EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT USES.
Madison General Ordinances § 28.082
in effect28.082 - EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT USES.
(1) Table 28F-1 lists all permitted and conditional uses in the employment districts.
(a) "P" means permitted in the districts where designated.
(b) "C" means allowed as conditional uses in the districts where designated, in compliance with all applicable standards.
(c) "P/C" means permitted or conditional, depending on specific requirements in Supplemental Regulations, Sec. 28.151. (Am. by ORD-22-00096, 9-15-22)
(d) "Y" means there are specific requirements in Sec. 28.151 associated with the use. (Am. by ORD-22-00096, 9-15-22)
(e) "TE" means Traditional Employment District.
(f) "SE" means Suburban Employment District.
(g) "SEC" means Suburban Employment Center District.
(h) "EC" means Employment Campus District.
(i) "IL" means Industrial - Limited District.
(j) "IG" Industrial - General District.
Table 28F-1.
Employment Districts
TE | SE | SEC | EC | IL | IG | Supplemental Regulations Sec. 28.151
Offices
Artist, photographer studio, etc. | P | P | P | P | P | P
Insurance office, real estate office, sales office | P | P | P | P | P | P
Professional office, general office | P | P | P | P | P | P
Limited Production, Processing and Storage
Artisan workshop | P | C | C | P | P
Bakery, wholesale | P | P | P
Bottling plant | C | P | P
Contractor's yard | C | P | P | Y
Distilleries | C | C | C
Junkyard | C | Y
Laboratories - research, development and testing | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Limited production and processing | P | P | P | P | P | P
Mail order house | P | P | P | P | P | P
Printing and publishing | P | P | P | P | P | P
Recycling collection center, drop-off station | C | C | C | C | P | P
Storage facility, personal indoor storage | C | C | Y
Telecommunication center | C | C | P | P | P | P | Y
Warehousing and storage | C | C | P | P
Wineries | P | P | P
Wholesale establishment | P | P | P | P
Industrial Uses
Asphalt, concrete batching or ready-mix plant | C
Brewery | C | C | P
Concrete, asphalt and rock crushing facility | C | Y
General manufacturing | C | P
Hazardous waste collection, storage or transfer | C
Landfill | C
Light manufacturing | C | C | P | P
Lumberyard | P | P | P
Railroad right-of-way | C | C | C | C | C | P
Recycling center | C | C | P
Waste transfer station | C | C
Public Utility and Public Service Uses
Class 2 Collocations | P | P | P | P | P | P
Electric power production and/or heating and cooling plant | P | P/C | P/C | P/C | P | P | Y
Electric substations | P | C | C | C | P | P | Y
Gas regulator stations, mixing and gate stations | P | C | C | C | P | P | Y
Radio Broadcast Service Facility | P | P | P | P | P | P
Sewerage system lift stations | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Telecommunications towers, Class 1 Collocations, and transmission equipment buildings | P | P | P | P | P | P
Water pumping stations, municipal wells | P | P | P | P | P | P
Water towers and reservoirs | C | C | C | C | C | C
Transportation Uses
Bus or railroad passenger depot | C | C | C | C | C | C
Motor freight terminal | C | P
Private ambulance service | P | P | P | P | P | P
Railroad or intermodal freight yard | C | P
Railroad transfer and storage tracks | P | P
Railroad yard or shop | C | P
Taxicab, limousine, or bus business | C | C | P
Transit station, transfer point | P | P | P | P | P | P
Medical Facilities
Clinic - Health | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Hospital | C | C | C | Y
Medical laboratory | P | P | P | P | P | P
Physical, occupational or massage therapy | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Veterinary clinic, animal hospital | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Retail Sales and Services
General retail | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Animal boarding facility, kennel, animal shelter | C | C | Y
Animal day care | C | C | Y
ATM | P | P | P | P | P | P
Auction rooms | C | C | C
Bank, financial institution | P | P | P | P | P
Building materials sales | C | C
Business equipment sales and services | P | P | P | P | P | P
Contractor's business with showroom or workshop | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Dry cleaning plant, commercial laundry | C | P | P
Farmers' market | P | P | P | Y
Food and related goods sales | C | C
Free-standing vending | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Garden center | C | C | C | Y
Greenhouse, nursery | P | P | P
Handgun sales | P | P
Machinery equipment sales and service | P | P
Mobile grocery store | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Package delivery service | P | P | P
Photocopying | P | P | P | P | P | P
Post office | P | P | P | P
Service business | P/C | P/C | C | C | C | C | Y
Small appliance repair | P | P | P | C | P | P
Food and Beverages
Brewpub | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Catering | P | P | P | P | P | P
Coffee shop, tea house | P | C | C | C | C | C
Incidental Alcohol Sales | C | C | C | C | C | C
Restaurant | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Tasting room | C | C | C | C | C | C
Tavern | C | C | C | C | C | C
Commercial Recreation, Entertainment and Lodging
Art Center | P | P | P | P
Health/sports club | P | P | P | P | P
Hotel, motel | C | C | C | C | Y
Indoor recreation | C | C | C | C | C
Lodge, private club, reception hall | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Outdoor recreation | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Theater, Assembly Hall, Concert Hall | C | C | C | C
Tourist rooming house | P | P | P | P | Y
Adult Entertainment
Adult entertainment establishment | P | P | Y
Adult entertainment tavern | P | P | Y
Automobile Services
Auto body shop | P | P | Y
Auto service station, convenience store | C | C | Y
Auto repair station | C | C | P | P | Y
Auto rental | C | Y
Car wash | C | C | Y
Electric Vehicle Charging Facility | P | P | P | P
Heavy-traffic vehicle sales | P | P
Motorcycle and moped sales | P | P
Motor vehicle salvage yard, scrap yard | C | Y
Parking, Storage and Display Facilities
Parking exceeding maximum parking | C | C | C | C | C
Parking facility, private | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Parking facility, public | P | P | P | P | P
Storage locker (personal) | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Residential - Family Living
Dwelling units in mixed-use buildings | C | C | C | C | Y
Live/work unit | C | C | C | Y
Multi-family dwelling | C | C | C | Y
Residential building complex | C | C | C | Y
Single-family attached dwelling (>8 dwelling units) | C | C | C | Y
Residential - Group Living
Assisted living facility, congregate care facility, skilled nursing facility | C | C | Y
Cohousing Community | C | C | C | C | Y
Community living arrangement (>8 residents) | C | C | Y
Daytime shelter | C | Y
Housing cooperative | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Mission house | C | Y
Civic and Institutional
Archival facilities, publicly-owned | P | P | P | P | P | P
Colleges and universities | C | C | P | C
Community Event | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Counseling, community services organization | P | P | P | P
Day care center | P | P | P | P | C | C | Y
Library, museum | P | P | P
Parks and playgrounds | P | P | P | P | P | P
Place of worship | P | P | P | P | Y
Public safety or service facilities | P | P | P | P | P | P
Recreation, community, and neighborhood centers | P | P | P | P
Schools, arts, technical or trade | C | P | C | P | C | C | Y
Schools, public and private | C | C | P | C | Y
Training facilities, military or public safety | C | C | C | C
Agriculture
Agriculture - Animal husbandry | C | C | C | C | P | P
Agriculture - Cultivation | P | C | P | P | P | P
Community garden | P | P | P | P | P | P
Keeping of chickens | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Keeping of honeybees | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Market garden | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Accessory Uses and Structures
Accessory building and structures | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Accessory mission house | P | Y
Accessory retail alcohol sales | P | P | P | P | P | P
Caretaker's dwelling | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Composting | P | P | P | P | P | P
Day care home, family | P/C | Y
Drive-through windows | C | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Emergency electric generator | P | P | P | P | P | P
Farmers' market | C | P | P | P | Y
Furniture and household goods sales | P | P
Heliport | P | P | P | P | P | P
Home occupation | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Indoor recreation | P
Keeping of chickens | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Mission box | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Outdoor display | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Outdoor cooking operation | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Outdoor eating area associated with food and beverage establishment | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Outdoor eating area, temporary, associated with food and beverage establishment | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Outdoor recreation | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Outdoor storage | P | P | C | P | P | P | Y
Parking of trucks and heavy equipment accessory to an allowed use | P | C | C | P | P
Portable shelter mission | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Portable storage units | P | P | P | P | Y
Showroom accessory to allowed use | P | P | P | P | P | P
Solar energy systems | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Tasting room | C | C | C | C | C | C
Temporary buildings for storage of construction materials and equipment | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Temporary outdoor events | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Towing and wrecker service business | P | P | P | P | Y
Walk-up service windows | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Wind energy systems | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
(Am. by ORD-13-00007, 1-15-13; ORD-13-00029, 3-27-13; ORD-13-00054 & ORD-13-00055, 4-24-13; ORD-13-00099, 6-12-13; ORD-13-00132 & ORD-13-00134, 8-14-13; ORD-13-00147, 9-11-13; ORD-13-00178, 10-23-13; ORD-13-00185, 11-5-13; ORD-13-00189 & ORD-13-00192, 11-26-13; ORD-14-00015, 1-29-14; ORD-14-00037, 3-6-14; ORD-14-00051, 3-12-14; ORD-14-00083, 4-16-14; ORD-14-00115, 7-11-14; ORD-14-00163, 10-29-14; ORD-15-00026, 3-11-15; ORD-15-00031 & ORD-15-00032, 4-8-15; ORD-15-00080, 8-12-15; ORD-16-00074, 9-15-16; ORD-16-00092 & 00097, 11-9-16; ORD-16-00109, 12-14-16; ORD-17-00016, ORD-17-00019, ORD-17-00024, 2-20-17; ORD-17-00046, 5-11-17; ORD-17-00107, 10-25-17; Am. by ORD-18-00068, 7-19-18; Am. by ORD-18-00100, 10-23-18; Am. by ORD-18-00114, 11-9-18; Am. by ORD-18-00118, 12-3-18; Am. by ORD-19-00024, 4-29-19; Am. by ORD-19-00051, 7-2-19; Am. by ORD-20-00018, 2-13-20; Am. by ORD-20-00059, 6-29-20; Am. by ORD-20-00087, 9-15-20; Am. by ORD-21-00001, 1-19-21; Am. by ORD-21-00007, 2-2-21; Am. by ORD-21-00012, 2-10-21; Am. by ORD-21-00062, 9-13-21; Am. by ORD-22-00016, 4-7-22; Am. by ORD-22-00096, 9-15-22; Am. by ORD-22-00107, 10-21-22; Am. by ORD-24-00001, 1-17-24; Am. by ORD-24-00033, 6-3-24; Am. by ORD-25-00023, 4-24-25; Am. by ORD-25-00040, 6-27-25; Am. by ORD-25-00042, 6-27-25; Am. by ORD-25-00094, 12-20-25; Am. by ORD-26-00002, 1-23-26)
Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOIICH20--31_CH28ZOCOOR_SUBCHAPTER_28FEMDI_28.082EMDIUSFetched: 11/1/2026