Industrial cities

The definition identifies small cities dominated by industrial or large commercial activity and with more daytime workers than residents.

What the law does ​

• Defines an industrial city as having fewer than 25,000 residents.
• Requires most of the city to be zoned or used for industrial, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, energy production, or large-scale commercial uses.
• Defines large-scale commercial use as 250,000 or more square feet of building space.
• Requires the city’s daytime workforce to exceed its resident population.
• Preserves existing rules, benefits, exemptions, exceptions, and preferences under the referenced development and jurisdiction law.

Who it affects ​

• Small California cities with predominantly industrial or large-scale commercial land uses.
• Businesses and workers in industrial, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, energy, and large commercial areas.

Context ​

The law is a definition and does not alter the separate rules governing specified development or jurisdictions.