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Lafayette City Zoning Code

TABLE 26-A

PERMITTED USES

Use AG RE1
RE2 		R0
R1 		R2 OTR R3
R4 		RSR T1 B1 C1 M1 DR P
Accessory uses P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Accessory building or structure P P P P P P S P P P P P P
Agriculture use (crop production only) P P P P P P S P P P P P P
Animals P/S 4 S * * * * * * * * S S S
Art gallery or studio S S S S S S S P P P P * S
Asphalt plant * * * * * * * * * * S * *
Assisted living * * * * * * S S S S S * S
Automobile storage yard * * * * * * * * * * S * S
Automotive and recreational vehicle service and sales greater than two ton * * * * * * * * * * P * S
Automotive and recreational vehicle service and sales less than two ton * * * * * * * * S S P * S
Automotive paint and body shop * * * * * * * * * S P * S
Backyard chickens P P P P P P P See
Note
#2 		See
Note
#2 		See
Note
#2 		* See
Note
#2 		See
Note
#2
Bed and breakfast S * * S S S S P S S * * *
Beekeeping as an accessory use P P P P P P P See
Note
#3 		See
Note
#3 		See
Note
#3 		No P See
Note
#3
Board and care facility * * * * * S S S * * * * S
Brew pub * * * * * * * * S S P * *
Brewery * * * * * * * * * * P * *
Camper park or campground * * * * * * * * * S * * S
Car wash * * * * * * S S S S S * *
Church S S S P P P S P P S S * *
Commercial horse stable S
Commercial parking lot * * * * * * * S S S S * *
Commercial recreational
establishment (e.g., bowling alley, skating rink) 		* * * * * * * * S S S * *
Daycare center * S S S S S S P P S S * P
Drive-up facility * * * * * * S S S S S * *
Drive-up restaurant * * * * * * * * S S S * *
Enclosed (i.e., screened and fenced) storage yard * * * * * * * * S * P * S
Extraction of minerals (other than oil and gas development, facilities, and operations) * * * * * * * * * * S * S
Oil and gas development, facilities, and operations S * * * * * * * * S S S *
Feedmill * * * * * * * * * * P * *
Gas station (fuel facility) * * * * * * S S S S S * *
Golf course (public or private) * S S S S S * P P P S S P
Halfway house * * * S S S S S * * * * S
Home occupation P P P P P P S P * * * * P
Household pets, not exceeding three each of dogs, cats, and one other species of household pet. This limitation applies to rabbits, but does not apply to other household pets customarily housed in a cage, aquarium, or similar enclosure (see Note 7) P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Hospital * * * * * * S S P S S * P
Indoor amusement, entertainment, or arcade * * * * * * * S S P * * *
Kennel and similar uses such as dog daycare S S * * * * * S S S P S *
Library * * * * * S S P P S S * P
Lumber, plumbing, electrical or building supplies * * * * * * * * S S P * *
Machine shop * * * * * * * * S S P * S
Medical or dental office * * * * * S S P P P P * S
Micro brew pub * * * * * * * * S P * * *
Micro brewery * * * * * * * * S P P * *
Miniature pot-bellied pig P P P P P P P See
Note
6 		See
Note
6 		See
Note
6 		* See
Note
6 		P
Miniature goats P P P P P P P See
Note
6 		See
Note
6 		See
Note
6 		* See
Note
6 		P
Mini-bank detached from principal building * * * * * * * S S S S * *
Mobile home park or subdivision * * * S * S S * * * * * *
Mobile home sales and service * * * * * * * * * * P * *
Mobile home on individual lot * * S S S S S * * * S * *
Mortuary * * * * * S * P P S S * *
Motel, hotel, or resort * * * * * * S S P P * * *
Municipal or public utility facility and buildings, excluding offices, repair and storage yard * S S S S S * P P P P S P
Natural medicine healing center * * * * * * * P P P P P P
Natural medicine cultivation facility, natural medicine products manufacturer, natural medicine testing facility * * * * * * * * * * P * *
Nursery or commercial greenhouse * S * * * * * S S P P * *
Nursing home or convalescent home * S * * * * S S S S S * S
Office and neighborhood retail, if approved as part of PUD, per section 26-18-6 * * * S S S S S P P P * *
Office * * * * * S S P P P P * P
Park or playground * P P P P P S P P P P P P
Parking lot or structure * * * * * S S S S S S * P
Personal service outlets such as barber and beauty shop, self-service laundry, shoe repair, tailors, dry cleaners,
travel agency 		* * * * * S S S P P P * *
Printing or publishing * * * * * * * * S P P * *
Private or public membership club * S S S S S S S P S S * *
Recreational club or facility (indoor or outdoor) * S S S S S S S P S S * S
Refinement of hydro-carbons,
mineral, or gaseous materials 		* * * * * * * * * * S * *
Research, testing and laboratory facility, or facility for manufacturing, fabricating, processing, or storing of product * * * * * * * * * * P * *
Residential
 Two-family dwelling * * * P P P S P S * * * P
 Accessory dwelling unit to single-family dwelling P P P P P P * P *; # *; # * P P
 Multifamily dwelling * * * * * P S P S * * * P
 Short-term rentals as an accessory use to residential dwellings P P P P P P P P P P * * *
 Single-family dwelling P P P P P P * P S S * P P
 Single-family dwelling in a mixed use building complex (Refer to Note 1) * * * * * * * P P P S * *
 Duplex two-family dwellings in a mixed use building complex * * * * * * * P P P * * *
 Multifamily dwellings in a mixed use building complex * * * * * * * P P P * * *
Restaurant * * * * * * S S S P P * *
Retail sales including, but not limited to, the sale of food, beverages, dry goods, furniture, appliances, hardware, and clothing with floor areas of less than 20,000 square feet * * * * * * * S P P * * *
Retail sales with floor areas in excess of 20,000 square feet * * * * * * * * S P * * *
School, private S S S S S S S S S S * S S
School, public S S S S S S * S S * * S S
Self-storage facility/ministorage facility * * * * * * * * * * S * *
Sexually oriented business * * * * * * * * * * S * *
Slaughtering and processing animals * * * * * * * * * * S * *
Tailoring, millinery, electric parts assembly, woodworking, and other limited manufacturing uses similar to those uses identified by the International Building Code, Factory Group F * * * * * * * S S S P * *
Theater, auditorium, or place of assembly * * * * * * S * S S S * P
Transportation center * * * * * * S * S S S * S
Veterinarian hospital or clinic S * * * * * * S P P P * *
Warehouse * * * * * * * * * * S * S
Wholesale establishment * * * * * * * * S S P * *
Wireless communication facilities P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5 		P/S
† 5

 

KEY:

P

—Permitted

S

—Special review

*

—Not permitted

†

—Uses permitted subject to the review process provided in section 26-22.5-6

#

—Accessory dwelling units are permitted in the B1 and C1 districts only on lots with a legal or legal nonconforming single-family dwelling.

NOTES:

1.

The purpose of a single-family dwelling in a mixed use building complex within the M1 zoning district is to allow for a dwelling unit for a caretaker, and/or watchman and their family.

2.

Backyard chickens are approved as an accessory use for residential and school uses in the T-1, B-1, C-1, P and DR zoning districts.

3.

Beekeeping is approved as an accessory use for residential and school uses in the T-1, B-1, C-1 and DR zoning districts.

4.

Any use that is not specifically permitted, or permitted by special use review, in a particular zone district, shall be prohibited in such zone district, unless the planning director determines that (i) the proposed use is not specifically addressed and allowed in other zone districts; and (ii) the proposed use is sufficiently similar to a designated use that is otherwise allowed (by right or special use review) in the zone district proposed for the use, such that the location of the use in that district would be consistent with the provisions of this Chapter 26.

5.

Per section 26-22.5, of the Code base stations, alternative tower structures and small cell facilities, and towers not in the right-of-way are special uses and base stations, alternative tower structures and small cell facilities within the right-of-way, and "eligible facilities" are permitted uses.

6.

Miniature pot-bellied pigs and miniature goats are approved as an accessory use for residential and school uses in the T-1, B-1, C-1 and DR zoning districts.

7.

The total number of backyard chickens, as permitted in section 25-99 of this chapter and Table 26-A of chapter 26 of the Code, and miniature goats and potbellied pigs, as permitted in section 25-101 of this chapter and Table 26-A of chapter 26 of the Code, and household pets, as permitted in section 25-98.5(1) of this chapter and Table 26-A of chapter 26 of the Code, per residence or school shall not exceed ten (10).

8.

Short-term rentals are permitted under the limitations and standards listed in section 26-14-22 and article V of chapter 55 of this Code.

9.

Natural medicine healing centers, natural medicine cultivation facilities, natural medicine products manufacturers, and natural medicine testing facilities are permitted under the limitations and standards in section 26-22.7 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 1986-01, § 2, 2-4-86; Ord. No. 1988-18, § 11, 9-20-88; Ord. No. 1989-35, § 9, 6-20-89; Ord. No. 1990-4, § 6, 4-17-90; Ord. No. 1993-6, § 18 (Exh. A), 3-2-93; Ord. No. 1994-1, § 3(Exh. A), 4-5-94; Ord. No. 1994-7, § 7, 6-21-94; Ord. No. 1996-11, §§ 7—9, 4-16-96; Ord. No. 1998-25, § 12, 8-18-98; Ord. No. 1998-26, § 13, 8-18-98; Ord. No. 1998-28, § 4, 8-18-98; Ord. No. 1998-29, § 40, 8-18-98; Ord. No. 1999-10, § 4, 4-20-99; Ord. No. 2000-25, § 8, 9-5-00; Ord. No. 2000-48, § 3, 12-5-00; Ord. No. 2002-3, § 1, 2-19-02; Ord. No. 2002-7, § 1, 4-16-02; Ord. No. 2002-31, § 9, 11-5-02; Ord. No. 2006-03, § 1, 2-21-06; Ord. No. 2009-09, § 16, 3-3-09; Ord. No. 2011-05, § 4, 2-15-11; Ord. No. 2011-15, §§ 8—12, 5-3-11; Ord. No. 2011-33, § 14, 9-20-11; Ord. No. 2011-37, § 1, 10-18-11; Ord. No. 2013-8, § 2, 5-7-13; Ord. No. 2013-09, § 2, 5-7-13; Ord. No. 2014-14, § 5, 5-20-14; Ord. No. 2014-22, § 3, 1-6-15; Ord. No. 2015-01, § 3, 1-20-15; Ord. No. 2016-06, § 1, 3-15-16; Ord. No. 2016-39, § 3, 12-6-16; Ord. No. 2018-13, § 1, 5-1-18; Ord. No. 2019-06, § 3, 2-19-19; Ord. No. 2019-20, § 3, 7-2-19; Ord. No. 2021-21, § 10, 11-1-21; Ord. No. 2023-15, §§ 1, 2, 9-5-23; Ord. No. 2023-16, § 1, 9-5-23; Ord. No. 2024-10, § 2, 8-20-24; Ord. No. 2024-28, § 2, 12-17-24; Ord. No. 2025-10, § 1, 5-20-25)