Detroit City Zoning Code
APPENDIX A
ASSIGNMENT OF SPECIFIC USE TYPES TO GENERAL USE CATEGORIES
(For Informational Purposes Only)
Division 1. - Letter "A."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "A," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Abattoirs (slaughter houses) | Manufacturing and production |
| Abrasives manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Acetylene manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Acid manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Acoustical material manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Adult bookstore or adult video store | Adult use/sexually-oriented business |
| Adult day care center | Day care |
| Adult cabaret | Adult use/sexually-oriented business |
| Adult foster care facility | Group living |
| Adult motion picture theater | Adult use/sexually-oriented business |
| Air conditioning (contractor) shop | Industrial service (trade services, general) |
| Aircraft landing areas for winged aircraft | Aviation and surface transportation facilities |
| Airplane manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Alkali manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Amusement park | Recreation/entertainment, outdoor |
| Animal-grooming shop | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Annealing or heat treating plants | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Antennas - Categories A, B, C, D or others | Telecommunications facilities |
| Apartment building (see Multiple-family dwelling) | Household living |
| Arcade | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Arena, sports | Auditorium or stadium |
| Armory | Auditorium or stadium |
| Art gallery | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Art needlework (factory) | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Asphalt manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Assembly of small parts | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Assembly hall | Auditorium or stadium |
| Assisted living facility | Group living |
| Auditoriums, public | Auditorium or stadium |
| Auto (see Automobile or Motor vehicle) | |
| Automated teller machine | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Automatic screw machine operations | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Automobile (see alsoMotor vehicle) | |
| Automobile accessory manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Automobile body plant | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Automobile dismantling and wrecking yard (junkyard) | Industrial service |
| Automotive, agricultural or other heavy machinery manufacturing | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Automotive services (see Motor vehicle services) | Vehicle repair and service |
| Awnings, cloth, custom manufacture or assembly | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 1; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 1), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 44-06, § 1(App. A, Div. 1), eff. 12-21-2006; Ord. No. 01-10, § 1(App. A, Div. 1), eff. 4-1-2010)
Division 2. - Letter "B."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "B," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Bailing of waste paper or rags | Manufacturing and production |
| Bake shop, retail | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Bakeries | Manufacturing and production (low-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Balls or bearings manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bank | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Bar (Establishment for the sale of beer or alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises) | Food and beverage service |
| Barber or beauty shop | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Battery rebuilding | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bed and breakfast inn | Public accommodation |
| Bed spring manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Beryllium storage, handling, or processing | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bituminous concrete manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bleaching powder compounding | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bleaching powder manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Blueprinting shop | Industrial service |
| Boarding school and dormitory | Institutional living |
| Boat terminal | Water-related facilities |
| Boatyard or shipyard; construction, repair, maintenance, dry dock | Water-related facilities |
| Body art facility | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Boiler manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Boiler repairing | Industrial service |
| Bolt or nut manufacture (not including heat treating) | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bolts or nuts manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bookbinding | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Book publishing, printing or engraving | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bottling of alcoholic products | Manufacturing and production (low-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Braces, orthopedic manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Brake debonding | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Brewing or distilling of liquors (other than microbrewery and small distillery) | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Brewery | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Brewpub or microbrewery or small distillery | Food and beverage service |
| Brick or building block manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bridge plaza and terminal, vehicular | Aviation and surface transportation facilities |
| Broom manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Buffing shop | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Bulk solid material outdoor storage facility | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Business college or commercial trade school | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Business college or equipment manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 2; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 2), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 01-10, § 1(App. A, Div. 2), eff. 4-1-2010; Ord. No. 13-11, § 1(App. A, Div. 2), eff. 8-23-2011; Ord. No. 37-17, § 1(App. A, Div. 2), eff. 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 2022-12, § 1(App. A, Div. 2), eff. 5-31-2022)
Division 3. - Letter "C."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "C," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Cabaret | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Cabinet-making shop | Industrial service (trade services, general) |
| Can, barrel, drum or pail manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Candle manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Canning factories, excluding fish products | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Canvas goods manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Car wash (motor vehicle washing and steam cleaning) | Vehicle sales, repair, and service |
| Carbide manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Carbonaceous bulk solid material facility | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Carbonic gas manufacture or storage | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Carbonic ice manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Carpenter's shop | Industrial service (trade services, general) |
| Casinos and casino complexes | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Catering establishment (food catering establishment) | Manufacturing and production |
| Cattle or sheep dip manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Cellophane or celluloid manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Cement, lime, gypsum, or plaster of Paris manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Cemeteries (including mausoleums, crematories, or columbaria) | Park and open space |
| Ceramic glaze or porcelain enamel frit manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Ceramic products manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Charcoal or fuel briquette manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Check advance center (see Financial services center) | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Check cashing store (see Financial services center) | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Chemical manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Chemical materials blending or compounding, but not involving chemicals manufacturing | Manufacturing and production |
| Child care center | Day care |
| Child caring institution | Institutional living |
| Chlorine gas manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Cigar or cigarette manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Cinema production or development | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Clay products manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Clock or watch manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Coal yard | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Coffee house (see Restaurant) | Food and beverage service |
| Coffee roasting | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Coke oven | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Cold storage plant | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Concert cafe (see Theater) | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Concert hall (see Theater) | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Concrete batching plants | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Concrete pipe or concrete pipe products manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Confection manufacture | Manufacturing and production |
| Containerized freight yard | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Convalescent, nursing, or rest home | Group living |
| Contractor's shop (see, Trade services, general, for the shops of the following contractors: air conditioning, cabinet-making, carpenter, electrical, furniture cleaning, furniture repair, heating, plumbing, rug cleaning, upholstering) | Industrial service |
| Contractor, yard, landscape or construction | Industrial service |
| Convenience store (see Store of a generally recognized retail nature for the sale of new merchandise) | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Convention or exhibit building; office, public only | Auditorium or stadium |
| Correctional institution | Institutional living |
| Cosmetic manufacturing | Manufacturing and production |
| Creameries | Manufacturing and production (low-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Credit union (see Bank) | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Crematory (See Cemetery) | Park and open space |
| Crematory or pet crematory | Industrial service |
| Crushing, grading, and screening of rock, stone, slag, clay, or concrete | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Customer service center | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Customs office | Community service |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 3; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 34-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 12-6-2005; Ord. No. 44-06, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 12-21-2006; Ord. No. 13-11, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 8-23-2011; Ord. No. 10-13, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 4-16-2013; Ord. No. 38-14, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 10-16-2014; Ord. No. 2022-12, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 5-31-2022; Ord. No. 2023-6, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 3-8-2023; Ord. No. 2023-41, § 1(App. A, Div. 3), eff. 12-30-2023)
Division 4. - Letter "D."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "D," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Dance hall, public | Assembly |
| Dead animal reduction | Waste-related use |
| Dental clinic | Office |
| Dental products, surgical, or optical goods manufacture | Manufacturing and production |
| Detailing shop, auto | Vehicle repair and service |
| Detention facility | Institutional living |
| Dextrine manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Die casting | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Disinfectant or insecticide manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Display designer's or builder's shops | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Distillation of coal, petroleum, bones, tar, or refuse | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Distillery, small (see Small distillery) | Food and beverage service |
| Distilling of alcoholic products | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Docks, waterway shipping/freighters | Water-related facilities |
| Dog or cat food cannery or manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Dog or cat food cannery or manufacture, excluding rendering or the use of fish products | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Door, sash, or trim manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Dormitory | Institutional living |
| Draperies manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Drive-in theater | Recreation/entertainment, outdoor |
| Drop forge plants | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Dry cleaning, laundry, or laundromat | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Dyestuffs manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 4; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 4), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 44-06, § 1(App. A, Div. 4), eff. 12-21-2006; Ord. No. 13-11, § 1(App. A, Div. 4), eff. 8-23-2011; Ord. No. 37-17, § 1(App. A, Div. 4), eff. 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 2023-6, § 1(App. A, Div. 4), eff. 3-8-2023)
Division 5. - Letter "E."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "E," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Educational institution | Schools |
| Electric contractor's shop (see Trade services, general) | Industrial service |
| Electric equipment assembly | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Electric fixtures, batteries, or other electrical apparatus manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Electric transformer station | Utility, basic |
| Elevators, grain | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Emergency shelter | Group living |
| Emery cloth or sandpaper manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Employee recruitment center | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Engine manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Engraving shop | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Establishment for the sale of beer or alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises | Food and beverage service |
| Explosives storage | Warehouse and freight movement |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 5; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 5), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 6. - Letter "F."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "F," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Family day care home | Day care |
| Feed or grain mill | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Felt manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Ferry terminal | Water-related facilities |
| Fertilizer manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Filtration plant | Utility, major |
| Financial services center | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Fire or police station, post office, courthouse and similar public building | Community service |
| Firearms dealership | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Firearms target practice range, indoor | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Fireworks sales, consumer | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Fish oil or meal manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Fish smoking, curing, canning, or cleaning | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Flag or banner manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Flea market (see Used goods dealer) | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Food catering establishment | Manufacturing and production |
| Food or produce market, wholesale | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Food products manufacturing or processing | Manufacturing and production (low-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Food stamp distribution center | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Foundry, ferrous or nonferrous | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Fraternity or sorority house | Group living |
| Freight yard (containerized or noncontainerized) | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Fuel dock | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Funeral home (see Mortuary) | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Furniture and rug cleaning establishment | Industrial service (trade services, general) |
| Furniture repair and upholstering | Industrial service (trade services, general) |
| Furniture manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Furs: manufacture, cutting, or assembly | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 6; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 6), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 7. - Letter "G."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "G," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Garbage, offal, or dead animal reduction | Waste-related use |
| Garden center (See Store of a generally recognized retail nature for the sale of new merchandise) | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Gas regulator station | Utility, basic |
| Gas station (see Motor vehicle filling station) | Vehicle repair and service |
| Glass blowing | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Glass laminating | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Glass manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Glucose manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Glue manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Go-cart track | Recreation/entertainment, outdoor |
| Golf course | Park and open space |
| Golf course, miniature | Recreation/entertainment, outdoor |
| Governmental service agency | Community service |
| Graphite manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Group day care home | Day care |
| Group home (seeAdult foster care facility or Emergency shelter or Home for the aged or Residential substance abuse service facility or Shelter for victims of domestic violence) | Group living |
| (See also Pre-release adjustment center.) | Institutional living |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 7; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 7), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 34-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 7), 12-6-2005; Ord. No. 10-13, § 1(App. A, Div. 7), eff. 4-16-2013)
Division 8. - Letter "H."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "H," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Hazardous waste facility | Waste-related use |
| Health club (seeRecreation, indoor commercial) | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Heating (contractor) shop | Industrial service (trade services, general |
| Heating or ventilating apparatus assembly (not including fabrication or sheet metal ductwork) | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Heating or ventilating apparatus manufacture or assembly | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Heating plant with fuel storage on site | Utility, major |
| Heliports | Aviation and surface transportation facilities |
| High/medium-impact manufacturing or processing | Manufacturing and production |
| High-impact manufacturing or processing | Manufacturing and production |
| Home for the aged | Group living |
| Hospice | Hospital |
| Hospital | Hospital |
| Hotel | Public accommodation |
| Household appliance repair shop | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 8; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 8), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 01-10, § 1(App. A, Div. 8), eff. 4-1-2010)
Division 9. - Letter "I."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "I," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Ice manufacture | Manufacturing and production |
| Ice skating rink | Park and open space |
| Incinerator plant | Waste-related use |
| Industrial laundry | Industrial service |
| Ink manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Ink or paint products compounding | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Insulation manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Intermodal freight terminal | Warehouse and freight movement |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 9; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 9), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 10. - Letter "J."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "J," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Jewelry manufacture | Manufacturing and production |
| Junkyard | Industrial service |
| Jute fabrication | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 10; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 10), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 11. - Letter "K."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "K," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Kennel, commercial | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Knit goods manufacture | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 11; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 11), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 12. - Letter "L."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "L," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Lampblack manufacturing | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Laundry | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Laundry, industrial | Industrial service |
| Leather goods manufacture or fabrication | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Library | Library |
| Linoleum manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Lithographing and sign shops | Manufacturing and production |
| Lodging house, public | Public accommodation |
| Loft | Household living |
| Low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing | Manufacturing and production |
| Low-impact manufacturing or processing | Manufacturing and production |
| Lumber yard | Industrial service |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 12; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 12), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 13. - Letter "M."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "M," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Machine shop | Industrial service |
| Marijuana grower facility | Medical marijuana facilities and adult-use marijuana establishments |
| Marijuana processor facility | Medical marijuana facilities and adult-use marijuana establishments |
| Marijuana retail/provisioning facility | Medical marijuana facilities and adult-use marijuana establishments |
| Marijuana safety compliance facility | Medical marijuana facilities and adult-use marijuana establishments |
| Marijuana secure transporter facility | Medical marijuana facilities and adult-use marijuana establishments |
| Marina | Water-related facilities |
| Massage facility | Office |
| Mattress manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Mattress manufacturing, assembly of new materials only | Manufacturing and production (low/medium impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Meat products manufacturing or processing | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Medical or dental clinic, physical therapy clinic, or massage facility | Office |
| Mercado (see Store of a generally recognized retail nature) | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Millwork, lumber or planing mills | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Mobile home park | Household living |
| Monument works | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Mortuary or funeral home | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Motel | Public accommodation |
| Motor vehicle detailing shop | Vehicle sales, repair, and service |
| Motor vehicle filling station | Vehicle sales, repair, and service |
| Motor vehicle washing and steam cleaning | Vehicle sales, repair, and service |
| Motor vehicles, new, salesroom or sales lot | Vehicle sales, repair, and service |
| Motor vehicles, new, storage lot accessory to a salesroom or sales lot for new motor vehicles | Vehicle sales, repair, and service |
| Motor vehicles, used, salesroom or sales lot | Vehicle sales, repair, and service |
| Motor vehicles, used, storage lot accessory to a salesroom or sales lot for used motor vehicles | Vehicle sales, repair, and service |
| Motorcycle club; a type of Private clubs, lodges or similar uses | Assembly |
| Motorcycles, retail sales, rental or service | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Moving truck/trailer rental lot (see Trailers, utility—sales, rental, or service; moving truck/trailer rental lot) | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Multiple-family dwelling | Household living |
| Museum | Museum |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 13; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 13), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 44-06, § 1(App. A, Div. 13), eff. 12-21-2006; Ord. No. 38-14, § 1(App. A, Div. 13), eff. 10-16-2014; Ord. No. 37-17, § 1(App. A, Div. 13), eff. 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 20-18, § 1, eff. 10-14-2018; Ord. No. 2023-6, § 1(App. A, Div. 13), eff. 3-8-2023; Ord. No. 2023-41, § 1(App. A, Div. 13), eff. 12-30-2023)
Division 14. - Letter "N."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "N," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Nail salon | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Neighborhood center, non-profit | Community service |
| Newspaper, daily, publishing or printing | Manufacturing and production |
| Nursery with stock for retail sales | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Nursery, wholesale sales only, including landscape contractors | Industrial service |
| Nursing home | Group living |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 14; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 14), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 15. - Letter "O."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "O," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Office, business or professional | Office |
| Optical goods manufacture | Manufacturing and production |
| Outdoor art exhibition grounds; sculpture gardens | Museum |
| Outdoor commercial recreation not otherwise specified | Recreation/entertainment, outdoor |
| Outdoor entertainment facility | Auditorium or stadium |
| Outdoor recreation facility | Park and open space |
| Outdoor storage yard | Industrial service |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 15; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 15), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 16. - Letter "P."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "P," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Paint, enamel, oil, shellac, lacquer, varnish, or synthetic resin manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Painting or varnishing shops | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Paper box or cardboard products manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Paper manufacturing or reclaiming | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Paper or cardboard box forming or assembly | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Park; a type of Outdoor recreation facility | Park and open space |
| Park, major; a type of Outdoor recreation facility | Park and open space |
| Park, small or neighborhood; a type of Outdoor recreation facility | Park and open space |
| Parklot; a type of Outdoor recreation facility | Park and open space |
| Parking lot or parking area for operable private passenger vehicles | Parking, commercial |
| Parking structure | Parking, commercial |
| Parkway | Park and open space |
| Party store (where alcoholic liquor sales are involved, see Specially designated merchant's (SDM) establishment or Specially designated distributor's (SDD) establishment for retail establishments consisting of less than 15,000 square feet of gross floor area; see Store of a generally recognized retail nature whose primary business is the sale of new merchandise for retail establishments consisting of 15,000 square feet or more of usable retail space) | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Passenger transportation terminal | Aviation and surface transportation facilities |
| Pattern shop | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Pawnshop | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Payday lending center | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Peep show; a type of Adult bookstore or adult video store | Adult use/sexually-oriented business |
| Penal or correctional institution; detention facility | Institutional living |
| Pet crematory (see Crematory or pet crematory) | Industrial service |
| Pet shop | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Petroleum refining or processing | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Pharmaceutical products manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Phenol manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Physical therapy clinic | Office |
| Photo studio | Office |
| Photocopying or computing, self-service | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Plasma donation center | Office |
| Plastic products forming or molding | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Plastic products manufacture | Manufacturing and production(high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Plating or anodizing | Manufacturing and production high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Playfield; a type of Outdoor recreation facility | Park and open space |
| Playground; a type of Outdoor recreation facility | Park and open space |
| Playlot; a type of Outdoor recreation facility | Park and open space |
| Plumbing (contractor) shop | Industrial service (trade services, general) |
| Police station | Community service |
| Pool hall | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Poultry or small game—Storage or killing for direct, retail sale on the premises or for wholesale trade | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Power or heating plant with fuel storage on site | Utility, major |
| Precious metal and gem dealer | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Pre-release adjustment center | Institutional living |
| Printing or engraving shop, or sign shop | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Private club, lodge, or similar use | Assembly |
| Produce or food market, wholesale | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Public aquarium | Museum |
| Public bathhouse (see Recreation, indoor commercial and health club) | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Public center limited sales and service | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Public storage house | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Pumping station | Utility, major |
| Pyroxylin plastic manufacture or processing | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 16; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 16), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 34-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 16), eff. 12-6-2005; Ord. No. 44-06, § 1(App. A, Div. 16), eff. 12-21-2006; Ord. No. 01-10, § 1(App. A, Div. 16), eff. 4-1-2010; Ord. No. 04-12, § 1(App. A, Div. 16), eff. 3-30-2012; Ord. No. 37-17, § 1(App. A, Div. 16), eff. 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 2023-41, § 1(App. A, Div. 16), eff. 12-30-2023)
Division 17. - Letter "Q."
(Reserved)
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 17; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 17), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 18. - Letter "R."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "R," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Race track, motor vehicle | Auditorium or stadium |
| Radio isotope fabrication or use | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Radio or television station | Office |
| Radio, television, or household appliance repair shop | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Radioactive waste handling | Waste-related use |
| Railroad right-of-way, not including storage tracks, yards, or buildings | Railroad facilities |
| Railroad transfer or storage tracks | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Rebound tumbling center | Recreation/entertainment, outdoor |
| Recording studio or photo studio or video studio, no assembly hall | Office |
| Recreation center | Park and open space, or nonprofit neighborhood center under Section 50-12-187 of this Code |
| Recreation, indoor commercial and health club | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Recreational vehicle storage lot (see Trucking terminal, etc.) | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Recycling center | Waste-related use |
| Religious institution | Religious institution |
| Religious residential facility | Group living |
| Rendering plant | Waste-related use |
| Rental hall | Assembly |
| Replating | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Research facilities | Industrial service |
| Research or testing laboratory | Manufacturing and production |
| Reservoir | Utility, major |
| Residential substance abuse service facility | Group living |
| Residential use (combined in structures with permitted commercial use) | Household living |
| Residential-area utility facilities, public | Utility, basic |
| Rest home | Group living |
| Restaurant, carry-out or fast-food | Food and beverage service |
| Restaurant, standard | Food and beverage service |
| Retail sales and service in business and professional offices | Retail sales (occupant-oriented) |
| Retail sales and service in multiple-residential structures | Retail sales (occupant-oriented) |
| Retail store (see Store of a generally recognized retail nature) | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Roofing materials manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Rooming house | Group living |
| Rope manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Rug cleaning establishment (see Trade services, general) | Industrial service |
| Rug manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 18; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 18), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 34-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 18), eff. 12-6-2005)
Division 19. - Letter "S."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "S," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Salt works | Manufacturing and production |
| Schools, elementary, middle/junior high, or high | Schools |
| School or studio of dance, gymnastics, music, art, or cooking | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Scrap iron and metal processor (junkyard) | Industrial service |
| Scrap tire storage, processing, or recycling facility | Waste-related use |
| Semi-nude model studio | Adult use/sexually-oriented business |
| Sewage disposal plant | Waste-related use |
| Sexually-oriented business | Adult use/sexually-oriented business |
| Sheet metal works | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing |
| Shelter for victims of domestic violence | Group living |
| Shoe polish manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Shoe repair shop | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Sign shop (See Lithographing) | Manufacturing and production |
| Silk screening (See Lithographing) | Manufacturing and production |
| Single-family detached dwelling | Household living |
| Single-room-occupancy (SRO) housing, non-profit | Household living |
| Small distillery | Food and beverage service |
| Small winery | Food and beverage service |
| Smelting or refining of metals or ores | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Smoking lounge, cigar | Recreation and entertainment, indoor |
| Smoking lounge, other | Recreation and entertainment, indoor |
| Soap manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Soda water or soft drink manufacturing or bottling establishments | Manufacturing and production (low-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Solar generation station | Utility, basic |
| Sorority house | Group living |
| Specially designated distributor's (SDD) or specially designated merchant's (SDM) establishment | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Stadium or sports arena | Auditorium or stadium |
| Stamping or pressing plants | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Starch manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Steam generating plant | Utility, major |
| Steel barrel, drum, or pail renovation or reclaiming | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Steel mills | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Steel warehousing | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Storage building | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Storage or killing of poultry or small game for direct retail sale on the premises or for wholesale trade | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Store of a generally recognized retail nature whose primary business is the sale of new merchandise | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Substance abuse service facility | Community service |
| Sugar refining | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Surgical goods manufacture | Manufacturing and production |
| Swimming pool | Park and open space |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 19; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 19), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 01-10, § 1(App. A, Div. 19), eff. 4-1-2010; Ord. No. 13-11, § 1(App. A, Div. 19), eff. 8-23-2011; Ord. No. 13-16, § 1(App. A, Div. 19), eff. 5-20-2016; Ord. No. 37-17, § 1(App. A, Div. 19), eff. 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 2023-36, § 1(App. A, Div. 19), eff. 3-5-2024)
Division 20. - Letter "T."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "T," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Tank storage of bulk oil or gasoline | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Tanning, curing, or storage of raw hides or skins | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Tar products manufacture | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Tavern (establishment for the sale of beer or alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises) | Food and beverage service |
| Taxicab dispatch and/or storage facility | Vehicle repair and service |
| Telecommunications building, private | Telecommunications facilities |
| Telephone exchange building | Utility, basic |
| Television or radio station | Office |
| Television repair shop | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Tennis court | Park and open space |
| Terra cotta manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Testing laboratory | Manufacturing and production |
| Theater and concert cafe, excluding drive-in theaters | Recreation/entertainment, indoor |
| Tire manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Tire recapping | Manufacturing and production (high/medium impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Tires, used, sales and/or service | Industrial service |
| Tobacco retail store | Retail sales and service, sales-oriented |
| Toiletries or cosmetic manufacturing | Manufacturing and production |
| Tool, die, and gauge manufacturing, small items | Manufacturing and production |
| Tool sharpening or grinding | Industrial service |
| Towing service storage yard | Industrial service |
| Townhouse | Household living |
| Trade services, general | Industrial service |
| Trailer coaches or boat sale or rental, open air display | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Trailers, utility—sales, rental, or service; moving truck/trailer rental lot | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Transfer building | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Transfer station for garbage, refuse, or rubbish | Waste-related use |
| Truck stop | Industrial service |
| Trucking terminal, transfer building, recreational vehicle storage lot, and open area for the parking of semi-trailers, buses, and other operable commercial vehicles, not including limousines and taxicabs | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Tunnel plaza and terminal, vehicular | Aviation and surface transportation facilities |
| Turpentine manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Two-family dwelling | Household living |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 20; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 20), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 37-17, § 1(App. A, Div. 20), eff. 2-6-2018; Ord. No. 2023-6, § 1(App. A. Div. 20), eff. 3-8-2023; Ord. No. 2023-36, § 1(App. A, Div. 20), eff. 3-5-2024)
Division 21. - Letter "U."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "U," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Used vehicle parts sales | Industrial service |
| Used goods dealer | Retail sales and service (sales-oriented) |
| Utilities | Utility, basic or utility, major |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 21; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 21), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 22. - Letter "V."
Specific use types, beginning with the letter "V," assigned to general use categories are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Vehicle ferry terminal | Water-related facilities |
| Vehicle services (see Motor vehicle services) | Vehicle repair and service |
| Vending machine assembly | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Vending machine commissary | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Very high-impact manufacturing or processing | Manufacturing and production |
| Veterinary clinic for small animals | Retail sales and service (service-oriented) |
| Video studio (seeRecording studio) | Office |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 22; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 22), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 34-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 22), 12-6-2005)
Division 23. - Letter "W."
Specific use types assigned to general use categories beginning with the letter "W" are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Wall board manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Warehousing | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Water works, reservoir, pumping station, or filtration plant | Utility, major |
| Waste, scrap materials: indoor storage, handling and/or transfer | Waste-related use |
| Wearing apparel manufacturing | Manufacturing and production |
| Welding shop | Industrial service |
| Wholesaling, warehousing, storage buildings, or public storage facilities | Warehouse and freight movement |
| Winery, small (see Small winery) | Food and beverage service |
| Wire manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Wire rope assembly | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Wool pulling | Manufacturing and production (very high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Wrought iron, custom decorative shops | Manufacturing and production (high/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Wrought iron, custom decorative shops (excluding mechanical forging) | Manufacturing and production (low/medium-impact manufacturing or processing) |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 23; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 23), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 37-17, § 1(App. A, Div. 23), eff. 2-6-2018)
Division 24. - Letter "X."
(Reserved)
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 24; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 24), eff. 5-28-2005)
Division 25. - Letter "Y."
Specific use types assigned to general use categories beginning with the letter "Y" are as follows:
| Specific Land Use | Use Category |
| Yeast manufacture | Manufacturing and production (high-impact manufacturing or processing) |
| Youth activity center (seeNeighborhood center, non-profit) | Community service |
| Youth hostel/hostel | Public accommodation |
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 25; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 25), eff. 5-28-2005; Ord. No. 01-10, § 1(App. A, Div. 25), eff. 4-1-2010; Ord. No. 13-11, § 1(App. A, Div. 25), eff. 8-23-2011)
Division 26. - Letter "Z."
(Reserved)
(Code 1984, App. A, Div. 26; Ord. No. 11-05, § 1(App. A, Div. 26), eff. 5-28-2005)