Industrial Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Baltimore City Code, Article 32, Table 11-301
in effectTable 11-301 Industrial Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Uses | Districts | Use Standards
OIC | BSC | IMU-1 | IMU-2 | I-1 | I-2 | MI
Residential
Dwelling (Above Non-Residential Ground Floor) | P | P
Dwelling: Live-Work | P | CB
Dwelling: Multi-Family | P | P
Dwelling: Rowhouse | P
Residential-Care Facility (16 or Fewer Residents) | P | P | Per § 14-334
Residential-Care Facility (17 or More Residents) | CB | CB | Per § 14-334
Rooming House | CB
Institutional
Cultural Facility | CB | Per § 14-308
Educational Facility: Commercial-Vocational | P | P | P | P | P | CB | CB
Educational Facility: Post-Secondary | CB | CB | CB
Educational Facility: Primary and Secondary | P | P
Government Facility | P | P | P | p | P | P | P
Homeless Shelter | CO
Hospital | P | CO
Open-Space
Community-Managed Open-Space Farm | CB | CB | CB | Per § 14-307
Community-Managed Open-Space Garden | P | P | P | Per § 14-307
Park or Playground | P | P | P
Urban Agriculture | P | P | P | P | P | Per § 14-340
Commercial
Animal Clinic | P | P | P | Per § 14-317
Art Gallery | P | P
Arts Studio | P | P
Arts Studio: Industrial | P | P | P | P
Banquet Hall | CB | CO | P | Per § 14-302
Body Art Establishment | P | P
Broadcasting Station (TV or Radio) | P | P | P | P
Car Wash | P | P | P | Per § 14-304
Carry-Out Food Shop | P | P | P | CB | CB
Day-Care Center: Adult or Child | P | P | P | P 1 | P 1 | P 1 | P 1 | Per § 14-309
Drive-Through Facility | CB | CB | Per § 14-311
Entertainment: Indoor | P | P | P | Per § 14-312
Entertainment: Live | CB | CB | Per § 14-319
Entertainment: Live (Accessory to Restaurant, Tavern, Art Studio, or Art Gallery) | CB | P | P | Per § 14-319
Farmers Market | P | P | P | Per § 14-312.1
Financial Institution | P 2 | P | P | P
Fuel Station | CB | CB | CB | Per § 14-314
Greenhouse | P | P | P | P | Per § 14-340
Health-Care Clinic | P | P | P
Health and Fitness Center | P | P | P
Heavy Sales, Rental, or Service | CO | CB | CB
Hotel or Motel | P | P | CB
Kennel | CB | P | P | Per § 14-317
Lodge or Social Club | P | CB | CB | CB | CB | Per § 14-320
Motor Vehicle Service and Repair: Major | CB | CB | Per § 14-326
Motor Vehicle Service and Repair: Minor | CO | P | CB | CB | Per § 14-326
Nursery | P | P | P | P | Per § 14-340
Office | P | P | P | P | CB 2, 3 | CB 2, 3 | CB 2, 3
Outdoor Dining | P | P | CB | Per § 14-329
Personal Services Establishment | P 2 | P | P | P | CB
Recreation: Indoor | P | P | P | Per § 14-312
Recreation: Outdoor | CB | Per § 14-312
Research and development facility | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Per § 14-333.1
Restaurant | P 2 | P | P | P | CB | CB
Retail Goods Establishment (No Alcoholic Beverages Sales) | CB | P | P | P 2 | CB
Retail Goods Establishment (With Alcoholic Beverages Sales) | P | CO | P 2 | CB | Per § 14-336
Tavern | P | CO | P | CB | CB | Per § 14-338
Truck Repair | P | P | P
Industrial
Alternative Energy System: Commercial | P | P | P | P | P | P
Boat Manufacturing, Repair, and Sales | CB | P | P | P | CB | Per § 14-303
Commercial Composting Facility | CB | CB | P | Per § 14-305
Contractor Storage Yard | CB | P | P | Per § 14-330
Food Processing: Light | P | P | P | P
Freight Terminal | P | P | P | P
Heliport | CB | CB | CB
Helistop | CB | CB | CB
Industrial Boat Repair Facility | P | P | Per § 14-323
Industrial: General | P | P | CB | Per § 14-315
Industrial: Light | P | P | P | P | P | P
Industrial: Maritime-Dependent | P | P | P
Landfill: Industrial | CB | Per § 14-318
Marina: Dry Storage | CB | P | P | Per § 14-323
Marine Terminal | P | P
Materials Recovery Facility | P | Per § 14-324
Mini-Warehouse | P | P | P
Motor Vehicle Operations Facility | P | P
Movie Studio | P | P | P | P | P
Outdoor Storage Yard | P | P | P | Per § 14-330
Passenger Terminal | P | P | P | P | P
Recyclable Materials Recovery Facility | P | P | P | Per § 14-333
Recycling Collection Station | CB | CB | CB | Per § 15-514
Recycling and Refuse Collection Facility | P | P | P
Resource Recovery Facility | CB | Per § 14-335
Shipyard | P | P
Truck Stop | P | P
Truck Terminal | P | P
Warehouse | P | P | P | P | P | P
Waterfreight Terminal | P | P
Wholesale Goods Establishment | P | P | P | P | P
Other
Alternative Energy System: Community-Based | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Per § 14-306
Electric Substation: Enclosed or Indoor | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Per § 14-341
Electric Substation: Outdoor | CB | CB | CB | CB | CB | P | P | Per § 14-341
Parking Garage (Principal Use) | P | P | CO | P | P | P | P | Per § 14-331
Parking Lot (Principal Use) | P | P | CO | CB | P | P | P | Per § 14-331
Telecommunications Facility 4 | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | Per § 14-339
Utilities | CB | CB | CB | CB | CB | CB | CB | Per § 14-341
Wireless Communications Services 5 | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | CB, P | Per § 14-339
1 Allowed only when (i) accessory to an office structure, research and development facility, or industrial use, and (ii) integrated into that structure, facility, or use to serve its employees. 2 Allowed only when secondary to a primary industrial use. 3 Office uses legally established as of the effective date of this Code are deemed conforming and are not required to be secondary to a primary industrial use. 4 Only telecommunications base stations that comply with the stealth design standards of § 14-339 are considered permitted uses. 5 Only Wireless Communication Services that are modifications to – and do not substantially change the physical dimension of – an existing telecommunications facility, are considered permitted uses.
(Ord. 26-116 Section 1; Ord. 25-015 Section 1; Ord. 23-280 Section 1; Ord. 22-181; Ord. 19-261; Ord. 19-244; Ord. 18-171; Ord. 17-015; Ord. 16-581.)
Source: City of Baltimore Department of Legislative Reference, City of Baltimore Law Library (codes.baltimorecity.gov; Open Law Library bulk XML)URL: https://codes.baltimorecity.gov/us/md/cities/baltimore/code/32/zoning-tables/11-301Fetched: 10/25/2026