(See Interpretations related to this Section.)
A commercial use, including light manufacturing, wholesale sales, and storage, as defined in Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) below.
(a) Light Manufacturing. A nonretail use that provides for the fabrication or production of goods, by hand or machinery, for distribution to retailers or wholesalers for resale off the premises, primarily involving the assembly, packaging, repairing, or processing of previously prepared materials, when conducted in an enclosed building having no openings other than fixed windows or exits required by law located within 50 feet of any R District. Light manufacturing uses include production and custom activities usually involving individual or special design, or handiwork, such as the following fabrication or production activities as may be defined by the Standard Industrial Classification Code Manual as light manufacturing uses:
(1) Food processing, not including mechanized assembly line production of canned or bottled goods;
(2) Apparel and other garment products;
(3) Furniture and fixtures;
(4) Printing and publishing of books or newspaper;
(5) Leather products;
(6) Pottery;
(7) Glass blowing;
(8) Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments; photographic, medical and optical goods; watches and clocks; and
(9) Manufacture of cannabis products or cannabis extracts that are derived without the use of volatile organic compounds (License Type 6—Manufacturer 1, as defined in California Business and Professions Code, Division 10).
It shall not include the chemical processing of materials or the use of any machine that has more than five horsepower capacity, nor shall the mechanical equipment required for the use, together with related floor space used primarily by the operators of such equipment, in aggregate occupy more than ¼ of the total gross floor area of the use.
(b) Wholesale Sales. A nonretail use that exclusively provides goods or commodities for resale or business use, including accessory storage. This use includes cannabis distribution (License Type 11—Distributor, as defined in California Business and Professions Code, Division 10). It shall not include a nonaccessory storage warehouse.
(c) Commercial Storage. A commercial use which stores, within an enclosed building, contractors' equipment, building materials or goods or materials used by other businesses at other locations. This use shall not include the storage of waste, salvaged materials, automobiles, inflammable or highly combustible materials, and wholesale goods or commodities.
(d) Self-Storage. Retail facilities for the storage of household and personal goods.
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