Fulton Permitted and accessory use table ordinance (§ 120-51)
Chapter 120: Zoning · Article III. Land Uses
(a) Purpose. The use table of this section provides a tabular summary of the land use types allowed in each zoning district. The table is intended for reference and does not necessarily reflect all the regulations that may apply to particular uses or districts. In the event of a conflict between the use regulations of this section and those found in the text of the zoning district regulations, the text of the zoning district regulations shall prevail.
(1) Permitted (by-right) uses. Uses identified in a zoning district column of table A with a "P" are "permitted by-right" and shall be permitted in such zoning district, subject to any additional regulations as may be indicated in the "use-specific standards/additional comments" column and all other requirements of this chapter.
(2) Conditional uses. Uses identified in a zoning district column of table A with a "C" are "conditional uses" and shall be permitted in such zoning district, subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit (CUP), any additional regulations indicated in the "use-specific standards/additional comments" column of table A, and all other requirements of this chapter. All conditional uses shall require the receipt of a CUP prior to the issuance of a building permit. A CUP may be obtained by following the procedures and complying with the performance standards set forth in subsection 120-231(f).
(3) Accessory uses. Uses identified in a zoning district column of table B with an "A" shall be permitted in such zoning district, subject to meeting the performance standards and any additional regulations indicated in the "use-specific standards/additional comments" column of table B, and all other requirements of this chapter.
(4) Temporary uses. Uses identified in a zoning district column of table C with an "T" shall be permitted in such zoning district, subject to meeting the performance standards and any additional regulations indicated in the "use-specific standards/additional comments" column of table C, and all other requirements of this chapter.
(5) Unlisted uses. Uses not listed have been determined either not to be appropriate in any district, incompatible with certain existing uses, or sufficiently rare or unexpected as to be incapable of being listed at the time of adoption of this chapter.
(6) The last column of tables A, B, and C entitled "use-specific standards/additional comments" references additional supplemental requirements categorized by land use. The numbers in this column refer to specific sections found in this chapter. Additional requirements, beyond those listed in the use-specific standards/additional comments column, may be required at the discretion of the city.
Table 1 - Permitted and Conditional Uses P = Permitted, C = Conditional
Zoning District Residential Commercial Industrial Other Use-Specific Standards/Additional R-1 R-2 R-3 C-1 C-2 C-3 M-1 M-2 A-1 MH- Comments 1
Land Use Category
Residential Uses
Household Living
Single family dwelling P P P P P - - - P -
Two-family dwelling - P P P P - - - - -
Row house/town - P P P - - - - - house
Manufactured home - - - - - - - - - P See sections 120-117 (mobile home) and subsection 120- 31(c)(4)
Group Living
Boarding - - P P P - - - - - houses/lodging houses/group homes
Group housing - - P P P - - - - - projects
Apartment - - P P P - - - - - complexes
Fraternity/sorority - - P P P - - - - - houses or dormitories
Public and Institutional Uses
Adult and Child Care
Nursing, rest or - P P P P - - - - - For nursing homes on convalescent home five acres or more, see similar use under community service subheading below
Nursery, pre- - P P P P - - - - - kindergarten, kindergarten, play, dancing, music, and other similar schools
Family day care P P P P P - - - - - See supplemental homes, day care regulations centers, preschool nursery school, child play, child education, child experiment stations or child development institutions
Community Service
Mortuaries - - - P P P* P - - - *See the CEM district, in subsection 120-31(d) (4)
Funeral homes P P
Funeral homes, sale, P* *See the CEM district, display and storage in subsection 120-31(d) of monuments and (4) grave markers, and uses, facilities and buildings related to the use and operation of a cemetery
Hospital, nursing C C P P P P - C - Not more than 50 home, and percent of the site area educational, may be occupied by philanthropic or buildings. Building(s) religious institution, shall be set back from on sites of not less all required yard lines than five acres an additional foot for each foot of height above MAX allowed in zoning district. See section 120-201 for height regulations
Religious, - P P P P - - - - - For religious and educational, philanthropic philanthropic, and institutions on 5 acres similar non-profit or more, see similar institutions operated use under community for charitable service subheading purposes above
Hospitals, - - P P P - - - - - For hospitals on five sanitariums, clinics acres or more, see and accessory uses similar use under Community Service subheading above.
Public school, P P P P P - - - P - nursery, prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary and high, or private school having a curriculum equivalent to a public elementary or public high school and having no rooms regularly used for housing or sleeping purposes, and colleges with 20 or more acres of land
Government P P P P P - - - C - buildings
Churches, temples, P P P P P - - - - - and similar religious places of worship
Business or - - - P P - - - - - commercial school
Radio or television P P broadcasting station or studio
Agricultural activity - - - - - - - - P - See section 120-261 for definition of "agricultural activity"
Commercial garden - - P P P P P - P - center, greenhouse or plant nursery
Animal hospitals and - - - - P P - - - - veterinary clinics
Kennel for animal P P P boarding purposes
Roadside stand for - - - - - - - - P - the display or sale of agricultural products
Food and Beverage Services
Restaurants - - - P P P P P - - Restaurants with drivethrough or drive-in facilities, see section 120-112 (drive throughs and drive ins)
Frozen food locker P P P
Guest Accommodations
Bed and breakfast P P P P P - - - -
Hotels and motels - - - P P - - - - -
Office
Bank or financial - - - P P P - - - - Banks with driveinstitution through or drive-in facilities, See section 120-112 (drive throughs and drive ins)
Laboratory, research, - - - P P P - P - - experimental or testing facility
Newspaper P P publishing and sales
Office or office - - - P P P - P - - building
Display and - - - P P P - - - - salesroom
Medical marijuana - - - - P - P - - - See section 120-261 for dispensaries definitions of terms
Personal Services
Personal service - - - P P P - - - - uses, including barbershop, beauty parlor, photographic, messenger, taxicab, laundry or drycleaning receiving station, and other uses of a similar character
Pharmacy P P P Pharmacies with drivethrough or drive-in facilities, see section 120-112 (drive throughs and drive ins)
Self-service laundry - - - P P P - - - - or cleaning establishment
Recreation and Entertainment
Public park or P P P P P - - - P - playground
Golf course, except P P P P P - - - P - miniature course and driving tees operated for commercial purposes
Privately operated C C C - - - - - - lake, swimming pool or tennis courts, on sites of not less than five acres, as a part of subdivision development
Private recreational C C C - - - - - - - facility, where buildings do not occupy more than ten percent of the site area
Bowling alley or - - - P P P - - - - billiard parlor
Dancing or music - - - P P P - - - - academy
Theater, indoor - - - P P P - - - -
Miniature golf course - - - - P - - - - - and driving tees operated for commercial purposes
Retail
Art studio P P P
Bakery - - - P P P - - - -
Dressmaking, - - - P P P - - - - tailoring, shoe repairing, repair of household appliances and bicycles, catering and other uses of a similar character
Farm implements, - - - - P P - - - - sale and repair
Farm store or feed - - - - P P - - - - store, including accessory storage of solid fertilizer
Professional services P P P including, cleaning/restoration, laundry, mailing, printing, copying, and electrical, painting, and plumbing services
Retail store - - - P P P* - - - - *In C-3, use is contingent on Council approval per subsection 120-12(d)(3) (c)(3) (planned commercial district)
Self-service storage P P P P See supplemental facility (mini- regulations, section warehouse) 120-119
Lumberyard - - - C P P - - - -
Vehicles and Equipment
Used motorized - - - P - - - - vehicle sales or storage lot
Parking lot located C P P - - - - - - - within 300 feet of a C or M district
Off-street parking - - C C - - - - - - lots for annual or monthly rental
Automobile or trailer - - - - P P - - - - display, salesroom, and repair
Automobile service - - - - P P - - - - station or repair facility
Automobile parking - - - - P P - - - - lot
Tire sales and - - - - P P - - - - Not more than ten service, upholstering percent of the lot or and other general tract occupied by such service or repair establishment shall be establishment of used for the open and similar character unenclosed storage of materials or equipment
Autobody - - - P P - - - - renovations including vehicle interior and exterior
Car wash, self-serve P and automated
Auto wrecking yards C See supplemental and junkyards regulations, section 120-115
Any use within the See supplemental brick overlay district regulations, section 120-120
Industrial Uses
Commercial Services
Storage and - - - - - - P P - - distribution
Research, testing and - - - - - - - P - - development
Fuel/resource - - - - - - P - - - storage
Warehousing (except P P See section 120-118 self-service storage open storage facilities)
Assembly and P packaging
Medical marijuana- - - - P P P - - - See section 120-261 for infused product definitions of terms manufacturing facilities
Medical marijuana - - - - - - P - - - See section 120-261 for cultivation facilities definitions of terms
Printing, lithographic P and similar uses
Extraction of coal, - - - - - - - - C - sand, or gravel
Airport C -
Truck or bus terminal - - - C C - - - -
Manufacturing, P P Product manufacturing processing, or must be free of fabrication facilities, objectionable provided that such nuisances or fully use is NOT noxious controlled by or offensive by installation of reason of vibration or appropriate abatement noise beyond the devices confines of the building, emission of dust, fumes, gas, odor, smoke or other particulate matter, or flammable ingredients
Manufacturing, P P Product manufacturing processing, or must be free of fabrication facilities objectionable of products from nuisances or fully previously prepared controlled by materials which installation of result in a final appropriate abatement product or parts for a devices final product, provided that such use is NOT noxious or offensive by reason of vibration or noise beyond the confines of the building, emission of dust, fumes, gas, odor, smoke or other particulate matter, or flammable ingredients
Manufacturing, C Examples in this processing, or category with offensive fabrication facilities or noxious impacts which may be may include, but are noxious or offensive not limited to, rubber by reason of the product manufacturing, emission of odor, fish oil dust or particulate manufacturing/refining, matter, volatile adhesive and glue organic compounds, manufacturing, sugar smoke, gas, noise or beet refining, and vibration pesticides
Table 2 - Accessory Uses A = Permitted Accessory Use C=Conditional
Zoning District Residential Commercial Industrial Other Use-specific standards, comments
R-1 R-2 R-3 C-1 C-2 C-3 M-1 M-2 A-1 MH- 1
Agricultural A operations
Automotive A A A A A A See section 120- parking garage or 202 off-street lot (public) parking and loading regulations
Automatic teller A A A machine (ATM)
Family day care A A A Child day cares home operated within a home shall meet all requirements of the state regulatory agency
Deck, patio, A A A See supplemental platforms, and regulations gazebo section 120-111
Drive-through C A A A See section 120- lanes 112
Drive-up facilities C A A A See section 120- 112
Fence or wall A A A A A A A A A A
Garage, carport, A A A A A A A A A A See supplemental or storage regulations in building for section 120-111 accessory use (detached from principal structure)
Home occupation A A A
Horse stables, A See section 120- private 111 accessory structures and uses
Manufactured A See supplemental home park regulations management section 120-117 accessory and subsection buildings 120-31(c)(4) MH-1 zoning district)
Open storage P See supplemental regulations section 120-118
Signs, as A A A A A A A A A A permitted in chapter 92
Solar panels A A A A A A A A A A Roof mounted panels allowed in accordance with building code requirements. For free-standing panels, see supplemental regulations section 120-121
Swim pool, hot A A A A A A See supplemental tub, jacuzzi, or regulations similar facility section 120-111
Utilities (public) A A A A A A A A A A
Designated A A A A See subsection parking area(s) at 120-119(e) self-service accessory storage facilities structures and (mini warehouses) uses—parking for the outdoor storage of vehicles and watercraft
Warehousing and C A A A Use does not wholesale include selfbuildings service storage (detached from facilities principal structure)
Table 3 - Temporary Uses T = Temporary
Zoning District Residential Commercial Industrial Other Use-specific standards, comments
R-1 R-2 R-3 C-1 C-2 C-3 M-1 M-2 A-1 MH- 1
Temporary T T T T construction office or yard
Temporary real T T T T T T T estate sales/leasing office
Temporary/seasonal T T T sales events
Official source: City of Fulton official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 120-51
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.