Baldwin Township City Zoning Code
PART 7
C - COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
§ 27-701 Applicability.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. VI, § 600]
In C - Commercial and Light Industrial Districts, the following regulations shall apply.
§ 27-702 Permitted Uses.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. VI, § 601; as amended by Ord. 436, 8/7/2007, § 1]
1.
A building may be erected, altered, or used, and a lot or premises may be used, for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A.
A use permitted in any Residence District.
B.
Store, office, studio, personal service shop, bank, financial institution, telephone exchange or telephone office, radio or television station, studio or office.
C.
Hotel, rooming house, boarding house.
D.
Theater, movie house, place of amusement, restaurant, tea room, night club, bar, grill room.
E.
Greenhouse.
F.
Funeral home, crematory.
G.
Motor vehicle sales agency when authorized as a conditional use (a motor vehicle sales agency may include a service and repair shop in the rear of the same building or in a building accessory thereto on the same lot).
H.
Public garage or gasoline service station or motor vehicle service and repair shop, when authorized as a conditional use.
I.
Bus or railway passenger station, express agency.
J.
Motor vehicle parking lot, storage garage, private garage.
K.
Bakery, pastry, confectionery, or ice cream shop for the production of articles to be sold at retail on the premises.
L.
Hand laundry, or cleaning and pressing shop.
M.
Plumbing, tinsmith, electrical repair, or pipe fitting shop, or shop for similar trades.
N.
Creamery, butter making, cheese making, milk bottling, or distribution station, when authorized as a conditional use.
O.
Repair of jewelry, watches, clocks or optical goods; repair of musical, professional and small scientific instruments; and manufacture thereof when authorized as a conditional use.
P.
Newspaper or job printing; bookbinding.
Q.
Club, fraternity house, or lodge.
R.
Public or private school, place of worship, personal care home, nursing home, hospital, sanitarium, or philanthorpic use.
[Amended by Ord. No. 481, 10/2/2018]
S.
Bowling alley and billiard parlors.
T.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses, subject to the limitations contained in § 27-402.D.
U.
Any use of the same general character as any of the uses hereinbefore specifically permitted in this section when authorized as a conditional use.
§ 27-703 Prohibited Uses.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. VI, § 602]
No building may be erected, altered, or used, and no lot or premises may be used, for any trade, industry or business that is noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration, or noise. No internal combustion engine or other machine shall be used unless objectionable noise and vibration be eliminated.
§ 27-704 Permitted Residential Uses.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. VI, § 603; as amended by Ord. 436, 8/7/2007, § 1]
The provisions of §§ 27-502 and 27-503 of this chapter, inclusive, shall apply to any use of property in C - Commercial District which would be a permitted use in R-2 Residence Districts, or which might be authorized as a conditional use or otherwise in an R-2 Residence District pursuant to this chapter.
§ 27-705 Front, Rear and Side Yard Requirements.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. VI, § 604; as amended by Ord. 1-1956, 3/12/1956, § 1; and by Ord. 436, 8/7/2007, § 1]
1.
The following yard requirements shall apply to all buildings in Commercial Districts:
A.
Front yard: at least 25 feet.
B.
Rear yard: at least 10 feet.
C.
Side yard or yards: at least 10 feet wide; provided, however, that buildings may be built with either or both side walls attached to or in common with a wall of another building, in which case no side yard shall be required on such attached/common side or sides of the building. In case of a corner lot, there shall be two side yards where the side yard along the side street line having a width of not less than half the distance front the front street line to the nearest part of the building and with side yard along the other side line having a width not less than 10 feet.
§ 27-706 Height Requirements.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953; as added by Ord. 375, 9/3/1996; and as amended by Ord. 436, 8/7/2007, § 1]
1.
Except as otherwise provided hereinafter, no building or structure shall exceed 35 feet or 2 1/2 stories in height.
2.
The height of any building used exclusively for educational, religious and/or philanthropic purposes or any hospital or sanitarium and of any building on the same lot used exclusively for purposes customarily, incidental and accessory thereto may be increased to not more than 70 feet or six stories, provided that the width of each front, side, and rear yard shall be increased at the rate of two feet for each additional one foot of height over 35 feet.
3.
Height Exceptions. The height limitations of the Commercial and Light Industrial District may be exceeded by structures, when permitted therein, which require special design on account of their particular use in industry or commerce (such as chimneys, stacks, grain elevators, detached water or radio towers), provided they otherwise comply with the regulations herein prescribed and provided their additional height is authorized as a conditional use and further provided that in all such cases the width of each front, side, and rear yard shall be increased at the rate of two feet for each additional one foot of height over 35 feet.
4.
No dwelling hereafter erected in the Commercial and Light Industrial District shall be less than 14 feet in height.
5.
Any dwelling structure erected in the Commercial and Light Industrial District shall conform to the height requirements of Part 5, unless authorized as a conditional use.
§ 27-707 View Obstruction.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. VI, § 605]
No wall, fence, or other structure shall be erected or altered, and no hedge, tree, shrub, or any other growth shall be established or maintained, which may cause danger to traffic on a street by obscuring the reasonable view of persons using such street.
§ 27-708 House Trailer Use Restricted.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. VI, § 606]
No house trailer may be used for living or sleeping purposes within the Township except when located in a trailer camp for which a permit issued by the Township Commissioners is in full force and effect. Such special permits shall be issued only in cases of emergency need, and no such permit shall continue in effect for more than 30 days unless extended by resolution of the Township Commissioners.
§ 27-709 Signs.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. VI, § 607]
Signs and signboards are permitted when erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Part 10 of this chapter.
§ 27-710 Parking and Storage of Vehicles or Equipment.
[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953; as added by Ord. 454, 8/2/2011, § 2]
Except where specifically permitted as a primary use as a vehicle parking or storage lot, the parking of vehicles, trucks, trailers, boats, recreational vehicles, and equipment is permitted only if incidental to the operation of a business lawfully occupying the property, by customers while present at the business location, and by trucks present for loading or unloading of transient delivery.