MIXED-USE AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS USES.
Madison General Ordinances § 28.061
in effect28.061 - MIXED-USE AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS USES.
(1) Table 28D-2 lists all permitted and conditional uses in the mixed-use and commercial 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) Uses indicated as "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 that there are specific requirements in Sec. 28.151 associated with a use. (Am. by ORD-22-00096, 9-15-22)
(e) "LMX" means Limited Mixed-Use District.
(f) "NMX" means Neighborhood Mixed-Use District.
(g) "TSS" means Traditional Shopping Street District.
(h) "MXC" means Mixed-Use Center District.
(i) "CC-T" means Commercial Corridor - Transitional District.
(j) "CC" means Commercial Center District.
(k) "RMX" means Regional Mixed Use District. (Cr. by ORD-21-00008, 2-10-21)
(l) "THV" means Tiny House Village District. (Cr. By ORD-21-00061, 9-13-21)
Table 28D-2.
Mixed-Use and Commercial Districts
LMX | NMX | TSS | MXC | CC-T | CC | RMX | THV | Supplemental Regulations Sec. 28.151
Offices
Artist, photographer studio, etc. | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Insurance office, real estate office, sales office | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
General office, professional office | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Medical Facilities
Clinic - Health | C | P | P | P | P | P | P
Hospital | C | C | C | C | Y
Medical laboratory | P | C | C | C
Physical, occupational or massage therapy | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Veterinary clinic, animal hospital | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Retail Sales and Services
Animal boarding facility, kennel, animal shelter | C | C | C | Y
Animal day care | C | C | C | C | P | P | Y
Animal grooming | C | P | P | P | P | P | P
ATM | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Auction rooms | P | P | P | P | P
Bank, financial institution | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Bicycle-sharing facility | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Building material sales | C | C | C | P | P | P
Business sales and services | C | P | P | P | P | P | P
Contractor's business with showroom or workshop | C | C | P | P | P | Y
Dry cleaning plant, commercial laundry | P | P | P
Farmers' market | P | P/C | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Food and related goods sales | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Free-standing vending | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Furniture and household goods sales | C | C | P | P | P | P | P
Garden center | C | C | P | P | P | P | P | Y
General retail | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Greenhouse, nursery | C | C | P | P | P | P | Y
Laundromat, self-service | P | P | P | P | P | P
Light manufacturing | P | Y
Liquor store | P | P | P | P | P | P
Mobile grocery store | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Mortuary, funeral home | P | P | P | P | P | P
Non-accessory temporary outdoor events | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Package delivery service | P | P
Payday loan business | C | C | Y
Photocopying | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Post office | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Service business | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Small appliance repair | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Small engine repair | C | C | C | C | C | P
Sporting goods store, bait shop | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Telecommunications center | P | P | Y
Tobacco retailer | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Food and Beverages
Brewpub | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Catering | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Coffee shop, tea house | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Incidental Alcohol Sales | C | P | P | P | P | P | P
Restaurant | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Tasting room | C | C | C | C | C | C
Tavern | P | P | P | P | P | P
Commercial Recreation, Entertainment and Lodging
Art Center | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Bed and breakfast establishment | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Health/sports club | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Hostel | C | P | P | P | P | P
Hotel, motel | C | C | P | P | P | P | Y
Indoor recreation | C | C | C | P | P | P | Y
Lodge, private club, reception hall | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Outdoor recreation | C | C | C | Y
Stadiums, auditoriums, and arenas | C
Theater, assembly hall, concert hall | C | P | P | P | P | P
Tourist rooming house | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Automobile Services
Auto body shop | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Auto rental | P | P | Y
Auto repair station | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Auto sales | P | P | Y
Auto service station, convenience store | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Car wash | C | C | C | C | Y
Electric vehicle charging facility | P | P | P | P | P
Heavy traffic vehicle sales | P | P
Motorcycle and moped sales | P | P
Parking, Storage and Display Facilities
Parking facility, private | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Parking facility, public | P | P | P | P | P | P
Storage locker (personal) | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Transportation
Bus or railroad passenger depot | C | P | P | P | C
Private ambulance service | C | C | C | C
Railroad right-of-way | P | P | P | P | P | P
Taxicab or limousine business, bus business | C
Transit stop or station | P | P | P | P | P | P
Limited Production, Processing and Storage
Artisan workshop | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Bakery, wholesale | C | C
Laboratory, research and development | C | C | C | C | C
Limited production and processing | C | C | C | C | Y
Mail order house | C | C
Printing and publishing | P | P | P | P | P | P
Warehousing and storage | C
Wholesale establishment | C | C | C
Residential - Family Living
Dwelling units in mixed-use buildings (1-2 dwelling units) | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | C | P | Y
Dwelling units in mixed-use buildings (3-24 dwelling units) | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | C | P | Y
Dwelling units in mixed-use buildings (25-48 dwelling units) | C | P/C | P/C | P/C | C | P | Y
Dwelling units in mixed-use buildings (49-60 dwelling units) | C | C | P/C | P/C | C | P | Y
Dwelling units in mixed-use buildings (>60 units) | C | C | C | C | C | P | Y
Live-work unit | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Multi-family dwelling (4 dwelling units) | P | C | P | C | C | P
Multi-family dwelling (5-12 dwelling units) | P | P | P | P | C | P
Multi-family dwelling (13-24 dwelling units) | C | P | P | P | C | P | Y
Multi-family (25-36 units) | C | P | P | C | P | Y
Multi-family (>36 units) | C | C | C | C | P | Y
Residential building complex | C | C | C | Y
Single-family attached dwelling (3-8 dwelling units) | C | C | P | C | C | P
Single-family attached dwelling (>8 dwelling units) | C | C | P | C | C | P
Single-family detached dwellings | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Three-family dwelling - three-unit | C | C | C | P
Tiny house village | P | Y
Two-family dwelling - two-unit | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Two-family dwelling - twin | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Residential - Group Living
Adult family home | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Assisted living, congregate care, skilled nursing facility | C | C | C | C | Y
Cohousing community | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P | Y
Community living arrangement (up to 8 residents) | P | P | P | P | Y
Community living arrangement (9-15 residents) | C | C | C | C | Y
Community living arrangement (>15 residents) | C | C | C | Y
Convent, monastery or similar residential group | P | P | P | P | Y
Daytime shelter | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Housing cooperative | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Lodging house, fraternity or sorority | C | P | Y
Mission house | C | C | C | P/C | P/C | C | Y
Peer run respite facility | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Civic and Institutional
Cemetery | C | C | C | C | C
Colleges and universities | C | P | P
Community Event | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Counseling, community services organization | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Day care center | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Dormitory | C | Y
Library, museum | C | P | P | P | P | P | P
Parks and playgrounds | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Place of worship | P/C | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Public safety or service facilities | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Recreation, community, and neighborhood centers | C | P | P | P | P | P | P
Schools, arts, technical or trade | C | C | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Schools, public and private | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Agricultural Uses
Agriculture - Animal Husbandry | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Agriculture - Cultivation | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Community garden | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Market garden | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | P | Y
Public Utility and Public Service Uses
Class 2 Collocations | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Electric power production and/or heating and cooling plant | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Electric substations | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Gas regulator stations, mixing and gate stations | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Radio Broadcast Service Facility | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Sewerage system lift stations | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Telecommunications towers, Class 1 Collocations, and transmission equipment buildings | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Water pumping stations, water reservoirs | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Accessory Uses and Structures
Accessory building or structure | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Accessory dwelling unit | P | P | P | Y
Accessory retail alcohol sales | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Caretaker's dwelling (nonresidential uses) | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Composting | P | P | P | P | P | P | P
Convent, monastery or similar residential group | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Day care center in school or religious institution | C | P | P | P | P | P | P
Day care home, family | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Drive-through windows | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Emergency electric generator | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Home occupation | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Keeping of chickens | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Keeping of honeybees | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Lease of off-street parking facility accessory to nonresidential use to non-users of principal use | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Management office, restaurant, limited retail, recreation facilities within multi-family building | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Mission box | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Mission house | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Outdoor cooking operation | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Outdoor display | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Outdoor eating area associated with food and beverage establishment | P/C | P/C | P/C | P | P/C | P | P | Y
Outdoor eating area, temporary, associated with food and beverage establishment | P/C | P/C | P/C | P | P/C | P | P | Y
Outdoor recreation | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Outdoor storage | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Portable shelter mission | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Portable storage units | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Real estate sales office | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Solar energy systems | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Temporary buildings for storage of construction materials and equipment | P | 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 | P | P | Y
Vending machines | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
Walk-up service windows | C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | P/C | Y
Wind energy systems | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Y
Yard sales | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Y
(Am. by ORD-13-00007, 1-15-13; ORD-13-00054, 4-24-13; ORD-13-00096, 1-3-13; ORD-13-00134, 8-14-13; ORD-13-00147, 9-11-13; ORD-13-00177 & ORD-13-00178, 10-23-13; ORD-13-00183 & ORD-13-00185, 11-5-13; ORD-13-00189, 11-26-13; ORD-14-00015, 1-29-14; ORD-14-00083, 4-16-14; ORD-14-00115, 7-11-14; ORD-14-00133, 8-13-14; ORD-14-00143, 9-12-14; ORD-15-00026, 3-11-15; ORD-15-00032, 4-8-15; ORD-15-00054, 5-27-15; ORD-15-00124, 11-11-15; ORD-16-00042, 4-27-16; ORD-16-00049, 5-25-16; ORD-16-00069, 8-13-16, ORD-16-00074, 9-15-16; ORD-16-00092 & ORD-16-00093, 11-9-16; ORD-16-00109, 12-14-16; ORD-17-00025, 2-20-17; ORD-17-00106, 10-25-17; ORD-17-00116, 12-1-17; Am. by ORD-18-00068, 7-19-18; 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-20-00059, 6-29-20; Am. by ORD-20-00107, 12-3-20; Am. by ORD-21-00001, 1-19-21; Am. by ORD-21-00007, 2-2-21; Am. by ORD-21-00008, 2-10-21; Am. by ORD-21-00012, 2-10-21; Am. by ORD-21-00044, 6-14-21; Am. by ORD-21-00061, 9-13-21; Am. by ORD-21-00062, 9-13-21; Am. by ORD-21-00073, 11-17-21; Am. by ORD-21-00087, 12-15-21; Am. by ORD-22-00016, 4-7-22; Am. by ORD-22-00033, 5-19-22; Am. by ORD-22-00096, 9-15-22; Am. by ORD-22-00107, 10-21-22; Am. by ORD-23-00013, 1-25-23; Am. by ORD-23-00022, 3-10-23; 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-25-00042, 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_28DMIECODI_28.061MIECODIUSFetched: 11/1/2026