§ 17.58.050. Site development Standards.

The development standards for minimum lot area and yards established by this section apply to all development in the M district. However, alternate standards may be approved for a condominium project as part of the use permit process if the approving body finds that the proposed development will be of equal or greater excellence in arrangement, design, attractiveness and compatibility with its surroundings than would result if the routine development standards of this section were applied.

A.

Minimum Lot Area. The minimum lot area requirement is twenty thousand square feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.010.

B.

Minimum Average Lot Width. The minimum average lot width requirement is eighty feet.

C.

Yards. The following yard requirements apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.020:

1.

Front, ten feet;

2.

Interior side, none; except where the district abuts a residential district it shall be twenty feet, or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way it shall be ten feet;

3.

Street side, ten feet;

4.

Rear, none; except where the district abuts a residential district it shall be twenty feet or if it abuts a freeway right-of-way it shall be ten feet.

D.

Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is forty-five feet, except when within forty feet of a residential district, it shall be one story not to exceed twenty feet, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.030.

E.

Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.040.

F.

Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor lighting requirements are as specified in Section 17.84.050.

G.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86.

H.

Zone Walls. The requirement for zone walls is as specified in Section 17.84.070.

I.

Outdoor Trash Storage. All outside trash storage and collection facilities shall be enclosed by a solid masonry wall or view-obscuring fence at least one foot higher than the trash container.

J.

Development Plan. An applicant for either a building permit or use permit shall submit a site plan which indicates how the standards listed in this section will be met. This submittal shall be made on a form prescribed by the planning director. If only a building permit is required for the use, then the director's approval shall be obtained prior to issuance of the permit. If a use permit is required, then the director's approval shall occur as set forth by the terms and conditions of the use permit.

(Ord. 2002-2 § 24, 2002; Ord. 99-4 § 63, 1999; prior code § 5.02.280 (E))