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ORDINANCE NO. 2028
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY REPEALING, AMENDING AND ADDING VARIOUS
SECTIONS THERETO PERTAINING TO INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT M1-A STANDARDS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by repealing Sections 9510, 9511, 9513. 1, 9513. 2 and
9513. 3 thereof.
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending various sections thereof to read as follows :
9511.1. USES SUBJECT TO USE PERMIT. The following uses
are permitted subject to the approval of a use permit application
by the Board of Zoning Adjustments :
(a) Adjunct Uses . Commercial and professional uses may be
permitted when designed or intended to be used only by employees
of the industrial use.
(b) Ancillary Operations. Commercial retail ancillary
uses may be permitted subject to the following criteria:
(1) The ancillary operation shall not exceed twenty-
five percent (25%) of the floor area of the primary industrial
use .
(2) Only on-site manufactured goods shall be sold by
an ancillary operation.
(3) The primary industrial use shall have frontage on
an arterial highway.
(4) The parking ratio for the ancillary use shall be
calculated pursuant to Section 9793 .1, "Commercial Uses. "
(5) Signs shall not be used to advertise an ancillary
operation.
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(6) The ancillary operation shall be physically
separated from the primary industrial use .
9511. 2 . USES SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. The
following uses are permitted subject to the issuance of a con-
ditional use permit :
(a) Unclassified uses as set forth in Article 933•
(b) Retail Food Service . Retail food services may be
permitted provided that the use complies with all applicable
sections of Division 9 and with the following conditions :
(1) The related food services are dispensed in an
enclosed restaurant type facility.
(2) Building materials shall conform with that of the
industrial development .
(3) The Planning Commission determines that public
necessity and convenience of existing industrial facilities
in the area creates a need for such retail food service .
(4) On-site signs are restricted to those approved
by the Planning Commission at the time of issuance of the con-
ditional use permit . Such signs shall comply with the pro-
visions of Article 976 and any additional conditions necessary
to render such signs compatible with existing architecture.
9513 . 3. REAR YARD. There shall be no minimum rear yard
requirement except where an Ml-A lot or parcel abuts property
zoned or master planned for residential use, then a minimum
rear yard of forty-five (45 ) feet shall be required.
9513 . 4 . LANDSCAPED BUFFER. A landscaped buffer of trees
shall be provided along that portion of a side and rear property
line where such side yard or rear yard abuts property that is
zoned or master planned for residential uses or community fa-
cilities . Said trees shall be of sufficient size and species to
provide maximum screening and buffering from noise and visual
intrusion of an industrial use upon a residential or community
facility use. Said landscape buffer shall be in accordance with
the. adopted landscape standards on file in the Department of
Public Works.
9514 . 1. MINIMUM BUILDING SITE. Except as provided by
Section 9061 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code, the minimum
building site shall be twenty thousand (20, 000) square feet .
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9514 . 2 . MINIMUM FRONTAGE. Except as provided in Section
9061 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code, the minimum lot
frontage shall be one hundred (100) feet on an arterial highway.
9514 .4 . REDUCTION OF MINIMUM BUILDING SITE AND FRONTAGE.
The minimum building site or frontage, or both minimum building
site and frontage may be reduced provided one of the following
conditions have been met :
(a) A plot plan encompassing the entire parcel and de-
lineating all structures proposed for intial or future con-
struction has been approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustments,
Planning Commission or City Council prior to approval of a
tentative parcel map and there is compliance with all applicable
city ordinances .
(b ) An administrative review application accompanied by
a plot plan encompassing the entire parcel is submitted to the
Board of Zoning Adjustments for approval prior to approval of
a division of land. Said plan shall delineate all structures
proposed for initial or future construction. The Board, after
reviewing the application, may approve, conditionally approve
or deny the request .
9515 . OUTSIDE STORAGE. No material, supplies or products
shall be stored or permitted to remain on the property in un-
screened areas . Screening of storage areas shall be accomplished
by the use of landscaping, walls, slatted fencing, buildings,
or any combination thereof, to a height sufficient to screen
the stored items, except that such height need not exceed seven
(7) feet . Storage shall be confined to the rear two-thirds
(2/3) of that property.
9517. OFF-STREET PARKING.
(a) The arrangement, access, and number of all parking
spaces shall conform to Article 979.
(b) All yard areas not facing streets may be used solely
for automobile parking, provided such use is not in conflict with
other provisions of this code.
(c ) Where driveways have been provided to permit access
to the rear of a building, the minimum driveway shall be twenty
five (25) feet . Such driveway shall be maintained free and
clear of any obstruction. Where a driveway is provided directly
adjacent to the side of a building with openings, said driveway
shall be increased to thirty (30 ) feet .
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9518. TRUCKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS. Truck loading,
rail loading, loading well dock facilities, or doors for such
facilities shall not face a public street, residential area,
or encroach into the required front and exterior side yard set-
backs except as follows :
(a) Trucking and loading facilities may face a local public
street subject to the approval of a use permit application by
the Board of Zoning Adjustments .
(b) In reviewing such application, the Board shall require
the following:
(1) Any loading facility shall be set back a minimum
of forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line.
(2) Any loading facility shall not exceed a maximum
width of twenty (20) feet .
(3) Any loading facility shall be located within
a fully enclosed structure, screened from view, with doors of
a color compatible with the main building.
(4) Installation of the loading facility ,will not
create an over-concentration of facilities on any one street,
and the Board of Zoning Adjustments shall endeavor to achieve
variations in the street scene .
(5) Any landscaping which is displaced by construc-
tion of loading facilities shall be provided elsewhere.
(6) Adequate area shall be provided for the safe
operation of trucks in loading areas .
(7) Trucking areas shall be adequately paved for the
type of operation intended.
9519. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Fencing. Fences or walls may be located on a portion
of the lot as follows :
(1) Fences or wall which do not exceed forty-two (42)
inches in height may be located on any portion of the lot .
(2) Fences or walls exceeding forty-two (42) inches
but not exceeding six (6) feet in height, may be located in the
required rear and side yards to the front building line .
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(b ) Lighting.
(1) Adequate lighting shall be provided for all
automobile parking areas, trucking and loading areas, and all
pedestrian and vehicle access points on sites where nighttime
operations are anticipated.
(2) Lighting shall be designed so that it does not
directly project onto adjacent property or onto a public thor-
oughfare .
(c ) Buildings . All structures erected within the M1-A
district shall, with the exception of trim and minor architec-
tural features , be constructed of ceramics, masonry, concrete,
stucco or other materials of a similar nature, or metal panels,
as approved by the Planning Commission.
SECTION 3. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding various sections thereto to read as follows :
9510 . PURPOSE. The following standards are intended to
encourage the establishment of compatible industries in areas
where it is deemed desirable to provide for limited manufacturing
facilities and to establish standards of design and type of use
which will enhance the area, be in harmony with the objectives
of the General Plan, and minimize detrimental effects to the
public health, safety and welfare.
9511. USED PERMITTED. The following uses and regulations
shall be permitted in the Ml-A, "Restricted Manufacturing District, "
subject to approval of an administrative review applicable by the
Board of Zoning Adjustments :
(a) The compounding, processing,packaging or treatment of
such products as cosmetics, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals,
toiletries, and food products, except the rendering and refining
of fats and oils;
(b) The manufacture, compounding, or assembly of articles
or merchandise from previously prepared materials, such as :
aluminum, brass, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, copper, felt,
fibre, glass, latex, lead, leather, paint, paper, plastics,
rubber, tin, iron, steel, lumber and yarns;
(c ) The manufacture, compounding, or assembly of articles
or merchandise from raw materials, such as : bone, feathers,
fur, hair, precious or semi-precious metals, stone, shell or
tobacco;
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(d) The manufacture of pottery, figurines, or similar
ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay and
kilns fired only by electricity, gas or solar energy sources ;
(e) Machine shop or other metal working shops;
(f) Accessory office uses which are incidental to a primary
industrial use;
(g) Offices devoted to research and analysis, engineering,
and the use of large scale electronic data processing systems;
(h) Administrative, management, regional or headquarters
offices for any permitted industrial use which are not designed
to primarily service the general public;
(i) Service uses, such as : surveying, blueprinting and
photostating, contractor's office or photographic services, but
not including commercial photography studios;
Q ) Storage and warehousing, open or enclosed subject to
the screening provisions of Section 9515, provided further that
wrecking yards, junk yards and salvage yards are prohibited;
(k) Trade schools, limited to those schools training students
for employment in industrial occupations . This section is not
intended to include any business or commercial school or college;
and
(1) Wholesale distributing plants .
9513. 1. FRONT YARD AND EXTERIOR SIDE YARD SETBACK. The
minimum front and the minimum exterior side yard setback shall
comply with the following requirements :
(a) Parcels that front on a major, primary or secondary
highway shall have an average minimum front and average minimum
exterior side yard setback of twenty (20) feet, with a minimum
dimension of ten (10) feet . Provided further that for each
additional ten (10) feet of building length exceeding one hundred
and fifty (150) feet, an additional foot of setback shall be pro-
vided, however, the maximum setback need not exceed thirty (30)
feet .
(b) Parcels that front on a local street shall have a
minimum front and a minimum exterior side yard setback of ten
(10) feet . Provided further that for each additional ten (10)
feet of building length exceeding one hundred and fifty (150)
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feet, an additional foot of setback shall be provided, however,
the maximum setback need not exceed twenty (20) feet '.
(c ) All required front and exterior side yard setbacks
shall be landscaped and shall be developed and maintained in
accordance with the adopted landscape standards on file in the
Department of Public Works.
(d) One (1) additional foot of setback for each foot of
building height above twenty-five (25 ) feet shall be provided.
9513. 2 . INTERIOR SIDE YARD.
(a) The minimum interior side yard shall be fifteen (15)
feet , except that the interior side yard setback may be reduced
to zero on one side of the lot provided that :
(1) The wall constructed at the zero setback shall
be of maintenance-free masonry material;
(2) The opposite side yard is increased to thirty
(30) feet .
In the event that two contiguous property owners desire
to construct buildings using zero side yard setbacks, utilizing
a common driveway for ingress and egress to the rear of both
properties, said opposite side yard may be reduced to fifteen (15)
feet provided easements are obtained and recorded insuring a
thirty (30) foot minimum separation between the two buildings
for ingress and egress to the rear of the property. This thirty
(30) foot accessway shall be maintained free of obstructions
skyward and with no openings that would facilitate any loading
or unloading, in any portion of the buildings which front on the
easement .
(b) Where an interior side yard abuts property zoned and
master planned for residential use, the minimum required side
yard shall be not less than forty-five (45) feet .
SECTION 4 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington
Beach, California.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15th
day of December, 1975.
nLICIA M. WENTWORTH
City Clerk Mayor
Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Aa"d-"o. 4'4'd'— I
City Administrator City Attorney
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Ord. No. 2028
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified 'City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
adjourned meeting thereof held on the 8th day of December
19 75 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 15th day of December 19 75 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Matney, Shipley, Duke, Gibbs
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
Alicia M. Wentworth
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
By G t �
Deputy City Clerk
I, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntin^ton Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council, d,) hereby c,rtily� that th's ordinance has
bee nU`_:li s h:d in th ;'u^ a'cn °each News on
In c c: r e _'d City.
ltE1CIA M.WENIVI/p ---------------------
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