Chapter 17.54
M-2 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

Sections:

17.54.010    Purpose.

17.54.020    Permitted uses.

17.54.030    Permitted accessory uses.

17.54.050    Prohibited uses.

17.54.060    Development standards.

17.54.010 Purpose.

The M-2 heavy industrial district is established to provide areas for necessary industrial and related uses that could create problems of compatibility with other land uses. Uses in this district have the potential to generate high levels of noise, light, odor, fumes or smoke that require their protection from encroachment by incompatible land uses. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.54.020 Permitted uses.

Uses permitted in the M-2 district shall be:

A. Principal uses permitted outright in the M-1 light industrial district except C-2 general business district uses;

B. All uses not otherwise prohibited by law, except those listed in GMC 17.54.050, subject to a conditional use permit as provided in Chapter 17.86 GMC. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.54.030 Permitted accessory uses.

Accessory buildings and accessory uses shall be permitted as defined under GMC 17.12.020 and 17.12.115.

A. Electric vehicle battery charging stations, as defined in GMC 17.12.186. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.54.050 Prohibited uses.

The following uses are prohibited in the M-2 district:

A. All residential uses;

B. Public and private schools except for apprenticeship and vocational training programs;

C. Junkyards, automobile wrecking yards, scrap iron, scrap paper, or rag storage, sorting or bailing;

D. Distillation of bones;

E. Explosives, manufacturing or storage;

F. Fat rendering;

G. Fertilizer manufacture;

H. Exterminator and insect poison spray manufacture;

I. Starch plants. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).

17.54.060 Development standards.

A. Minimum lot area: not required except for nonconforming residential uses which must retain a minimum of 5,000 square feet;

B. Lot coverage: dictated by parking requirements, setbacks and landscaping;

C. Minimum yard setbacks: none required, except as required by Chapters 17.75 and 17.78 GMC, and by GMC 17.74.020 where an industrial zone adjoins a residential district;

D. Maximum building height: no restrictions except for airport height limitations;

E. Fences and hedges: see Chapter 17.75 GMC;

F. Parking: see Chapter 17.78 GMC; and

G. Landscaping: see Chapter 17.75 GMC. (Ord. 2011-29 § 5 (Att. B)).