A. 
In an M zone, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, only the uses listed in Table A, below, shall be permitted, subject to the requirements and development standards specified by this chapter, and subject to the provisions of Chapter 21.44 of this title governing off-street parking requirements.
B. 
The uses permitted by conditional use permit, as indicated in Table A, shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 21.42 of this title.
C. 
A use similar to those listed in Table A may be permitted if the City Planner determines such similar use falls within the intent and purposes of the zone, and is substantially similar to the specified permitted uses.
D. 
A use category may be general in nature, where more than one particular use fits into the general category (ex. in some commercial zones "offices" is a general use category that applies to various office uses). However, if a particular use is permitted by conditional use permit in another zone, the use shall not be permitted in this M Industrial Zone (even under a general use category) unless it is specifically listed in Table A of this chapter as permitted or conditionally permitted.
Table A
Permitted Uses
In the table, below, subject to all applicable permitting and development requirements of the municipal code: "P" indicates use is permitted. (See note 1 below)
"CUP" indicates use is permitted with approval of a conditional use permit. (See note 1 below)
1 = Minor Conditional Use Permit (Process One), pursuant to Chapter 21.42 of this title.
2 = Conditional Use Permit (Process Two), pursuant to Chapter 21.42 of this title.
3 = Conditional Use Permit (Process Three), pursuant to Chapter 21.42 of this title.
"Acc" indicates use is permitted as an accessory use.
Use
P
CUP
Acc
Adult businesses (subject to Chapters 8.60 and 21.43)
X
 
 
Airports
 
3
 
Alcoholic treatment centers
 
2
 
Any industrial use not specifically permitted herein may be considered by the City Planner
X
 
 
Any use permitted in the C-M zone is permitted in the M zone, except child day care centers
X
 
 
Aquaculture (defined: Section 21.04.036)
 
1
 
Aquaculture stands (display/sale) (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(10)
 
1
 
Auto storage/impound yards (i.e., overnight product storage) (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(18))
 
1
 
Auto wrecking yards (defined: Section 21.04.040)
 
2
 
Automobile painting. All painting, sanding and baking shall be conducted wholly within a building
X
 
 
Bakeries
X
 
 
Biological habitat preserve (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(30); defined: Section 21.04.048)
 
2
 
Body and fender works, including painting
X
 
 
Book printing and publishing
X
 
 
Bookbinding
X
 
 
Bottling plants
X
 
 
Breweries
X
 
 
Breweries with retail accessory use, including tasting rooms, up to 20% of the gross floor area of the building or suite (as applicable) or 2,000 square feet, whichever is less (see note 2 below)
 
3
 
Churches, synagogues, temples, convents, monasteries, and other places of worship
 
2
 
Clubs—nonprofit, business, civic, professional, etc.) (defined: Section 21.04.090)
 
1
 
Columbariums, crematories, and mausoleums (not within a cemetery)
 
2
 
Creameries
X
 
 
Dairy products manufacture
X
 
 
Delicatessen (defined: Section 21.04.106)
X
 
 
Draying, freighting or trucking yards or terminals
X
 
 
Drive-thru facilities (excluding restaurants)
 
1
 
Dumps (public) (defined: Section 21.04.110)
 
3
 
Educational facilities, other (defined: Section 21.04.137)
 
1
 
Educational institutions or schools, public/private (defined: Section 21.04.140)
 
2
 
Electric or neon sign manufacture
X
 
 
Emergency shelter, more than 30 beds or persons (subject to Section 21.32.070; defined Section 21.04.140.5)
 
3
 
Emergency shelter, no more than 30 beds or persons (subject to Section 21.32.070; defined Section 21.04.140.5)
X
 
 
Fairgrounds
 
3
 
Farmworker housing complex, large (subject to Section 21.10.125; defined: Section 21.04.148.3)
 
3
 
Farmworker housing complex, small (subject to Section 21.10.125; defined: Section 21.04.148.4)
X
 
 
Feed and fuel yards
X
 
 
Food products manufacture, storage and process of, except lard, pickles, sauerkraut, sausage or vinegar
X
 
 
Fruit and vegetable canning, preserving and freezing
X
 
 
Fruit packing houses
X
 
 
Furniture manufacture
X
 
 
Garment manufacturers
X
 
 
Gas stations (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(65))
 
2
 
Greenhouses > 2,000 square feet (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(70))
 
1
 
Hazardous waste facility (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(75); defined: Section 21.04.167)
 
3
 
Hospitals (defined: Section 21.04.170)
 
2
 
Hospitals (mental) (defined: Section 21.04.175)
 
2
 
Ice and cold storage plants
X
 
 
Kennels (defined: Section 21.04.195)
 
1
 
Lumber yards
X
 
 
Machine shops
X
 
 
Manufacture of prefabricated buildings
X
 
 
Mills, planing
 
2
 
Mini-warehouses/self storage
 
2
 
Mobile buildings (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(90); defined: Section 21.04.265)
 
1
 
Mortuaries
 
2
 
Newspaper/periodical printing and publishing
 
2
 
Oil and gas facilities (on-shore) (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(95))
 
3
 
Outdoor dining (incidental) (subject to Section 21.26.013; defined: Section 21.04.290.1)
 
 
X
Packing/sorting sheds > 600 square feet (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(70))
 
1
 
Parking facilities (primary use) (i.e., day use, short-term, nonstorage)
 
1
 
Pawnshops (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(105))
 
3
 
Plastics, fabrication from
X
 
 
Public/quasi-public buildings and facilities and accessory utility buildings/facilities (defined: Section 21.04.297)
 
2
 
Racetracks
 
3
 
Radio/television/microwave/broadcast station/tower
 
2
 
Recreation facilities
 
1
 
Recreational vehicle storage (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(120); defined: Section 21.04.299)
 
1
 
Recycling collection facilities, large (subject to Chapter 21.105; defined: Section 21.105.015)
 
2
 
Recycling collection facilities, small (subject to Chapter 21.105; defined: Section 21.105.015)
 
1
 
Recycling process/transfer facility
 
2
 
Rubber, fabrication of products made from finished rubber
X
 
 
Satellite antennae (>1 per use) (defined: Section 21.04.302)
 
1
 
Satellite television antennae (subject to Sections 21.53.130 through 21.53.150; defined: Section 21.04.302)
 
 
X
Sheet metal shops
X
 
 
Shoe manufacturing
X
 
 
Signs (subject to Chapter 21.41)
 
 
X
Soap manufacture, cold mix only
X
 
 
Stadiums
 
3
 
Stone monument works
X
 
 
Tattoo parlors (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(140))
 
3
 
Textile manufacture
X
 
 
Thrift shops (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(150))
 
1
 
Tire rebuilding, recapping and retreading
X
 
 
Transit passenger terminals (bus and train)
 
2
 
Transit storage (ex. rolling stock)
 
2
 
Truck steam cleaning equipment
X
 
 
Veterinary clinic/animal hospital (small animals) (defined: Section 21.04.378)
 
1
 
Windmills (exceeding height limit of zone) (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(160))
 
2
 
Wireless communication facilities (subject to Section 21.42.140(B)(165); defined: Section 21.04.379)
 
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Notes:
1.
Any use meeting the definition of an entertainment establishment, as defined in Section 8.09.020 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code (CMC), shall be subject to the requirements of CMC Chapter 8.09.
2.
The retail use shall be accessory to the permitted use and wholly contained within the building. All products for retail sale shall be produced, distributed, and/or warehoused on the premises. No outdoor display of merchandise or retail sales shall be permitted unless customarily conducted in the open. Parking for the accessory retail use shall be determined based on the parking requirement for the primary use pursuant to CMC Chapter 21.44.
(Ord. 9060 § 1300; Ord. 9252 § 2, 1970; Ord. 9507 § 2, 1978; Ord. 9785 § 20, 1986; Ord. 9804 § 6, 1986; Ord. NS-87 § 4, 1989; Ord. NS-208 § 4, 1992; Ord. NS-409 § 16, 1997; Ord. NS-791 § 24, 2006; Ord. CS-063 § IV, 2009; Ord. CS-102 §§ LXX—LXXIII, 2010; Ord. CS-164 § 10, 2011; Ord. CS-189 §§ XXXV, XXXVI, 2012; Ord. CS-190 § IV, 2012; Ord. CS-224 § XXVII, 2013; Ord. CS-225 §§ VIII, IX, 2013; Ord. CS-326 § 6, 2017)
Any building structure, or any part thereof in an M zone shall have a front yard only when any one or more of the following conditions apply:
(1) 
If the premises is devoted to an "R" use in the M zone, the depth of the front yard shall conform to the front yard requirements in the R-3 zone;
(2) 
When property classified for "M" purposes comprises part of the frontage in a block on one side of a street between intersecting streets and the remainder of the frontage in the same block is classified for "R" purposes, the front yard in such M zone shall conform to the front yard required in the R-3 zone;
(3) 
A front yard shall be provided as may be required by a precise plan, variance or conditional use permit.
(Ord. 9060 § 1301)
Every lot in an M zone, when used for "C" or "M" purposes, need provide no side yards except such as may be incorporated in a precise plan or in a conditional use permit or variance.
(Ord. 9060 § 1302)
No building shall be erected closer than ten feet to the rear lot line of any lot zoned for "C" or "M" purposes when such lot abuts upon property classified for "R" purposes and no alley intervenes.
Any building located on an alley and having an opening used as a means of access from such alley shall maintain a distance of not less than five feet from such alley.
(Ord. 9060 § 1303)
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, no building in the M zone shall exceed a height of thirty-five feet, and allowed height protrusions as described in Section 21.46.020 shall not exceed a height of forty-five feet.
B. 
Building height above thirty-five feet may be permitted, subject to the following:
1. 
Building height up to a maximum of forty-five feet may be permitted through approval of a minor site development plan processed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 21.06 of this title, provided that:
a. 
The project complies with the provisions of subsection B.3 of this section.
b. 
The allowed height protrusions as described in Section 21.46.020 do not exceed a height of forty-five feet; with the exception of architectural features such as flagpoles, steeples or architectural towers, which may be permitted up to fifty-five feet if the decision-making authority makes the specific findings that the protruding architectural features:
i. 
Do not function to provide usable floor area;
ii. 
Do not accommodate and/or screen building equipment;
iii. 
Do not adversely impact adjacent properties; and
iv. 
Are necessary to ensure a building's design excellence.
2. 
Building height above forty-five feet may be permitted through approval of a site development plan processed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 21.06 of this title, provided that:
a. 
The project complies with the provisions of subsection B.3 of this section.
b. 
The allowed height protrusions, as described in Section 21.46.020, do not exceed the height authorized by the decision-making authority.
c. 
The decision-making authority finds that:
i. 
The height of the building(s) will not adversely affect surrounding properties; and
ii. 
The building(s) will not be unduly disproportional to other buildings in the area.
3. 
All required setbacks shall be increased at a ratio of one horizontal foot for every one foot of vertical construction beyond thirty-five feet. The additional setback area will be maintained as landscaped open space.
(Ord. 9060 § 1304; Ord. 9753 § 1, 1985; Ord. NS-180 § 21, 1991; Ord. NS-240 § 7, 1993; Ord. CS-164 § 10, 2011; Ord. CS-178 § XXXII, 2012)
Outdoor eating facilities for employees shall be provided outside all industrial/office buildings containing more than five thousand square feet, as follows, except as noted below:
(1) 
A minimum of three hundred square feet of outdoor eating facilities shall be provided for each five thousand square feet of building area. Credit towards the required amount of square footage will be given for indoor eating facilities on a 1:1 basis, as determined by the City Planner.
(2) 
The area shall be easily accessible to the employees of the building.
(3) 
The area shall be located such that a sense of privacy is apparent.
(4) 
The area shall be landscaped and provided with attractive outdoor furniture, i.e., metal, wood, or concrete picnic tables, benches/chairs and trash receptacles.
(5) 
The site size, location, landscaping and furniture required above shall be approved as part of the required discretionary action (tentative map, site development plan, planned unit development, etc.) required under this title.
If no discretionary permit is required, a site plan showing the location, landscaping and facilities required above shall be submitted to the City Planner for approval prior to the issuance of any building permits.
(6) 
This section shall not apply to industrial/office buildings which are located within one thousand feet of an approved mini-park or a city park which is accessible by walking as determined by the City Planner.
(Ord. 9786 § 1, 1986; Ord. CS-164 § 10, 2011; Ord. CS-178 § XXXIII, 2012)
A. 
The purpose of this section is to establish standards to ensure that the development of emergency shelters does not adversely impact adjacent parcels or the surrounding neighborhood and that they are developed in a manner which protects the health, safety, and general welfare of the nearby residents and businesses and the character of the City of Carlsbad.
B. 
No individual shall be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.
C. 
Emergency shelters shall be operated under the authority of a governing agency or private, nonprofit organization that provides, or that contracts with recognized community organizations to provide, emergency shelters and which, when required by law, are properly registered and licensed.
D. 
State laws and regulations. Emergency shelters shall comply with the latest California Health and Safety Codes.
E. 
Emergency shelters shall comply with all property development standards of the zone in which they are located in addition to the following development standards.
1. 
Location. No emergency shelter shall be located:
a. 
Immediately adjacent to any residentially zoned property;
b. 
Within three hundred feet of another emergency or similar shelter.
2. 
Maximum Number of Beds or Persons. No more than thirty beds shall be provided and no more than thirty persons shall be served in any single emergency shelter, except as authorized by a conditional use permit approved by the City Council pursuant to Chapter 21.42.
3. 
Parking. Parking shall be as required by Chapter 21.44.
4. 
Building and premises. Each emergency shelter shall include, at a minimum, the following:
a. 
Adequate interior and exterior lighting;
b. 
Adequate indoor client intake/waiting area if client intake is to occur on-site. If an exterior waiting area is also provided, it shall be enclosed or screened from public view and adequate to prevent queuing into the public right-of-way and required parking and access;
c. 
Clean sanitary beds and sanitation facilities, including showers and toiletries;
d. 
Segregated sleeping, lavatory and bathing areas if the emergency shelter accommodates both men and women in the same building. Reasonable accommodation shall be made to provide segregated sleeping, lavatory and bathing areas for families;
e. 
Individual lockers to allow shelter clients to secure their private possessions while using the shelter.
F. 
Management. At least one facility manager shall be on-site at all hours the facility is open. Additional support staff shall be provided, as necessary, to ensure that at least one staff member is provided in all segregated sleeping areas, as appropriate.
G. 
No person shall be allowed to camp on the premises or sleep on the premises outside of the shelter building.
H. 
Emergency shelters may provide one or more of the following types of supportive facilities or services for the exclusive use or benefit of the shelter clients:
1. 
Central cooking and dining room(s);
2. 
Recreation areas, indoor and/or outdoors;
3. 
Laundry facilities for clients to wash their clothes;
4. 
Intake and administrative offices;
5. 
Counseling and other supportive services.
(Ord. CS-190 § V, 2012)