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HomeMy WebLinkAbout929482 ORDINANCE NO. 929 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH AMENDING THE AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK PLA~D DEVELOPMENT The City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby ordains as follows: Section One Amend Airport Industrial Park Planned Development (AlP PD) for Mendocino County Assessor's Parcel Nos. 180-07-23 & 35 to allow "General Commercial" in addition to the approved "Highway Oriented Commercial" land uses in the area bounded by Talmage Road on the north: Highway 101 on the east, Commerce Drive on the south, and Airport Park Boulevard on west. Section Two Airport industrial Park Planned Development was originally approved by City Council Resolution No. 81-59 on March 3, 1981, and embodied in Use Permit No. 81-39, amended, and is now articulated in City Council Resolution No. 91-4. Section Three Pursuant to City Council Ordinance No. 915, approved on October 3: 1990, amending Section 9165 and adding Sections 9166-9167 to Article Chapter 2, Division 9 of the Ukiah City Code (Regulations in Planned Development Districts), all Planned Developments approved originally by Use Permit were considered valid and in full force and effect, thus making the contents of Council Resolution 91-4 a valid Planned Development. Section Four Airport Industrial Park Planned Development, as amended herein, provides a mixture of industrial and commercial uses within a Planned Development (PD), consistent with the City of Ukiah Ceneral Plan, as amended, which allows said mixture, and which is accordingly shown on the City of Ukiah General Plan Land Use Map for the subject Assessor's Parcels. Section Five The Development Map for this Planned Development, as prescribed in Ukiah City Code Section 9167(b), and attached as Exhibit A, is approved. Section Six These Planned Development regulations shall be applicable with the industrial-office-commercial complex delineated by the Generalized Land Use Map. Section Seven Development standards not addressed in the Planned Development regulations shall be those specified in the City of Ukiah Zoning Code Section Eight The uses specified in the Planned Development regulations as industrial or commercial are allowed in those respective classification areas identified in the Generalized Land Use Plan. Section Nine The regulations for this Planned Development, as prescribed in Ukiah City Code Sections 9167(b) and 9166, and as amended, are as follows: A. USES 1. Principal Uses Unless otherwise prohibited herein, the following industrial and commercial uses shall be permitted if performed or carried on entirely within an enclosed building er structure. Outdoor operations, uses, or storage appropriately screened or mitigated may be allowed, subject to review by the Planning Commission. These uses are allowed in those areas as designated on the Generalized Land Use Plan: a. Agricultural: Allowed as a continuation of the existing land use, including all necessary structures and appurtenances. b. Accessory Uses: Activities such as administrative offices and warehouses which are related and incidental to a primary use permitted below. c. Industrial: i. Manufacturing - activities or operations involving only the processing, assembling, blending, packaging, compounding, or fabrication of previously prepared materials or substances into new products. ii. Warehouse and Distribution Activities - includes warehousing and storage not available to the general public; warehousing and distribution activities associated with manufacturing, wholesaling, or business uses; delivery and transfer services; freight forwarding; moving and storage; distribution terminals for the assembly and break-down of freight; or other similar use involving shipping, warehousing, and distribution activities. 483 484 iii. ~olesaling and Related Uses - establishments engaged in wholesale trade or retail warehousing activities including maintaining inventories of goods; assembling, sorting, and grading goods into large lots; breaking bulk and redistribution in smaller lots; selling merchandise to retailers industrial, commercial, institutional, or business users, or other wholesalers; iv. Contractor's Offices - business office for building, plumbing, electrical, roofing, heating, air conditioning, and painting contractors, including storage of incidental equipment and supplies. d. Commercial: i. Business Support Services - establishments primarily engaged in providing services to business and industry, such as blueprinting and photocopying, janitorial and building maintenance, equipment rental and leasing, mailing services, industrial laundries and dry cleaning plants, medical labs, pest control, employment services, commercial testing laboratories, answering services, research and development laboratories, computer and data processing, and sign painting. ii. Repair Services - includes repair services such as radio and television, furniture, sewer and septic tank cleaning, automotive repair, body and fender shops. e. Office Commercial: professional and business offices such as accountants, engineers, architects, landscape architects, surveyors, attorneys, advertising, consultants, bookkeeping, and other similar activities. f. Highway Oriented Commercial and General Commercial - Businesses such as motels, restaurants, service stations, and commercial retail stores that provide services and merchandise primarily to highway travelers and the regional public. This designation correlates to the Generalized Land Use Map as the area bounded by Talmage Road on the north, Highway 101 on the east, Commerce Drive on the south, and Airport Park Boulevard on the west. 2. Conditional Uses In addition to the principal permitted uses, the ~ollowing activities may be permitted as a conditional use upon approval by the Ukiah City Planning Commission. a. Services - includes services such as branch banks, savings and loan, credit unions, insurance brokers, real estate sales, health spas, barber and beauty shops, photographic studios, shoe repair, medical and dental offices, and similar activities which generate regular daily consumer traffic that may interfere with industrial operations and activities. b. Public Facilities - includes all public and quasi-public facilities such as utility substations, post office, fire station, and government offices. c. Retail Stores - includes lumber yards, paint stores, building materials and supplies, hardware and variety stores, automotive parts and accessories, plumbing and heating supplies, garden materials, and other general retail stores. d. Communication Installations - including radio and television stations, telegraph and telephone offices, cable T.V., and micro-wave transmitting stations. 3. Nuisances No lot shall be used in such a manner as to create a nuisance to adjacent parcels. Proposed uses shall comply with the following performance criteria outlined below. Additional performance standards concerning noxious and offensive odors, emissions, and noises; and the use of toxic materials and substances may be adopted as necessary. a. All activities involving the storage of inflammable and explosive materials shall be provided with adequate safety devices against the hazard of fire and explosion by adequate fire-fighting and fire-suppression equipment and devices standard in industry. All incineration is prohibited. b. Devices which radiate radio-frequency energy shall be so operated as not to cause interference with any activity carried on beyond the boundary line of the property upon which the device is located. 485 486 c. The maximum sound level radiated by any use of facility, when measured at the boundary line of the property upon which the sound is generated, shall not be obnoxious by reason of its intensity or pitch, as determined by the Planning Commission. Standards prescribed in the Noise Ordinance shall be the criteria for determination. d. No vibration shall be permitted so as to cause a noticeable tremor beyond the property line. e. No emissions shall be permitted at any point, from an chimney or otherwise, of visible smoke. f. No emissions shall be permitted of odorous gases or other odorous matter. g. No emission shall be permitted which causes any damage to health, to animals, vegetation or other form of property, or which causes soiling, at or beyond the property line of a property where the emission is produced. h. No direct or reflected glare, whether produced by flood light, high temperature processes, such as combustion or welding or other processes, so as to be visible beyond any boundary line of the property on which the same is produced shall be permitted. Sky-reflected glare from buildings or portions thereof shall be so controlled by such reasonable means as are practical to the end that said sky-reflected glare will not inconvenience or annoy persons or interfere with the use and enjoyment of property in or about the area wh=re it occurs. 4. Prohibited Uses or Operations Industrial uses such as petroleum bulk stations, cement batching plants, pulp and paper mills, lumber mills, refineries, smelting plants, rendering plants, junk yards, auto wrecking are specifically prohibited due to the deleterious features inherent in their operations or the detrimental effect the use may have upon the general appearance of adjacent parcels within the industrial park and surrounding neighborhoods. Except for existing occupied houses, no residential use shall be permitted. B. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS The following standards have been established to ensure compatibility among uses and consistency in the appearance and character of development. These standards are intended to guide the planning, design, and development of both individual lots and the overall site and would be the responsibility of property owners. 1. Minimum Lot Requirement The minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet. Each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 100 feet on a public street or access easement to a public street (Table 4-1). The Planning Commission may approve a lesser frontage to a minimum of 10£ feet for lots located on cul-de-sacs, street curves, or having other extraordinary characteristics. 2. Maximum Lot Coverage No more than 45 percent of the lot shall be covered by a building or structure. Parking lots shall not be included in the calculation of lot coverage. 3. Minimum Building Setbacks Ail buildings and structures shall be setback from the property line a minimum of 25 feet along the entire street frontage. Lots abutting U.S. Highway 101 shall maintain a 25 foot setback adjacent to the freeway in addition to any other required setbacks. 4. Maximum Building Height The maximum height of any building or structure shall be 50 feet. Mechanical penthouses and equipment may extend an additional 10 feet beyond the maximum building height. 5. Minimum Landscaping Requirements Fifteen percent (15%) of the entire lot area shall be appropriately landscaped in accordance with an adopted landscaping plan. Sixty percent (60%) of the required front setback between driveways and the setback along the freeway shall be appropriately landscaped with an effective combination of street trees, ground cover, and shrubbery. A reduction of the landscaping requirements for the front setback to no less than 40% for lots abutting U.S. Highway 101 may be approved by the Planning Director for lots with depths greater than 180 feet. Landscaping in front setback areas shall be maintained along the street property line and between driveways and walkways, parking areas and the building facade. 487 488 6. Screening Storage areas, loading docks and ramps, transformers, storage tanks, refuse collection areas, mechanical equipment, and other appurtenant items of poor visual quality shall be screened by the use of masonry walls, landscaping materials, or decorative fencing. Ail roof mounted electrical and mechanical equipment and/or ductwork shall be screened from view by an enclosure which is consistent with the building design. 7. Public Utility Easement Ail lots shall provide a 5-foot easement in the required front setback for the provision of utilities. 8. Sidewalk Requirements Lots with frontages along the west side of the primary street shall provide a 5-foot curvalinear sidewalk located within the required front setback. The sidewalk may be located over the public utility easement. 9. Street Width Standards The following street standards have been established by the Ukiah Department of Public Works. Ail primary and secondary streets shall be designed and constructed in accordance with these standards: Table 4-1; Minimum Street Standards Primary Secondary Access Easement To Lot Right-of-Way Pavement a. travel lanes (2) (2) b. left turn lane Curbs (both sides) Cul-de-sac (turn-arounds) 66 feet 64 feet 14 feet 12 feet 12 feet 1 foot 44 feet 32 feet 40 feet 30 feet 20 feet 15 feet 1 foot 100 feet diameter 10. Minimum Parking and Loading Requirements No loading or unloading shall be permitted on the street in front of the building. A sufficient number of off-street loading spaces shall be provided to meet the needs of the anticipated use. Adequate apron and dock space also shall be provided for truck maneuvering on individual lots. The number of entrance/exit driveways shall be limited to one per every 100 feet of street frontage with a maximum curb cut of 40 feet. The Planning Commission may relax these standards when a master plan for an entire block has been prepared th&t is in keeping with the general intent of this specific plan. 489 ! Adequate off-street parking shall be provided to accommodate the parking needs of employees, visitors, and company vehicles. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided according to Section 9198, Article 13 of the City of Ukiah Zoning Code. 11. Signage Building identification signs shall comply with the sign regu- lations for commercial and industrial zones in Section 3227, Article ~ - General Sign Regulations of the City of Ukiah Code. C. DESIGN GUIDELINES The following guidelines shall be used by the Planning Commission when approving a site development permit to ensure the coordination and consistency of development. A master plan of appropriate plant materials, an integrated system of colors and building materials, and a program of uniform graphics for locational and informational signs shall be developed and approved by the Planning Commission prior to initial construction. 1. Landscaping and Open Spac~ a. Existing trees should be retained whenever possible. b. Trees should be of the same species, or species of the same general form, texture, and color. c. Landscaping at corners should be arranged to maintain traffic visibility. d. Landscaping along an entire street frontage should be coor- dinated to achieve a uniform appearance. e. Landscaping should be employed to screen parking lots, loading docks, and storage areas. f. The arrangement of individual open spaces should be coor- dinated with the location and arrangement of buildings and open spaces on adjacent lots to achieve a unified appearance. 49O 2. Orientation and Location of Buildings a. The location of buildings should be coordinated with other buildings and open space on adjacent lots. b. Buildings should be sited to preserve solar access oppor- tunities. c. Buildings should be oriented to minimize heating and cooling costs. d. Buildings should be sited to provide open views of the site and surrounding environment. 3. Building Exteriors a. Colors and building materials shall be coordinated with the Master Plan. b. Exterior walls of corrugated metal shall be permitted where it is compatible with the overall appearance and character of the industrial park. Signage a. Entrance signs shall be provided to identify the industrial park. D. SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT A Site Development Permit shall be approved by the Planning Commission for all new construction or exterior modifications to existing structures within the Industrial Park. The application procedure shall be that prescribed in Section 9208 et seq. of the Zoning Code. Section Ten This Ordinance shall be published as required by law and shall become effective 30 days after its adoption. INTRODUCED BY TITLE 05~Y on August 14, 1992, by. the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: Councilmembers Malone, McMichael, Wattenburger, and Mayor Schneiter. Councilmember Shoemaker. 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