).
18.46.140 Additional development standards.
(a) Fencing. At the time of new construction or reconstruction of a building on property, a solid fence of masonry six feet high shall be installed and thereafter maintained by the owner of property in this zoning district on all common property lines with residentially zoned property or with property designated as residential in the general plan.
Fencing shall not exceed three feet in height in required frontage landscaping.
Outdoor storage areas shall be screened from the street by a solid fence at least six feet high, located behind required frontage landscaping.
(b) Landscaped Buffer. A planter, landscaped in screening shrubs and trees, is required and shall be permanently maintained adjacent to the fencing and property lines abutting a residentially zoned property or property designated as residential in the general plan. Each planter area shall be surrounded with a six-inch raised concrete curbing or planning division-approved equivalent. The minimum width of the planter shall be five feet. An irrigation system shall be installed and permanently maintained in working order in each separate planter area.
(c) Lighting. Lighting, if provided, shall reflect away from residential areas and public streets.
(d) Trash Disposal. Each property shall provide adequate and accessible trash disposal areas. Said disposal area shall be screened from public view by a masonry enclosure, with solid wood gates, at least six feet in height.
(e) Loading Spaces. A maximum of two loading spaces shall be permitted on the street side of any building within sixty-five (65) feet from the street right-of-way. There is no restriction on the number of loading spaces located more than sixty-five (65) feet from the street right-of-way. Loading areas shall be designed so as not to interfere with required parking access and circulation. (Zoning Ord. § 23-14).