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M-1 Light Industrial District Margate, Florida

Light industrial district intended for light manufacturing and heavy commercial uses for large corporations and small entrepreneurs in multi-tenant warehouse space. Sec. 40.530(B) lists 88 permitted uses (many with limitations such as distance from residential districts); only recreation, commercial recreation and business/professional office centers are special exceptions.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in M-1, Margate

The businesses the M-1 district in Margate allows. The ones on the left are permitted by right; the ones on the right need a special approval first. (Zoning codes are set by each municipality, so M-1 here means specifically Margate's M-1 district.)

Allowed by right

Ambulance service [Proof of adequate parking facilities shall be demonstrated]Armored car serviceAutomobile body, tops and upholstery shopAutomobile, 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, wholesaleAutomobile storageAutomobile tires, vulcanizing or retreadingBakery, wholesaleBookbindingBottled gas, retail [Not permitted within one hundred (100) feet of any residential district]Bottling plantBus company, charter [Three (3) or fewer vehicles; Proof of adequate parking facilities shall be demonstrated]Bus terminalsCabinetmaking, carpentry shopsCarpet cleaning [Not permitted within one hundred (100) feet of any residential district]Catering, including shared kitchensCeramic manufacturingCleaning service—Pressure, chemical, industrialConcrete testing labContractor's shop - licensure not requiredContractor's storage setbacks [Perimeter wall required]CommissaryDelivery serviceDental laboratoryDiaper service [Not permitted within three hundred (300) feet of any residential district]Distribution serviceDry cleaning and dyeing plant [Not permitted within three hundred (300) feet of any residential district]Electrical utility setbackElectroplatingEngravingFire stationFood processing [No fish, fat rendering, or restaurants; Processing shall only be done indoors and without the emission of any external noxious odors]Frozen food lockerFruit packing and shippingGlass cuttingGlass tintingGrocery, wholesaleGun range (indoors and soundproofed)Janitorial serviceKennels, subject to restrictions set forth in Chapter 6 of the Margate Code of OrdinancesLaboratories—Chemical, medical, testing, researchLaundry, commercialLight 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 blendingLocksmithMachine shopsMagazine wholesale agencyMail order businessMajor appliance repairMerchant, wholesaleMetalizing processesMirror silveringMotion picture studioMoving and storageOrnamental iron and metal working shopsParking, commercial auto [Not permitted within one thousand (1,000) feet of any other commercial auto parking facility]Pest controlPhotograph developing and printingPrinting, photocopying, blueprinting shop with no more than twenty-five (25) employeesPublic utility service yardRecording studio [Soundproofing required]Refrigeration plantsRental businessResearch—Educational, scientific, and industrialSheet 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 shopSign painting, car letteringSpray painting businessStonecuttingSubstation 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 studiosTheater (outdoor)TinsmithsTool-and-die shopsTowing service [No wrecking]Tractor, retailTrailers of all kinds, campers, mobile homes, retailTrash hauler [No dumping]Truck and large engine repairUpholstery shopVehicle 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 spaceCommercial recreation uses (indoor and outdoor)Business and professional office center [must be in a building or development of at least 30,000 square feet]

Build envelope

Development standards

Headline dimensional limits for this district. Confirm exact figures against the current code for your specific parcel.

Prohibited (Sec. 40.530(D))pain management clinics; any use not specifically listed in Sec. 40.530(B); retail sales except where specifically permitted or as accessory use (max 20% of floor area and of sales transactions)

StandardMax height 60 ft; no minimum lot size

Street setback25 ft from rights-of-way under 80 ft wide, 35 ft from rights-of-way 80 ft or wider

Side and rear setbacksnone when abutting non-residential property; 60 ft when abutting residentially zoned or used property

StandardOutside storage permitted only when fully enclosed by a fence and continuous dense shrubs where abutting a lot line; required parking and interior landscaped areas may not be used

Mixed-use structures under the Live Local Act of 2023only uses permitted by the City Center District are allowed (Sec. 40.530(E))

StandardM-1A Industrial Park (Sec. 40.531) is a separate district and was not used

Accessory usesAccessory uses and structures which are clearly incidental and subordinate to a permitted use; Restaurant and dining room (only permitted as accessory to a permitted use); Retail sales as an accessory use, not to exceed 20 percent of floor area nor of total number of sales transactions (Sec. 40.530(D)(3))

Read from Margate Code Ch. 40, Art. 5, Sec. 40.530 Light IndustrialM-1; permitted = by right, conditional = needs conditional-use / special-exception approval

The fine print

In plain English

BY RIGHT No hearing needed

If your business is on the by-right list, you can occupy a space in this district and open — no zoning hearing. Building permits and licensing still apply, but the use itself is already allowed.

SPECIAL Approval first

Special-approval uses can work here too, but they go through a public review before opening. Plan for extra time and possible conditions — we'll tell you which path a space needs.

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