To provide locations and uniform development standards for heavy industrial, warehousing, manufacturing, research and development and other heavy or high impact businesses and uses which cannot be classified as "commercial" or "light industrial."
(Ord. 97-17, 10-28-1997)
The following uses, and uses determined to be similar, shall generally be permitted in the Controlled Manufacturing (I) Zoning District when conducted entirely within a building or entirely screened with a solid fence or wall, with the exception of motor vehicle and mobile home sales lots and commercial and industrial truck parking areas:
Administrative offices of any other use permitted within this designation.
Agricultural cultivation as a temporary use.
Assembly of electrical equipment and small electrical appliances.
Auto repair, auto body shop or auto paint shop, but not including heavy truck repair or servicing.
Automobile, boat, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, truck and mobile home sales and related service, new and used.
Automobile, truck, farm equipment, motorcycle and trailer accessories and parts manufacture and assembly, including sales, repairing and painting of same.
Bakeries, wholesale and distribution.
Blacksmithing.
Boat building.
Bottling plants.
Box factories and cooperage.
Brick, tile and clay products manufacture.
Building maintenance services.
Building material and/or hardware sales.
Building materials manufacture and assembly, including composition wall boards, partitions, panels and prefabricated structures.
Business support services.
Cabinet or woodworking shop and furniture manufacture.
Can, bottle, glass and container manufacture.
Canvas products manufacture.
Ceramics products manufacture, using only previously pulverized clay.
Cold storage plants.
Commercial kennels.
Communication services.
Contractor's storage yard.
Creameries and dairy products plants.
Dry-cleaning plants and commercial laundries.
Electroplating.
Equipment or party rental, with or without outdoor storage.
Feed and fuel sales and storage.
Food and food products manufacture.
Frozen food distributors.
Gasoline filling and service stations.
Heating, plumbing, ventilation and air conditioning shops.
Laboratories, including commercial, testing, research and testing labs.
Lumber and building material yards.
Machine shop and machine tool manufacture, including metal lathes, metal stamping machines and woodworking machines.
Machinery manufacture, including heavy electrical, agricultural and construction machinery.
Manufacture, repair and assembly of the following:
Business machines, electrical supplies and motors.
Cutlery.
Hand tools.
Hardware.
Optical goods.
Precision instruments.
Scientific, medical and dental instruments.
Sheet metal products.
Signs.
Tool and die.
Toys and musical instruments.
Mini-storage and public storage facilities.
Moving agencies and storage warehouses.
Off-street parking lots and garages.
Outdoor storage yards, but not including wrecking yards or junkyards.
Paper products manufacture.
Parcel delivery terminals and offices.
Pipe yards.
Printing and publishing plants and printing, lithography and engraving services.
Product distribution centers.
Public buildings, facilities and uses.
Public service and utility facilities and substations.
Public utility uses and facilities.
Research and development offices and laboratories.
Storage facilities and yards, indoor and outdoor.
Taxi companies.
Vehicle and/or boat storage yards.
Warehouses and warehousing.
Wholesale establishments and wholesaling operations.
Other uses which, in the judgment of the Planning Commission, are similar to and no more objectionable than any of the uses set forth in this section.
(Ord. 97-17, 10-28-1997; Ord. 98-4 § 2, 8-25-1998)
The following accessory buildings and uses shall be permitted in the Controlled Manufacturing (I) Zoning District:
A. 
Accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted or conditional use, such as incidental storage facilities.
B. 
Signs which pertain only to a permitted or an approved conditional use located on the premises.
C. 
Temporary buildings and uses as provided in Chapter 5.22 NCC.
(Ord. 97-17, 10-28-1997)
The following uses, and uses determined to be similar, may be permitted in the Controlled Manufacturing (I) Zoning District subject to approval of a conditional use permit:
Adult businesses.
Agricultural uses, including fertilizer plants, storage facilities and distribution centers.
Animal hospitals and kennels.
Automobile dismantling, junk, rag, metal salvage and recycling operations.
Billboards and off-site advertising structures.
Biomass plants.
Business offices.
Car washes, automatic and self-service.
Caretaker's residence, but only in conjunction with a permitted or approved conditional use.
Concrete batching plants.
Convenience food stores and markets, with or without gasoline filling stations.
Delicatessens and sandwich shops.
Excavation of building or construction materials.
Fertilizer manufacture.
Gaming establishments and card rooms.
Interim nonindustrial uses, including such uses as flea markets, trade fairs, bazaars and similar uses.
Lumber mills and sawmills.
Manufacturing, assembly, packaging and storage facilities involving explosives, fireworks, acids or other caustic substances, cement, fertilizer, gas, glue, gypsum, flammable liquids, lime or plaster of Paris.
Military surplus yards.
Parks and recreational facilities.
Paving material plants.
Private clubs, lodge halls and meeting facilities.
Public assembly, but not including churches or other places of worship.
Recreational vehicle parks, but only on an interim or temporary basis.
Refining and/or storage of petroleum or its products.
Residential, only when accessory to a permitted or approved conditional use.
Restaurants.
Salvage yards.
Smelting of iron, tin, zinc or other ores.
Speculative buildings.
Tattoo parlors.
Truck stops, truck service centers, trucking yards and trucking companies.
Wood product processing plants.
Wrecking yards and junkyards.
Any use which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, may be objectionable by reason of noise, odors, dust, light, glare, vibration, fire or explosive hazard, smoke, heat, cold, dampness, electrical disturbance, interference with television, radio or telephone, radioactivity, presence of vermin, liquid or solid refuse and waste, or any other form of water, air or soil pollution or contamination.
All conditional and permitted uses listed in the M District which are not otherwise provided for in this section.
(Ord. 97-17, 10-28-1997)
The following uses are prohibited in the I District:
Ammonia, chlorine and bleaching powder manufacture.
Animal slaughtering except poultry and rabbits.
Bone, coal and wood distillation.
Cement, lime, plaster of Paris and gypsum manufacture, except for use of said product in an otherwise permitted manufacturing process.
Explosives manufacture.
Fat rendering, except as accessory to a permitted use.
(Ord. 97-17, 10-28-1997)
The following standards shall apply to all land uses, development and subdivisions in the Controlled Manufacturing (I) Zoning District (note: these standards have been modified to reflect the standards of the Industrial Area Specific Plan):
A. 
Minimum lot area: 8,000 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
C. 
Minimum front yard setback: None required unless adjacent to a residential zoning district or alley. In such instances, a 10-foot front yard setback is required.
D. 
Minimum rear yard setback: None required unless adjacent to a residential zoning district or alley. In such instances, a 10-foot rear yard setback is required.
E. 
Minimum side yard setbacks: None required unless adjacent to a residential zoning district. In such instances, the minimum side yard setback shall be 10 feet.
F. 
Industrial Building Setbacks.
1. 
Front: 25 feet.
2. 
Side (exterior corner): 20 feet.
3. 
Side (interior): None.
4. 
Rear: None, except 20 feet if abutting any residential district or alley.
G. 
Maximum floor area ratio (FAR): 0.35. However, warehouse uses shall have a maximum FAR of 0.4 and mini-storage and public storage facilities shall have a maximum FAR of 0.6.
H. 
On-Site Landscaping. The following areas shall be permanently landscaped and maintained in a neat and weed-free condition:
1. 
All required setbacks and yard areas, with the exception of driveways and pedestrian walkways.
2. 
A minimum five-foot wide landscaped planter shall be provided in front of buildings facing public streets.
3. 
A minimum five-foot wide planter shall be required to be installed along property lines abutting Highway 33.
I. 
Maximum Building Height. The maximum building height shall be 50 feet as measured from the existing grade level. Projections above 50 feet may be allowed for minor ancillary equipment, such as ventilation equipment, communications, etc. A conditional use permit is required to construct structures above 50 feet. The absolute height of any structure, with or without a conditional use permit, is 75 feet.
J. 
On-Site Parking. On-site parking may be reduced with the written approval of the Newman Planning Director when the findings can be made that a unique parking situation exists, such as the opportunity for shared use of parking facilities, such that sufficient on-site parking facilities will be provided to accommodate proposed land uses and that a public parking hazard or problem will not occur.
K. 
Loading Requirements.
1. 
One on-site loading space shall be provided for each wholesale business establishment, warehouse, manufacturing, assembly and other industrial use up to and including 10,000 square feet of gross floor area. For warehouse, assembly, industrial and similar uses having in excess of 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, two on-site loading spaces will be provided.
2. 
Loading spaces shall not be located in any required yard or setback area nor within 25 feet of any property zoned for residential use. In addition, loading areas and loading docks shall either be screened from view from adjacent streets or oriented away from view of public streets.
3. 
Each on-site loading space shall consist of a rectangular area measuring not less than 45 feet long and 12 feet in width and shall maintain an overhead clearance of not less than 14 feet.
4. 
Loading facilities which involve the use of, or extension of, railroad spur lines, shall be subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission and City Engineer for conformance with City safety and circulation standards.
L. 
Outdoor Storage Requirements.
1. 
Outdoor storage shall be allowed except that any storage area which is not screened by fencing or landscaping, shall be maintained in a neat and orderly fashion.
2. 
All rooftop equipment, such as primary HVAC equipment, shall be screened from adjacent streets with building parapets, architectural screening, or shall be expressed as an overall part of the building design concept.
M. 
Physical Compatibility. Adequate buffers and/or screening shall be provided for all uses where necessary to ensure physical compatibility with neighboring uses and/or zoning districts.
N. 
Architectural and Site Plan Review. Where new construction or exterior modifications are proposed, architectural and site plan review shall be required prior to issuance of a building permit.
O. 
Other Applicable Provisions. Other provisions of this title as applicable such as off-street parking and loading, signs, landscaping and screening, trash enclosures, etc.
(Ord. 97-17, 10-28-1997)