3978 Vly E Industrial Dr Birmingham, AL 35217-1837

Section 4. M-3 Planned Industrial District. Subsection 1. Generally. The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this Ordinance, when referred to in this Section, are the regulations in the M-3 Planned Industrial District. The M-3 Planned Industrial District is provided to encourage the orderly arrangement of high quality industrial development designed for maximum compatibility internally and with surrounding environs. This district shall not be established on less than six acres; however, this may be reduced to one acre, or a half block consisting of all lot frontage between two intervening streets, if such property is situated within or adjacent to a "B" or "M" zoning district or else abuts on a street having at least four moving lanes. Subsection 2. Use regulations. 1. Any use permitted in the O & I Office and Institutional District. 2. No other grading, construction, site improvement or use, temporary or otherwise, shall be permitted except in accord with an approved site development plan as specified in Subsections 5 and 6. Where such plan has been approved it may also designate the following additional uses as being permitted: a. Business offices or services. b. Wholesale or distribution operations. c. Printing or engraving plant. d. Radio or television broadcasting station or studio, including towers. e. Office-warehouse combinations and related facilities, but no separate truck stops or terminals. f. Manufacturing, fabricating, assembling, or processing of the following: ( 1) Electrical or electronic equipment. ( 2) Jewelry, cosmetics. ( 3) Bakery. ( 4) Pharmaceuticals. ( 5) Medical, dental or drafting instruments. ( 6) Musical instruments, games or toys. ( 7) Optical equipment, clocks, watches or similar precision instruments, office machines, photographic equipment. ( 8) Clay, leather, fabric, metal, wood, or glass product of a handcraft nature. ( 9) Clothing and other fabrics. (10) Fur goods, except tanning or dyeing. (11) Sporting goods, hand tools, hardware, home appliances and utensils.