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La Porte City Zoning Code

APPENDIX

- USES BY ZONING DISTRICT

La Porte County, City of La Porte and Michigan City

Use
P = Permitted by Right
S = Requires special exception approval
A1
A2
R1A
R1B
R1C
R1D
R1E
R2A
R2B
R3A
R3B
R4
B1
B2
B3
O1
CBD1
CBD2
MD
AP
M1
M2
Residential
Single-family detached dwellings P P P P P P P P P P
Two-family dwellings S P P P P
Single-family attached/townhouses P P P P P P P
Multiple-family dwellings P P P P P P
Dwellings in mixed-use buildings P P P S
Dwelling units for watchmen and operating personnel and their families P P P P P P P P
Fraternity, sorority or student cooperatives S S S S S S S S S
Home occupations P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Mobile home parks P
Mobile home subdivisions P
Accessory dwelling unit S S S S S S S P P P P
Agriculture and animal-related uses
Agricultural uses P P P P
Boarding stables P P
Confined feeding operations S S
Farm implement dealers S S P P P
Farm seasonal worker housing P P
Grain elevator and storage P P P P
Hatcheries P P
Keeping of horses and livestock P P P P
Kennels P P S P P
Livestock yards S S S S
Locker plants S P P
Plant nursery and commercial greenhouses P P P P P P
Produce terminals P P P P
Roadside stands P P P
Slaughterhouse S
Veterinary hospital for large animals S S S P S
Veterinary hospital for small animals S S S P S
Retail trade
Retail uses up to 40,000 square feet gross floor area, except where otherwise listed P P P P P P
Any retail use between 40,000 and 60,000 square feet gross floor area S P S
Any retail use over 60,000 square feet gross floor area P S
Retail uses with accessory drive through service S P P
Adult retail store P P
Art and school supply stores P P P P P
Auction houses S S P
Bait shops P P P P P
Bakeries, retail sales only P P P P
Business machine sales and service P P P P P P
Computer sales P P P P P
Convenience stores P P P P P P P P
Convenience stores with gasoline sales S S S P
Feed stores P P P
Grocery stores/super markets P P P P P
Furnace/air conditioner sales/service P P P
Lawn & garden supply, greenhouse, and retail nurseries without outdoor sales S S P P P
Lawn & garden supply, greenhouse, and retail nurseries with outdoor sales S S P S S
Gift, souvenir handicraft stores S S P P P P P P P
Glass sales & service P P P
Hardware, electrical, plumbing, paint and floor covering sales without open storage P P P
Home improvement, building material sales, and lumber yard with open storage S
Lawn mower sales/service P P P P
Liquor stores P P P P P
Machinery and equipment sales S P P
Mail order business P P P
Marine accessory shops P P P P
Media store, general P P P P P
Media store, with backroom P P P P P
Mobile homes and trailer sales/rental S P P
Monument establishments—Including accessory open sales lots P
Newsstands P P P P P P P
Office supply stores P P P P P
Open air markets and outdoor sales S P
Pet shops, dog grooming and day care (not including overnight boarding) P P P P
Petroleum products sales S P P
Pharmacies P P S P P P
Planned neighborhood shopping centers S S S S S
Produce markets S S P P P P P
Secondhand stores and rummage shops P
Services
Barber/beauty shops P P P P P
Cleaning services P P P
Dry cleaners, pick-up P P P P P P
Dry cleaning plants/commercial laundries S P P
Interior decorating shops P P P P P
Laundries P P S S P
Locksmith shops P P P P P
Office service centers P P P P P P P
Pawnshops S
Pest control services S P P
Photographic studios P P P P P
Repair shops, nonautomotive P P P
Shoe repair shops P P P P P
Tailor shops P P P P P
Tattoo establishment S
Taxidermists S S P P P P
Tool and equipment rental P P P
Motor vehicle dealers and service
Automobile rental S P P S S P P P
Automobile sales (new/used) S P
Automobile washes S S P
Vehicle service stations S S P S
Minor automobile service and repair S S P P
Major automobile service, body repair and painting S P P
Motorcycle, snowmobile and ATV sales/service P P
Parts stores S P P P P P
Truck rental S S P P
Truck sales (new/used) S S P P
Truck stops S S S
Vehicle salvage yards S
Vehicle auctions S P P
Accommodation and food services
Banquet halls P P P P P P P
Bed & breakfasts S S S S S S S S S S S P P P P P P
Cafeterias (as an accessory use) P P P P P P P P P P
Candy and ice cream shops P P P P P P
Catering services P P P P P
Delicatessens P P P P P P P P
Exhibition halls P P P P
Hotel-miniums P P P P
Hotels/motels P P P P P P P
Restaurants, carryout P P P P P P P P S S
Restaurants, standard not including drive-thru/in P P P P P P P P S S
Restaurant, drive-thru/in S S
Restaurant and taverns with outdoor seating S P P S P P P S S
Taverns and bars P P P P P P P P S S
Finance, insurance, real estate, professional, scientific, and technical
Banks & financial institutions P P P P P P
Blueprinting and photostatting establishments P P P P P P
Newspaper offices including printing P P P P P P P
Offices, general and professional with accessory research and testing P P P P P P P P P
Printing and publishing establishments P P P P P P P
Radio, television and recording studios P P P P P
Research & development laboratories P P P P
Travel agencies P P P P P P P
Health care and social assistance
Day care centers, commercial/preschools S S S S S S S S S S P P P P P P P P P P
Day care homes, residential licensed for 12 or fewer children P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Foster care homes P P P P P P P P P P
Funeral homes/mortuaries S S S S S S P P P S S
Group homes licensed for 8 or fewer residents P P P P P P P P P P
Group homes licensed for more than 8 residents P P
Halfway houses S S
Hospital-related uses P P P
Hospitals S S S
Massage therapy services P P P P P P P
Medical and dental clinics P P P P P P P
Medical laboratories P P S S P
Nursing homes and senior assisted living S S S S P P P P P
Optical sales P P P P P
Orthopedic and medical appliance sales P P P P P
Philanthropic and eleemosynary institutions S S S S S S
Entertainment and recreation
Adult cabaret P P
Adult motion picture theater P P
Amusement/arcade establishments S S S
Amusement parks S S P
Archery ranges S S
Boat clubs S S S S S S S S S S S P
Boat harbors/public marinas, including service, storage, and fuel sales S P
Boat sales, including service P P S S P P P
Boat storage P P P
Bowling alleys P
Campgrounds S S S P S
Canoe rental P P
Casinos S
Commercial outdoor recreation facilities such as batting cages, driving ranges and putt-putt golf S S S
Dance schools P P P P P
Forestry/wildlife preserve P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Golf course and country clubs S S S S S S P P P P P P P S P S
Health and athletic clubs P P P P P P P
Ice skating rinks P P P P P P
Parks/playgrounds P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Racetracks and go-cart tracks S S
Shooting ranges, indoors S S P P P
Shooting ranges, outdoors S S S S
Stadiums/arenas S S S S S
Theaters S S S S
Civic, religious, social assistance organizations
Cemeteries S S S S S S S S P
Places of public assembly S S S S S S S S P P P P P
Clubs, lodges, union halls P P P P P
Community centers S S S S S S S S S S P P P P P
Conference and convention halls P P P P P
Convents, monasteries and seminaries S S S S P P P P P
Places of public assembly S S S S S S S S P P P P P
Educational services
Colleges, universities, and accessory uses, including housing for students S S S S P P P P P
Driving schools P P
Libraries P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Schools, commercial and trade P P P S S P P P
Schools, elementary, middle and high P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Training centers, engineering or sales P P P P
Public administration
Government buildings excluding correctional facilities P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Correctional facilities S S
Museums, civic buildings and landmarks preserved for public inspection P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Transportation and warehousing
Airports and heliports P S S
Airstrips S S
Bottled gas storage and distribution S S
Bus and passenger rail terminals P P P P P P P P
Cartage, express, and parcel delivery establishments P S P
Freight and intermodal terminals P S P
Marinas P
Moving companies P P
Parking structures as a principal use P P P P P P P P P P
Self-storage facilities, indoor S P P
Self-storage facilities, outside P P
Taxicab dispatching P P P P P P
Warehouses P P P
Wholesale business P P
Manufacturing
Manufacturing uses. Any establishment the principal use of which is manufacturing, fabricating, processing, assembling, disassembling, repairing, cleaning, servicing, testing, and storing of materials, products, and goods P P
Beverage bottling plants P P
Paper product manufacturing S
Building material manufacturing including milling, planing and joining P P
Chemical manufacturing and storage S S
Explosive manufacturing and storage S S
Food processing P P
Foundries S
Heavy industry P
Machine, sheet metal and welding shops P P
Petroleum tank farms P S P
Sawmills P P
Utilities
Power generation plants S S
Public utility buildings P P S S S S S S S S S S P P P P P P P P P P
Sewage treatment plants S S
Telephone exchange buildings P P P P P P P
Transmission lines for gas, oil and electricity P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Utility substations S S S S S S S S S S S S P P P P P P P P P P
Single accessory wind energy conversion systems S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S P S S
Commercial wind energy conversion systems S S S
Wireless communication facility - collocation P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Wireless communication facility tower S S S S S S S S S
Wireless communication facility on institutional site S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Construction
Building materials storage yard without retail sales S S
Concrete and gravel crushing S S S
Contractors' offices and shops (excluding outdoor storage) P P P
Contractors' outdoor storage S P
Landscaping services P P S P P
Waste processing and disposal
Processing, storage, transfer stations, disposal or incineration of solid waste, hazardous waste or medical waste S S
Recycling facility, non-hazardous P P
Salvage yards S
Sanitary landfills S S S S
Mining
Mineral extraction & general mining operations S S S S S S

 

(Ord. No. 4254, § 3(Exh. A), 10-30-2013; Ord. No. 4500, § 5.71., 2-5-201)