Merced County Unincorporated, California · District
M-1
Light Manufacturing Zone
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right6
Conditional / special use27
- Auction Establishments
- Gym/Athletic Clubs
- Schools (Specialized Training and Education)
- Asphalt Hot Mix Plants
- Boat Building, Sales, and Repair
- Bottling Plants
- Clothing Products
- Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products
- Food Products Packing Plants
- Furniture Manufacturing
- Machine Tools Manufacturing Plants
- Manufacturing Plants
- Paper Product Manufacturing
- Rubber Fabrication
- Soap Manufacturing (cold mix)
- Textile and Leather Products
- Community Care Facilities
- One Caretaker Dwelling per Parcel
- Dry Cleaning Plants and Laundries
- Medical Laboratories
- Offices
- Restaurants
- Truck Stops
- Cement, Lime, or other Building Materials
- Fertilizer, Insecticides, etc., Storage and Distribution
- Flea Market
- Heliports
Accessory29
- Auction Establishments
- Gym/Athletic Clubs
- Schools (Specialized Training and Education)
- Asphalt Hot Mix Plants
- Boat Building, Sales, and Repair
- Bottling Plants
- Clothing Products
- Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products
- Food Products Packing Plants
- Furniture Manufacturing
- Machine Tools Manufacturing Plants
- Manufacturing Plants
- Paper Product Manufacturing
- Rubber Fabrication
- Soap Manufacturing (cold mix)
- Textile and Leather Products
- Employee Housing, Residential (six or less residents)
- Community Care Facilities
- One Caretaker Dwelling per Parcel
- Dry Cleaning Plants and Laundries
- Medical Laboratories
- Offices
- Recycling Facilities
- Restaurants
- Semi-Mobile Food Vendors
- Vehicle Repair Facilities
- Wireless Telecommunication Towers (100 feet or less in height)
- Truck Stops
- Vehicle Impound Lots
Prohibited7
- Brick and Tile Manufacturing Plant, Electrical, and Electronic Equipment
- Carpet and Rug Manufacturing
- Fertilizer, Insecticides, etc., Manufacturing
- Rendering Plants
- Soap Manufacturing (hot mix)
- Tire Manufacturing, Rebuilding, Recapping, and Retreading Plants
- Wineries, Distilleries, and Breweries
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Solid masonry wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. along residential boundary6 ft
a six-foot-high solid masonry wall shall be constructed along the common property line.
Other
- Chemical manufacturing prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
M-1 Light Manufacturing Zones. Chemical manufacturing is prohibited.
- Storage of hazardous and toxic materials prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The storage of hazardous and toxic materials is prohibited.
- Interior side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when adjacent to residential zone20 ft
If adjacent to a residential zone, the minimum setback shall be 20 feet and a six-foot-high solid masonry wall shall be constructed along the common property line.
From the ordinance
Table 2-7 Industrial Zone Allowed Uses and Permit Requirements