Highway 80 & Highway 111 NWC
El Centro, CA 92243

The purpose of the M-2 (Medium Industrial) zone is to designate areas for wholesale commercial, storage, trucking, assembly type manufacturing, general manufacturing, research and development, medium intensity fabrication and other similar medium intensity processing facilities. The processing or fabrication within any of these facilities is to be limited to activities conducted either entirely within a building or within securely fenced (obscured fencing) areas. Provided further that such facilities do not omit fumes, odor, dust, smoke or gas beyond the confines of the property line within which their activity occurs, or produces significant levels of noise or vibration beyond the perimeter of the site.
§ 90516.01 PERMITTED USES IN THE M-2 ZONE
a) Alcohol and alcoholic beverage manufacturer
b) All M-1 uses permitted under §90515.01
c) Asphalt and asphalt products manufacturing
d) Automobile assembly
e) Automobile body and fender works
f) Automobile dismantling for used parts storage, only if operated and maintained entirely within a building
g) Automobile painting
h) Automobile upholstering
i) Bag cleaning
j) Boiler or tank works
k) Brick, tile or terra cotta
l) Building materials and manufacturing
m) Candle making
n) Carbon manufacturing
o) Cargo Containers (provided they have an approved building permit)
p) Celluloid or pyroxylin manufacturing
q) Cement and cement product manufacturing
r) Contractors equipment yards
s) Contractors general
t) Contractors storage yards
u) Cotton gins or oil mills
v) Crumb rubber processing
w) Data centers
x) Disinfectant manufacturing
y) Electrical Vehicles Charging Stations as a Primary Use
Division 5 Adopted November 24, 1998 (Amended December 16, 2003) (Amended August 3, 2004) (Amended October 31, 2006) (Amended January 29, 2008) (Amended July 2, 2013 MO#12) (Amended December 9, 2014) (Amended April 18, 2017) (Amended October 15, 2019)

z) Feed mills
aa) Fertilizer and insecticide manufacturing
bb) Fish and meat packing plant
cc) Grain elevators
dd) Graphite manufacturing
ee) Gypsum manufacturing
ff) House movers or wreckers
gg) Industrial Hemp: manufacturing into semi-finished and finished products, subject to Division 4 Chapter
6 of Title 9 Land Use Ordinance and Title 14 of the Imperial County Codified Ordinance
hh) Ink, lime, linoleum, matches, paper and straw board, petroleum products, pickles, sauerkraut, soap, starch, sugar, tar and tar products, vinegar, accessory buildings and/or structures necessary to such
use located on the same lot or parcel of land as the primary structure or use
ii) Insulation materials manufacturing
jj) Mini Storage (outside storage allowed provided it is screened)
kk) Oil reclamation plant
ll) Petroleum products storage
mm) Railroad repair shop
nn) Railroad yard
oo) Seed mill
pp) Solar energy extraction generation provided that it is for on-site consumption only. qq) Wool pulling and scouring