Chapter 17.68
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (M-2) DISTRICT
Sections:
17.68.050 Maximum building height.
17.68.080 Other required conditions.
17.68.010 Purpose.
This district is intended to provide for the establishment of heavier commercial and industrial uses essential to the development of a balanced economic base, while minimizing conflicts with residential and light commercial uses. [Ord. 09-O-628 § 2; Ord. 89-O-446 § 1.]
17.68.020 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted:
A. Any use permitted outright in the I-P district;
B. Any manufacturing, processing, repairing, research, assembling, wholesale or storage uses, excepting the manufacturing of explosives and the slaughtering of animals;
C. All types of automobile, motorcycle, truck and equipment sales, service, repair and rental;
D. Boat building, sales, service, repair and rental;
E. Dwelling for a caretaker or watchman employed on the premises. [Ord. 09-O-628 § 2; Ord. 96-O-446.BB § 4; Ord. 89-O-446 § 1.]
17.68.030 Accessory uses.
A. Any uses, buildings or structures customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, such as incidental storage facilities and the like.
B. Accessory Uses for Dwelling Units.
1. Home occupations, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.104 BMC.
2. Other accessory uses and accessory buildings and structures, such as noncommercial greenhouses. [Ord. 09-O-628 § 2; Ord. 89-O-446 § 1.]
17.68.040 Conditional uses.
The following uses may be permitted subject to a conditional use permit:
A. Junk yards or wrecking yards;
B. Buildings over 40 feet in height;
C. Service commercial uses such as banks, offices, restaurants, cafes, refreshment stands, bars, taverns or other convenience establishments designed to serve developed permitted uses;
D. Commercial excavation and removal of sand, gravel, stone, loam, dirt or other earth products, subject to BMC 17.124.020;
E. Abattoir (slaughterhouse);
F. Wireless communication facilities, pursuant to BMC 17.124.030 and Chapter 17.164 BMC;
G. Amateur radio facilities, accessory to a dwelling, subject to the provisions of BMC 17.124.230. [Ord. 16-O-752 § 3; Ord. 09-O-628 § 2; Ord. 99-O-446.GG § 4; Ord. 89-O-446 § 1.]
17.68.050 Maximum building height.
No structure shall be over 40 feet in height, except as allowed as a conditional use, and as provided in BMC 17.128.030. [Ord. 09-O-628 § 2; Ord. 89-O-446 § 1.]
17.68.060 Signs.
Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Chapter 17.88 BMC. [Ord. 09-O-628 § 2; Ord. 89-O-446 § 1.]
17.68.070 Parking.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.92 BMC. [Ord. 09-O-628 § 2; Ord. 89-O-446 § 1.]
17.68.080 Other required conditions.
A. Site plan approval required as provided in Chapter 17.80 BMC.
B. All business, service, repair, processing, storage or merchandise display on property abutting or across the street from a lot in a residential district shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building unless screened from the residential district by means of a six-foot-high sight-obscuring fence, wall or landscaping, which shall be maintained.
C. Openings to structures on sides adjacent to or across the street from a residential district shall be prohibited if such access or openings will cause glare, excessive noise or other conditions such as to have adverse effects on property in the residential district.
D. In any M-2 district directly across a street from or abutting any lot in a residential district, the parking and loading area and outdoor display or storage areas shall be set back at least 10 feet from the street right-of-way or property line and said area shall be landscaped in compliance with BMC 17.92.100(H).
E. Access points from a public road to properties in an M-2 district shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion and to avoid directing traffic onto local access streets.
F. Any use or portion thereof causing noise, vibration, or producing intense heat or glare shall be performed in such a manner as not to create a nuisance or hazard on adjacent property.
G. There shall be no emission of odorous, toxic, noxious matter, or dust in such quantities as to be readily detectable at any point along or outside property lines so as to produce a public nuisance or hazard.
H. Prior to any development activity on the property, the applicant must comply with BMC 17.100.030, General mitigation.
I. An accessway to a new proposed off-street parking area shall be improved from the public roadway to the parking area to a minimum width of 20 feet for two-way traffic. If the accessway is a one-way in or one-way out, it shall be a minimum width of 10 feet and have appropriate signage.
J. Provide for the improvement of an existing dedicated alleyway which is intended to be used for egress and ingress, or backup space of off-street parking for the development.
K. Screen from view all roof-, wall-, or ground-mounted mechanical equipment and devices, in addition to propane tanks, when adjacent to or across the street from a residential district.
L. Refuse receptacles or dumpsters shall be appropriately positioned, colored or screened to minimize visibility to vehicular traffic or pedestrians. [Ord. 09-O-628 § 2; Ord. 89-O-446 § 1.]