The regulations of this district are set up to provide land for various types of light industrial manufacturing and nonpedestrian oriented commercial uses that are compatible with one another. The lands included in this district are those suited for establishments characterized by automobile access, low land coverage, the absence of objectionable external effects and the possibility of large setbacks and attractive building design.

In this district, each establishment is usually found with its own ingress/egress and automobile parking area; however, combined ingress/egress and parking areas are not altogether excluded. Because of the lack of intense pedestrian activity and the required contact with automobile access, uses permitted in this district must be adaptable to an environment of this nature. All manufacturing establishments shall have performance characteristics similar to those uses listed in the industrial district (ID).

In a[n] RC/ID district, 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 principal permitted use in the general commercial district (GCD) and the industrial district (ID), unless listed as a conditional use herein;

B.

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

C.

Colleges or universities;

D.

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

E.

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

F.

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

G.

Party stores;

H.

Retail establishments whose principal activity is the sale or rental of merchandise within a completely enclosed building of less than 80,000 square feet of gross floor area, including supermarkets, hypermarkets, and commercial centers with up to 15 different uses;

I.

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

J.

Wholesale stores of less than 80,000 square feet of gross floor area;[and]

K.

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

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.

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

B.

Open air business uses;

C.

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;

D.

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

E.

Other commercial, office, or industrial 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]

F.

Funeral homes.

(Ord. of 10-9-2007, § 10)

The following requirements shall be met within the RC/ID district:

A.

Development plan approval for all 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.