HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2506 ORDINANCE NO. 2506
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY REPEALING ARTICLE 953 AND ADDING THERETO
NEW ARTICLE 953 ENTITLED, "Ml, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT"
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. Article 953 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance
Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto new Article 953 entitled, 11M1, Light
Industrial District," to read as follows :
9530. PURPOSE. The following standards are intended to
encourage the establishment of compatible industries in areas
where it is deemed desirable to provide for light manufacturing
facilities and to establish standards of design and type of use
which will enhance such areas, conform to the objectives of the
general plan, and reduce detrimental effects to the public
health, safety and welfare.
9531. USES PERMITTED. The following uses as well as all
Ml-A uses shall be permitted in the Ml , "Light Industrial
District" subject to approval of an administrative review appli-
cation by the Board of Zoning Adjustments :
(a) Auction houses or stores
Automobile major repair (refer to Section 9730. 20)
Automobile painting, provided all painting, sanding
and baking shall be conducted wholly within an
enclosed building
(b) Battery rebuilding
Boat building except ship building
Bottling plants
Breweries
( c) Caretakers dwelling on factory premises
Carpet cleaning plants
Cleaning and dyeing plants
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Cosmetics, manufacture of
Creameries and dairy products manufacturing
(d) Distributing plants
( e) Electrical or neon sign manufacturing
(f) Feed and fuel yards
Flour mills
Food products manufacturing, storage and processing of,
except lard, pickles, sauerkraut, sausages or vinegar
Frozen food lockers
Fruit and vegetable canning, preserving and freezing
(g) Garment manufacture
(h) Ice and cold storage plants
( i) Machine shops
Manufacture of prefabricated buildings
Q) Outdoor advertising display or outdoor advertising
structure advertising the business being conducted on
the premises on which the display or structure is
located
(k) Paint mixing provided inflammable liquids storage com-
plies with city fire code
Pipeline booster or pumping plant in connection with
water, oil petroleum, gas , gasoline, or other
petroleum products
Plastics , fabrication of
Poultry and rabbit slaughter including custom dressing
Printing plants
Public utility service yards and electric transmission
substations
(1) Rubber, fabrication of products made from finished
rubber
(m) Sheet metal shops
Shoe manufacture
Soap manufacture ( cold mix only)
Stone monuments and tombstone works
(n) Textile manufacturing
Tile, manufacture of wall and floor tile and related
small tile products
Tire rebuilding, recapping and retreading
Tinsmithy
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Transfer, moving and storage of furniture and house-
hold goods
Truck repairing, overhauling and rental
( o) Wholesale business , storage building and warehouses
9531.1 . ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USES. The following additional
uses shall be permitted subject to approval of an administrative
review application by the Board of Zoning Adjustments :
(a) Accessory office uses which are incidental to a pri-
mary industrial use.
(b) Offices devoted to research and analysis, engineering,
and the use of large-scale electronic data processing systems .
( c) Administrative, management , regional or headquarters
offices for any permitted industrial use which are not desig-
nated primarily to serve the general public.
(d) The following services :
(1) Surveyor
(2) Blueprint and photostat service
( 3) Contractor
(4) Photographer, excluding commercial photographic
studies
( e) Trade schools limited to training students for employ-
ment in industrial occupations. Business and commercial schools
and colleges are excluded from this classification.
9532. USES SUBJECT TO A USE PERMIT. Adjunct commercial
and professional uses may be permitted when designated or intended
for use only by employees of the industrial use upon approval of
a use permit application, and subject to compliance with the fol-
lowing criteria:
( a) The adjunct use shall not exceed 25 percent of the
floor area of the primary industrial use.
(b) Retail sales only of goods manufactured on-site.
( c) The primary industrial use shall front on an arterial
highway.
(d) Parking ratio for an adjunct use shall be calculated
pursuant to commercial and office use rates .
( e) Signs shall not be used to advertise an adjunct use.
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(f) The adjunct use shall be physically separate from
the primary industrial use.
9533. USES SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. The fol-
lowing uses may be permitted pursuant to the approval of a con-
ditional use permit by the Planning Commission :
( a) Mixed uses
(b) Major outside storage or operations
( c) Automobile dismantling and storage
9533.1 . MIXED USES. Commercial, service and office uses in
conjunction with an industrial development shall only be permitted
after review and approval of a conditional use permit . The con-
ditional use permit application shall cover the entire development
site for the total project proposed, and shall be approved prior
to issuance of building permits . A list of proposed commercial,
service, and office uses to be operated within the project , unless
specifically amended, shall be submitted concurrently with the
original conditional use permit application for the entire proj-
ect , and shall include any structures shown on the site plan where
such uses shall be located. The purpose of such list is to estab-
lish a theme of comprehensive, harmonious uses which will be com-
patible with existing and other proposed uses in the industrial
development , and shall be approved by resolution of the Planning
Commission prior to approval of a conditional use permit for a
mixed-use development. All such resolutions of approval shall
be kept on file in the Department of Development Services as a
reference for limited uses .
9533.1 .1 . PURPOSE OF MIXED USES. The purpose of mixed-use
development is to allow, because of the nature of the operation
or space needs, a highly-restricted, specific list of commercial
and office uses more appropriately found in an industrial dis-
trict, to be located in an industrial service center development.
Such mixed-use development of light industrial, limited-
retail commercial, offices and services shall only be permitted
where it can be demonstrated, prior to approval, that such de-
velopment shall be constructed and maintained in compliance with
quality development and performance standards designed to achieve
compatible occupancies, parking management, traffic circulation,
planned sign programs , aesthetically-pleasing landscape elements,
and property owners' management plans.
9533.1 .2 . MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. Unless the
Planning Commission or the City Council adopts a resolution re-
quiring a specific adjustment to be made, and makes findings
that because of unusual circumstances applicable to the subject
property such as location, surrounding land use, size , or other
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conditions beyond the control of the property owner , and that
such adjustment is consistent with the general plan and the in-
tent of the industrial district, the following development stand-
ards, in addition to the development standards of this article,
shall apply to an entire mixed-use development :
(a) Minimum Development Area: the minimum development
area for an entire mixed-use project shall not be less than
three (3 ) acres.
(b) Arterial Frontage : mixed-use development projects
shall be located on property abutting an arterial highway.
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( c) Commercial Frontage Limitations : commercial uses
shall not occupy more than 50 percent of the original ground
floor area of all buildings fronting on an arterial highway in
a mixed-use development .
( d) Floor Area Limitations : total floor area of all com-
mercial, service and office uses shall not exceed 35 percent of
the original gross floor area of all buildings in a mixed-use
development.
( e) Signs : a planned sign program shall be submitted.
Notwithstanding the requirements for a planned sign program, as
set out in this code, a greater sign area or height than that
permitted by the base district regulations may be approved by
the Development Services Director.
( f) Parking Management Plan: a parking management plan
shall be submitted and approved by the Planning Commission as a
part of the conditional use permit application. Such plan shall
designate the number and location of all available parking spaces
for retail commercial, service or office uses on the site.
9533. 1 .3 . MIXED-USE PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Prior to occu-
pancy of any building of a mixed-use development , and on a con-
tinuous basis thereafter, a person or agency shall be designated
to serve as liaison to the city for the purpose of resolving land
use enforcement problems, processing occupancy requests , and other
matters in which the city and owners of the project may be mu-
tually involved. Such person or agency shall be declared re-
sponsible under the covenants , conditions and restrictions to
carry out special functions as set out in this article.
9533. 1 . 4 . PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BY PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR
MIXED USES. The following measures shall be promulgated by
project management prior to occupancy of any building in a
mixed-use development :
(a) Covenants , Conditions and Restrictions : all uses in
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the project shall be subject to one comprehensive, permanent set
of covenants , conditions and restrictions which shall declare
limitations on the mixed-use entitlement, including the uses
permitted and any conditions of approval attached to the con-
ditional use permit application. All development, performance
and management standards shall also be included in the covenants ,
conditions and restrictions. Such covenants, conditions and re-
strictions shall be subject to review by the Department of
Development Services for approval as to content and approval as
to form by the City Attorney. Modifications to approved covenants ,
conditions and restrictions may be made only after such modifi-
cations have been submitted for review and approval by the city.
The latter stricture shall only apply to covenants, conditions
and restrictions for mixed-used developments .
(b) Construction by Phases : a development may be con-
structed in phases provided that initial construction shall con-
sist of 25 percent of the industrial uses to be developed.
9533.2 . MAJOR OUTSIDE STORAGE OR OPERATIONS. The following
industrial uses more appropriately found in an industrial district
because of the nature of the operation or space needs, shall be
subject to the special storage and screening requirements contained
in this article:
(a) Building material storage yards
(b) Contractor' s storage yard (storage of outdoor portable
sanitation facilities such as privies, outhouses and other simi-
lar outbuildings shall be prohibited)
(c) Draying, freighting or trucking yards or terminals
(d) Lumberyards including milling and/or planing
( e) Storage space for transit and transportation equipment
except freight classification yards.
9533. 2. 1 . STORAGE REQUIREMENTS. (a) All outside storage
including, but not limited to, trucks , equipment , materials,
lumber or other products, shall be screened from view from pub-
lic streets by a solid six (6) inch concrete block or masonry
wall not over eight (8) feet high measured from the top of the
adjacent street curbline. All openings shall be equipped with
solid gates eight (8) feet high. Additional screening for such
storage from adjacent properties shall be provided by the use
of an eight ( 8) foot slatted fence, wall, or combination thereof,
measured above the highest ground surface within twenty (20)
feet of a common property line.
(b) Storage of outside materials shall be limited to the
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height of the eight (8) foot screening wall except that lumber
shall not be stacked more than sixteen (16) feet (eight units)
high except when located adjacent to properties which are resi-
dential in the general plan and zoned residential. In the latter
instance, a fifteen (15 ) foot landscaped buffer shall be provided
adjacent to a thirty (30) foot storage area in which no stacking
shall be permitted over eight (8) feet (four units) high.
( c) Property used for outside storage shall have a minimum
fifteen (15) foot front yard and exterior side yard setbacks to
accommodate the required screening wall, and such setbacks shall
be fully landscaped pursuant to the Department of Public Works
standard plans.
(d) Outside storage areas may be graveled and all circula-
tion areas shall be paved.
9533.3• AUTOMOBILE DISMANTLING AND STORAGE. STANDARDS.
Automobile dismantling and/or storage yards shall be subject to
approval by the Planning Commission of a conditional use permit .
Prior to filing an application for such conditional use permit,
it is recommended that an analysis of the proposed site be ob-
tained from the Department of Development Services. The follow-
ing standards shall apply:
(a) Such use shall be located no closer than 660 feet to
any property which is residential in the general plan and zoned
residential.
(b) All special metal cutting and compacting equipment shall
be completely screened from view.
( c) Outside storage areas may be graveled and all circula-
tion areas shall be paved.
(d) Outside storage shall be screened from public streets
and adjacent properties pursuant to Department of Development
Services requirements.
( e) Storage yards shall be enclosed by a solid six (6) inch
concrete block or masonry wall not less than six (6 ) feet high
measured from the highest ground surface within twenty (20 ) feet
of any common property line. All openings shall be equipped with
solid gates the height of the wall. Such wall shall be set back
ten (10) feet from any abutting street, and the setback area
shall be landscaped and permanently maintained.
( f) No materials shall be stacked above the height of the
screening wall.
(g) Within the triangular area of a corner lot, formed by
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measuring twenty-five (25) feet along the front and exterior
side lot lines, there shall be no structure , wall, fence , hedge
or landscaping over forty-two (42 ) inches or under seven (7)
feet high.
9534. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ALL M1 USES. The estab-
lishment , operation and maintenance of all the uses permitted
in this article shall be in compliance with the standards con-
tained herein.
9534.1 . MINIMUM BUILDING SITE. The minimum building site
area shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
9534.2 . MINIMUM FRONTAGE. The minimum lot frontage shall
be eighty (80) feet except lots at the end of a cul-de-sac may
have forty-five (45) feet of frontage.
9534.3 . REDUCTION OF MINIMUM BUILDING SITE AND FRONTAGE.
The minimum building site or frontage, or both, may be reduced
provided one of the following conditions is met :
(a) A plot plan encompassing the entire parcel and de-
lineating all structures proposed for initial or future construc-
tion has been approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustments, Planning
Commission or City Council prior to approval of a tentative parcel
map, and compliance with all applicable city ordinances.
(b) An administrative review application, together with
a plot plan encompassing the entire parcel, has been submitted
to the Board of Zoning Adjustments for approval prior to ap-
proval of a division of land. Such plan shall delineate all
structures proposed for initial or future construction. The
Board may approve, conditionally approve or deny the application.
9534.4 . BUILDING HEIGHT. No building, structure, or
combination of buildings and structures shall exceed forty (40)
feet in height.
EXCEPTION: rooftop mechanical equipment and screening
shall not exceed the forty-foot building height limitation more
than fourteen (14) feet . Screening shall be set back fifteen
( 15 ) feet from any exterior building edge, and shall not exceed
the height of such rooftop equipment .
9534. 5. YARD AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. All yards shall be
measured from the existing property lines , or from the ultimate
right-of-way lines , as required by Article 973.
9534. 6. FRONT YARD SETBACK. The minimum front yard set-
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back shall be ten (10) feet.
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9534. 7• SIDE YARD SETBACKS. Side yard setback require-
ments shall be as follows :
(a) Interior side yard : no minimum interior side yard
setback except where an Ml lot or parcel abuts property which
is residential in the general plan and zoned residential in
which case the minimum side yard setback shall be forty-five
( 45 ) feet.
(b) Exterior side yard : ten ( 10 ) feet.
9534.8 . REAR YARD SETBACK. There shall be no minimum
rear yard setback requirement except where an Ml lot or parcel
abuts property which is residential in the general plan and
zoned residential in which case the minimum rear yard setback
shall be forty-five ( 45 ) feet.
9534. 9• OFF-STREET PARKING. The arrangement, access and
number of all parking spaces and/or lots shall comply with regu-
lations contained in Article 979•
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of com-
petent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares that it would have
adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence ,
clause, phrase, or portions thereof, and amendments thereto, ir-
respective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses , phrases or portions, or amendments be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The provisions of this ordinance insofar as
they are substantially the same as existing provisions of the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code relating to the same subject
matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations and
not as new enactments .
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th
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day of September 1981.
Mayor
ATTEST : APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk ity J,
torney Qc��
REVIEWED AND APPROVED : INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrato "Director of Development
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Ord. No. 2506
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 member$ 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
meeting thereof held on the 17th day of August
19 81 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 8th day of September 1981 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
MacAllister, Thomas, Pattinson, Finley, Mandic Kelly.
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Bailey
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
i, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Htlnting9�)n Beach and ex•offitio Clerk of the City
CouncL, do he>eby rertity that a synopsis of this
ordinance has been published in the Huntington
Beach ;n F ,e_,.I„..: on
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In aLco .� �'I' �� 'G�!L.. of said City./
City Clerk
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