The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in all LM districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter
21.08.
(Ord. CS 106 §13, 1984)
Uses permitted in LM districts:
A. Crop
farming and pasturing of horses, cattle, sheep, or goats, and the
dwellings and outbuildings, appurtenant to crop farming and pasturing,
but excluding livestock feeding lots, corrals, hog and poultry farming;
B. Assembling
of typewriters, business machines, and similar mechanical equipment;
D. Compounding
and packaging of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and toiletries, but excluding
soap manufacture;
E. Food
processing, packaging and storage, including milk products, fruits,
nuts, vegetables, blended foods, candies, nonalcoholic beverages,
preserves, bakery goods and frozen foods; but excluding dehydrating
of aromatic vegetables and spices; olive processing, vinegar manufacturing
by fermentation, pickle manufacturing, sauerkraut manufacturing, livestock
feed manufacturing, butchering, slaughtering, eviscerating and fat
rendering;
F. Manufacturing
and assembling of jewelry, watches, clocks, precision instruments,
appliances, musical instruments, bottles and other glass products
which are made from previously prepared materials; electric and electronic
instruments and equipment; electric motors, toys, television and radio
equipment, electrical plating;
G. Manufacturing
of leather goods, paper products, pens, pencils and artist supplies
when such goods, products and supplies are made from previously prepared
materials;
H. Manufacturing
and assembling of professional and scientific instruments, photographic
and optical equipment;
I. Manufacturing
of containers from previously prepared materials when such process
does not include enameling, lacquering, rubber coating or electrical
plating;
J. Outdoor
advertising structures;
K. Printing,
publishing, bookbinding and paper sales;
L. Public
utilities, including electrical receiving or transforming stations,
radio, television and communication facilities, research institutions
and administrative institutions;
M. Wholesale
and distribution establishments and storage warehouses;
N. Accessory
uses normally incidental and secondary to the above permitted uses,
including storage of fresh fruit or vegetable containers which are
uniformly stacked and maintained at least one hundred feet from the
nearest property line;
O. One
identification or informational sign not more than twelve square feet
in area nor more than six feet in height may be permitted in the front
yard or side yard adjacent to each street frontage of a property which
contains a lawful agricultural, commercial, or industrial use in lieu
of any other freestanding sign which may be permitted; provided that:
1. It
does not bear any advertising message,
2. It
is nonflashing, nonmoving and nonanimated,
3. It
is located wholly on private property on the premises to which it
pertains,
4. A
plot plan and elevation of the sign is approved by the planning and
community development director prior to request for building and electrical
permits and installation;
P. Single-family
dwelling or one apartment if it is accessory to a permitted commercial
or industrial use;
Q. Christmas
tree sales lots provided they meet the required setbacks and provide
at least ten accessible and usable off-street parking spaces in addition
to one space per employee on a maximum shift. Such lots shall be limited
to two double-faced signs not to exceed twelve square feet each. No
off-site signs shall be permitted. Such lots may not be established
prior to November 15th of any year and shall be removed and the property
returned to its original condition prior to January 1st.
R. Fireworks
stands provided they meet all required setbacks and provide at least
five usable and accessible off-street parking spaces in addition to
one space per employee on a maximum shift. Such stands shall meet
all the requirements of the department of fire safety and shall be
erected and removed within the time period prescribed by that department.
(Ord. CS 106 §13, 1984; Ord. CS 896 §12, 2004)
Uses permitted, subject to first securing a use permit in each
case:
A. Industrial
operations which include enameling, lacquering, rubber coating, electrical
or hot dip plating, which may become offensive because of the creation
of vapors, dust, odors, smoke or fumes;
B. The outside storage (except storage of fresh fruit and vegetable containers as permitted under subsection
N of Section
21.64.020) of materials, merchandise, supplies, equipment, wastes, incineration, sewage disposal, the storage of dangerous materials, or the storage of more than two hundred gallons of petroleum products above ground. All outside storage in excess of that required for a space in excess of two hundred square feet shall be enclosed within a solid ornamental or uniformly painted wooden fence of not less than six feet in height;
C. Dray,
freight or truck yards and railroad terminals;
D. Wholesale
retail stores with a gross building and/or sales area of sixty-five
thousand feet or greater;
E. Commercial cannabis manufacturing (non-volatile), testing labs, distribution, and cultivation or nursery activities (mixed-light or indoor), subject to Section
21.08.020(D) of this title.
(Ord. CS 106 §13, 1984; Ord. CS 896 §13, 2004; Ord. CS 1205 §7, 2017)
Height limit in LM districts:
A. Buildings
with human occupancy, sixty-five feet;
B. Fireproof
structures (excluding advertising structures) not used for human occupancy,
no height limit;
C. Separate
standing advertising structures, thirty-five feet;
D. No
fence or screen planting in excess of three feet in height, shall
be constructed or permitted to grow within any required front yard,
or side yard of a corner lot unless the director determines that visibility
will not be obstructed.
(Ord. CS 106 §13, 1984)
Yards required in LM districts:
A. Front
and Side Yards of Corner Lots.
1. Not
less than seventy feet from the existing centerline of the street
nor less than fifteen feet from the planned street line on a major
street or expressway whichever is the greater. Loading docks shall
be so located that trucks will head-in and head-out and not use the
public street for maneuvering, loading or unloading. The vehicle opening
of any building shall be no closer than twenty feet to the property
line toward which the opening faces,
2. Not
less than forty-five feet from the existing centerline of the street
on a collector or minor street nor less than fifteen feet from the
planned street line where a specific plan has been adopted. Loading
docks shall be so located that trucks will head-in and head-out and
not use the public highway for maneuvering, loading or unloading.
The vehicle opening of any building shall be no closer than twenty
feet to the property line toward which the opening faces;
B. Side
Yard. Interior Lot. Ten feet except where a lot abuts a railroad or
a highway where no vehicular access is permitted to the property,
in which case, none, provided other ordinance requirements regarding
sight-distance are met;
C. Rear
Yard. Minimum ten feet for buildings except where a lot abuts a railroad
or a highway where no vehicular access is permitted to the property,
in which case, none, provided other ordinance requirements regarding
sight-distance are met.
(Ord. CS 106 §13, 1984; Ord. CS 663 §41, 1998)
See Chapter
21.76 for off-street parking requirements.
(Ord. CS 106 §13, 1984)
No operation shall be conducted on any premises in such a manner
as to cause an unreasonable amount of noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration
or electrical interference detectable off the site.
(Ord. CS 106 §13, 1984)
An eight-foot masonry wall shall be constructed along the property
line adjacent to any residential or agricultural zone or any P-D zoning
for residential use, except where a building abuts an alley in which
case no wall shall be required.
(Ord. CS 106 §13, 1984)