§ 5.27. ML Light Manufacturing District.
5.27.01
Intent. This zone provides for a wide range of commercial and industrial uses, all of which shall be able to meet comparatively rigid specifications as to nuisance free performance. The zone specifically excludes residences on the theory that the mixture of residential use, and public services and facilities for residences with those for industry is contrary to the purposes of these regulations irrespective of whether the industry is encroaching on a living area or a living area is encroaching on an industrial area.
5.27.02
Permitted Uses.
1.
Automobile rental store.
2.
Brewery.
3.
Building materials yards with enclosed and screened storage areas.
4.
Call centers.
5.
Car wash.
6.
Combination display store, office, warehouse, and fabrication shop for electrical, plumbing, heating and refrigeration contractors, and automobile supply house with minor overhaul and machining of parts.
7.
Commercial parking lots.
8.
Dry cleaning, laundry, and dying plants.
9.
Feed and seed store.
10.
Garages for the storage of automobiles.
11.
Garden supply including nursery stock.
12.
Gasoline stations.
13.
Governmental services - administrative facilities.
14.
Governmental services - maintenance and service facilities.
15.
Greenhouses, commercial; nursery stock sales yards.
16.
Hardware, appliance, and small tool rental when incidental to a hardware or other business.
17.
Heavy auto repair services.
18.
Highway maintenance yards or buildings.
19.
Indoor and Outdoor Recreational Facilities, with the exception of golf courses.
20.
Kennels.
21.
Laboratories.
22.
Light auto repair services.
23.
Light manufacturing; assembly, fabrication and processing of products inside an enclosed building, except hazardous or combustible materials.
24.
Logistical centers.
25.
Manufacture and assembly of electrical and electronic appliances.
26.
Manufacture of light sheet metal products including heating and ventilation equipment.
27.
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials.
28.
Manufacturing of food and kindered products, such as bakery items, dairy products, sugar and confectionary products, and beverages.
29.
Marine sales and services, but excluding the storage or salvage of boats.
30.
New and used automobile, truck , tractor, construction equipment, boat, trailer and farm machinery sales rooms and lots, but excluding the storage of vehicles, boats, trailers, or machinery not in operable condition or in the process of salvage, or the major parts thereof.
31.
Portable Outdoor Storage and the storage of such containers shall be a Permitted Use, subject to the following conditions:
A.
All minimum setback requirements of the zoning district shall be met. Additionally, no storage container (whether used for storage or as business inventory) may be located between a front or street side property line and any building on the lot.
B.
No stacking of containers shall be permitted.
C.
Containers shall not be permitted to be located within any required parking area, as determined by the Zoning Ordinance. In no event may the use obstruct the circulation of traffic within the zoning lot.
D.
Containers may not encroach into a drainageway or required landscaped area.
E.
No container may open into a required side or rear yard, if the site directly abuts a residential zoning district. Containers shall not be located in such a manner which will preclude access to the container, i.e. completely surrounded by other containers, except when empty containers are being used as business inventory, rather than for actual storage.
F.
An approved hard surface will be required for access to and the placement of all containers. Additionally, areas intended for this use shall be marked to distinguish them from required off-street parking areas.
G.
All containers shall remain locked at all times, when not being attended to, whether empty or full.
H.
Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with the landscape regulations in Article 9. In addition, the perimeter of each storage area shall be enclosed by fencing or screening walls, as approved by the Planning Director. All fencing/screening walls shall be located on the interior side of any required landscaping.
I.
The storage of hazardous materials within such containers is permitted to the extent that it is listed as a principal permitted use and/or it meets the performance standards of the zoning district. Containers shall be labeled if combustible materials are being stored.
32.
Printing services, when mechanical operation is not visible from a street.
33.
Public utility main transmission lines including substations, distribution centers, regulator stations, pumping stations, treatment facilities, storage, equipment buildings, garages, towers, or similar public service uses.
34.
Radio and television stations, except transmission towers over 35 feet high.
35.
Railroad through and spur tracks, but no sidings or other terminal type facilities and no service, repair or administrative facilities.
36.
Self-service storage facilities, provided they meet the following restrictions:
A.
Lot Standards. All space limits as specified in the ML Zone shall be followed,
B.
Limitation of Activities. No activity other than the rental of storage space and the administration of the facility shall be permitted.
C.
Access to Buildings. No storage building may open into required side or rear yards, if the site directly abuts a residential zoning district. Individual storage bays shall not be interconnected by interior doors or other interior means which would provide access from one storage bay to another.
D.
Storage Restrictions. All storage on the site must be within enclosed buildings. The storage of hazardous materials on the site is prohibited.
E.
Parking/Loading.
[i.]
Parking. Two parking spaces shall be provided at the rental office or 1.5 parking spaces per employee, whichever is greater.
[ii.]
Loading. Loading docks shall be prohibited, all loading areas shall be at the same elevation as the floor elevation of the individual storage bay.
F.
Drive Lanes. Minimum drive land width shall be twenty-four (24) feet.
G.
Landscaping/Fencing. Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with the City of Bellevue's Landscape Ordinance. In addition, the perimeter of each facility shall be fully enclosed by fencing or screening walls, as approved by the Planning Director. All fencing shall be located on the interior side of the required/bufferyards.
H.
Site Plan. Each application for a self-storage facility shall provide a detailed site plan as required by the Planning Director.
37.
Special and vocational educational and training facilities.
38.
Stone and monument works.
39.
Trucking terminals containing 4 or less loading or transfer bays.
40.
Upholstery shops.
41.
Veterinary Services.
42.
Warehouses and storage of non-hazardous goods, provided storage is inside building.
5.27.03
Conditional Uses.
1.
Commercial/Utility grade wind energy systems, subject to Section 8.10
2.
Communication Towers meeting the requirements as set forth in Section 8.05
3.
Indoor Firing Range.
5.27.04
Specifically Excluded Uses.
1.
The following uses are hereby declared incompatible with the purpose of the ML zone and are hereby expressly excluded:
A.
Churches, synagogues, chapels, and similar places of religious worship and instruction.
B.
Dwellings and other types of living accommodations shall be prohibited except that quarters for a watchman or caretaker shall be permitted as an accessory use for any permitted use occupying more than 20,000 square feet of lot area.
C.
Hospitals, clinics, rest homes and other institutions for the housing or care of human beings.
D.
Motels, hotels, and mobile home parks.
E.
Public, parochial and private schools and colleges, except trade schools.
F.
Any use not enumerated as permitted in this zone, but which is specifically provided for in another zone or zones.
5.27.05
Permitted Accessory Uses.
1.
Accessory uses for light industrial development shall include those normally appurtenant to such development, except as further specified herein.
2.
Residential and small wind energy systems, subject to Section 8.09
3.
Temporary buildings and uses incidental to construction work that will be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work.
5.27.05
Space Limits.
1.
Minimum lot area for business or industry: 10,000 square feet.
2.
Minimum width of lot: 50 feet.
3.
Maximum building height: No restriction except as limited by gross floor area ratio and by any restrictions which may be imposed by virtue of aircraft approach and turning zone height restrictions.
4.
Minimum front yard: 20 feet.
5.
Minimum rear yard: None.
6.
Minimum side yard: None.
7.
Minimum side yard on street side of corner: 10 feet.
8.
Maximum gross floor area ratio: 1.0.
9.
Maximum ground coverage: 75 percent.
5.27.06
Miscellaneous Provisions.
1.
Buildings and uses customarily incidental to the permitted uses
2.
Parking as required by Sections 8.01—8.03.
3.
Signs as permitted in Article 7
4.
Landscaping as required by Article 9
5.
No outdoor storage is permitted, except:
A.
The display of new merchandise for sale to the public.
B.
Unless specifically permitted within this Section.
6.
Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded so that no direct light is cast upon any residential property and so that no glare is visible to any traffic on any public street.
7.
Height and minimum lot requirements of accessory buildings are considered same as their associated permitted or conditional use.
8.
Physical Appearance: All operation shall be carried on within an enclosed building except that new materials or equipment in operable condition may be stored in the open. Normal daily wastes of an inorganic nature may be stored in containers not in a building when such containers are not readily visible from a street. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the display of merchandise or vehicles for sale or the storage of vehicles, boats, farm machinery, trailers, mobile homes or similar equipment when in operable condition.
9.
Performance standards shall conform to Section 8.07 of the Supplemental Regulations.
(Ord. No. 3698, § 3, 2-11-2013)