The M-1 Industrial District is established to provide a suitable area for firms engaged in light manufacturing and the storage and distribution of goods, to protect the surrounding land uses, to discourage uses incompatible to light manufacturing, and to protect the existing industries in the district.

In the M-1 Light Industrial District the following uses are permitted:

701.1 Light industries, plus operations incidental to such uses, which involve manufacturing, processing, assembly or storage, in no way involve any junk or salvage operations; provided that there is no open storage of junk or salvage materials; and provided that any noise, vibration, smoke, gas, fumes, odor, dust, fire hazard or other injurious, obnoxious or objectionable conditions related to the operation are not sufficient to create a nuisance beyond the premises.

701.2 Agriculture.

701.3 Agricultural equipment sales and service.

701.4 Automobile, truck, equipment or machine parts or servicing establishments.

701.5 Baking establishments.

701.6 Bottling and distribution plants.

701.7 Cemeteries, provided that the application procedures conform with the provisions set forth in the Code of Alabama (recompiled 1958), Title 22, Section 88, and the Code of Alabama (recompiled 1958), Title 37, Section 478, ^[4] and further provided that the satisfactory evidence of adequate perpetual care shall be furnished the city council.

701.8 Commercial trade or vocational schools.

701.9 Electronic firms.

701.10 Gasoline service stations, provided that all structures, including pumps and underground storage tanks, are placed not less than twenty-five (25) feet from any property line and that such use shall front a major thoroughfare or major collector street. Points of access and egress shall be located not less than twenty (20) feet from the intersection of street lines.

701.11 Heavy equipment sales and service.

701.12 Horticultural nursery.

701.13 Laundry and dry cleaning establishments.

701.14 Newspaper and printing plants.

701.15 Off-street parking lots and garages.

701.16 Public buildings and uses.

701.17 Public utility structures.

701.18 Radio and television stations and transmission towers.

701.19 Restaurants, cafes, drive-in restaurants and similar establishments.

701.20 Sales and service of boats, boat trailers, prefabricated structures and mobile homes.

701.21 Storage and parking facilities for equipment and supplies.

701.22 Signs:

(a)

Business; and

(b)

Outdoor advertising.

701.23 Transportation terminal facilities, including airfields and truck terminals.

701.24 Wholesaling, warehousing, storage and those businesses which are incidental thereto, including building material yards, provided that the operation does not involve the storage of any materials of an explosive nature and provided that there is no open storage of junk or salvage materials of any type in connection with the operation.

701.25 Veterinary hospitals and kennels.

The M-2 Industrial District is established to provide a suitable area for the location of heavy manufacturing plants, to protect the existing industries in the district, and to discourage uses incompatible with heavy industry.

In the M-2 General Industrial District the following uses are permitted:

702.1 Any uses permitted in M-1 Light Industrial District.

702.2 Any industrial use, plus operations incidental to or required for such use, which involves manufacturing, processing, assembly, transportation or storage operations aimed at the subsequent storage, reprocessing, reshipment or sale of products, heavy materials or equipment; but not including activities which may cause noise, vibration, smoke, gas, fumes, odor, dust, fire hazards, dangerous radiation or any other conditions which constitute a nuisance beyond the property lines, except under conditions as specified in subsection 702.3.

702.3 Any industrial use, plus operations incidental to such use, which may produce injurious or obnoxious noise, vibrations, smoke, gas fumes, odor, dust, fire hazard or other objectionable conditions, provided that:

(a)

Such objectionable conditions are not a nuisance to adjoining properties;

(b)

Such use is located at least two hundred (200) feet from any abutting property line;

(c)

Such use is located on a site at least ten (10) acres in size; and

(d)

There is a planted buffer strip at least ten (10) feet wide along the side and rear property lines.

702.4 Bulk storage of petroleum, bottled gas or related products.

702.5 Junkyards or salvage yards, provided that the total area be screened from all adjacent development and any public rights-of-way by a planted evergreen buffer strip at least ten (10) feet wide along the property line.

702.6 Stockyards, livestock sales, slaughterhouses, and the processing of poultry and livestock.