It shall be the purpose of this district to provide areas for
the establishment of industrial uses and ancillary uses customarily
found within industrial areas together with performance constraints
which will enhance the environment adjacent thereto. It is further
intended that the development of uses in this district shall be characterized
by buildings and activities which are designed for harmony with the
surroundings and with open spaces and landscaping providing amenities
to adjacent and more restrictive uses.
(Prior code § 30-210)
In the M-P district no building or land shall be used, and no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered unless otherwise provided herein except for the following uses. All uses shall be subject to the property development standards set forth in Sections 17.30.070 through 17.30.170 and the use performance standards set forth in Section 17.30.180.
(Prior code § 30-210.1)
General uses permitted in the M-P district include:
A.
Animal
hospitals;
B.
Auto
services;
C.
Business
requiring outside storage;
D.
Eating
and drinking places;
E.
Manufacturing;
F.
Mortuaries;
G.
Parking
lots;
H.
Repair
shops;
I.
Service
stations;
J.
Transportation,
communication, electric, gas and sanitary services;
K.
Wholesale
trade.
(Prior code § 30-210.2)
The following are the accessory uses which are permitted in
this district subject to the exceptions and limitations stated:
B.
Temporary
buildings for construction purposes which are maintained at construction
site for a period not to exceed the duration of such construction.
C.
Other
accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a use permitted
in this district.
(Prior code § 30-210.3)
The following uses are expressly prohibited in the M-P district:
A.
Trailer
or mobile parks;
B.
Hotels
and motels;
C.
Fraternities,
sororities and dormitories;
D.
Foster
homes;
E.
Lodging
or rooming houses;
F.
All
dwellings, including one-, two-, and three-family dwellings, multiple
dwellings and group dwellings;
H.
Finance,
insurance, and real estate.
(Prior code § 30-210.4)
The planning commission may give special permission to provide
for a dwelling unit for a caretaker required to reside on the premises
of a permitted use, if cause is shown that such residence is essential
to the safe and proper operation of that use.
(Prior code § 30-210.5)
The property development standards set forth in Sections 17.30.080 to 17.30.170 are minimal and shall apply to all land and structures in the M-P district.
(Prior code § 30-210.6)
Each lot or building site in the district shall have an area
of not less than one-half acre.
(Prior code § 30-210.6 (A))
Each lot or building site in the district shall have continuous
frontage on a public street of not less than one hundred feet.
(Prior code § 30-2 10.6 (B))
Buildings and other structures shall not exceed forty-five feet
in height, except that buildings may be erected to a height not to
exceed fifty-five feet where front, side and rear yards are increased
not less than one foot for each one foot in building height in excess
of forty-five feet.
(Prior code § 30-210.6 (C)[1])
[1]
Note: Prior code § 30.210.6 contained two subsections
lettered (C)
Buildings and other structures in the M-P district may occupy
any portion of the lot or building site except the following yards
which shall be provided:
A.
A front
yard of at least ten feet;
B.
Side
yards of at least five feet; and
C.
Rear
yard of at least ten feet.
(Prior code § 30-210.6 (C))
All uses permitted in this district, except loading and unloading
docks, driveways and parking areas for vehicles, shall be conducted
wholly within a completely enclosed building or yard.
(Prior code § 30-210.6 (D))
All buildings and other structures within this district shall be designed, constructed and maintained in a manner in keeping with the purpose and intent of this district as set forth in Section 17.30.010.
(Prior code § 30-210.6 (E))
All yards and other open space in this district shall:
A.
Be
graded and drained to prevent flooding, erosion, subsidence, soil-slippage
or other hazards to life or property in the vicinity;
B.
Be
continuously maintained in an attractive and dust-free condition by
landscaping with trees, grass, shrubs or planted ground cover or combination
thereof; or, if growing conditions or other circumstances peculiar
to the property or its use are judged by the planning commission to
warrant such treatment, by covering with asphalt or concrete paving,
oil surfacing, rock, redwood bark or other functionally similar materials.
(Prior code § 30-210.6 (F))
Off-street parking and loading space in this district shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.42; except, that all such parking space shall be provided on the same site as that occupied by the use it is intended to serve or at such other location within the M-P district as may be approved by the planning commission and shall be subject to the following additional conditions and limitations:
A.
Off-street
parking and loading space designed for use or used by vehicles of
one and one-half tons or lesser rated capacity which is adjacent to
residentially zoned property or property devoted exclusively to residential
use shall be visually screened from such residentially zoned or used
properties by a four-foot high solid masonry wall, compact evergreen
hedge or uniformly painted solid fence;
B.
Off-street
parking and loading space designed for use or used by vehicles over
one and one-half tons rated capacity shall be enclosed by six-foot
high, solid masonry wall, compact evergreen hedge, or uniformly painted
solid fence with solid entrance and exit gates and shall not be located
within any required front or street side yard.
(Prior code § 30-210.6 (G))
Artificial illumination of any structure, lot or open area including
but not limited to buildings, signs, parking and storage areas, shall
be so installed and arranged as to direct light away from adjoining
properties. The intensity of illumination provided shall be sufficiently
subdued to prevent any nuisance to other properties and uses in the
vicinity.
(Prior code § 30-210.6 (H))
Exterior identification sign and exterior signs advertising
products manufactured or sold on the premises are permitted subject
to the following limitations and conditions:
A.
Such
signs shall be mounted only on a wall of a building, the use of which
is identified or advertised, and shall be parallel to the wall on
which it is mounted.
B.
No
signs shall project toward any property line a distance greater than
twelve inches as measured from the wall of the building which is both
parallel and nearest to each such sign.
C.
No
part of any such sign shall exceed the height of the wall on which
it is mounted nor the lowest line of the roof adjoining said wall
and in no case shall such sign exceed a maximum height of twenty-five
feet above grade.
D.
The
number of exterior signs permitted shall be limited to one for each
public street frontage afforded the property to which the sign pertains.
E.
The
total sign area of each sign permitted hereunder shall not exceed
two square feet of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage
along the street toward which each such sign faces.
F.
The
total sign area of all exterior signs shall not exceed two square
feet of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage of the property
to which the signs pertain.
G.
Such
signs shall be limited to those which are nonflashing, non-moving,
and nonanimated. Illuminated signs shall be illuminated from the interior
of the sign only and shall not reflect on adjoining property. The
lighting intensity of all illuminated signs shall be both steady and
constant and sufficiently subdued to prevent any nuisance to other
properties and uses in the vicinity.
H.
Small
traffic directional signs and other signs necessary to the functioning
of an establishment shall be permitted whenever the type, size and
location of such signs are first approved by the planning director.
(Prior code § 30-210.6(I); Ord. 631 Exh. A, 1989)
All activities permitted in the M-P district shall be subject
to the following limitations of their external effects and such limitations
shall be a condition of all uses permitted in the district:
A.
Noise
or vibration created by or resulting from any industrial machinery
or process shall not be discernible without instruments at the lot
boundaries.
B.
Odors,
glare or heat created by or resulting directly or indirectly from
any use shall not be perceptible at any point beyond the lot boundaries.
C.
Discharge
into the atmosphere of air contaminants including, but not limited
to, sulfur compounds, smoke, charred paper, dust, soot, grime, carbon,
noxious acids, fumes, gases, mist, odors or particulate matter or
any combination thereof, from any single source of emission whatsoever
for a period or periods aggregating more than three minutes in any
one hour shall not be permitted which:
1.
Exceeds
the legally permissible discharge limits, if any, established by state
or local code and enforced by the air pollution control district of
the county; or
2.
Is
as dark or darker in shade as that designated as No. 2 on the Ringlemann
Chart, as published by the United States Bureau of Mines; or
3.
Is
of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal
to or greater than the smoke described above.
D.
Industrial
activities shall be of such nature as not to cause damage or substantial
jeopardy to the health or safety of persons, animals, vegetation or
other forms of property.
E.
Water
supply, drainage, rubbish and waste disposal systems and practices
shall reflect conformance with all applicable codes and standards
relating to public safety, health and sanitation and public works
of Crescent City.
(Prior code § 30-210.7)
