The M-1L Zone is intended to establish low intensity industrial, professional office and limited commercial uses in areas not suitable for residential uses due to environmental factors; to insure the maintenance of high design standards and to encourage and provide for the redevelopment of land.
(Ord. 2346 7-3-79; Ord. 2486 10-2-84)
The following uses shall be permitted in the M-1L Limited Manufacturing Zone unless otherwise provided in this Chapter. The following uses shall be permitted only when conducted within fully enclosed buildings:
(1) 
Any kind of assembly, manufacture or processing of products other than those which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration or similar causes.
(2) 
Cabinet shops and furniture manufacture.
(3) 
Food packaging and bottling plants.
(4) 
Book publishing, printing and binding.
(5) 
Freight terminals and parcel delivery terminals.
(6) 
Laboratories, research, testing and medical.
(7) 
Storage and warehousing.
(8) 
Manufacturers' sales, retail and wholesale, of manufacturers' products exclusively.
(9) 
Retail sales of new merchandise only if conducted within:
(a) 
A single-tenant structure having a minimum gross floor area of thirty-seven thousand five hundred square feet; or
(b) 
A shopping center (multiple-tenant structure or structures) having a minimum total gross floor area of fifty thousand square feet, subject to Planned Assembly Development approval pursuant to Article 18 of this Chapter, and consisting of only those commercial uses and services permitted in the C-2 (General Commercial) Zone. Retail commercial shopping centers may be developed on contiguous parcels subject to Planned Assembly Development approval and the following conditions:
(i) 
That the multiple-tenant center is developed as an integrated commercial entity with common and/or reciprocal parking, ingress and egress, landscaping, maintenance, lighting, circulation and fencing. No parcel within the center can be developed with any use not permitted by Section 12-32.10 of Chapter 12 of the Inglewood Municipal Code. Furthermore, no structure or commercial use can be established that is not fully-integrated and that does not comply with applicable provisions of the M-1 L Zone.
(ii) 
That an Operation and Easement Agreement ("OEA") for the entire project/shopping center be recorded with the Los Angeles County Recorder's Office, specifying that all current and future owners shall adhere to all the Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions as stipulated in the Operation and Easement Agreement for the entire commercial center. The Operation and Easement Agreement shall provide for common access, parking. landscaping, perimeter improvements and exterior lighting. The OEA shall also stipulate that all common facilities be permanently maintained in good condition.
(iii) 
That all buildings/structures within the shopping center shall be architecturally-consistent (i.e., similar roofing, colors, exterior materials texture and architectural style). Also all landscaping, signage, fencing, lighting and trash enclosures must be aesthetically-compatible with the shopping center building exterior.
(iv) 
That all parcels contained therein shall comply with the Subdivision regulations of Chapter 12 of the Inglewood Municipal Code.
(v) 
That no free-standing commercial building shall have less than three thousand square feet of gross floor area.
(10) 
Professional and medical offices.
(a) 
Acupuncture and Chiropractor Facilities. Acupuncture and Chiropractor Facilities shall be subject to Special Use Permit approval in those instances where they offer on-site massage or acupressure therapy. Massage and acupressure services are not allowed in this zone at all unless they are provided as an incidental service of the acupuncture or chiropractor facility.
(11) 
Financial institutions.
(12) 
Hotels (inclusive of restaurants and shops intended primarily to serve hotel patrons, with a minimum of one hundred guestrooms per facility.
(13) 
Employee food facilities and service stores when developed adjunct to and integrated within other permitted uses.
(14) 
Utility and public service uses.
(15) 
Gas stations, as an ancillary use to a retail use, shall be permitted subject to Special Use Permit approval and subject to the following conditions:
(a) 
Gasoline Sales Only. No automotive services or repairs shall be conducted at the site.
(b) 
Storage. The storage of any vehicle, trailer or boat is prohibited.
(c) 
Merchandise. The sale of merchandise directly related to the needs of a motorist, including, but not limited to, oil, sunglasses, maps and such products as soft drinks and candy may be conducted within the premises of the gas station building. No unpackaged foods or foods prepared on-site shall be sold from the premises.
(d) 
Alcohol Sales. No alcoholic beverage sales are permitted from the gas sales building.
(e) 
Maintenance. All improvements to the property shall be continuously maintained, including repairs to structures and replacement of dead or diseased plant material. Additionally, the gas station use must provide public men's and women's restrooms, and an air and water apparatus that must be maintained in good condition at all times and open to the motoring public; provided however, that these requirements shall not apply to members-only fueling facilities where restrooms are conveniently located in a nearby building on the same site.
(16) 
New or expanded self-storage facilities on sites with a minimum of twenty-two thousand square-feet and subject to Special Use Permit approval.
(17) 
Smoke Shops. New or expanded smoke shops are prohibited within five thousand two hundred eighty feet of another smoke shop, prohibited within six hundred feet of any school, public playground or nonprofit youth facility, and are subject to Special Use Permit approval.
(18) 
Hookah Lounge. New or expanded hookah lounges, subject to Special Use Permit approval and the following:
(a) 
Prohibited within six hundred feet of any school, public playground, or nonprofit youth facility;
(b) 
Hours of operation shall be limited to the hours between nine a.m. and eleven p.m.; and
(c) 
New or expanded hookah lounges are prohibited within five thousand two hundred eighty feet (one mile) of another hookah lounge.
(19) 
Commercial Kitchens.
(20) 
Restaurants subject to the following regulations:
(a) 
Dine-In Restaurants.
(b) 
Fast-food restaurants, subject to the following exceptions:
(i) 
New or expanded single-tenant, fast-food restaurants are prohibited within one thousand feet of another single-tenant free-standing fast-food restaurant as measured from property line to property line.
(ii) 
New or expanded single-tenant, free-standing fast-food restaurant, subject to Special Use Permit approval.
(iii) 
New or expanded fast-food drive-throughs, subject to Special Use Permit approval.
(Ord. 2346 7-3-79; Ord. 2486 10-2-84; Ord. 2539 7-1-86; Ord. 2549 9-30-86; Ord. 90-21 8-28-90; Ord. 98-16 8-18-98; Ord. 01-14 10-2-01; Ord. 02-37 1-7-03; Ord. 21-03 12-8-20; Ord. 22-01 10-19-21; Ord. 23-01 10-11-22; Ord. 23-19, 9/26/2023)
(1) 
Permanent accessory buildings and structures, required for the storage of products, materials, equipment or uses lawfully permitted or produced on the premises including, but not limited to, tank houses, buildings, enclosed shelters or warehouses.
(2) 
Residence, caretaker's, provided that the legally established use requires the continuous supervision by a caretaker, superintendent or watchman and the residence is to be occupied only by such persons.
(Ord. 2346 7-3-79; Ord. 2486 10-2-84)
The following uses, facilities or activities shall be prohibited in the M-1L Limited Manufacturing Zone:
(1) 
Retail stores, except as specifically allowed in Section 12-32.10.
(2) 
Vehicle sales.
(3) 
Vehicle servicing (except when developed subordinate and adjunct to and integrated within any permitted use).
(4) 
Vehicle storage (customer and employee parking, and parked freight vehicles excepted).
(5) 
Any outside manufacture, sales and storage of any materials, products, or merchandise.
(6) 
Animal rendering and animal kennels and pens.
(7) 
Foundries.
(8) 
Junk or salvage yards.
(9) 
Petroleum and chemical processing and distillation.
(10) 
Schools and churches.
(11) 
Trailer camps.
(12) 
Conversion of any existing residential structure to any nonresidential use.
(13) 
Swap meets or flea markets shall be prohibited except if operated by, and on the premises of, a community nonprofit charitable organization not more than four times per year, subject to the issuance of a permit by the Permits and Licenses Committee per Article 3 of Chapter 8 of this Code.
(Ord. 2346 7-3-79; Ord. 2486 10-2-84; Ord. 08-20 8-26-08)
(1) 
Lot Area. For properties fronting upon a major arterial street. a minimum of sixty thousand square feet of contiguous land area and a minimum street frontage (per each street) of one hundred feet are required; otherwise, a minimum of fifteen thousand square feet of contiguous land area and a minimum of fifty feet of street frontage are required.
(2) 
Front Setback. For properties fronting upon a major arterial street, structures shall have a minimum twenty-five foot landscaped setback and parking areas shall have a minimum ten foot landscaped setback from the streetline. For all other properties, structures shall have a minimum fifteen foot landscaped setback and parking areas shall have a minimum ten foot landscaped setback from the streetline.
(3) 
Side Setback. Street side yards shall have a minimum ten foot landscaped setback from the street line for both structures and/or parking areas. No setback is required for interior side property lines.
(4) 
Rear Setback. No setback is required for interior rear property lines. Through lots shall be developed with the respective minimum front setbacks required for each street.
(5) 
Building Height. A maximum building height of two hundred feet is permitted.
(6) 
Building Orientation and Design. All building fronts shall be oriented toward the street or towards the more major street when fronting upon more than one street. All structures shall be constructed of masonry or steel materials. Light metals and wood shall not be utilized except as architectural detailing or ornamentation. Temporary or portable structures shall not be permitted except during site construction.
(7) 
Fences and Walls. No wall or fence shall be constructed within any required landscaped setback. Any wall or fence shall be made of masonry materials. tubular steel framing or wrought iron. Any use of chain link or wire fencing on the site is prohibited.
(8) 
Loading. All loading areas should be oriented away from public streets and truck parking or loading should not be visible from major arterial streets. No parking or loading shall be permitted which interferes with vehicle circulation.
(9) 
General Landscaping. Landscaping elements are to be of hardy, permanent varieties. Landscape elements shall relate to the architectural design of the buildings. Trees, both lines and masses, shall be utilized to enclose and subdivide exterior spaces within the individual site. In addition to other trees planted within the site, trees equal in number to one tree per twenty lineal feet of each interior property line shall be planted along such property lines. A minimum size tree of fifteen gallons is required.
(10) 
Parking Landscaping. Parking areas shall be screened, modulated or interrupted from view from streets and walkways and adjacent properties by the use of landscaping. No parking is permitted in any required landscape setback.
(11) 
Expansion Landscaping. All unpaved areas proposed for future development shall be planted with a groundcover and/or shrub materials.
(12) 
Screening. All loading areas, refuse enclosure areas, electrical transformers or other site equipment shall be screened from view from streets and adjacent properties by a fence, wall or major landscaping materials. Fences of wood and/or chain link are specifically prohibited.
(13) 
Lighting. Lighting shall be utilized to identify the site circulation system and those elements of buildings that are being employed to communicate the functions of the use through symbols and graphics. General area flood-lighting is prohibited. All lighting shall be shielded and direct rays confined within property lines. Trees and other major landscape elements shall be lighted when compatible with the intent of the landscape design.
(Ord. 2346 7-3-79; Ord. 2394 4-7-81; Ord. 2486 10-2-84)
Any new development or expansion of an existing M-1L use will be subject to design review by the Planning Commission as required by Article 14 of this Chapter.
(Ord. 2346 7-3-79; Ord. 2394 4-7-81; Ord. 2436 4-19-83; Ord. 2486 10-2-84)