The general commercial district (GCD) is established to accommodate those retail outlets, commercial amusement enterprises, and service-oriented uses which serve the needs of motorists and must, by necessity, be located adjacent to the major highways of the city.

In a GCD, no building, structure or premise shall be erected, altered, or used, except for one or more of the following uses, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance:

A.

Any nonresidential principal permitted or conditional use in the central business district (CBD);

B.

Adult daycare and foster care facilities;

C.

Assembly halls;

D.

Automobile, truck, motorcycle, trailer, recreational vehicle or boat, dealerships, either new or used;

E.

Automobile wash facilities;

F.

Automotive fueling stations including those combined with convenience stores of no more than 1,000 square feet; or automotive fueling stations and automobile service centers/stations, without accessory or combined convenience stores; provided any outdoor storage of vehicles is screened in accordance with the standards of section 21.50 [21.56];

G.

Business service establishments, such as office machine and typewriter repair, printing, blueprinting;

H.

Churches, temples, and similar places of worship;

I.

Commercial greenhouses, nurseries, and garden centers less than 1,000 square feet;

J.

Commercial schools and training centers, including art and dance studios, music and voice schools, and business schools;

K.

Commercial vehicle storage and garages;

L.

Financial services, including banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions with drive-in or drive-through facilities, subject to the provision of backup or waiting space, apart from required off-street parking areas, at the rate of four car spaces for each service window or pedestal, in addition to the space at the window or pedestal;

M.

(Reserved for future use);

N.

Government buildings and uses;

O.

Household repairs;

P.

Indoor recreation facilities, including bowling alleys, tennis courts, pools, roller and ice skating rinks, dance halls, and other facilities;

Q.

Lumberyards and building supplies;

R.

Physical culture facilities, such as gymnasiums, reducing salons and beauty schools;

S.

Printing and publishing establishments, including newspaper offices and publishers;

T.

Private clubs, lodge halls, and similar assembly buildings;

U.

Public utility buildings and substations;

V.

Rental facilities;

W.

Restaurants, taverns and brewpubs (as defined by the Michigan Liquor Control commission) with up to four billiard tables or other amusement games or devises;

X.

Retail establishments whose principal activity is the sale or rental of merchandise within a completely enclosed building of less than 60,000 square feet of gross floor area, including supermarkets and commercial centers with up to eight different uses;

Y.

Service establishments of an office, showroom or workshop nature, such as a decorator, upholsterer, caterer, exterminator or building contractor, and similar establishments that require retail outlets, except that no outdoor storage of equipment or materials shall be permitted;

Z.

Specialty wine shops;

AA.

Theaters and cinemas;

BB.

Veterinary clinics (excluding the outdoor use of property for pens, boarding, or other similar uses); [and]

CC.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above permitted uses, including drive-through service windows.

(Ord. of 10-9-2007, § 9(12.20))

The following uses shall be considered conditional uses and require conditional use approval and shall comply with any applicable conditional use requirements of article XXV:

A.

Cocktail lounges and nightclubs, including those with more than four billiard tables or other amusement devises;

B.

Colleges or universities;

C.

Commercial greenhouses, nurseries, and garden centers exceeding 1,000 square feet of floor area;

D.

Drive-in or drive-through restaurants or other drive-in or drive-through establishments serving food and/or beverages;

E.

Mechanical amusement device arcades, pinball parlors and pool or billiard halls;

F.

Mobile home, excavation equipment, machinery or farm implement sales, either new or used;

G.

Open air business uses;

H.

Party stores;

I.

Public, parochial and private schools including nursery schools, churches, temples and similar places of worship, libraries, community buildings, hospitals, convalescent homes and mortuaries;

J.

Public utility transformer stations, substations and gas regulator stations without service or storage yards shall comply with the requirements of this ordinance and shall be subject to the following: a front yard setback of not less than 50 feet shall be provided (irrespective of the yard requirement of the district in which it is located) and two side yards and a rear yard shall be provided, each shall not be less than 25 feet in width. The previously mentioned conditional uses shall be landscaped with a buffer of plant materials that effectively screens the view of the use from property used for residences and public rights-of-way. The standard buffer shall consist of a landscaped strip at least six feet wide outside the perimeter of the compound. The buffer shall contain a variety of species of plants;

K.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics with outdoor pens, boarding, or other similar uses;

L.

Wholesale stores of less than 60,000 square feet of gross floor area;

M.

Other commercial uses not specifically stated or implied elsewhere which, in the determination of the planning commission, are similar to the principal permitted uses provided herein, and in harmony with the character of the district and the purpose and intent of this article and the comprehensive plan of the city; [and]

[N.

Reserved.]

O.

Funeral homes.

(Ord. of 10-9-2007, § 9(12.30))

The following requirements shall be met within a GCD:

A.

Development plan approval for uses as specified in article XIX of this ordinance;

B.

Off-street parking, loading, and access management standards for all uses as specified in article XXIV of this ordinance;

C.

Signs for all uses as specified in the Boyne City Sign Ordinance;

D.

Height, area, lot coverage and yard regulations as specified in article XX of this ordinance;

E.

Landscaping requirements as specified in article XXIII of this ordinance;

F.

Design, architectural, and building material standards as specified in article XXII of this ordinance; [and]

G.

Provisions relating to all zoning districts (as applicable in each separate case) as specified in article XXI of this ordinance.