Sec. 1200. The C-2 Shopping Center Business Districts are designed to provide for shopping center development, and are generally characterized by an integrated or planned cluster of establishments served by a common parking area and generating large volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. No parcels of less than three acres shall be zoned C-2.

Sec. 1201. In a Shopping Center Business District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance; subject to the review and approval of the site plan by the Planning Commission:

1.

Any principal uses permitted in Sections 1101 [Sections 400.1101] or 1103 [Sections 400.1103] of the C-1 Districts, subject to the regulations applicable in the following sections of this Article.

2.

All retail business, service establishments or processing uses as follows:

a.

Any retail business whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise in an enclosed building.

b.

Any service establishment of an office, showroom or workshop nature of an electrician, decorator, dressmaker, tailor, baker, painter, upholsterer or an establishment doing radio or home appliance repair, photographic reproduction, and similar service establishments that require a retail adjunct.

c.

Theaters, assembly halls, concert halls or similar places of assembly when conducted completely within enclosed buildings.

d.

Business schools and colleges or private schools operated for profit.

3.

Private clubs, fraternal organizations and lodge halls.

4.

Child care centers subject to the following conditions:

a.

No portion of a child center shall be located within 300 feet of any gasoline pumps, underground storage tanks, or any other explosive material.

b.

One parking space shall be provided for each employee working during the largest shift plus one space for each eight children the facility is licensed to receive for care at any one time.

c.

A child loading/unloading area shall be provided to the Planning Commission to assure safe access to the facility and the adequacy of parking areas and maneuvering lanes to circulate peak hour traffic.

d.

On-site traffic circulation shall be restricted to a one-way traffic flow, where possible.

e.

Any on-site outdoor play area shall be enclosed by a fence that conforms to the applicable requirements of Section 1912 [Section 400.1912].

f.

Any facility boundary which abuts property which is residentially used or zoned shall be screened according to the provisions of Section 1911 [Section 400.1911], subsections c. and h. and any other applicable regulations.

g.

Signs shall conform to the applicable requirements to Section 1922 [Section 400.1922].

5.

Other uses similar to the above uses.

6.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses.

(Ord. No. 44A-141, 10-3-95)

Sec. 1202.

1.

All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.

2.

All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking, loading and those open air uses indicated as being subject to special conditions in Section 1203 [Section 400.1203] below, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

Sec. 1203. The following uses may be permitted upon making application and submitting any reasonable exhibits or information required by the Planning Commission, and after paying any fees established by the Township Board by resolution or ordinance, and after public hearing, review and approval of the site plan by the Planning Commission; and under such conditions as the Planning Commission imposes after finding that the use is not injurious to the district and environs, is not contrary to the spirit and purpose of this Ordinance, is not incompatible with already existing uses in the area, will not interfere with the orderly development of the area, would not be detrimental to the safety or convenience of vehicular or pedestrian traffic, will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services, will be consistent in assuring that the general public health, safety and welfare will not be infringed upon, and will be in compliance with all Township, County, State and Federal laws and regulations; and which, once approved, shall be deemed to authorize only one specific use, and shall expire and become null and void without further notice or action by the Planning Commission in any case where the special approval use has not been established within six months after the Planning Commission's grant of approval thereof or where the special approval use is discontinued or ceases to exist for six consecutive months or for 18 months during any three year period; and which may be revoked by the Planning Commission after it finds that any of the requirements of this Ordinance or conditions of approval are not being maintained.

1.

Retail sales of plant material not grown on the site, recreation for children's amusement, and sales of lawn furniture, playground equipment and garden supplies provided further that such uses shall be located at the exterior end of the building mass located in a C-2 District and developed in a planned relationship with the C-2 District.

2.

Bowling alley, indoor archery range, indoor tennis courts, indoor skating rink, or similar forms of indoor commercial recreation, requiring large buildings, when located at least 100 feet from any front, rear, or side yard of any residential lot in an adjacent residential district.

3.

Automobile service centers, when developed as part of a larger planned shopping center designed so as to integrate the automobile service center within the site plan and architecture of the total shopping center, and provided further that a building permit shall not be issued separately for the construction of any automobile service center within the C-2 District.

4.

Billiard hall, billiard room, pool hall or pool room, or other similar indoor recreation uses, but no establishments for the operation of coin-operated amusement devices, except that coin-operated amusement devices may be allowed as strictly an ancillary use, with the number of said devices to be established by the Planning Commission.

5.

Certain commercial outdoor recreation activities, such as volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball, soccer, bag toss/corn hole, shuffleboard, bocce, skateboard park, batting cages, ice skating, and miniature golf, subject to the following standards and conditions:

a.

The allowed usage will include volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball, soccer, bag toss/corn hole, shuffleboard, bocce, skateboard park, batting cages, ice skating, and miniature golf. Any other commercial outdoor recreation activity must be specifically approved by the Planning Commission pursuant to special approval. No fire arm range, firearm discharge, target practice, archery range, or any other dangerous activity shall be allowed.

b.

The minimum acreage upon which such commercial outdoor recreation activity shall be allowed is on a five (5) acre parcel. If additional commercial uses are located on the five (5) acre parcel, then there shall be at least two (2) acres minimum available for the commercial outdoor recreation activities.

c.

The setbacks from any commercial outdoor recreation activity may be established by the Planning Commission as part of the special approval as deemed appropriate for the type of activity approved. If not set by the Planning Commission, the setback for any outdoor recreation activity shall be at least fifty (50) feet from any parcel lot line adjacent to a residential zoning district and thirty-five (35) feet from any parcel lot line adjacent to a non-residential zoning district. Any variation of setbacks approved by the Planning Commission as part of the special approval which are less than stated in the preceding sentence, shall only be allowed after identification by the applicant and finding by the Planning Commission of unique circumstances and characteristics of the property and/or business which are present to warrant such lesser setbacks, along with the providing of enhanced screening to buffer such lesser setbacks.

d.

The parcel upon which the commercial outdoor recreation activities exist shall contain no less than a three hundred (300) foot parcel width at the front yard setback line.

e.

The hours of operation of the commercial outdoor recreation activity may be established by the Planning Commission as part of the special approval. If not set by the Planning Commission, the hours of operation shall exist between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight). The Planning Commission may designate that only courts, playing areas, fields, skateboard parks, cages, rinks and courses further from residential zoning districts be used after 10:00 p.m.

f.

Minimum parking spaces shall be consistent with Section 1904 and specifically under Paragraph c(14), except that instead of one hundred fifty (150) square feet of usable floor area, it will be one hundred fifty (150) square feet of area devoted to the actual commercial outdoor recreation activity, such as the actual volleyball or basketball courts, baseball, softball or soccer fields, bag toss/corn hole courts, shuffleboard playing area, bocce fields, skateboard park, batting cages, ice skating rinks, and miniature golf courses. There shall be no parking allowed on roads, drives, grass, or landscaped areas, or any other area not designated on the site plan for parking.

g.

Section 1907 and Section 1911 relating to landscaping and screening, and obscuring walls, shall apply, but the Planning Commission may increase or reduce landscaping and screening, and obscuring walls, based on the particular site involved, as well as based on the commercial outdoor recreation activities that are involved.

h.

Exterior lighting shall comply with Section 1908.

i.

Section 1913 relating to site plan review shall apply, however, if no new habitable buildings are erected, subsection 6, entitled "formal site plan not required", shall apply.

j.

There shall be a six (6) foot fence required around the entire parcel (except facing the front lot line on the road providing ingress and egress to the parcel), or alternatively, around the area devoted to all of the commercial outdoor recreation activities, or alternatively, around each court or court areas, or field or fields, or playing area or areas, or skateboard park or parks, or cage or cages, rink or rinks, or course or courses, but the Planning Commission may specify particular fencing requirements for different portions of the area or areas devoted to different types of commercial outdoor recreation activities, or based on the particular site involved or the commercial outdoor recreation activities involved.

k.

Food and drink may be sold in conformance with the laws, rules, and regulations of the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, Monroe County and Michigan Health Departments, and any other municipal, county, state, or federal entity having jurisdiction.

l.

Bathroom and serving areas may be provided, subject to "k" above, and subject to approval of the site plan by the Planning Commission.

m.

The road providing access to the parcel containing the outdoor recreation activities shall be a public and paved road.

6.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses.

(Ord. No. 44A-19, 1-22-80; Ord. No. 44A-113, 9-15-92; Ord. No. 44A-124, 3-22-94; Ord. No. 44A-308, §§ 1.A., 1.B., 8-16-16)

Sec. 1204. The following development standards shall apply to all buildings, structures and uses of land in C-2 Shopping Center Business Districts, and are in addition to any other applicable requirements of this Ordinance. The Bedford Township Site and Architectural Design Manual, as may be separately adopted and amended from time to time by the Planning Commission, shall be reviewed and referred to, in order to provide clarity, guidance, insight and suggestions with regard to the design of properties, which shall serve to assist both the Planning Commission and the developer/owner to understand and meet the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance, the Township's Development Design Standards Ordinance, and other applicable Township Ordinances, or other laws relating to site plan review and development:

A.

Architectural elements.

1.

Building facades shall incorporate recesses and projections, architectural, or landscaping features, which visually reduce the mass of the building facade as shown by example in the Bedford Township Site and Architectural Design Manual.

2.

Architectural interest shall be provided by referencing the Bedford Township Site and Architectural Design Manual.

3.

Wherever possible, variations in roof lines are encouraged to reduce the massive scale of the structure and to add visual interest. Roofs shall have features, which conceal flat roofs and rooftop equipment.

4.

Each principal building with an anchor tenant shall have a clearly defined, customer entrance with features such as canopies or porticos, arcades, arches, wing walls, and integral planters.

5.

Wherever possible, primary entrances and the facade shall be designed to provide three-dimensionality to the building structure consistent with the Bedford Township Site and Architectural Design manual.

6.

Lighting shall conform to the lighting regulation requirements of Section 1908 [400.1908] of this Ordinance and as required as part of the site plan review.

7.

The Bedford Township Site and Architectural Design Manual will be used as the primary guideline to determine the architectural style, color, and color scheme that enhances the character of the Township's visual environment.

B.

Exterior colors and materials.

1.

Facade colors shall be consistent with the recommendations and suggestions in the Bedford Township Site and Architectural Design Manual.

C.

Miscellaneous design elements.

1.

Loading docks, trash collection, outdoor storage including seasonal storage, and similar facilities and functions shall be incorporated into the overall design of the building and the landscaping so that the visual and acoustic impacts of these functions are minimized. There shall be no utility hook-up permitted for recreational vehicles.

2.

These provisions shall be construed to be in addition to the loading and unloading regulation requirements of Section 1906 [400.1906], and those other regulations of this Ordinance, which, along with that required as part of the site plan review, shall also be complied with.

D.

Building and unit dimensions.

1.

All buildings and structures, when considered collectively as a whole, shall not exceed an area greater than 25 percent of the net parcel area. Net parcel area is defined as the gross parcel area minus the road right-of-way.

E.

Site amenities. The proposed shopping center business development project may include sidewalk and/or bike path connections to existing and future developments subject to unique topographic or site features, current sidewalk ordinance requirements, and Michigan State Barrier Free requirements.

F.

Signage. Any site signage, including entrance monuments and wall signage, shall meet the sign regulation requirements of Section 1922 [400.1922] of this Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 44A-214, 8-20-02; Ord. No. 44A-244, § 1, 9-20-05)

Sec. 1205. See Article XVII, Schedule of Regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot by permitted land use, and providing minimum yard setback requirements.

(Ord. No. 44A-214, 8-20-02)