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ORDINANCE NO. MC-218
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING CHAPTER
19.34 OF THE SAN BERNARDIi'lO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH USES
PERMITTED IN C-M COMMERCIAL-~ffiNUFACTURING DISTRICTS AND CONDITIONS
AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO SUCH USES.
THE 11AYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 19.34 of t.he San Bernardino Municipal
Code is amended to read:
"19.34.010 Regulations generally.
The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply to the
C-M Commercial-Manufacturing District.
19.34.020 Uses permitted.
No structure or land shall be utilized and no structure shall
be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained except
for the following purposes:
A. Uses permitted in the c-3A Limited General Commercii;].
District, the M-l Light Industrial District, and in the M-IA
Limited Light Manufacturing-Industrial District.
19.34.030 Conditions to use.
A. Plot plans and elevations shall be submitted to the
Planning Department for review and approval.
B. All buildings or additions to existing buildings erected
or constructed shall be permanent structures designed and used for
only those uses permitted in the c-3A, M-l and M-IA Districts.
C. All uses shall be conducted in a manner so as not to
constitute a public nuisance by reason of noise, odor, dust,
fumes, smoke, vibrations, or other similar causes.
D. All uses except those uses specifically permitted in M-l
or M-IA Districts herein shall be conducted wholly within a
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building.
E. No structure originally designed as a residence, or as an
accessory to a residence, shall be used for any use permitted in
the C-3A and M-IA Districts, unless approved by the Planning
Conunission with a conditional use permit.
F. No use shall be combined with a residential use in the
C-M District, except with Planning Commission approval.
19.34.040 Building site requirements and area limitations.
The size and shape of the site proposed for the use shall
allow the development of the proposed use.
Provisions shall be
made for the safe and orderly circulation of both pedestrian and
vehicular traffic between the proposed site and all streets and
hi'lhways and between coordinated facilities, accessways or parking
areas and adjacent sites. The proposed development shall not
limit or adversely affect the growth and development potential of
adjoining lands or the general area in which it is proposed to be
located.
19.34.050 Building height.
Maximum building height shall be forty-five feet; provided
that within seventy-five feet of any single-family residential
district the maximum height shall not exceed one story with a
maximum height of twenty feet unless the Commission or Mayor and
Common Council determine that due to topographical or neighborhood
conditions, such restrictive height is not practical or necessary.
19.34.060 Structural setback and yard requirements.
Any building erected in this zone shall be provided with open
landscaped yards and setbacks as provided herein, except that no
portion of a building located in setback areas shall be required
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to be modified.
A. Abutting Any Arterial Street. A setback of not less than
ten feet in depth as measured from the planned highway right-of-
way line.
B. Abutting Any Local Street. A setback of not less than
ten feet, as measured from the planned highway right-of-way line,
provided that where t\vo-thirds of the property in the block on the
opposite side of said local street is zoned for any residential
use, the setback shall be increased to a depth of twenty feet.
C. Interior Site Boundary Lines Abutting Any Commercial or
Industrial Zone Boundary. No setback shall be required except as
required under Chapter 15.04.
D. Interior Site Boundary Lines Abutting Any Residential
Zone Boundary. An open structural setback of ten feet shall be
provided.
E. Corner Lots. Corner lots shall maintain a thirty foot
corner cut-off structural setback measured from the convergence of
the two right-of-way lines which form that corner.
F. Landscaping of Required Yards. All said setback areas
abutting streets shall be landscaped with lawn, trees, shrubs, or
other plant materials and shall be permanently maintained in a
neat and orderly manner as a condition to use.
19.34.070 Permitted encroachments into required yards.
A. Encroachments authorized by Chapter 19.72 shall be
permitted.
B. A portion of any required setback area adjacent to an
arterial highway may be used as part of an automobile parking
area; provided that a minimum six-foot wide screen planting strip
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is maintained adjacent to any right-of-way line.
C. Access Drives and Walks. Entrance and exit drives and
walks are permitted within required yard areas.
19.34.080 Site screening.
A. A solid decorative wall, chain link fence with slatting
approved by the Planning Department, landscaped earthen berm, or
any combination thereof totaling not less than six feet in height,
shall be provided along and immediately adjacent to the site
boundary line of any commercial or industrial development abutting
any freeway, expressway, or residential zone, abutting any such
boundary. Access gates shall be constructed of view-obscuring
material to provide effective site screening. The height of any
such wall, fence and/or berm shall be as measured from the highest
finished grade level of the subject or adjacent properties,
whichever is the higher, provided the grade is not excessive.
B. The boundary of any portion of a site not adjacent to a
residential zone boundary upon which any outdoor use of an
industrial nature is permitted shall be enclosed to a height of
not less than six feet by a solid decorative wall or abutting
walls, chain link fence entirely interwoven with slats approved by
the Planning Department, landscaped earthen berm, or any
combination thereof.
If the fence is not viewable from a public
street, slats may be omitted. No outdoor industrial use or
enclosure thereof shall encroach into any required setback area
adjacent to any street, nor shall any storage of products or
materials exceed the height of any such enclosure. Any outdoor
use enclosed by chain link fence, adjacent to any street frontage,
shall be view-screened from such street as follows:
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1. Any portion of the chain link fence adjacent to any
street frontage, including access gates, shall be entirely
interwoven with slats approved by the Planning Department.
2. Trees shall be planted along and adjacent to the
fence within the required street setback in a ratio of not less
than one tree per each twenty lineal feet of length of such fence
and spaced according to the spread of the species used, but in no
case, more than twenty feet apart. Minimum tree size shall be
an average of fifteen gallons. If trees are clustered in
groupings of three or more, the maximum distance between clusters
shall be thirty feet.
3. All required planting areas shall be provided with
hose bibs, sprinklers, or similar permanent irrigation facilities
and shall be permanently maintained in a neat and orderly manner.
C. Other provisions.
1. The requirements of Chapter 19.62 shall apply except
as provided herein.
2. No wall, fence or berm shall be required across any
approved vehicle or pedestrian accessway.
19.34.090 Lighting.
All exterior lighting shall be directed downward and away
from public street rights-of-way and abutting properties.
19.34.100 Loading space requirements.
The requirements of Chapter 19.58 shall apply.
19.34.110 Parking requirements.
A. The requirements of Chapter 19.56 shall apply.
B. Bumper guards shall be so placed to prevent encroachment
into abutting private or public property. All unsurfaced or
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landscaped areas shall have a cont_inuous bumper alonS"j the fen.ce
separating the unsur i ,l (~
Jr J..u.,o,""dped area from the surfaced
area.
19.34.120 Refuse storage requirements.
When refuse stcraqe areas are visible to the general public
f rom a public right-().f-W-::lY, or frf)UI any parking area used by the
public, said refuse st0c~0e aCeaq shall be enclosed by a solid
decorative wall and shall include the use of a solid gate."
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the ~layor and Common Council of the City of San
Bernardino at a
regular
meeting thereof, held on
the.
1st
'lovember
, 1982, by the following vote,
day of
to wit:
AYES:
Council Members
Castaneda, Reilly, Hernandez,
Quiel, Hcbbs, Strickler
NAYS:
none
ABSENT:
~~one
AL'ld)>>'/ ~~.:.-
City Clerk
The foregoing ordinance is hereby
of
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day
, 1982.
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sctfl Bernardino
Approved as to form:
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~ty At rney
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