Ordinance 984
ORDINANCE NO. 984
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING SECTIONS
40, 41, 42 and 43 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING
TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Gilroy has on
its own motion studied the advisability of amending the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Gilroy; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Gilroy has
given due notice of a public hearing upon the proposed amendment
in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Gilroy,
has held the hearing, and has made its report to the Council of
the City of Gilroy, in which it recommends that Sections 40, 41,
42 and 43 of the Zoning Ordinance relating to industrial districts
be amended; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Gilroy has fixed the 21st
day of May, 1973, at the hour of 8:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers
in the City Hall at 7390 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, California, as
the time and place for hearing the said report and recommendation
upon the proposed amendment, and due notice of the said hearing has
been given in accordance with the said Zoning Ordinance, and a
public hearing has now been held upon the said application, at the
time and place fixed in the said notice, before the Council, and
the Council having duly considered the proposed amendment and the
evidence presented, and has determined that the Zoning Ordinance
should be amended in accordance with the report of the said Planning
Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The following Sections of the Zoning Ordinance shall
be repealed, amended and renumbered as follows:
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(A) Section 40 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 40. INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT
An Industrial Park District may be established
by resolution of City Council. Such an Industrial
Park District may include further regulations with
regard to architecture, landscaping and operation
of use so as to insure that the building and the
grounds are built and maintained at the highest
standards throughout the district. Any regulations
in this regard shall be established by resolution of
the City Council.
(B) Section 41 shall be repealed.
(C) Sections 42, 42.1, 42.2, 42.3, 42.5, 42.6, 42.7 and 42.8
shall be amended and 42.9 and 42.10 shall be enacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 42. GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, M-2 DISTRICT
The following regulations shall apply to every lot
and building site in an M-2 district and shall be subject
to all the general provisions of this ordinance.
42.1 Uses Permitted. The following uses are per-
mitted in an M-2 district:
a) The following uses are permitted if
conducted wholly within a completely enclosed
building, except for the outside parking of
delivery vehicles which are incidental thereto:
(1) The manufacture of pottery and
figurines or other similar ceramic products,
using only previously pulverized clay, and
kilns fired only by electricity or gas.
(2) The manufacture and maintenance of
electric and neon signs, billboards, commercial
advertising structures, light sheet metal
products, including heating and ventilating
ducts and equipment, cornices, eaves and the
like.
(3) Automobile assembling, painting,
upholstering, rebuilding, reconditioning,
body and fender works, truck repairing or
overhauling, tire retreader or recapping,
battery manufacturing and the like.
(4) Blacksmith shop and machine shop
excluding punch presses over twenty (20) tons
rated capacity, drop hammers and automatic
screw machines.
(5) Foundry casting lightweight, non-
ferrous metal not causing noxious fumes, noise
or odors.
(6) Cleaning and dyeing works, and
carpet and rug cleaning.
(7) Distribution plants, ice and cold
storage plant, bottling and plant and food
commissary.
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(8) Wholesale business, storage building
and warehouse.
(9) Veterinary or dog or cat hospital and
kennel.
b) The following uses will be permitted if con-
ducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or
within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid and
uniformly painted board fence or other type fencing
if approved by the Architectural and Site Control
Committee. Fencing will not be less than six (6)
feet in height:
(1) Building material sales yard, includ-
ing the sale of rock, sand, gravel and the like
an an incidental part of the main business, but
excluding concrete batching and mixing on the
premises.
(2) Contractor's equipment storage yard
or plant, or rental of equipment commonly used
by contractors.
(3) Retail lumber yard, including only
incidental mill work.
(4) Feed and fuel yard.
(5) Draying, freighting or trucking yard
or terminal.
(6) Public utility service yard or elec-
tricial receiving or transformer station.
(7) Small boat building.
c) No building or structure designed for or
intended to be used or which has been used as a dwelling
shall be used for the conduct of any business, store or
shop in the M-2 district, provided, however, that any
business use existing in a dwelling in an M-2 district
at the time of the adoption of this chapter, shall be
considered as a nonconforming use, but may not be ex-
tended, enlarged, or changed to any other use, unless
and until a permit for such extension, expansion, en-
largement or change in use is first obtained from the
Architectural and Site Approval Committee.
d) Other uses similar to the above as may be
determined by the Planning Staff, or if necessary by
the Planning Commission.
e) Uses customarily incident to any of the above
uses and accessory buildings when located on the same
lot.
42.2 Conditional Uses. Any uses permitted in a C-l
(Neighborhood Commercial) district or a C-2 (General Commercial)
district may also be permitted if their location is first
approved by the Planning Commission as provided in Section 71.
42.3 Minimum Building Site Area. Every building site
shall be a sufficient area to provide all yards, driveways,
landscaping, parking areas, and other open space which may be
required by the provisions of this section.
42.5 Front Yard. Front yard shall be a minimum of 15
feet, except if the sidelines of the site abuts a residential
or office site with frontage on the same street, then the
front setback requirements for the residential or office (as
the case may be) shall apply.
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42.6 Side Yard. None, except if the sideline of the
site abuts a residential or office site, then the setback
shall be 10 feet.
42.7 Rear Yard. None, except where rearline abuts
upon a residential district in which case there shall be
a rear yard of not less than 24 feet.
42.8 parkin~. Parking shall be determined by Section
53. There shall e no parking or loading of any vehicles
in any required front yard.
42.9 Landscaping and Fencing. Adequate landscaping
and fencing may be required. If required it shall be main-
tained at all times.
42.10 Performance Standards. Performance Standards
shall be as indicated in Section 44.
(D) Sections 43, 43.1, 43.2, 43.3, 43.4, 43.5, 43.6 and 43.7
shall be amended and 43.8 and 43.9 enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 43. HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, M-3 DISTRICT
The following regulations shall apply to every lot and
building site in an M-3 district and shall be subject to
all of the general provisions of this ordinance.
43.1 Uses Permitted. All uses within the M-3 district
shall be permitted only if the issuance of a conditional use
permit is approved by the Planning Commission or by the City
Council on appeal as provided in Section 71 of this ordinance.
The following uses are permitted:
(a) All uses permitted in the M-2 district,
within or without a building or an enclosed area.
(b) All other uses which are not obnoxious
or offensive by reason of emission of odor, dust,
smoke, noise, gas, fumes, cinders, vibration, refuse
or water carried waste, as determined by Performance
Standards (Section 44).
(c) Uses customarily incident to any of the
above uses and accessory buildings when located on
the same lot.
43.2 Minimum Building Site Area. None.
43.3 Coverage Limitation. The ground floor area of
all building construction on anyone lot shall not exceed
sixty percent (60%) of the total area of the lot.
43.4 Front Yard. Front yard shall be a minimum of
15 feet, except if the sidelines of the site abuts a resi-
dential or office site with frontage on the same street,
then the front setback requirements for the residential or
office (as the case may be) shall apply.
43.5 Side Yard. None, except if the sideline of the
site abuts a residential or office site, then the setback
shall be 10 feet.
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43.6 Rear Yard. None, except where rearline abuts
upon a residential district in Which case there shall be
a rear yard of not less than 24 feet.
43.7 Parking. Parking shall be determined by Section
53. There shall De no parking or loading of any vehicles
in any required front yard.
43.8 Landscaping and Fencing. Adequate landscaping
and fencing may be required. If required, it shall be
maintained at all times.
43.9 Performance Standards. Performance Standards
shall be as indicated in Section 44.
Section 2: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force thirty (30) days from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of June, 1973, by the following
vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: DeBELL, HUGHAN, PATE, SILVA,
STOUT and DUFFIN
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: GOODRICH
NOES:
ABSENT:
APPROVED:
Mayor Protempor€
ATTEST:
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby
certify that the attached Ordinance No. 984 is an original ordinance,
duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the
4th day of
June
, 19~, at which
meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
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,City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
this
7th day of
Jun~
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