Zoning - M1 Limited Urban Industrial District - Permit & Resource Management Department

Article 46.

M1 Limited Urban Industrial District

§ 26-46-005 Purpose.
§ 26-46-010 Permitted uses.
§ 26-46-020 Uses permitted with a use permit.
§ 26-46-030 Building intensity and development criteria.

Sec. 26-46-005. Purpose.

Purpose: to implement the provisions of Section 2.4 of the general plan by providing areas for land extensive industrial development or industrial development within designated urban service areas which is limited in scale by such factors as incompatible adjacent land use, or adverse environmental impacts. (Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)

Sec. 26-46-010. Permitted uses.

Permitted uses include the following:

(a) Truck, trailer and farm implement sales, including major repair facilities;

(b) Bakeries, creameries, soft drink bottling plants, laundries, cleaning and dyeing plants;

(d) Other heavy commercial uses for which storage, large or heavy merchandise or commercial transportation facilities are necessary and usual to the operation;

(e) Professional, administrative and business offices;

(f) Experimental or testing laboratories;

(g) Manufacture of precision instruments and equipment such as watches, electronics equipment, photographic equipment, optical goods and similar products;

(h) The outdoor growing and harvesting of shrubs, plants, flowers, trees, vines, fruits, vegetables, hay, grain and similar food and fiber crops;

(i) Accessory uses and buildings incidental and appurtenant to a permitted use that do not alter the character of the site;

(j) Small collection facilities as an accessory use to any permitted use subject to the provisions of Section 26-88-070; (Ord. No. 3805.)

(k) Occasional cultural events; provided, that a written notice stating “The Sonoma County Planning Department will issue a zoning permit for a cultural event (state nature and duration) on this property if a written appeal is not received within ten (10) days from the date of this notice.” is posted on the property at least ten (10) days prior to issuance of a zoning permit, and no appeal pursuant to Section 26-92-040 has been received from any interested person, and provided that approval is secured from the following departments: sheriff, public health, fire services, building inspection and public works. In the event of an appeal, a hearing on the project shall be held pursuant to Section 26-92-040;

(l) Beekeeping;

(m) Attached commercial telecommunication facilities subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(n) Minor and intermediate freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities eighty feet (80') or less in height, subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(o) Noncommercial telecommunication facilities eighty feet (80') or less in height subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(p) Small wind energy systems not located within a county-designated urban service area or within two thousand five hundred feet (2,500') of a county-designated urban service area, subject to zoning permit approval and the standards in Section 26-88-135;

(q) Other nonresidential uses which in the opinion of the planning director are of a similar and compatible nature to those uses described in Section 26-70-010. (Ord. No. 5435 § 2(jj), 2003; Ord. No. 5342 § 3, 2002; Ord. No. 4973 § 10(a), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)

Sec. 26-46-020. Uses permitted with a use permit.

Uses permitted with a use permit include the following:

(a) New and used passenger vehicle and recreational vehicle sales including incidental rental and repair;

(b) Retail commercial and service uses, such as hotels and motels, restaurants, financial institutions and service stations, appropriate to and in conjunction with industrial development permitted in the M1 district;

(d) Auto and truck repair provided all work is conducted inside a building, there is not unscreened storage of materials, junk or nonoperable vehicles, and that vehicles are not parked outside overnight;

(e) Processing, storage, bottling, canning, etc. of agricultural products, including wineries, dehydrators, fruit and vegetable packing plants, canneries and similar agricultural uses, and including incidental retail sales of agricultural products processed on the site;

(f) Manufacturing or processing of asphalt, building materials, cement, concrete, earth, fuel, briquettes or similar products;

(g) One (1) single-family dwelling unit on the same lot as the permitted use, to be used only as the residence of the caretaker and his family;

(h) Gymnasiums, health clubs, spas and similar uses;

(i) Heliports;

(j) Minor public service uses or facilities (transmission and distribution lines and telecommunication facilities excepted), including but not limited to reservoirs, storage tanks, pumping stations, telephone exchanges, small power stations, transformer stations, fire and police stations and training centers, service yards and related parking lots which, at a minimum, meet the criteria of general plan Policy PF-2(s) and which are not otherwise exempt by state law;

(k) Exploration and development of low temperature geothermal resources for other than power development purposes; provided that at a minimum it is compatible with surrounding land uses;

(l) Truck terminals; bus, ambulance and taxi terminals;

(m) Planned industrial developments and industrial condominiums. Compatibility with adjacent development, unique characteristics, innovation and the provision of amenities will be the primary criteria utilized in evaluating such development. The lot size, coverage and setback requirements of Section 26-46-030 shall not apply to such developments; (Ord. Nos. 2840 and 2936.)

(n) Large recycling collection facilities, light recycling processing facilities subject to the provisions of Section 26-88-070; (Ord. No. 3805.)

(o) In urban service areas, work/live units subject to the requirements of Section 26-88-124 (Work/live unit);

(p) Churches located in existing industrial buildings which are clearly incidental to the permitted industrial use;

(q) Day care center;

(r) Large residential community care facility;

(s) Veterinary clinics;

(t) Amplified live music;

(u) Intermediate and major freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities greater than eighty feet (80') in height, subject at a minimum to the criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(v) Noncommercial telecommunication facilities greater than eighty feet (80') in height subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(w) Small-scale homeless shelters serving up to ten (10) persons, subject to design review, within designated urban service areas;

(x) Emergency homeless shelters with up to fifty (50) beds, subject to design review, within designated urban service areas;

(y) Small wind energy systems located within a county-designated urban service area or within two thousand five hundred feet (2,500') of a county-designated urban service area, subject to the standards in Section 26-88-135;

(z) Other nonresidential use which in the opinion of the planning director are of a similar and compatible nature to those uses in this section. (Ord. No. 5569 § 8, 2005; Ord. No. 5435 § 2(kk), 2003; Ord. No. 5429 § 5, 2003; Ord. No. 4973 § 10(b), (c), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)

Sec. 26-46-030. Building intensity and development criteria.

The use of land and structures within this district is subject to this article, the applicable regulations of this chapter, and the provisions of any district which is combined herewith. Policies and criteria of the general plan and any applicable specific or area plan or local area development guidelines shall supersede the standards herein.

(a) Building Intensity. The maximum building intensity of the use of a site shall be determined by multiplying the maximum building height limit and the maximum lot coverage. The specified height or lot coverage limits may be modified if a use permit is first secured and if the maximum building intensity is not exceeded.

(b) Maximum Building Height.

(1) Sixty-five feet (65') provided that additional height may be permitted where special structures are required subject to subsection (a) of this section;

(2) Maximum height for telecommunication facilities is subject to the provisions of this article and Section 26-88-130.

(1) On lands designated general industrial on the general plan land use map where both public sewer and public water services are provided, or where public sewer service alone is provided, twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. On lands designated limited industrial on the general plan land use map where both public sewer and public water services are provided, or where public sewer service alone is provided, ten thousand (10,000) square feet;

(2) Where public water service alone is provided, one (1) acre;

(3) Where neither public sewer service nor public water service is provided, one and one-half (1.5) acres.

(d) Yard Requirements. The minimum yard requirements in an M1 district shall be the same as in the LC; provided, however, that a greater yard setback may be established for certain roads, classified as collector or arterial in Sections CT 4.4 or CT 4.5 of the general plan or to accommodate any landscaping required pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.

(e) Maximum Lot Coverage. Fifty percent (50%), provided, however, that additional coverage may be permitted subject to subsection (a) of this section.

(f) Parking and Loading Requirements. Parking shall be required in accordance with Article 86.

(g) Design Review. All uses shall be subject to design review approval as provided in Article 82 except that if any regulations specified herein differ from those in Article 82 then the provisions of this section shall govern. (Ord. No. 4973 § 10(e), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)