ORDINANCE 1038F=7R
ORDINANCE NO. 1038
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNI-
CIPAL CODE" BY AMENDING TITLE 20 (THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) RELATING TO
THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING (M -1) ZONE; AND
PROVIDING INTERIM ZONING FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 20.08.262 is added to
Chapter 20.08 of Title 20 (The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance)
of the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code" to read as follows:
20.08.262 LIGHT INDUSTRY. "Light Industry" means
those industrial activities involving the processing, hand-
ling and manufacturing of products and research and techno-
logical processes. Light industrial uses are largely devoid
of nuisance factors, such as noise, vibration, glare, heat,
dust, humidity, odor or any type of potential air or wastes
pollution and have no potential to be hazardous beyond the
site's property lines.
SECTION 2. That Chapter 20.40 of Title 20 (The
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the "E1 Segundo Municipal
Code" is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 20.40
LIGHT MANUFACTURING (M -1) ZONE
20.40.010 INTENT. This zone is intended to pro-
vide for the location and grouping of light industrial acti-
vities, research, and technological processes, and related
offices and auxiliary uses performing support services for
existing and permitted establishments, companies or busi-
ness firms within the zone.
20.40.020 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES. No building
or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or
structurally altered, except for one or more of the follow-
ing uses:
(1) Light industrial uses and related offices;
(2) Transfer, moving and storage, warehouses,
freighting or trucking yards or terminals;
(3) Commercial offices and establishments for re-
search, professional and technical services;
(4) Restaurants, coffee shops and cafes;
(5) Public facilities, including, but not limited
to, fire and police facilities, post offices,
and libraries;
(6) Public utilities, including, but not limited to
power substations and telephone exchanges; and
(7) Recreational facilities (public and private).
20.40.030 LIMITATIONS ON PERMITTED USES. Every
use permitted in the M -1 Zone shall be subject to the fol-
lowing conditions and limitations:
(1) No operations and uses conducted on the premises shall
be objectionable by reason of noise, odor, dust, mud,
smoke, vibrations or other similar causes; and
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(2) All uses in the M -1 Zone shall be conducted completely
within a fully enclosed building except:
A. Recreational facilities customarily conducted in
the open;
B. Exterior storage provided that it is in compliance
with Section 20.40.120 (b); and
C. Special uses to the degree the Conditional Use
Permit granting such use expressly permits opera-
tion in other than a fully enclosed building.
20.40.040 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES. An accessory
use shall not be permitted for any building or structure not
customarily incidental to the permitted principal use; pro-
vided, however, that storage use shall be limited to acces-
sory storage of supplies or commodities sold or used in the
production of a product produced on the premises.
20.40.050 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. No building with-
in the M -1 Zone shall exceed the allowable floor area by
virtue of the building height. No building may exceed two
hundred feet in height. No building or structure shall ex-
ceed these limits except when expressly authorized in ac-
cordance with a procedure requiring approval of the Plan-
ning Commission or the City Council. No building may ex-
ceed both the allowable floor area and height limits under
any circumstances.
20.40.060 AREA REQUIREMENTS. (a) Front Yard.
Each lot shall have a fully landscaped and maintained front
yard of not less than twenty -five feet. No encroachment
shall be allowed except when expressly authorized in ac-
cordance with a procedure requiring approval of the Plan-
ning Commission or the City Council.
(b) Side Yard. Each lot shall have a fully landscaped
and maintained side yard of not less than fifteen feet.
Where side yards abut property in a different zone, the zone
with the most restrictive side yard requirement shall pre-
vail, but in no case will the side yard be less than fifteen
feet. No encroachment shall be allowed except when ex-
pressly authorized in accordance with a procedure requiring
approval of the Planning Commission or the City Council.
(c) Rear Yard. Each lot shall have a fully landscaped
and maintained rear yard of not less than ten feet. Where
rear yards abut an alley, dedicated street, public right -of-
way, or when the major access to the site is accomplished
through the rear yard, the yard shall be twenty -five feet.
No encroachment shall be allowed except when expressly au-
thorized in accordance with a procedure requiring approval
of the Planning Commission or the City Council.
(d) M -1 Minimum Lot Size and Frontage. Each lot in
the zone shall be a minimum of ten thousand square feet and
have a minimum frontage of one hundred feet on a dedicated
street; provided, however, that if a lot of lesser size was
of legal record prior to (effective date of this ordinance)
this requirement shall not apply.
20.40.070 BUILDING AREA. The total floor area of
the buildings, as defined in Chapter 20.08, Section
20.08.193, on any parcel or lot shall not exceed the total
square footage of the parcel or lot area, thereby giving a
floor area ratio of one to one, (1:1).
20.40.080 OFF- STREET PARKING AND LOADING SPACES.
Off- street parking and loading spaces shall be provided as
required by Chapter 20.54 except when expressly authorized
in accordance with a procedure requiring approval of the
Planning Commission or the City Council.
20.40.090 SIGNS. Signs in the M -1 Zone shall be
in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 5.32 and Chap-
ter 16.24.
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20.40.100 FENCES. Fences in the M -1 Zone shall
be in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 20.58.
20.40.110 STREET REQUIREMENTS. Prior to the is-
suance of a building permit, the owner shall submit to the
City Engineer a proposed method for the dedication, develop-
ment and construction of all streets abutting on property,
controlled by the owner on the block on which the building
is proposed to be constructed. Such portions of streets
shall be improved to the standards for extension and widen-
ing as shown in the current Circulation Element of the E1
Segundo General Plan. No building permit shall be issued
until the City Engineer has approved such a plan and the
owner has either improved said streets in accordance with
the approved plan or entered into an agreement with the
City secured by a security deposit to assure that said
streets will be so improved.
20.40.120 GENERAL REGULATIONS. (a) All build-
ings located on corner or reversed corner lots in the M -1
Zone shall be in compliance with the requirements of Chap-
ter 20.58.
(b) The storage of equipment, materials, supplies and
trash shall be shielded from public view within the building
or within a fully enclosed structure. All equipment, mater-
ials, and supplies that are unsuitable for interior storage
must be shielded from public view in accordance with a plan
approved by the Planning Department.
(c) All electrical, telephone, C.A.T.V. and similar
service wires and cables, which provide direct services to
the property being developed within the exterior boundary
lines of such property, shall be installed underground.
Risers on poles and buildings are permitted and shall be pro-
vided by the developer or owner onto the pole which pro-
vides service to said property. Utility service poles may
be placed on the rear of the property to be developed only
for the purpose of terminating underground facilities. The
developer or owner is responsible for complying with the
requirements of this section and shall make the necessary
arrangements with the utility companies for the installation
of such facilities.
For the purpose of this section, appurtenances and as-
sociated equipment such as, but not limited to, surface
mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes and
meter cabinets, and concealed ducts in an underground system
may be placed above ground provided such appurtenances and
associated equipment are screened from view in a similar
manner as set forth in Subsection (b) of this Section.
(d) Plantings, when used as a temporary screen, shall
consist of evergreen plants, or plants of a similar nature
to form a solid screen not to exceed twelve feet in height
in the commercial and manufacturing zones. Temporary
screens adjoining residential zones shall comply with Chap-
ter 20.58.
(e) Landscaping consisting of trees, shrubs, vines,
bushes, flowers, ground coverings or any combination there-
of, shall be planted and maintained subject to the follow-
ing:
(1) A minimum of five percent of surface parking lots;
(2) Landscaping at intersections of streets, alleys,
private drives and all other vehicular roadways
shall be in compliance with Chapter 20.58;
(3) Permanent watering facilities shall be provided
for all required landscaped areas; and
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(4) Required landscaping shall be maintained in a
neat, clean and healthy condition. This shall
include proper pruning, mowing of the lawns,
weeding, removal of litter, fertilizing and re-
placement of plants when necessary.
SECTION 2. That each and every M -1 zoned parcel
located in the area bounded on the south by El Segundo
Boulevard, on the east by Sepulveda Boulevard, on the north
by Holly Avenue, and on the west by Standard Street, be and
the same are hereby zoned C -M. Said zoning to remain in ef-
fect until December 15, 1984, at which time said zoning
shall revert to M -1.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective
at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the
final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to
be entered in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall
make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall
within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause
the same to be published once in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within
said City of E1 Segundo and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 7th day of
December , 1982.
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.Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CAL ?FORNIA, )
COUNT' OF LOS ANGELES, )
C;TY OF EL SEGUNDO,
vALERIE_ A. BDRROwESp p o 0 0, o , City Clerk of the C;ty er E; Segucdo,
Coiifov -io, do hereby certify that the whole nvmbe, of membe,•s of the C:ty Ccunci!
of the sad Cdy is U,e; 'hot the foregoing oAlronce, being O,dirance No. 10380, a o ,
is o fu-I, true and co,;ecl o,ig ;no! of O-dinoce No. ,1038 .... of the said City of El
Segundo, Cchfcrrlo, entified.
AN ORDINACE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE "EL SEGUNDO MUNI-
CIPAL CODE" BY AMENDING TITLE 20 (THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) RELATING TO
THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING (M -1) ZONE; AND
PROVIDING INTERIM ZONING FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY,
Which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and s'gnisd
by the Mayor of so,d Coy, and ottested by the City Cie,k of sold City, a -i at a reguia�
meeting of the said Council held on the...Z.th __day day of, e December..., .... , !9, D2
and that the some was so passed and adopted by the foliowing sore:
AVESe C0u1cilmis=bar8,. Art1tgtXQAg,, J. Qbnar,,. S,iarlek, and. „ooa o,a
Mayor Bue
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I do hereby fu•the- ce -tify that puas,.act to the previsions of Section 36933 of the
Gove,ament Code of the State of Col'Horrlo, !hot the foregoing O- dinance No, 1028, 0.
was duly a,.d regularly published occo -ding to law and the order of the City Council
of said City i... the El Segundo He,a!d, a wee4ly newspopee of general c�: aulat cn,
printed, published and circulated within the said City and that the same was so pub -
Iished there;, on the fo!!owittg date, to w;i�.,,.., o
City Clerk of the City of U Segundo, California,
(SEAL)
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Deputy