Approved Uses by Zoning — Light Industrial (I-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
Manufacture or processing of bakery goods, candies, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, pharmaceuticals, and food produce (unless otherwise prohibited), Manufacturing/compounding/assembling/treatment of articles from previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, fur, felt, fiber, glass, horn, hair, leather, paper, plastics, precious/semiprecious metals or stones, shells, textiles, tobacco, wood (except planing mills), yarn, Manufacture of pottery/figurines/ceramic products (previously pulverized clay, kiln-fired by electricity or gas only), Manufacture and assembly of metal products including electroplating, Manufacture of musical instruments or toys, novelties, notions, rubber and metal stamps, Machine shops, Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments/devices, radio/TV/phonographs (incl. small parts such as coils, condensers, transformers, crystal holders), Ice manufacturing and distributing, Laundry and dry cleaning plants, linen and diaper services, Storage warehouses (except mini-warehouses), Welding shop, Wholesale establishments, Home appliance repair, locksmith, lawn mower sales/service, sharpening and grinding, radio/TV/phonograph repair, Printing plant, New automobile sales and service dealerships (sale of ≤2-axle trucks and used autos allowed as ancillary uses), Sign painting; glass and mirror shop; upholstery shop; awning and canvas shop; furniture repair; similar service uses, Milk processing and distributing, Taxidermist, pest control agency and similar service uses, Pumps, machinery, plumbing and electrical fixtures — wholesale and repair, Research and testing laboratory, Building trades contractors (no outdoor storage of equipment or materials), Restaurants for take-out or delivery only (primarily for employees of the industrial area), General office use and office buildings (office park or freestanding office >30,000 sf subject to B-5 standards, Sec. 16-78), Public and private utilities and accessory buildings/structures (pump stations, transformer stations, treatment plant, storage — not solid waste facilities — ≥1,000 ft from residential), Radio, television, and video recording studios, Municipal offices and service facilities in retail centers, office buildings, and warehouses (not government-owned), County-owned and municipally-owned uses, Regulated (adult) uses per Sec. 16-115 (adult bookstore/novelty/video, adult dancing, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, encounter/modeling studio, massage establishment, nude entertainment), Limited retail sales (accessory to an existing permitted industrial use; showroom in same enclosed building; only on-premises warehoused/manufactured goods; <20% of gross building floor area; limited hours; drugs/marijuana/large equipment/furniture/pumps/lumber retail prohibited), Processing of spirituous beverages as a rectifier/blender (valid FL ERB license, no on-premises consumption or retail sales)
With special approval
All uses permitted in the OS Recreation/Open Space District, Building contractor with any outdoor storage of equipment or materials, Sports arenas, stadiums, skating rinks, skateboard parks, water slides, go-kart raceways, bowling alleys, outdoor/indoor recreation and amusements, Health clubs and health spas, Automobile repair, major and minor (excluding motorcycle repair; not adjacent to residential; not adjacent to a Broward County Trafficway; screened outdoor storage behind principal building), Gasoline station, Canning or freezing plant, Restaurants and fast food restaurants (for employees of the industrial area unless direct access from a Broward County Trafficway), Commercial radio/TV/microwave transmission and relay stations and towers, Brick, tile or terra cotta manufacturing, Veterinary clinics and kennels, Rental agencies (incl. truck rental/leasing; excluding automobile rental/leasing), Outside storage of boats, trailers, vans or recreational vehicles (not adjacent to residential; 10-ft screening hedge or masonry wall), Hotels or motels (per Sec. 16-79(d)(4)), Off-site parking lots, Parks, Adult education, instructional schools, and vocational schools, Hospitals or clinics, Libraries, Governmental administration with services and maintenance facilities, Police and fire facilities, Public and private utilities <1,000 ft from residential (not solid waste facilities), Electronics recycling (only when co-located with a vocational institution), Day care centers, Community residential homes (Art. XVII), One dwelling unit per public school site (accessory), Cemeteries and mausoleums, Museums co-located with exhibit restoration facilities (no retail sales of display items), Sport shooting ranges
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