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Home My WebLink About17.31 M-3 ZoneBakersfield Municipal Code - Title 17, Zoning Ordinance M-3 Zone November, 2012 Chapter 17.31, Page 1 Chapter 17.31 M-3 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE Sections: 17.31.010 Generally 17.31.020 Uses permitted 17.31.030 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit 17.31.040 Additional requirements 17.31.050 Building height 17.31.060 Front yard 17.31.070 Side yards 17.31.080 Rear yard 17.31.090 Minimum lot area 17.31.100 Distance between buildings on the same lot Bakersfield Municipal Code - Title 17, Zoning Ordinance M-3 Zone November, 2012 Chapter 17.31, Page 2 17.31.010 GENERALLY. The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply in the M-3 (heavy industrial) zone unless otherwise provided in this chapter. The M-3 zone is intended to provide areas suitable for the development of heavy manufacturing and industrial uses, processing of animals for food or byproducts, waste recycling or disposal processing, and processing or manufacture of undesirable products. Uses allowed in the M-3 zone are incompatible with other land uses and should be located in places substantially removed from uses which may be impacted from M-3 uses. 17.31.020 USES PERMITTED. A. The following uses are permitted in an M-3 zone: 1. Acetylene gas manufacture and storage. 2. Acid manufacture. 3. Alcohol and alcoholic beverage manufacturing and distillation. 4. Beef, swine, poultry or rabbit slaughter. 5. Blast furnaces. 6. Cement and lime manufacturing when the manufacturing plant is equipped capable of collecting at least 97% of all particulate matter from kiln gases. 7. Chemical manufacture. 8. Clay product manufacture. 9. Coke ovens. 10. Cotton gins or oil mills. 11. Creosote treatment or manufacture. 12. Curing, tanning, and storage of rawhide or skins. 13. Disinfectant manufacture. 14. Distillation of coal, wood, bones, or tar. 15. Drop forge industries manufacturing forgings with power hammers. 16. Explosives, manufacture or storage. 17. Exterminator or insect poison manufacture. 18. Fat rendering. 19. Feed and fuel yards. 20. Fertilizer manufacture. 21. Forge plants. 22. Gelatin or size manufacture. 23. Glass or glass product manufacture. 24. Glucose or dextrin manufacture. 25. Glue manufacture. Bakersfield Municipal Code - Title 17, Zoning Ordinance M-3 Zone November, 2012 Chapter 17.31, Page 3 26. Iron, steel, brass or copper foundries or fabrication plants, and heavy weight casting. 27. Nonmineral oil extracting plants. 28. Ore reduction. 29. Paint, oil shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture. 30. Paper or pulp manufacture. 31. Petroleum refining, reclaiming plants, and associated uses. 32. Rolling mills. 33. Rubber processing and manufacture. 34. Sawmills. 35. Smelting of tin, copper, zinc, or iron ores. 36. Scrap metal yards, junkyards. 37. Tar roofing or waterproofing or other tar products manufacture. 38. Accessory buildings or structures necessary to such use located on the same lot or parcel of land. 39. Dwelling for use by a caretaker or night security, or as accessory and incidental to the permitted use on the parcel. 17.31.030 USES PERMITTED ONLY BY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. While any use may be permitted by conditional use permit pursuant to Subsection B of Section 17.64.020, the following uses are not permitted in the M-3 zone except by conditional use permit issued in accordance with the procedures provided in Chapter 17.64 of this title: A. Coal-fired cogeneration facility or steam generators. B. Community septic disposal systems. C. Electrical power generator plants. D. Hazardous waste disposal facilities. E. Mining and mineral extraction. F. Nonhazardous oily waste disposal facilities. G. Sanitary landfills. H. Septage disposal sites. I. Sewage treatment plants. J. Transfer stations. K. Waste-to-energy facilities. Bakersfield Municipal Code - Title 17, Zoning Ordinance M-3 Zone November, 2012 Chapter 17.31, Page 4 17.31.040 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. The following requirements shall apply to all development permitted by this chapter: A. All permitted and conditional uses pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to site plan review as provided in Chapter 17.08. B. Landscaping shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.61. C. Off-street parking and loading shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.58. D. Signs shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.60. E. Industrial and/or commercial development proposed adjacent to property zoned or designated for residential development shall be required to be separated by a solid masonry wall constructed a minimum height of 6 feet from highest grade. Any wall located within or along the front yard area shall not exceed a height of 4 feet. Along street frontages, landscaping shall be required in lieu of or in combination with a solid wall, as determined by the Community Development Director, to screen the proposed development from the residential uses. F. Open storage of material and equipment permitted in this zone shall be surrounded and screened by a solid wall or fence, including solid gates where necessary, not less than 6 feet in height. Materials shall not be stacked above the height of the screening. G. For developments under this section using outside storage, the areas devoted to outside storage shall be treated with a permanent dust binder or other permanent dust control measures consistent with air pollution control regulations, as approved by the Planning Director. H. Roof-top areas of structures adjacent to properties zoned or designated for residential development shall be completely screened from view by parapets or other finished architectural features constructed to a height of the highest equipment and unfinished structural element or architectural feature of the building. This requirement shall apply to all new construction and remodeling of existing structures which involve a change of 50% or more of the roof structure or an addition of 50% or more to the floor area of the structure. Bakersfield Municipal Code - Title 17, Zoning Ordinance M-3 Zone November, 2012 Chapter 17.31, Page 5 17.31.050 BUILDING HEIGHT. Building height in an M-3 zone shall not exceed 210 feet (approximately 14 stories). 17.31.060 FRONT YARD. Front yard requirements in an M-3 zone shall be as follows: A. All buildings shall be located not nearer 10 feet from the front property line. B. All buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone. 17.31.070 SIDE YARDS. Side yard requirements in an M-3 zone shall be as follows: A. Where the lot abuts any R, E, MH zone, or PUD project of a residential nature, there shall be a side yard of not less than 20 feet. B. On a corner lot, the side yard on the street side of the lot shall be not less than 10 feet. C. In all other cases, a side yard shall not be required. D. All buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone. 17.31.080 REAR YARD. Rear yard requirements in an M-3 zone shall be as follows: A. Where the lot abuts any R, E, MH zone, or PUD project of a residential nature, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet. B. Where there is an alley at the rear of the lot, such rear yard may be measured to the center of the alley. C. In all other cases, a rear yard shall not be required. D. All buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone. Bakersfield Municipal Code - Title 17, Zoning Ordinance M-3 Zone November, 2012 Chapter 17.31, Page 6 17.31.090 MINIMUM LOT AREA. There shall be no minimum lot area in an M-3 zone. 17.31.100 DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS ON THE SAME LOT. There shall be no distance required between buildings on the same lot in an M-3 zone, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-4 zone.