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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 6001 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ORDINANCE NO. 600 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ORDINANCE 490 AND BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 17 BY ADDING SECTIONS 17.30.200, 205, 210, 215 AND 220 PROVIDING INDUSTRIAL PARK (I -P) ZONING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Sections 17.30.200, 205, 210, 215 and 220 are added to read as shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. SECTION II. This Ordinance is passed, adopted and enacted pursuant to Section 36934 of the California Government Code as an Urgency measure pursuant to the police power of the City of Beaumont. The intent of this Ordinance is to protect the public health, safety and welfare through the creation of zoning regu- lations to control and regulate the use of land. MOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED as an Urgency Ordinance at its first reading on the llth day of June , 1984. ATTEST: MAYOR. 'OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT CERTIFICATION I, Irene Joyce Sweeney, City Clerk of the City of Beaumont DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Urgency Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the llth day of June, 1984, and was duly adopted upon first reading on the date herein set forth by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Lowry, May, Russo, Mitchell and Mayor Thompso NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None. C4 TY CLITY OF BEAUMONT z 6. Lighting, including spot lights, flood lights, electrical reflectors and other means of illumination for signs, structures, landscaping, parking areas, loading and unloading areas and the like shall be focused, directed, and so arranged as to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property. 7. Radioactive material. Unless specific additional uses are permitted by the Certificate of Occupancy the use of radioactive materials within the I -P 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 10-11 microcuries per milliliter of air at any moment of time. 8. Electrical and Electronic. Devices and equipment shall be suitably wired, shielded and controlled 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 electronic devices and equipment. 17 30.215 Certificate of Occupancy. -1.) A Certificate of Occupancy shall be applied for pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.80. The application for a Certificate of Occupancy shall contain, in addition to the information required by Chapter 17.80 the following: 1. A description of the proposed industrial operation in sufficient detail to fully describe the nature and ex- tent of the proposed use. 2. Plans or reports describing proposed treatment of any excess traffic condition, noise, glare, and treatment and handling of hazardous gases, liquids or other material. 3. Plans or reports showing proposed treatment and dis- posal of sewage and industrial waste. -2.) A change or changes in the physical facilities or use permitted by a Certificate of Occupancy shall occur only after the holder of such Certificate has obtained an amend- ment thereto allowing such change or changes. An amend- ment to a Certificate of Occupancy may be applied for and granted in the same manner as herein provided for a Certificate of Occupancy. -3.) Whenever appropriate and reasonable, the Public Works Director or Planning Director may require the install- ation, maintenance and operation by the applicant of continuous recording instruments to demonstrate the operation or effect of the operation of any machines, devices or instruments used to control noise, glare, air pollution, smoke, hazardous gases, liquids or other material. 17.30.200 I -P Zone (Industrial Park) - Intent. The I -P Zone is intended to provide for and encourage the grouping together of, light industrial uses that can maintain high standards as to the appearance of the buildings and the treatment of land about them and so operate as to not be detrimental to adjacent commercial and residential uses. Excluded are any uses which by reason of their nature or manner of operation would create conditions hazardous, noxious or offensive to the community when so located. 17.30.205 Permitted Uses. In the I -P Zone, no building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, nor shall any building or land be used for any purposes except as hereinafter specifically provided and allowed by this Chapter. -1.) PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES. No uses are permitted without requiring specific planning approval. -2.) PLOT PLAN USES. The following uses are permitted sub- ject to the approval of the Planning Commission and the submittal of a Plot Plan pursuant to Chapter 17.70 or any other existing applicable ordinance or procedure of this ordinance. The Plot Plan approval may include con- ditions requiring fencing and landscaping of the parcel to assure that the use is compatible with the surrounding area. More than one use shall be permitted on a lot. Only those uses which meet all of the "Performance Standards" can be permitted in this zone. I -P uses appropriate to this zone shall all have the following characteristics: 1.) be exclusively engaged in a commercial, industrial/manufacturing activity. 2.) except as provided by a temporary sale permit, no activity in this zone shall be open to the general public for either retail or wholesale sales. Examples of such uses, but not limited to these are: 1. Administrative or executive offices of a business or industrial establishment; 2. Manufacture, assembly, fabrication, warehousing and wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, articles or substances; provided that goods, wares, merchandise, articles or substances are not hazard- ous to the surrounding land uses or their inhabitants. 3. Research offices and laboratories for the conduct of scientific research and theoretical studies and in- vestigations including the fabrication and testing of prototypes, and the performance of environmental tests, and related activities, by or under the super- vision of professional scientists and highly trained specialists. EXHIBIT "A" 4. Public utilities, whether owned or operated munici- pally or under certificate of public necessity and convenience issued by and any duly constituted governmental board, body, or agency having juris- diction. 5. Those activities determined by the Planning Director to be "substantially similar" to the listed examples and in complete accord to the goals and objectives of this zone. -3.) CONDITIONAL PERMIT USES. The following uses are per- mitted subject to the approval of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Chapter 17.70 or any other existing applicable ordinance or procedure of this ordinance. 1. Automobile impoundment yards, and automobile wrecking yards. 2. Sewage disposal facilities. 3. Any other use found in the initial review of the application by the Planning Director, to have the potential for extreme hazard or public objection. -4.) PUBLIC USES. The following uses are permitted subject to the approval of a Public Project Use Permit pursuant to Chapter 17.40 of this ordinance. 17.30.210 Site Development Standards. -1.) LOT AREA & DIMENSIONS. There shall be a minimum lot area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet, except that a lot having less area may be approved in connection with the uses permitted under a Conditional Use Permit. There shall be a minimum lot width of seventy-five (75) feet, except that a lot having less width may be approved in connection with uses permitted under a Conditional Use Permit. -2.) SETBACKS, LOT COVERAGE & YARD. 1. Front Yard. The minimum required front yard shall be 25 feet. A minimum 5 foot strip adjacent to the front street line shall be appropriately landscaped and main- tained except for designated pedestrian, vehicular, and utility accessways. The remainder of the front yard may be used for off-street automobile parking, drive- ways, or landscaping. 2. Side Yards. The minimum required side yard shall be 10 feet. A minimum 3 foot strip adjacent to the street shall be appropriately landscaped and maintained except for designated pedestrian, vehicular and utility access - ways. The remainder of such a side yard adjacent to a street may be used for off-street automobile parking, driveways or landscaping. Minimum side yards of forty feet shall be required wherever a lot or parcel in the I -P Zone abuts a lot or parcel in any residential zone. 3. Rear Yard. The minimum required rear yard shall be 20 feet. A minimum rear yard of fifty feet shall be re- quired wherever a lot or parcel in the I -P Zone abuts a lot or parcel in any residential zone or abuts a street. In the event a rear yard abuts a street, such rear yard shall meet all of the minimum require- ments for a front yard and may be used in accordance with the front yard provisions pertaining to Permitted Uses. -3.) BUILDING HEIGHT. The maximum height of all structures, including buildings, shall not exceed 75 feet. -4.) OFF STREET PARKING. Automobile storage space shall be provided as required by Chapter 17.40 of this ordinance. -5.) LANDSCAPING. The provisions of Chapter 17.45 of this ordinance shall apply. -6.) SIGNS. The provisions of Chapter 17.50 or any other ex- isting applicable ordinance or procedure of this ordinance shall apply. -7.) OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS. The provisions of Chapter 17.70 or any other existing applicable ordinance or procedure shall apply. -8.) LIGHTS. Lighting, including spotlights, floodlights, electrical reflectors and other means of illumination for signs, structures, landscaping, parking areas, loading areas and the like, shall be focused, directed and so arranged as to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property. -9. -10. SERVICE AND REFUSE AREAS. All service areas, refuse collection areas, and trash bins shall be completely screened by a solid fence or wall, or shall be enclosed within a building. WALLS. Wherever a lot or parcel in the I -P zone sides on or backs to a lot or parcel in any residential zone or to an alley which separates an I -P zone from any residential zone, a six-foot high solid masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line separating the I -P zone from the residential zone or along the alley right of way line on the I -P side of the alley. SCREENING OF OUTDOOR STORAGE. When permissible outdoor storage is utilized, such storage shall be visually screened from all adjacent building sites and streets by a solid masonry wall not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height, a building or a combination of open fencing and a planting screen not less than six feet nor more than fifteen (15) feet in height, or any combination thereof. Where a planting screen is established to meet the require- ments of this chapter, such screen shall consist of not less than one row of evergreen shrubs or trees which, after three full growing seasons under accepted planting and irrigation practice, will grow to not less than six feet in height and will grow in a manner necessary to obscure the viewing of outdoor storage areas from all adjacent building sites and streets. The screening herein required shall be established at or before the time any area is used for outdoor storage. -12 ) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. Uses permitted by this article shall comply with the following standards: 1. Sound, shall be muffled so as not to become objection- able due to intermittance, beat frequency or shrillness. The ambient, pre -project measurements of sound shall be measured at the lot lines and shall be measured in decibels (a -scale) with a sound level meter manufactured, according to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association. The purpose of these measure- ments is to establish the pre -project noise levels experienced at and around the subject site. Maximum permissible sound pressure levels of any project approved in this zone shall comply with the following standards: a. For project properties that do not have any common property boundaries with residential zones, the maximum 24 hour average dba levels shall be 60 dba. b. For project properties that have one or more common property boundary with a residential zone, the maximum acceptable noise level shall be a CNEL noise level of 65 dba. c. That all pre -project and post -project testing costs shall be completely born by the applicant or subsequent property owner. Both pre -project and post -project consultant fees for noise level testing and evaluation shall be collected and deposited in accordance with the City of Beaumont prior to any action to approve or disapprove the project. Further, that both the pre -project and post -project testing condition shall be included in any action to approve a project in this zone. 2. Toxic Gases or Matter, project site which can animals or vegetation, or which can cause any lot lines of this use. 3. Vibration, from any machine, operation or process which can cause a displacement of .004 of one inch as measured at the lot lines of the use shall be prohibited. Shock absorbers or similar mounting shall be allowed which will reduce vibration below .003 of one inch as measured at the lot lines. 4. Glare and Heat, from any source shall not be produced beyond the lot lines of the use. 5. Storage, of refuse, trash, rubbish or other waste material outside a permanent building shall be kept in enclosed containers, in areas other than the front and side yards. shall not cause any damage to excessive be emitted from a damage to health, of all forms of property soiling beyond the footage between your "addition" square footage category and the next higher "addition" square footage category. Take this resulting amount and add to your "total addition" permitted. -3.) In either -1.) or -2.) above, no significant public controversy shall be known to exist either about the characteristics of the proposed project or the site itself.