In addition to the objectives prescribed in Section 18.04.010 of this title, the I industrial districts are included in this title to achieve the following purposes:
A. 
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced in a manner to clearly establish the objectives and to express the desire of the city, community organizations and civic groups to locate industrial development in the Pleasanton area;
B. 
To reserve appropriately located areas for industrial plants and related activities;
C. 
To protect areas appropriate for industrial use from intrusion by dwellings and other inharmonious uses;
D. 
To protect residential and commercial properties and to protect nuisance free, nonhazardous industrial uses from noise, odor, insect nuisance, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat and cold, glare, truck and rail traffic and other objectionable influences, and from fire, explosion, noxious fumes, radiation and other hazards incidental to certain industrial uses;
E. 
To provide opportunities for certain types of industrial plants to concentrate in mutually beneficial relationship to each other;
F. 
To provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern industrial development, including off-street parking and truck loading areas and landscaping;
G. 
To provide sufficient open space around industrial structures to protect them from the hazard of fire and to minimize the impact of industrial plants on nearby residential and agricultural districts;
H. 
To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the amount of land around them.
(Prior code § 2-7.17)
The special purposes of the I-P district are as follows:
A. 
To establish and maintain high standards of site planning, architecture and landscape design that will create an environment attractive to the most discriminating industries and research and development establishments seeking sites in northern California;
B. 
To provide locations for industries that can operate in close proximity to commercial and residential uses with minimum mutual adverse impact;
C. 
To protect light industrial and related uses from nuisances associated with heavy industrial uses.
(Prior code § 2-7.18)
All uses shall comply with the regulations prescribed in Chapter 18.84 of this title and with the additional regulations prescribed in this section. The zoning administrator may require submission of evidence of ability to comply with the required conditions or of maintenance of the required conditions as prescribed in Chapter 18.128 of this title regarding determination of compliance with required conditions.
(Prior code § 2-7.19; Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
In an I-P district, no use except a temporary construction operation shall be permitted which creates, at any point beyond the boundaries of the site, noise of a maximum sound pressure level greater than the values given in the following table. In an I-G district no use except a temporary construction operation shall be permitted which creates, at any R or O district boundary, noise of a maximum sound pressure level greater than the values given in the following table. The sound pressure levels shall be measured in decibels 0.002 dynes per square centimeter with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter conforming to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association.
Octave Band (Cycles Per Second)
Maximum Permitted Sound Pressure Level (Decibels)
Below 75
72
75—149
67
150—299
59
300—599
52
600—1,199
46
1,200—2,399
40
2,400—4,799
34
4,800 and above
32
(Prior code § 2-7.19(1); Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
Any industrial use with potentially hazardous emissions, as determined by the zoning administrator, shall be regulated in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) regulations.
(Prior code § 2-7.19(2); Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017; Ord. 2297, 9/16/2025)
No use shall be permitted which creates annoying odor in such quantities as to be readily detectable beyond the boundaries of the site in an I-P or L-I district or beyond the boundaries of the district in an I-G district when diluted in the ratio of one volume of odorous air to four volumes of clean air.
(Prior code § 2-7.19(3); Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
No use except a temporary construction operation shall be permitted which creates vibration sufficient to cause a displacement of 0.003 of one inch beyond the boundaries of the site.
(Prior code § 2-7.19(4); Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
No use except a temporary construction operation shall be permitted which creates changes in temperature or direct or sky reflected glare, detectable by the human senses without the aid of instruments beyond the boundaries of the site. No use shall be permitted which creates electrical disturbances that affect the operation of any equipment beyond the boundaries of the site. No exterior illumination closer than 200 feet to the boundaries of a site or interior illumination closer than 10 feet to a window within 200 feet of the boundary of a site and visible beyond the boundary of a site, whether related to a sign or not, shall exceed the intensity permitted by Chapter 18.96 of this title relating to illumination.
(Prior code § 2-7.19(5); Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
No use shall be permitted which emits dangerous radioactivity.
(Prior code § 2-7.19(6); Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
No use shall be permitted which creates insect nuisance beyond the boundaries of the site.
(Prior code § 2-7.19(7); Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
A. 
Permitted and conditional uses in the I-P district are provided in Table 18.44.080.
B. 
Tobacco product and tobacco paraphernalia sales are only permitted in compliance with Chapter 18.109.
C. 
The conditional uses provided in Table 18.44.080 shall be permitted upon the granting of a use permit in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.124 of this title.
(Prior code § 2-7.20(1); Ord. 1665 § 3, 1995; Ord. 1738 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1821 § 1, 2001; Ord. 1880, 2003; Ord. 1950 § 2 (Exh. A), 2007; Ord. 2000 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017; Ord. 2208 § 3, 2020)
A. 
Permitted and conditional uses in the I-G district are provided in Table 18.44.080.
B. 
Tobacco product and tobacco paraphernalia sales are only permitted in compliance with Chapter 18.109.
C. 
The conditional uses provided in Table 18.44.080 shall be permitted upon the granting of a use permit in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.124 of this title.
(Prior code § 2-7.20(2); Ord. 1738 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1950 § 2 (Exh. A), 2007; Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017; Ord. 2208 § 3, 2020)
The following uses shall not be permitted in the industrial districts:
Any use not specifically or conditionally permitted by this chapter, unless a determination is made under Chapter 18.128 of this title.
(Ord. 1880, 2003; Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
In the I-P, I-G and L-I districts, electric and communication service wires to a new structure shall be placed underground from the nearest utility pole. If the city engineer finds, upon application by the property owner, that compliance is not feasible or economically justifiable, he or she shall permit different service arrangements. The property owner shall comply with the requirements of this section without expense to the city and shall make the necessary arrangements with the public utility involved.
(Prior code § 2-7.22; Ord. 2000 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
In all applicable I Districts and any district that permits innovation-based businesses, equipment required for building services such as transformers, emergency generators, gas meters, and similar components shall be sited to minimize visual impact from public open spaces and primary pedestrian and vehicular routes, and such equipment shall be screened per the requirements of Chapter 18. 84.
(; Ord. 2297, 9/16/2025)
No sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any character shall be permitted except as prescribed in Chapter 18.96 of this title.
(Prior code § 2-7.25; Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017)
In all applicable I Districts and any district that permits innovation-based businesses, design review shall be required as prescribed by Chapter 18.20.
(Prior code § 2-7.26; Ord. 2155 § 3, 2017; Ord. 2297, 9/16/2025)