HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2710 ORDINANCE NO. 2710
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY AMENDING CHAPTERS 951, 953 AND 955 THEREOF
PERTAINING TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is amended by
amending Article 951 to read as follows :
ARTICLE 951
Ml-A DISTRICT
9510 General Provisions
9510.01 Permitted Uses
9510.01.1 Prohibited Uses
9510.02 Minimum Parcel Size/Frontage
9510.03 Maximum Density/Intensity
9510.04 Maximum Building Height
9510.05 Maximum Site Coverage
9510.06 Setback (Front Yard)
9510.07 Setback (Side Yard)
9510.08 Setback (Rear Yard)
9510.09 Setback (Upper Story)
9510.10 Open Space
9510.11 Parking
9510.12 Truck Loading
9510.13 Landscaping
9510.14 Mixed Use Developments .
9510.15 Outside Storage
9510.16 Waste Disposal
9510.17 Miscellaneous Requirements -- Fencing, Lighting,
Building Materials
9510.18 Performance Standards
9510 GENERAL PROVISIONS. The following standards are
intended to encourage the establishment of limited manufacturing
facilities in areas where such uses are deemed appropriate and to--
establish design standards and limitations on permitted uses
which will enhance the Ml-A District, be in harmony with the
objectives of the General Plan, and minimize detrimental effects
to the public health, safety and welfare.
9510.01 PERMITTED USES.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the Restricted
Manufacturing District (Ml-A) subject to the approval of an
administrative review application by the Board of Zoning Adjust-
ments :
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A. Accessory office uses incidental to a primary industrial use
(limited to ten percent (10% ) of the floor area of the
primary industrial use) .
Administrative, management, regional or headquarters offices
for any permitted industrial use which are primarily
intended to serve the public.
C. Compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such
products as cosmetics, drugs, pharmaceuticals,
toiletries, and food products, except the rendering
and refining of fats and oils
M. Machine shops or other metal working shops
Manufacture, compounding, or assembly of articles or merchan-
dise from previously prepared materials (such as:
aluminum, brass, cellophane, canvas , cloth, cork,
copper, felt, fiber, tin, iron, steel, lumber and
yarns) or from raw materials (such as: bone, feathers,
fur, hair, precious or semi-precious metals, stone,
shell or tobacco)
Manufacture of pottery, figurines, or similar ceramic
products, using only previously pulverized clay and
kilns fired only by electricity, gas or solar energy
sources;
S. Services, including surveying, blueprinting or photostating,
contractor ' s office of photographic services (excluding
commercial photography studios)
Storage in conjunction with warehousing and/or manufacturing
use, open or enclosed, subject to the screening provi-
sions of section 9510.15
T. Trade schools, limited to industrial occupation training
(excluding commercial business schools and colleges )
W. Wholesale distributing plants
(b) The following uses may be permitted subject to the
approval of a use permit application:
(1) Adjunct commercial and professional uses when
designated for use only by employees of the industrial use, pro-
vided that the following criteria are met:
The adjunct use shall not exceed 25 percent of
the floor area of the primary industrial use.
Retail sales are permitted only of goods manu-
factured on-site.
The primary industrial use shall front on an
arterial highway.
The parking requirement for an adjunct use shall
be calculated pursuant to commercial and office
use standards
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No signs shall be permitted to advertise an
adjunct use.
The adjunct use shall be physically separated from
the primary industrial use.
(2) A proposed new use, change of use, or addition or
exterior alteration to an existing use, located within one hun-
dred fifty (150) feet of property zoned or general planned resi-
dential shall be subject to the approval of a use permit. The.
Director shall have the power to waive this requirement if the
change of use or addition or exterior alteration to an existing
use is the same as, or similar to, the previous use.
(3) Screening walls abutting arterial highways (refer
to Section 9510.15 (d) ) .
(4) Automobile minor repair (refer to Section 9730.58)
(c) The following uses may be permitted subject to the
approval of a conditional use permit by the Planning Commission:
(1) Mixed Use Developments (refer to Section
9510.14) .
(2) Restaurants or sandwich shops
9510.01.1 PROHIBITED USES. Recreational vehicle or auto-
mobile storage, wrecking, junk or salvage yards shall be pro-
hibited, as well as other such uses resulting in the potential
emanation of dust, ash, heat, noise, fumes, radiation, gas odors,
or vibrations, except that temporary recreational vehicle storage
as provided for in Section 9331.2 may be permitted.
This section shall not apply, however, to the storage of a pri-
vately-owned recreational vehicle/automobile for personal use by
a property owner or lessee.
9510.02 MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE/FRONTAGE.
(a) The minimum lot size required shall be twenty thousand
(20,000) square feet, except as provided in Section 9061 of the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code.
(b) The minimum lot frontage required shall be one hundred
(100) feet except as provided in Section 9061 of the Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code.
Exception: Either or both of the above standards may be reduced
provided an administrative review application and site plan have
been approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustments prior to
approval of a tentative parcel map. The site plan, which shall
encompass the entire parcel, shall delineate all structures pro-
posed for initial and future construction.
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9510 .03 MAXIMUM DENSITY/INTENSITY. None
9510.04 MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. No building or structure
shall exceed forty 40 feet. The height of any portion of a
building or structure, including roof-mounted screening, shall be
limited to eighteen (18) feet if located within forty-five (45 )
feet of property zoned or general planned residential.
Roof-mounted mechanical equipment and screening shall be set back
fifteen (15) feet from any exterior building edge and shall not
exceed the forty (40) foot height limitation by more than four-
teen (14) feet. Screening shall not exceed the height of the
roof-mounted equipment.
9510.05 MAXIMUM SITE COVERAGE. None
9510.06 SETBACK (FRONT YARD) . Front yard setbacks (and
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exterior side yard setbacks shall comply with the fallowing
criteria:
(a) Parcels fronting on major, primary or secondary high-
ways .
II' (1) The minimum average setback shall be twenty (20)
feet with a minimum setback at any one point of ten (10) feet .
(2) For buildings exceeding one hundred fifty (150)
feet in length, parallel to the street, an additional one (1 )
foot of setback shall be provided for each additional ten (10)
feet of building frontage, up to a maximum of thirty (30 ) feet.
(3) For buildings exceeding twenty-five (25) feet in
height, an additional one (1 ) foot of setback shall be provided
for each additional one (1) foot in height.
(4) A maximum of fifty percent (50% ) of the setback
area, that which is closest to the structure, may be used for
parking. The remaining setback area shall be landscaped pursuant
to Department of Public Works landscaping standards.
(b) Parcels fronting on local streets .
(1 ) The minimum setback shall be ten (10) feet.
(2 ) For buildings exceeding one hundred fifty (150)
feet in length, parallel to the street, an additional one (1)
foot of setback shall be provided for each additional ten (10)
feet of building frontage, up to a maximum of twenty (20) feet.
(3) For buildings exceeding twenty-five (25 ) feet in
height, an additional one (1) foot of setback shall be provided
for each additional one (1) foot in height.
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(4) The entire setback area shall be landscaped pur-
suant to Department of Public Works landscaping standards.
9510.07 SETBACK (SIDE YARD) .
(a) Interior side yard: The minimum side yard setback
shall be fifteen (15) feet. A zero side yard setback may be per-
mitted subject to the criteria below, except where an interior
side yard abuts property zoned or general planned residential.
Any openings in the side building wall must be set back at least
forty-five (45) feet from the property line of property zoned or
general planned residential .
A zero side yard setback may be permitted on one side provided
that:
(1) The wall at the zero setback shall be constructed
of maintenance-free masonry material.
(2) The opposite side yard shall be a minimum of
thirty (30) feet.
Exception: If two buildings are to be constructed on contiguous
parcels, using zero side yard setbacks for both, the two side
yards between the structures may be reduced to fifteen (15 ) feet
each to serve as a common accessway to the rear of the prop-
erties, provided that access easements are recorded insuring the
thirty (30) foot minimum separation. This thirty (30) foot
accessway shall be maintained free of obstructions skyward and no
openings for loading or unloading shall be permitted in the
building face fronting on the easement unless a forty-five (45 )
foot long striped area is provided for such purposes entirely
within the building.
(b) Exterior Side Yard: See Section 9510.06, stan-
dards for front yard setbacks shall apply.
9510.08 SETBACK (REAR YARD) . No rear yard setback shall be
required unless the parcel abuts property zoned or general
planned residential, then the setback shall be a minimum of fif-
teen (15 ) feet. Openings in the rear building wall must be set
back at least forty-five (45) feet from the common property line.
9510.09 SETBACK (UPPER STORY) . No different from above
standards .
9510.10 OPEN SPACE. None
9510.11 PARKING. All developments shall be required to
meet the off-street parking standards outlined in Article 979 .
The following standards shall also apply:
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(a) Any yard area not facing a street may be used solely
for automobile parking provided such use is not in conflict with
other code specifications .
(b) The minimum width for driveways providing access to the
rear of a structure shall be twenty-five (25 ) feet, which shall
be maintained free and clear of any obstruction.
9510.12 TRUCK LOADING. Truck or rail loading, dock faci-
lities, and the doors for such facilities shall not face a resi-
dential area, be located within forty-five (45 ) feet of property
zoned or general planned residential, or encroach into the
required front and exterior side yard setbacks. In addition,
loading facilities may not face a public street unless a use per-
mit is approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustments subject to the
following criteria:
(a) The minimum setback for loading facilities shall be
forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line.
(b) Loading facilities shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in
width.
(c) Loading facilities shall be screened from view in a
fully enclosed structure with the door color compatible with that
of the structure.
(d) Installation of the loading facility shall not create
an over-concentration of facilities on any one street as the
Board of Zoning Adjustments shall endeavor to achieve variations
in the street scene.
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(e) Any landscaping which is displaced by construction of
loading facilities shall be provided elsewhere on the site.
(f) Adequate area shall be provided for the safe operation
of trucks in loading areas .
(g) Trucking areas shall be appropriately paved and striped
for the type of operation intended.
9510.13 LANDSCAPING. Where the side or rear yard of an
M1-A lot abuts property zoned or general planned for residential
uses or community facilities, a landscaped buffer along the prop-
erty line shall be provided a minimum of six (6) feet in width
which contains one (1 ) fifteen (15) gallon tree per twenty-five
(25 ) linear feet. A landscaping plan shall be subject to review
and approval by the Director.
9510.14 MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. The purpose of mixed use
development is to allow certain restricted types of retail com-
mercial, office and service uses which, because of the nature of
their operation or space needs, should more appropriately be
located within a light industrial development.
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(a) A conditional use permit application covering the
entire development site shall be submitted for all mixed use pro-
posals and must be approved prior to issuance of building per-
mits. A list of commercial, office and service uses proposed for
the project and a site plan noting their location shall also be
submitted in order to ensure a comprehensive theme for the pro-
ject and a blend of uses which will be compatible with the indus-
trial uses, with any existing uses in the development, and with
each other . Such a list shall be approved by resolution of the
Planning Commission prior to approval of the conditional use per-
mit application and shall govern all uses to be operated within
the project unless an amendment is approved at a later date.
(b) In addition to other development standards of this
article, mixed use developments shall comply with the following
requirements:
(1 ) The project site shall be a minimum of three (3)
acres and shall abut an arterial highway.
(2) Commercial uses shall occupy a maximum of fifty
percent ( 50%) of the original ground floor area of buildings
fronting on an arterial highway.
(3) The total floor area of all commercial, office,
and service uses shall not exceed thirty-five percent (35%) of
the original gross floor area of all buildings.
(4) A planned sign program shall be submitted for
approval by the Director .
(5) A parking management plan, showing the number and
location of all parking spaces available for commercial, service,
and office uses, shall be submitted for approval by the Planning
Com- mission as part of the Conditional Use Permit process .
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(6) If a mixed use project is to be phased, twenty-
five percent (25% ) of the industrial uses must be constructed as
part of the initial phase. For projects over 500,000 gross
square feet, five percent (5%) of the industrial uses must be
constructed as part of the initial phase, or 50,000 square feet,
whichever is greater.
(7) The project 's design must be consistent with
quality development, offering a well-planned traffic circulation
system and aesthetically pleasing landscape features .
(8) A comprehensive, permanent set of covenants, con-
ditions and restrictions covering limitations on the mixed use
entitlement including a list of permitted uses and any conditions
of approval for the project, and all development, performance,
and management standards shall be submitted prior to issuance of
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any building permits. A recorded copy shall be submitted to the
Department of Development Services prior to occupancy of. any
building. Approval for content shall be the responsibility of
the Department of Development Services and approval as to form by
the City Attorney. Any modifications to the approved covenants,
conditions and restrictions must be submitted to the city for
approval.
(9) A person or agency shall be designated as a per-
manent liaison to the city under the covenants, conditions and
restrictions of the mixed use project for the purpose of pro-
cessing occupancy requests, resolving land use enforcement prob-
lems, and any other matters in which the city and property owner
are involved.
9510.15 OUTSIDE STORAGE. Special Requirements.
(a) No materials, supplies or products shall be stored or
permitted to remain in unscreened areas or areas designated as
required parking. Screening of storage areas shall be accom-
plished by masonry walls, slatted fencing, buildings or any com-
bination thereof, a maximum of nine (9 ) feet in height as
measured from the top of the adjacent street curbline, and suf-
ficient in height to screen the stored items .
(b) Outside storage shall be confined to the rear two-
thirds (2/3 ) of the property.
(c) All construction materials for fences, walls and gates
shall be approved by the Director .
(d) Screening walls abutting arterial highways shall be
architecturally compatible with surrounding properties, con-
structed of a minimum six (6) inch wide decorative masonry block
and designed with landscape pockets at thirty-five (35 ) foot
intervals along the exterior side sufficient in size to accom-
modate at least one (1 ) 15-gallon tree. This landscaping shall
be in addition to that which is required in Section 9792.2,
Percentage of Landscaping. Approval of a use permit by the Board
of Zoning Adjustments shall be required prior to construction of
such walls. Tree specie and irrigation plans shall be subject to
the approval of the Departments of Development Services and
Public Works .
9510.16 WASTE DISPOSAL.
(a) No waste material or refuse shall be dumped, placed, or
allowed to remain on the property outside a permanent structure.
(b) Industrial waste disposal shall be in a manner pre-
scribed by the governing code and ordinances .
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9510,17 MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Fencing. Fences and walls may be permitted provided
that the following criteria are met:
(1 ) Fences or walls 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 nine (9) feet in height, may be located up to
the front building line in the required side and rear yard set-
backs.
(b) Lighting.
(1 ) Adequate lighting shall be provided for all auto-
mobile parking areas, trucking and loading areas, and all pedes-
trian and vehicle access points on sites where nighttime opera-
tions are anticipated.
(2) Lighting shall be designed so that it does not
directly project onto adjacent property or onto a public
thoroughfare.
(c) Building Materials . All structures erected within the
Ml-A district shall, with the exception of trim and minor archi-
tectural features, be constructed of ceramic, masonry, concrete,
stucco or other materials of a similar nature. The use of metal
panels must be approved by the Planning Commission.
9510.18 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
(a) NOISE.
(1 ) Where the site, structure or use abuts or is
within one hundred fifty (150) feet of property zoned or general
planned residential, an analysis and report prepared by a Cali-
fornia state licensed acoustical engineer shall be filed with the
Department of Development Services prior to approval of a use
permit. This report shall include recommended noise mitigation
measures for the industrial use to ensure that noise levels will
conform with Chapter 8.40 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code. The Director shall have the power to waive this require-
ment for change of use or addition or exterior alteration to an
existing use if it can be established that there had been no pre-
vious noise offense, that no outside activities will take place,
or if adequate noise mitigation measures for the development are
provided.
(2) Sound shall be muffled so as not to become ob-
jectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness.
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The measurement of sound shall be measured in decibels with a
sound level meter and associated octave band filter, manufactured
according to standards prescribed by the American Standards Asso-
ciation. Maximum permissible sound pressure levels shall comply
with the following standards:
MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL IN DECIBELS
0.002 Dynes per Square Centimeter
Octave Band in Adjacent Residential Lot Line of Use
Cycles/Second District Boundaries in the M1-A
Zone
0-75 72 79
75-150 59 74
150-300 52 66
300-600 46 59
600-1200 42 53
1200-2400 39 47
2400-4800 34 41
Above 4800 32 31
(b) SMOKE shall not be emitted from any source in a greater
density of grey than that described as No. 1 on the Ringlemann
Chart, except that visible grey smoke of a shade not darker than
that described as No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart may be emitted
for not more than four (4) minutes in any thirty (30) minutes.
These provisions, applicable to visible grey smoke, shall also
apply to visible smoke of a different color but with :an equi-
valent apparent opacity.
(c) DUST, DIRT, FLY ASH OR AIRBORNE SOLIDS, from any
source, shall not be in a density greater than that described as
No. 1 on the Ringlemann Chart.
(d) ODORS from gases or other odorous matters shall not be
in such quantities as to be offensive beyond the lot line of the
use.
(e) TOXIC GASES OR MATTER shall not be emitted which can
cause any damage to health, to animals or vegetation, or other
forms of property, or which can cause any excessive soiling
beyond the lot lines of the use.
(f) VIBRATION from any machine, operation or process which
can cause a displacement of .003 of one (1 ) inch, as measured at
the lot lines of the use, shall be prohibited. Shock absorbers
or similar mountings shall be allowed which will reduce vibration
below .003 of one (1 ) inch, as measured at the lot lines.
(g) GLARE AND HEAT from any source shall not be produced
beyond the lot lines of the use.
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(h) RADIOACTIVITY AND ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES. Except with
the prior approval of the Planning Commission as to specific
additional uses , the use of radioactive material within the M1-A
zone shall be limited to measuring, gauging and calibration
devices; as tracer elements, in X-ray and like apparatus; and in
connection with the processing and preservation of foods. In no
event shall radioactivity, when measured at each lot line, be in
excess of 2.7 x 10 to 11 microcuries per milliliter of air at any
moment of time.
Radio and television transmitters shall be operated at the
regularly assigned wave lengths (or within the authorized toler-
ances therefor) as assigned thereto by the appropriate govern-
mental agency. Subject to such exception and the operation of
domestic household equipment, all electrical and electronic
devices and equipment shall be suitably wired, shielded and con-
trolled so that in operation they shall not, beyond the lot
lines, emit any electrical impulses or waves which will adversely
affect the operation and control of any other electrical or elec-
tronic devices and equipment.
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is further
amended by amending Article 953 to read as follows:
ARTICLE 953
M1 DISTRICT
9530 GENERAL PROVISIONS
9530.01 PERMITTED USES
9530.01.1 PROHIBITED USES
9530.02 MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE/FRONTAGE
9530.03 MAXIMUM DENSITY/INTENSITY
9530.04 MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT
9530.05 MAXIMUM SITE COVERAGE
9530.06 SETBACK (FRONT YARD)
9530.07 SETBACK (SIDE YARD)
9530.08 SETBACK (REAR YARD)
9530.09 SETBACK (UPPER STORY)
9530.10 OPEN SPACE
9530.11 PARKING
9530.12 TRUCK LOADING
9530.13 LANDSCAPING
9530.14 MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS
9530.15 OUTSIDE STORAGE
9530.16 AUTOMOTIVE USES -- DISMANTLING AND STORAGE
9530.17 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
9530 GENERAL PROVISIONS. The following standards are
intended to encourage the establishment of light manufacturing
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facilities in areas where such uses are deemed appropriate and to
establish design standards and limitations on permitted uses
which will enhance the M1 District, conform to the objectives of
the general plan, and minimize detrimental effects to the public
health, safety and welfare.
9530.01 PERMITTED USES.
(a) The following uses and all M1-A uses shall be permitted
in the Light Industrial District (Ml ) subject to the approval of
an administrative review application by the Board of Zoning
Adjustments :
A. Accessory office uses incidental to a primary industrial use
(limited to ten percent (10%) of the floor area of the
primary industrial use)
Administrative, management, regional or headquarters offices
for any permitted industrial use which are not
primarily intended to serve the public
Auction houses or stores
Automobile major repair (refer to section 9730.58)
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 premises of industrial use
Carpet cleaning plants
Cleaning and dyeing plants
Cosmetic manufacturing
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, except
lard, pickles, sauerkraut, sausages or vinegar
Frozen food lockers
Fruit and vegetable canning, preserving and freezing
G. Garment manufacture
I. Ice and cold storage plants
M. Machine shops
Manufacture of prefabricated buildings
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O. Offices devoted to research and analysis, engineering, or the
use of large-scale electronic data processing systems
Outdoor advertising displays or outdoor advertising
structures which advertise the business being
conducted on the same site the display or structure is
located
P. Paint mixing provided inflammable liquids storage complies
with city fire code
Pipeline booster or pumping plant in connection with water,
oil, petroleum, gas , gasoline or other petroleum
products
Plastics fabrication
Poultry and rabbit slaughter including custom dressing
Printing plants
Public utility service yards and electric transmission
substations
R. Rubber, fabrication of products made from finished rubber
S. Services, including surveying, contracting, blueprinting or
photostating, and photography (excluding commercial
photography studios )
Sheet metal shops
Shoe manufacture
Soap manufacture (cold mix only)
Stone monuments and tombstone works
T. Textile manufacturing
Tile, manufacture of wall and floor tile and related small
tile products
Tire rebuilding, recapping and retreading
Tinsmithy
Trade schools, limited to industrial occupation training
(excluding commercial business schools and colleges)
Transfer, moving and storage of furniture and household goods
Truck repairing, overhauling and rental
W. Wholesale business, storage buildings and warehouses
(b) The following uses may be permitted subject to the
approval of a use permit application:
(1 ) Adjunct commercial and professional uses when
designated for use only by employees of the industrial use, pro-
vided that the following criteria are met:
The adjunct use shall not exceed twenty-five
percent (25% ) of the floor area of the primary
industrial use.
Retail sales are permitted only of goods
manufactured on-site.
The primary industrial use shall front on an
arterial highway.
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The parking requirement for an adjunct use shall
be calculated, pursuant to commercial and office
use :
No signs shall be permitted to advertise an
adjunct use.
The adjunct use shall be physically separated from
the primary industrial use.
(2) A proposed new use, change of use, or addition or
exterior alteration to an existing use located within one hundred
fifty (150) feet of property zoned or general planned residential
shall be subject to the approval of a use permit. The Director
shall have the power to waive this requirement if the change of
use or addition or exterior alteration to an existing use is the
same as, or similar to, the previous use.
(3) Storage screening walls which abut arterial high-
ways (refer to Section 9530.15 (b) (6) .
(c) The following uses may be permitted subject to the
approval of a conditional use permit by the Planning Commission:
(1) Mixed use developments (refer to Section 9530.14) .
(2 ) Major outside storage or operations
(3 ) Automobile dismantling and storage (refer to Sec-
tion 9530.16) .
(4) Restaurants or sandwich shops
9530.01.1 PROHIBITED USES. Outdoor storage of portable
sanitation facilities such as privies, outhouses, and other simi-
lar outbuildings shall be prohibited.
9530.02 MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE/FRONTAGE.
(a) The minimum lot size required shall be ten thousand
(10,000) square feet.
(b) The minimum lot frontage required shall be eighty (80)
feet; however, for lots located at the end of a cul-de-sac the
minimum lot frontage shall be forty-five (45) feet.
Exception: Either or both of the above standards may be reduced
provided an administrative review application and site plan have
been approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustments prior to
approval of a tentative parcel map. The site plan, which shall
encompass the entire parcel, shall delineate all structures pro-
posed for initial and future construction.
9530.03 MAXIMUM DENSITY/INTENSITY. None
9530.04 MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. No building or structure
shall exceed forty 40 feet. The height of any portion of a
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building or structure, including roof-mounted screening, shall be
limited to eighteen (18) feet if located within forty-five (45)
feet of property zoned or general planned residential.
Roof-mounted mechanical equipment and screening shall be set back
fifteen (15 ) feet from any exterior building edge and shall not
exceed the forty (40) foot height limitation by more than four-
teen (14) feet. Screening shall not exceed the height of the
roof-mounted equipment.
9530 .05 MAXIMUM SITE COVERAGE. None
9530.06 SETBACK (FRONT YARD) . The minimum front yard set-
back shall be ten 10 feet.
9530.07 SETBACK (SIDE YARD) .
(a) Interior side yard: No side yard setback shall be
required unless the parcel abuts property zoned or general
planned residential, then the minimum setback shall be fifteen
(15) feet. Openings in the side building wall must have a mini-
mum setback of forty-five (45) feet from the common property line.
(b) Exterior side yard: The minimum exterior side yard
setback shall be ten (10) feet.
9530.08 SETBACK (REAR YARD) . No rear yard setback shall be
required unless the parcel abuts property zoned or general
planned residential, then the minimum setback shall be fifteen
(15 ) feet. Openings in the rear building wall must have a mini-
mum setback of forty-five (45) feet from the common property line.
9530 .09 SETBACK (UPPER STORY) . No different from above
standards .
9530.10. OPEN SPACE. None
9530.11 PARKING. All developments shall be required to
meet the off-street parking standards outlined in Article 979.
9530.12 TRUCK LOADING. Truck or rail loading, dock faci-
lities, and the doors for such facilities shall not face a resi-
dential area or be located within forty-five (45) feet of prop-
erty zoned or general planned residential .
9530.13 LANDSCAPING. Where the side or rear yard of an M1
lot abuts property zoned or general planned for residential uses
or community facilities, a landscaped buffer along the property
line shall be provided a minimum of six (6) feet in width which
contains one (1 ) 15-gallons tree per twenty-five (25) linear
feet. A landscaping plan shall be subject to review and approval
by the Director.
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9530.14 MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. The purpose of mixed use
development is to allow certain restricted types of retail com-
mercial, office, and service uses which, because of the nature of
their operation or space needs, should more appropriately be
located within a light industrial development.
(a) A conditional use permit application covering the
entire development site shall be submitted for all mixed use pro-
posals , and must be approved prior to issuance of building per-
mits. A list of commercial, office, and service uses proposed
for the project, and a site plan noting their location, shall
also be submitted in order to ensure a comprehensive theme for
the project and a blend of uses which will be compatible with the
industrial uses, with any existing uses in the development, and
with each other. Such a list shall be approved by resolution of
the Planning Commission prior to approval of the conditional use
permit application and shall govern all uses to be operated
within the project unless an amendment is approved at a later
date.
(b) In addition to other development standards of this
article, mixed use developments shall comply with the following
requirements:
(1 ) The project site shall be a mimimum of three (3)
acres and shall abut an arterial highway.
(2) Commercial uses shall occupy a maximum of fifty
percent (50% ) of the original ground floor area of buildings
fronting on an arterial highway.
(3) The total floor area of all commercial, office,
and service uses shall not exceed thirty-five percent (35%) of
the original gross floor area of all buildings.
(4) A planned sign program shall be submitted for
approval by the Director.
(5) A parking management plan, showing the number and
location of all parking spaces available for commercial, service,
and office uses, shall be submitted for approval by the Planning
Commission as part of the Conditional Use Permit process .
(6) If a mixed use project is to be phased, twenty-
five percent (25% ) of the industrial uses must be constructed as
part of the initial phase.
(7) The project 's design must be consistent with
quality development, offering a well-planned traffic circulation
system and aesthetically pleasing landscape features.
(8) A comprehensive, permanent set of covenants, con-
ditions and restrictions covering limitations on the mixed use
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entitlement including a list of permitted uses and any conditions
of approval for the project, and all development, performance and
management standards shall be submitted prior to issuance of any
building permits. A recorded copy shall be submitted to the
Department of Development Services prior to occupancy of any
building. Approval for content shall be the responsibility of
the Department of Development Services and approval as to form by
the City Attorney. Any modifications to the approved covenants,
conditions and restrictions must be submitted to the city for
approval.
(9) A person or agency shall be designated as a per-
manent liaison to the city under the covenants, conditions and
restrictions of the mixed use project for the purpose of pro-
cessing occupancy requests, resolving land use enforcement prob-
lems, and any other matters in which the city and property owner
are involved.
9530.15 OUTSIDE STORAGE.
(a) The following industrial uses shall be subject to the
special screening requirements contained in this section:
B. Building material storage yards
C. Contractors ' storage yards
D. Draying, freighting or truck yards and terminals
L. Lumber yards, including milling and planing
T. Transportation/transit equipment storage, except freight
classification yards .
(b) Outside Storage Special Requirements:
(1) The minimum setback for the front yard and
exterior side yard of an outside storage site shall be fifteen
(15) feet, all of which shall be fully landscaped pursuant to the
Department of Public Works standard plans.
(2 ) Outside storage areas shall be paved or graveled
and all circulation areas shall be paved.
(3 ) All construction materials for fences, walls and
gates shall be approved by the Director.
(4) All outside storage including, but not limited
to, trucks, equipment, materials, lumber or other products shall
be screened from view of public streets by a solid six (6) inch
concrete block or masonry wall a maximum of nine (9) feet high
measured from the top of the adjacent street curbline. Any open-
ings in the wall shall be equipped with solid gates equal in
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height. Screening from adjacent properties shall be provided by
a slatted fence, wall or combination thereof, nine (9) feet high
as measured from the highest ground surface within twenty (20)
feet of the common property line.
(5) Storage of outside materials shall be limited to
the height of the nine (9) foot screening wall except that lumber
may be stacked a maximum of sixteen (16) feet (eight units) high
unless the parcel abuts property zoned or general planned resi-
dential, then a fifteen (15) foot landscaped buffer shall be pro-
vided adjacent to a thirty (30) foot wide storage area on which
stacking shall be limited to nine (9) feet in height.
(6) Screening walls abutting arterial highways shall
I, be architecturally compatible with surrounding properties, con-
structed of a minimum six (6) inch wide decorative masonry block,
and designed with landscape pockets at thirty-five (35) foot
intervals along the exterior side sufficient in size to
accommodate at least one (1 ) 15-gallon tree. This landscaping
shall be in addition to that which is required in Section 9792.2,
Percentage of Landscaping. Approval of a use permit by the Board
of Zoning Adjustments shall be required prior to construction of
such walls . Tree specie and irrigation plans shall be subject to
the approval of the Departments of Development Services and
Public Works.
9530.16 AUTOMOTIVE USES -- DISMANTLING AND STORAGE.
Automobile dismantling and storage yards may be permitted
subject to the approval of a conditional use permit by the
Planning Commission provided that the outside storage regulations
are complied with as well as the following criteria:
(a) The site shall not be located within six hundred
sixty (660) feet of property zoned or general planned residential.
(b) All special metal cutting and compacting equip-
ment shall be completely screened from view.
(c) Storage yards shall be enclosed by a solid six
(6) inch concrete block or masonry wall not less than six (6)
feet in height measured from the highest ground surface within
twenty (20) feet of the common property line. Any openings in
the wall shall be equipped with solid gates equal in height.
(d) Screening walls shall be set back a minimum of
ten (10) feet from abutting streets with the entire setback area
permanently landscaped and maintained.
9530.17 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
(a) Noise. Where the site, structure or use abuts or is
within one hundred fifty (150) feet of property zoned or general
planned residential, an analysis and report prepared by a
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California state licensed acoustical engineer shall be filed with
the Department of Development Services prior to approval of a use
permit. This report shall include recommended noise mitigation
measures for the industrial use to ensure that noise levels will
conform with Chapter 8.40 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code.
The Director shall have the power to waive this requirement for
change of use or addition or exterior alteration to an existing
use if it can be established that there had been no previous
noise offense, that no outside activities will take place, or if
adequate noise mitigation measures for the development are
provided.
SECTION 3. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is further
amended by amending Article 955 to read as follows:
ARTICLE 955
M2 DISTRICT
9550 GENERAL PROVISIONS
9550.01 PERMITTED USES
9550 .01.1 PROHIBITED USES
9550.02 MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE/FRONTAGE
9550.03 MAXIMUM DENSITY/INTENSITY
9550.04 MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT
9550 .05 MAXIMUM SITE COVERAGE
9550.06 SETBACK (FRONT YARD)
9550.07 SETBACK (SIDE YARD)
9550.08 SETBACK (REAR YARD)
9550.09 SETBACK (UPPER STORY)
9550.10 OPEN SPACE
9550.11 PARKING
9550.12 TRUCK LOADING
9550.13 LANDSCAPING
9550.14 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
9550 GENERAL PROVISIONS. The following regulations are
intended to establish design standards for general manufacturing
facilities and limitations on permitted uses which will protect
and enhance the M2 District, conform to the objectives of the
general plan, and minimize detrimental effects to the public
health, safety and welfare.
9550.01 PERMITTED USES.
(a) Administrative Review. All permitted uses within the
M1-A and Ml Districts shall be permitted in the Industrial Dis-
trict (M2 ) subject to the approval of an administrative review
application by the Board of Zoning Adjustments .
(b) Use Permit. A use permit shall be required for a pro-
posed new use, change of use or addition or exterior alteration
to an existing use if located within one hundred fifty (150) feet
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of property zoned or general planned residential . The Director
shall have the power to waive this requirement if the change of
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use or addition or exterior alteration to an existing use is the
same as, or similar to, the previous use.
(c) Conditional Use Permit. The following general manu-
facturing uses may be permitted subject to the approval of a con-
ditional use permit by the Planning Commission provided that the
proposed use is located a minimum of two thousand (2,000) feet
from property zoned or general planned residential and is in con-
formance with performance standards:
A. Accessory uses and structures customarily appurtenant to and
located on the same site as any of the following uses.
Acetylene gas storage
Alcohol manufacture
Asphalt refining or asphalt mixing plants
B. Blast furnaces or coke ovens
Brick, tile, cement block or terra cotta manufacture
C. Concrete products storage
D. Drop forge industries
E. Electrical generating stations including steam, atomic,
hydrogen or others and expansions thereof
F. Fertilizer storage
Freight classification yards
N. Natural gas processing and absorption plants
O. Oil cloth or linoleum manufacture
P. Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture
Paper pulp manufacture
R. Rock crusher, or distribution of rocks, sand or gravel, other
than quarries or other sources of raw material
Roofing material manufacture
S. Soap manufacture
Soda and compound manufacture
W. Wineries
Wool pulling or scouring
9550.01.1 PROHIBITED USES. The following uses are prohibited in
order to ensure the public health, safety and welfare:
(a) The manufacture or processing of cement, lime, gypsum,
bleaching powder, fertilizer, potash, disinfectants, glucose,
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glue, size, acid, rubber or rubber products, and acetylene, sul-
phuric, nitric, or hydrochloric gas, and explosives, excepting
petroleum products.
(b) The distillation, reduction or rendering of bones, fat,
tallow, dead animals or garbage; but this city may, as a govern-
ment service, dispose of the city's garbage in this manner.
(c) The storage of explosives, excepting petroleum pro-
ducts, the storage of all outdoor portable sanitation facilities
such as privies, outhouses, and other similar out buildings .
(d) Stock yards, slaughterhouses, meat packing plants,
dairies, hog farms and hog feeding, except where there is not
more than one hog or pig, goat, or bovine animal per acre.
(e) Quarries, excepting those developing or producing
hydrocarbon substances.
9550.02 MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE/FRONTAGE.
(a) The minimum lot size required shall be ten thousand
(10,000) square feet.
(b) The minimum lot frontage required shall be one hundred
(100) feet on an arterial highway.
Exception: Either or both of the above standards may be reduced
provided that an administrative review application and site plan
have been approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustments prior to
approval of a tentative parcel map. The site plan, which shall
encompass the entire parcel, shall delineate all structures pro-
posed for initial and future construction.
9550.03 MAXIMUM DENSITY/INTENSITY. None
9550.04 MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. No building or structure
shall exceed forty (40) feet. The height of any portion of a
building or structure, including roof-mounted screening, shall be
limited to eighteen (18) feet if located within forty-five (45 )
feet of property zoned or general planned residential.
Roof-mounted mechanical equipment and screening shall be set back
fifteen (15) feet from any exterior building edge and shall not
exceed the forty (40) foot height limitation by more than four-
teen (14) feet. Screening shall not exceed the height of the
roof-mounted equipment.
9550.05 MAXIMUM SITE COVERAGE. None
9550 .06 SETBACK (FRONT YARD) . None
9550.07 SETBACK (SIDE YARD) . No side yard setback shall be
required unless the parcel abuts property zoned or general
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planned residential, then the minimum setback shall be fifteen
(15) feet. Openings in the side building wall must have a minimum
setback of forty-five (45 ) feet from the common property line.
9550.08 SETBACK (REAR YARD) . No rear yard setback shall be
required unless the parcel abuts property zoned or general
planned residential, then the minimum setback shall be fifteen
(15) feet. Openings in the rear building wall must have a minimum
setback of forty-five (45) feet from the common property line.
9550 .09 SETBACK (UPPER STORY) . No different from above
standards .
9550.10 OPEN SPACE. None
9550.11 PARKING. All developments shall be required to
meet the off-street parking standards outlined in Article 979 .
9550.12 TRUCK LOADING. Truck or rail loading, dock
facilities, and the doors for such facilities shall not face a
residential area or be located within forty-five (45) feet of
property zoned or general planned residential .
9550.13 LANDSCAPING. Where the side or rear yard of an M2
lot abuts property zoned or general planned for residential uses
or community facilities, a landscaped buffer along the property
line shall be provided a minimum of six (6 ) feet in width which
contains one (1 ) 15-gallon tree per twenty-five (25) linear
feet. A landscaping plan shall be subject to review and approval
by the Director .
9550.14 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
(a) Noise. Where the site, structure or use abuts or is
within one hundred fifty (150) feet of property zoned or general
planned residential, an analysis and report prepared by a Cali-
fornia state licensed acoustical engineer shall be filed with the
Department of Development Services prior to approval of a use
permit. This report shall include recommended noise mitigation
measures for the industrial use to ensure that noise levels will
conform with Chapter 8.40 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code. The Director shall have the power to waive this
requirement for change of use or addition or exterior alteration
to an existing use if it can be established that there had been
no previous noise offense, that no outside activities will take
place, or if adequate noise mitigation measures for the
development are provided.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular- mee Ing thereof held on the 13th
day of August , 1984.
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk CitvAytolme
REVIEW D APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
f .
City' Administrato erector of Trevelopment
Services
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Ord. No. 2710
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
meeting thereof held on the 16th day of July
19 84 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular adjourned
meeting thereof held on the 13th day of August 19 84 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Pattinson, MacAllister, Thomas, Kelly, Finley, Mandic
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
ABSTAIN: Bailey
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
f, Allda M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington Beach and ex•offigio Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that a synopsis of this
Ordinance has been published in the Huntington
Beach indepei,dent oo//��.nn/y
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In accordance with the City Charier c-i said City.
AUCiA M. WENTWORTh
• City Clerk
�?eputy Cit, Clerk