HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2275 - Amending Divisions 18 and 19 of Article III of Chapter 41 of Santa Ana Municipal Code to Revise Industrial Zoning RegulationsORDINANCE NO. NS-2275
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING DIVISIONS 18 AND 19 OF ARTICLE
III OF CHAPTER 41 OF THE SANTA ANA MU-
NICIPAL CODE, TO REVISE THE INDUSTRIAL
ZONE REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-13.5,
section reads as follows:
is hereby
which said
Sec. 41-13.5. Ancillary Use.
An ancillary use is a use which is supportive of and subordi-
nate to any primary use.
SECTION 2: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-16.5,
section reads as follows:
is hereby
which said
Sec. 41-16.5. Assemble.
Assemble means to fit or put together the parts of materials
or products.
SECTION 3: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-44, which said
section reads as follows:
Sec. 41-44. Compoun4.
Compound means to prepare by combining or mixing the parts of
materials and products.
SECTION 4: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-119, which said
section reads as follows:
Sec. 41-119. Manufacture.
Manufacture means the making of materials or products by hand
or by machinery, often with division of labor.
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SECTION 5: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-138, which said
section reads as follows:
Sec. 41-138. Processing.
Processing means the preparation of materials or products by
a particular method.
SECTION 6: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-163, which said
section reads as follows:
seo. 41-162. Treatment.
Treatment means the subjection of material or products to some
process or substance.
SECTION 7: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-166.5,
section reads as follows:
is hereby
which said
Sec. 41-166.5. Warehouse.
Warehouse means a storehouse for goods prior to distribution,
sale or use.
SECTION 8: That section 41-472 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
SeC. 41-472. Uses permitted in the M1 district.
The following uses are permitted in the MI district:
(a)
The compounding, processing,
previously treated materials
finished product, excluding
section 41-489.5.
or treatment of raw or
into a finished or semi-
those uses specified in
(b)
The manufacture of products from raw or previously
treated materials, excluding those uses specified in
section 41-489.5.
(c)
The assembly of products from raw or previously treated
materials, excluding those uses specified in section 41-
489.5.
(d)
The packaging or distribution of previously prepared
products or materials, excluding those uses specified in
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section 41-489.5.
(e) Wholesale establishments where the primary trade is
business to business sale of products, supplies, and
equipment.
(f) Storage of previously prepared products or materials for
eventual distribution or sales.
(g) Machine shop or other metal working shops.
(h) Enclosed storage and warehousing, including mini-storage.
(i) Impound yards (storage only) with no office or dispatch-
ing operations.
(j) Laundry and dry cleaning establishments in conjunction
with plant operation for such establishment on the
premises.
(k) Eating establishments not specified in section 41-472.5.
(1) Research laboratories that do not generate hazardous
waste materials.
(m) Service stations with no more than twenty (20) percent of
the gross floor area devoted to non-automotive related
product sales.
(n) Truck, boat and heavy equipment sales, rental, and
service.
(0) Movie, photography, musical or video production studios.
(p) Bulk products sales (25 cubic feet or greater) when such
products are the primary sales activity.
(q) Public utility structures.
(r) Blueprinting, photoengraving, screen printing and other
reproduction processes.
(s) Wholesale nursery and plant storage.
(t) Contractor's yard.
(u) Automotive repair and service, including body and fender
repair, painting, and engine replacement.
(v) Home improvement warehouse store.
(w) Sales of industrial products, supplies and equipment used
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(x)
for final product manufacture.
Lumberyard, including mill and sash work
entirely within an enclosed building.
if conducted
SECTION 9: That the
amended by adding a section,
section reads as follows:
Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
to be numbered 41-472.1, which said
sec. 41-472.1. Ancillary uses permitted in the M1 district.
The following uses are permitted when ancillary to any use
permitted by section 41-472 or to any use permitted subject to a
conditional use permit:
(1) Administrative office use occupying up to thirty
(30) percent of the gross floor area;
(2) Product sales or service uses occupying up to five
(5) percent of the gross floor area;
(3) Child care occupying up to thirty (30) percent of
the gross floor area;
provided, however, that no combination of uses permitted by this
section shall exceed thirty (30) percent of the gross floor area.
SECTION 10: That section 41-472.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-472.5. Uses subject to a conditional use permit in the M1
district.
The following uses may be permitted in the MI district subject
to the issuance of a conditional use permit:
(a)
Principal industrial uses if occupying less than 70% of
the gross floor area with the remainder of the floor area
allocated to office use only.
(b)
(c)
(d)
Storage of new or used buildings or houses.
Child care other than as permitted by section 41-472.1.
Trade schools which provide instruction which requires
the operation of heavy equipment or machinery normally
associated with manufacturing operations such as wood-
working or machine shops.
(e) Kennels for the temporary care and lodging of dogs and
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other domesticated household animals.
(f) Eating establishments permitted in section 41-472 which
operate between 12:00 and 5:00 a.m. and which are within
150 feet of a residential use.
(g) Eating establishments with drive-through window service.
(h) Petroleum and gas storage.
(i) Freight and truck terminal.
(j) Industrial medical clinic.
SECTION 11: That section 41-473 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-473. Operational standards in the M1 district.
(a) Any activity permitted in this district shall be conducted
in such a manner as not to have a detrimental effect on permitted
adjacent uses by reason of refuse matter, noise, light, vibration,
or lack of proper maintenance of grounds or buildings.
(b) Outdoor storage of materials, products or equipment uses,
shall be screened by a solid fence or wall not less than eight (8)
feet in height. Materials, products or equipment stored outdoors
shall not be piled higher than the height of the fence or wall
around such storage.
(c) A solid wall or fence not less than eight (8) feet in
height is required along any rear or side lot line abutting
property which is either used, zoned, or designated on the General
Plan for residential purposes.
(d) Public utility electric distribution and transmission
substations shall be enclosed within a solid wall or fence not less
than eight (8) feet in height.
(e) Ail major compounding, processing, packaging or assembly
of articles of merchandise, and treatment of products, shall be
conducted within a completely enclosed building.
(f) Ail property shall be maintained in a safe, sanitary and
attractive condition, including but not limited to structures,
landscaping, parking area, walkways, and trash enclosures.
(g) Loading areas shall not be visible from arterial streets
or from streets adjacent to front yards. Loading areas facing
other streets shall be screened with decorative walls of a material
compatible with the building design and by bermed landscaping
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abutting such walls. Loading areas not facing a street shall be
setback at least thirty-five (35) feet from the property line.
(h) Railroad tracks are not allowed on any street side of a
building. If railroad tracks and loading docks are located other
than at the rear of a building area, the tracks and the loading
dock shall be completely screened from view from any street.
SECTION 12: That section 41-475 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-475. Yards abutting streets--Generally.
(a) A yard is required along any lot line which abuts a public
street which, except as provided in section 41-476 or section 41-
476.5, shall be of an area not less than the length of such lot
line in feet multiplied by:
(i) Twenty (20) feet, if the street is designated in the
general plan of the city as an arterial street; or
(ii) Ten (10) feet, if the street is not so designated as an
arterial street.
(b) The yard required by paragraph (a) shall include a strip
immediately adjacent to the street and shall be of a width not less
than:
(i)
Ten (10) feet, if the street is designated in the general
plan of the city as an arterial street; or
(ii) Five (5) feet, if the street is not so designated as an
arterial street.
(c) The area of any one vehicular driveway shall be considered
part of the area of any yard required by paragraph (a) to the
extent that:
(i) The driveway is approximately perpendicular to the
street; and
(ii) The driveway does not exceed thirty (30) feet in width.
(d) Except as provided in paragraph (c), any yard required by
this section shall be landscaped. Signs are permitted in such yards
provided they are in compliance with the Sign Ordinance of the city
of Santa Ana.
SECTION 13: That the Santa
amended by adding a section, to be
Ana Municipal Code is hereby
numbered 41-476.5, which said
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section reads as follows:
Sec. 41-476,5 Same-Preservation of existing yards on previously
developed streets.
Existing yard areas which exceed those required by paragraph
(a) of section 41-475 shall be preserved if seventy-five (75)
percent of the lineal frontage of the side of the street on which
the lot is located, measured to the next intersecting cross streets
in each direction, has been developed in excess of such require-
ments. Yard requirements shall be determined separately with
respect to each street upon which the lot abuts.
SECTION 14: That section 41-477 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
41-477. Landscaping.
Front yard:
(a) One (1) twenty-four-inch box canopy tree shall be provided
for each twenty-five (25) linear feet of front yard (exclusive of
driveways). Such trees may be placed in clusters.
(b) six (6) five-gallon size shrubs shall be provided per
twenty-five (25) linear feet of front yard (exclusive of drive-
ways). As an alternative, the use of three (3) five-gallon size
shrubs and ten (10) one-gallon shrubs is acceptable provided the
plant material adds color and variety to the design.
(c) The front yard shall be planted in turf. A ground cover is
required in shrub areas and as accents in small pockets. Redwood
header boards or similar barriers shall be placed between turf and
other plant materials.
(d) Berms in the front yard having more than a 4:1 slope shall
be planted in ground cover. Turf is not acceptable.
(e) When parkway trees are required by the city, they shall be
integrated with the on-site landscape plan to ensure proper spacing
and species selection.
(f) A minimum five-foot wide landscape strip shall be planted
and maintained where the off-street parking area abuts any public
street, except at approved driveways.
Parking area:
(g) In parking areas available to parking by the general
public, a landscape planter shall be provided for every ten (10)
parking spaces. Each planter shall have minimum dimensions of six
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(6) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length including
concrete curbing. Each planter shall be bordered on two (2) sides
minimum by parking area. The planter strips shall run parallel to
the parking spaces and be consistently spaced throughout the
parking area. Each planter shall require one fifteen-gallon size
tree, five (5) five-gallon shrubs plus ground cover.
(h) In lots that are solely used by employees of the company,
a landscape planter shall be provided for every five (5) consecu-
tive parking spaces. Each planter shall have minimal dimension of
four (4) feet by four (4) feet, including concrete curb. Each
planter shall require one (1) fifteen-gallon size tree and a
suitable ground cover or low growing shrubs. These planters may be
located between parking spaces so as to maximize the amount of
available space for parking. Planters may also be consistent with
general parking landscape requirements. Each parking area shall be
enclosed by perimeter planters abutting the lot or parking spaces,
except for the driveways.
(i) The choice of plant material shall be trees and/or
shrubs, with a ground cover in keeping with the size and limita-
tions of the area. Ground covers alone are not acceptable. A
minimum of one (1) fifteen-gallon tree shall be provided for each
ten (10) parking spaces, or portion thereof.
(j) Parking areas shall be designed so that parked vehicles
shall not encroach into landscape areas.
Buffer:
(k) A landscaped planter of a width not less than ten (10)
feet is required along any interior lot line to the extent such lot
line abuts any property which is neither zoned for industrial uses,
nor indicated on the general plan of the city as planned for
industrial purposes.
General:
(1) A plot plan indicating the location of all landscaping
areas and the percentage of landscaping in the interior planting
areas shall be submitted to and approved by the planning division.
The decision of the planning division may be appealed to the
planning commission.
(m) A plant list shall be shown on the required plot plan to
obtain a building permit for the building for which the parking
area is provided. The list shall include the botanical and common
names of the plant to be used, the sizes to be planted, and the
quantity of each. The plants shall be listed alphabetically and
assigned key numbers to be used in locating the plants on the plan.
(n) Ail required yards shall be landscaped and maintained at
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all times.
(o) Redwood chips, decorative stone and other inorganic
materials are not acceptable substitutes for ground cover or turf.
(p) Ail trees in parking areas shall be placed in root
barriers.
(q) Ail planting areas must be designed with an automatic
irrigation system. Modifications shall be allowed for dry climate
landscapes. Pop-up sprinklers shall be used in all areas other than
installations against foundations for the sake of public safety.
Drip, bubbler, or other low gallonage systems may be used in buffer
areas and narrow strips. Sleeving must be called out wherever
irrigation pipes are installed under hardscape.
(r) The landscaping shall be contained in planting areas that
are enclosed by minimum six-inch high concrete curbs.
(s) Landscaping shall
compliance with Article XVI of
conservation.
be installed
this chapter,
and maintained in
pertaining to water
(t)
required
division.
Compliance with all provisions of this section shall be
except for minor modifications approved by the planning
(u) Ail appurtenances, such as transformers, backflow
preventers, trash enclosures, signage, meters, and lights, shall be
shown on landscape plans and screened with plant materials.
SECTION 15: That section 41-478 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-478. Off-street perking.
Off-street parking shall be provided in the manner prescribed
in Article IV of this chapter. When any administrative office use
is present as an ancillary use of a primarily industrial facility,
such ancillary office use shall be subject to the off-street
parking requirements applicable specifically to office use only if
such ancillary office use exceeds fifteen (15) percent of the total
floor space of the facility; otherwise the space occupied by such
ancillary office use shall be subject to the off-street parking
requirements applicable to the primary industrial use.
SECTION 16: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-481, which said
section reads as follows:
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Beo. 41-481.
Minimum lot size and street frontage in the M1
district.
twelve
feet of
Each lot within the M1 district shall have at least
thousand (12,000) square feet of area and one hundred (100)
street frontage.
SECTION 17: That section 41-488 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 18: That section 41-489 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-489. Regulations governing the M2 district.
Property which is located in the M2 (Heavy Industrial) use
district is subject to all the regulations applicable to property
in the M1 district pursuant to Division 18 of this article.
SECTION 19: That section 41-489.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-489.5. Additional uses subject to a conditional use permit
in the M2 district.
In addition to uses permitted subject to the issuance of a
conditional use permit pursuant to sections 41-489 and 41-472.5,
the following uses may be permitted in the M2 district subject to
the issuance of a conditional use permit:
(a) Acid manufacturing.
(b) Junkyards, automobile wrecking yards and salvage yards,
and impound yards.
(c) Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture.
(d) Fertilizer manufacture.
(e) Gas or acetylene manufacture.
(f) Glue manufacture.
(g) Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores.
(h) Sites for the transfer, disposal or dumping of rubbish,
garbage, trash, or refuse.
(i) Paper or aluminum recycling facilities.
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(j) Missions.
(k) Tattoo parlors.
(1) Any facility where payment is offered for blood or plasma
donations.
(m) Crematories.
(n) Storage and distribution of hazardous materials.
(o) Hazardous waste treatment facilities.
SECTION 20: That sections 41-490, 41-491, 41-492, 41-493 and
41-494 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 21: That section 41-610.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-610.5. Wall requirement in the commeroial zones.
On any lot in a Cl, C2, C3, C4, or C5 district, a concrete
block wall not less than five (5) feet in height shall be erected
along any property line contiguous to any residentially zoned
property, except that such wall shall not exceed the height
limitations prescribed in section 41-610. This requirement may be
waived by the planning commission upon a finding that the abutting
property is in a period of transition to nonresidential use, or
that, due to special circumstances, the wall would not promote the
public health, safety, or welfare.
SECTION 22: That section 41-618 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 23: That section 41-1391 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Bec. 41-1391. Warehouses and distribution and wholesale uses.
(a) The minimum off-street parking requirements for warehouses
and distribution and wholesale uses are as follows:
One space for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area.
(b) Office space appurtenant to warehouse or wholesale uses
must meet the off-street parking requirements for office use only
if the office space is 16 per cent or more of the gross floor area.
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(c) For purposes of this section, "distribution" means a
facility which dispenses, divides, and/or deals goods or materials
on a regular basis, other than sales at retail.
SECTION 24: 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
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The city Council of
the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 25: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the
collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision
applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of
any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted,
filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force
and effect.
ADOPTED this 18th
ATTEST:
c. / .z,y
C~rk of the Council/
day of December 1995.
Mayor
C0UNCILMEMBERS:
Pulido Aye
Richardson Aye
Espinoza Abstained
Lutz Aye
McGuigan Aye
Mills Absent
Moreno Absent
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
city Attorney
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CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
State of California
County of Orange
I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance
A) $ -,~,,,~ 71'~ to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City
of Santa Ana on /2 - ,t~°~ ~"~ ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance
with the Charter of the City of Santo Ana.
Date: //8'/~' ~.
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/Clerk of the CouncAf ~
City of Santa Ana ~ _ I