§ 16-17.003. Permitted principal uses and structures.

A building or premises shall be used only for the following principal purposes:

(1)

Adult businesses as defined in section 16-29.001(3). See section 16-28.016 for locational requirements.

(2)

Banks, savings and loan associations, and similar financial institutions.

(3)

Broadcasting towers, line-of-sight relay devices for telephonic, radio or television communications when located 200 feet or more from any off-site residential districts or residential use not located within an industrial district, and when such towers or devices are greater than 200 feet in height, when located a distance which is greater than or equal to the height of the tower or device from a residential district or residential use which is not in an industrial district.

(4)

Business service establishments, including those providing duplicating, printing, maintenance, communications, addressing, mailing, bookkeeping, or guard services or the like.

(5)

Clubs and lodges, union halls, hiring halls.

(6)

Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and similar religious facilities.

(7)

Eating and drinking establishments, including those licensed for the on-premises consumption of malt beverages, wine and/or distilled spirits and those with drive-in service; catering establishments, delicatessens, bakeries.

(8)

Junkyards, automobile salvage yards or scrap metal processors where such activity is wholly enclosed within a building.

(9)

Manufacturing, wholesaling, repairing, compounding, assembly, processing, preparation, packaging or treatment of articles, foods, components, products, clothing, machines and appliances.

(10)

Offices and clinics (including veterinary), laboratories, studios.

(11)

Parking surface and structures.

(12)

Professional and personal service establishments.

(13)

Recreational establishments.

(14)

Repair garages, paint and body shops, welding shops.

(15)

Retail establishments, including those with sales or display lots or storage lots.

(16)

Sales and leasing agencies for new and used passenger automobiles, bicycles, mopeds and commercial vehicles.

(17)

Service stations, battery exchange stations and car washes, provided that no service station may be located within 1,500 feet of another service station.

(18)

General advertising signs subject to the limitations contained in section 16-17.006(1) and in chapter 28A of this part.

(19)

Structures and uses required for operation of MARTA or a public utility, including uses involving storage, train shops, warehousing, switching or maintenance shops as the primary purpose.

(20)

Trade schools, colleges and universities.

(21)

Warehousing, self-storage facilities except when any part of the property is within 500 feet of the beltline corridor as defined in City Code Section 16-36.007, distribution centers. An existing self-storage facility within 500 feet of the beltline corridor may be redeveloped at its existing floor area ratio and consistent with the requirements of this part.

(22)

Yards for storage of contractor's equipment; sand and gravel; lumber and similar operations.

(23)

Hotels.

(24)

Urban gardens.

(25)

Market gardens.

Any machinery or processing method otherwise lawful under these or other lawful regulations applying generally or with the district may be used within the district so long as character of operations, emissions and by-products do not create adverse effects beyond the boundaries of the district.

(Code 1977, § 16-17.003; Ord. No. 1995-69, § 7, 11-13-95; Ord. No. 2001-96, § XXXVII, 12-12-01; Ord. No. 2005-41(06-O-0381), § 22, 7-12-05; Ord. No. 2009-61(09-O-1076), § 1(2), 10-13-09; Ord. No. 2014-53(14-O-1278), § 2(Attach. B), 12-10-14 ; Ord. No. 2014-22(14-O-1092), § 2-T, 6-11-14 ; Ord. No. 2017-68(17-O-1159), § 5, 11-29-17 ; Ord. No. 2019-20(18-O-1679), § 6, 3-13-19 )