Note: Prior history: Prior Code § 9-122 and Ord. NS 988.
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;
C. 
Bottling plants;
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)