Approved Uses by Zoning — Light Industrial (M-1)
Uses permitted by right under the municipality’s zoning for this district. The property may carry additional restrictions (deed, association or lease), so tenants are responsible for confirming their intended use with the municipality and landlord before committing.
Allowed by right
Ambulance service [Proof of adequate parking facilities shall be demonstrated], Armored car service, Automobile body, tops and upholstery shop, Automobile, motorcycle and small engine repair [Not permitted within one hundred (100) feet of any residential district], Automobile painting [No outdoor spraying], Automobile parts, equipment and accessories, wholesale, Automobile storage, Automobile tires, vulcanizing or retreading, Bakery, wholesale, Bookbinding, Bottled gas, retail [Not permitted within one hundred (100) feet of any residential district], Bottling plant, Bus company, charter [Three (3) or fewer vehicles; Proof of adequate parking facilities shall be demonstrated], Bus terminals, Cabinetmaking, carpentry shops, Carpet cleaning [Not permitted within one hundred (100) feet of any residential district], Catering, including shared kitchens, Ceramic manufacturing, Cleaning service—Pressure, chemical, industrial, Concrete testing lab, Contractor's shop - licensure not required, Contractor's storage setbacks [Perimeter wall required], Commissary, Delivery service, Dental laboratory, Diaper service [Not permitted within three hundred (300) feet of any residential district], Distribution service, Dry cleaning and dyeing plant [Not permitted within three hundred (300) feet of any residential district], Electrical utility setback, Electroplating, Engraving, Fire station, Food processing [No fish, fat rendering, or restaurants; Processing shall only be done indoors and without the emission of any external noxious odors], Frozen food locker, Fruit packing and shipping, Glass cutting, Glass tinting, Grocery, wholesale, Gun range (indoors and soundproofed), Janitorial service, Kennels, subject to restrictions set forth in Chapter 6 of the Margate Code of Ordinances, Laboratories—Chemical, medical, testing, research, Laundry, commercial, Light manufacturing [Shall include products from aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, steel or other metal or from cloth, leather, paper, rubber, shell, plastic, wood or other materials], Limousine service four (4) or more vehicles [Proof of adequate parking facilities shall be demonstrated], Liquor cutting and blending, Locksmith, Machine shops, Magazine wholesale agency, Mail order business, Major appliance repair, Merchant, wholesale, Metalizing processes, Mirror silvering, Motion picture studio, Moving and storage, Ornamental iron and metal working shops, Parking, commercial auto [Not permitted within one thousand (1,000) feet of any other commercial auto parking facility], Pest control, Photograph developing and printing, Printing, photocopying, blueprinting shop with no more than twenty-five (25) employees, Public utility service yard, Recording studio [Soundproofing required], Refrigeration plants, Rental business, Research—Educational, scientific, and industrial, Sheet metal shop [When so located that no land allocated to such use or building occupied by such use lies within one hundred (100) feet of any residential-zoned property; provided that this separation requirement shall apply only to principal uses and not to accessory uses], Sign shop, Sign painting, car lettering, Spray painting business, Stonecutting, Substation for utilities (as required), Swimming pool equipment and chemicals, wholesale [No chemical storage area permitted within one hundred (100) feet of any residential district], Taxi service four (4) or more vehicles [Proof of adequate parking facilities shall be demonstrated], Television, radio and movie studios, Theater (outdoor), Tinsmiths, Tool-and-die shops, Towing service [No wrecking], Tractor, retail, Trailers of all kinds, campers, mobile homes, retail, Trash hauler [No dumping], Truck and large engine repair, Upholstery shop, Vehicle sales agency (new and/or used vehicles) [Not permitted within one hundred (100) feet of any residential district], Warehousing and distribution
With special approval
Recreation and open space, Commercial recreation uses (indoor and outdoor), Business and professional office center [must be in a building or development of at least 30,000 square feet]
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