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
Manufacture or processing of bakery goods, candies, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, pharmaceuticals and food products (unless otherwise prohibited), Manufacturing, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles from previously prepared materials (bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, fur, felt, fiber, glass, horn, hair, leather, paper, plastics, precious and semiprecious metals or stones, shells, textiles, tobacco, wood except planing mills, yarn), Manufacture of pottery, figurines and other ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay, kiln-fired only by electricity or gas, Manufacture and assembly of metal products including electroplating, Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties, notions, and rubber and metal stamps, Machine shops, Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radio, television and phonographs, including manufacture of small parts (coils, condensers, transformers, crystal holders), Plastic manufacturing, except pyroxylin, Ice manufacturing and distributing, Boat building, repair and sales, Laundry and dry cleaning plants, Storage warehouses, Welding shop, Wholesale establishments, Crematory/funeral home, Home appliance repair, Hand laundry, Job printing shop, Locksmith, Sharpening and grinding, Radio, television and phonograph repair, Newspaper printing plant, Taxi service establishment, New and used automobile, truck and trailer display, sales and repair; repair and service garage, including bumping and painting; auto laundry, Hatchery, fish or fowl, Sales of new and used motorcycles, Sign painting, Glass and mirror shop, Awning and canvas shop, Furniture repair shop, Milk distributing stations, Diaper and linen services, Tire and battery store, Retail plumbing and electrical fixtures, Lawnmower rental, sales and service, Ship chandlery, Upholstery shop, Pumps and wells, retail and wholesale, Taxidermist, Research and testing laboratory, Pest control agency, Clubs, private, noncommercial, Machinery sales, storage and repair, Wreckers, building and automobile, Major office employment centers (office park or single office building over 30,000 sq ft gross covered area consistent with the city land use plan; must meet B-3 district requirements except a 20-ft landscaped bermed buffer where abutting a trafficway or residential district)
With special approval
Police, fire protection facilities, public safety facilities, Office uses other than major employment centers (subject to city land use plan restrictions; permitted uses in industrial areas), Public and private utility services and accessory buildings and structures (telephone exchange, gas and water regulation station, electric power and light substation, sewage treatment plant, water tower/storage tank/reservoir/water or waste water treatment plant), Athletic clubs and health spas, Automobile service stations, with or without repairs, Sales of used automobile parts, Bus terminals, Canning or freezing plant, Citrus packing and canning plant, Excavations, rock pits, Salvage and junkyards, Restaurants and fast-food restaurants, for the primary use of the employees of the industrial area, Toiletries, perfumes, Facilities for the manufacture, storage, transfer, loading, mixing, batching, dispensation or sale of creosote, paint, varnish, lacquer, or other preservatives, glue or adhesives, lard, shortening, animal or vegetable oils or similar products, Facilities for the manufacture, storage, transfer, loading, mixing, batching, dispensation or sale of insecticides, fertilizers, poisonous gases and similar products (storage/sale of containerized household or home garden supplies not prohibited), Convenience store for the primary use of the employees of the industrial area, Truck sales, new and used, Commercial radio, television, microwave transmission and relay stations and towers, Brick, tile or terra cotta manufacturing, Veterinary clinics and kennels, Government facilities not otherwise listed as permitted uses
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