Lapeer City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Business and Office Districts
§ 7-6.01 Intent.
A.
The OS-1 Office Service Districts are designed to accommodate uses such as offices, banks and personal services which can serve as transitional areas between residential and commercial districts and to provide a transition between major thoroughfares and residential districts.
B.
The B-1 Neighborhood Business Districts are designed to meet the day-to-day convenience shopping and service needs of persons residing in adjacent residential areas.
C.
The B-2 General Business Districts are designed to furnish locations for a wide range of businesses, including a variety of automotive services and goods incompatible with the uses and with the pedestrian movement in the City's traditional downtown (CBD Central Business Districts). The B-2 Districts are characterized by more diversified business types and are often located so as to serve the passerby traffic.
D.
The B-3 Regional Business Districts are designed to allow the development of retail establishments serving a wider regional trade area than would typically be found in the other zoning districts. The B-3 districts are characterized by intense traffic and traffic volumes generated by the wider trade area population. The B-3 District zoning designation is intended to restrict the location and number of regional retail establishments so as not to overload the City's thoroughfare system and further to limit the impact realized by the local commercial districts (B-1, B-2, CBD) that may result from saturation of the immediate trade area.
§ 7-6.02 Schedule of uses.
[Amended 5-17-2012; 9-26-2013; 2-19-2018; 11-19-2018; 10-5-2020; 1-4-2021; 12-19-2022; 12-2-2024]
Buildings or land shall not be used and buildings shall not be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter. Land and/or buildings in the districts indicated at the top of Table 7.06.1 may be used for the purposes denoted by the following abbreviations:
Key:
Permitted use (P): Land and/or buildings in this district may be used for the purposes listed by right.
Special land use (SLU): Uses which may be permitted by obtaining special land use approval when all applicable requirements in Article XIII, Use Requirements, and the standards of § 7-19.04, Review standards, are met.
Additional requirements: Indicates requirements or conditions applicable to the use.
Table 7.06.1: Business and Office Districts Schedule of Uses | ||||||
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Use | OS-1 | B-1 | B-2 | B-3 | Additional Requirements | |
Residential Uses | ||||||
Transitional housing | SLU | SLU | § 7-13.01D | |||
Animal and Agricultural Uses | ||||||
Veterinary facilities and clinics | — | — | P | — | — | |
Public and Institutional Uses | ||||||
Business schools, or private schools, operated for profit | — | — | P | P | — | |
Institutional uses, places of public assembly and places of worship, including other facilities normally incidental thereto, excluding large-scale churches | P | P | P | P | § 7-13.03C | |
Large-scale places of public assembly and places of worship with a seating capacity of 500 people or more or parking for 250 vehicles or more | — | — | SLU | SLU | § 7-13.03D | |
Municipal buildings and post office | — | P | P | P | — | |
Private clubs or lodge halls | — | — | P | — | — | |
Publicly owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings; electric transformer stations and substations; gas regulator stations with service yards, but without storage yards; water and sewage pumping stations | SLU | SLU | P | — | ||
Wireless telecommunication tower | SLU | SLU | § 7-13.10E | |||
Retail Uses | ||||||
Dry-cleaning establishments, or pickup stations, dealing directly with the consumer | — | P | P | — | — | |
Commercial establishments up to 80,000 square feet of gross floor area | — | P | P | P | ||
Commercial establishments consisting of 1 or more uses and a minimum of 80,000 square feet in total gross floor area | — | — | SLU | P | § 7-13.04A | |
Funeral homes and mortuary establishments | SLU | P | P | — | § 7-13.04D | |
Greenhouses and plant nurseries | — | — | SLU | — | ||
Home centers and lumber yards | — | — | SLU | P | § 7-13.04C | |
Newspaper offices and printing plants | — | — | P | — | — | |
Offices and showrooms of plumbers, electricians, decorator or similar trades, in connection with which not more than 25% of the floor area of the building or part of the building occupied by said establishment is used for making, assembling, remodeling, repairing, altering, finishing, or refinishing its products or merchandise | — | — | P | — | — | |
Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to: repair shops (watches, radio, television, shoe and etc), tailor shops, beauty parlors or barber shops, tattoo parlors, day spas, hair salons, photographic studios | P | P | P | — | — | |
Retail cold storage establishments | — | — | P | — | ||
Self-service laundry | — | P | P | — | ||
Motor Vehicle Uses | ||||||
Automobile car wash, automatic or self-service | — | — | P | — | § 7-13.05F | |
Automobile service station for sale of gasoline, oil, and minor accessories only | — | — | SLU | SLU | § 7-13.05A and B | |
Minor automobile repair shops | — | — | P | — | § 7-13.05C | |
Automobile sales or showroom | — | — | P | — | ||
Outdoor sales space for exclusive sale of secondhand automobiles | — | — | SLU | — | § 7-13.05E | |
Lodging and Food Service Uses | ||||||
Drive-through restaurants | — | — | SLU | SLU | § 7-13.04B | |
Bed-and-breakfast | — | — | P | P | — | |
Motels and hotels | — | — | SLU | SLU | § 7-13.06A | |
Standard restaurants, brew pubs and taverns where the patrons are served while seated within the building occupied by such establishment, and wherein said establishment does not extend as an integral part of, or accessory thereto, any service of a drive-in or open-front store | — | — | P | P | — | |
Sale and service of food and drink out of doors, provided such use is incidental to a similar principal use indoors and conducted adjacent to said principal use | — | — | P | P | — | |
Entertainment and Recreation Uses | ||||||
Adult entertainment uses | — | — | SLU | — | § 7-13.07A | |
Amusement arcades which provide space for patrons to engage in playing of electronic and mechanical video amusement devices or similar activities | — | — | SLU | — | § 7-13.07B | |
Bowling alleys, pool or billiard parlor or clubs, indoor archery and indoor tennis clubs, fitness centers, athletic clubs, and other similar indoor commercial recreation establishments | — | — | P | — | — | |
Commercial or institutional outdoor recreation facilities, including golf courses, water parks, tennis clubs and similar outdoor recreation establishments | — | — | P | P | § 7-13.07D | |
Commercially used outdoor recreational space for children's amusement parks, miniature golf courses | — | — | SLU | — | § 7-13.07C | |
Multi-screen movie theaters | — | — | — | SLU | § 7-13.07E | |
Theaters when completely enclosed | — | — | P | |||
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Professional Uses | ||||||
Banks, credit unions, savings-and-loan association, and similar uses | ||||||
Drive-through facilities as an accessory use only | P | P | P | P | § 7-13.04B | |
Standalone drive-through ATM facilities | — | — | P | P | § 7-13.04B | |
Office buildings for any of the following occupations: executive, administrative, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, drafting and sales | P | P | P | — | — | |
Business services such as mailing, copying, data processing and retail office supplies | P | P | P | — | — | |
Data processing and computer centers, including service and maintenance of electronic data processing equipment | P | P | P | — | — | |
Health and Human Care and Uses | ||||||
Adult day-care centers | SLU | P | P | — | ||
Ambulance service stations | SLU | — | P | P | § 7-13.09E | |
Child-care center, nursery schools and day nurseries | SLU | P | P | — | § 7-13.09A | |
Convalescent homes, nursing homes and child- care institutions | P | P | P | — | § 7-13.09B | |
Hospices | — | — | P | P | ||
Hospitals | SLU | — | P | P | § 7-13.09C | |
Medical office and clinics | P | P | P | — | — | |
Transportation and Warehousing Uses | ||||||
Bus passenger stations | — | — | P | — | — | |
Off-street parking lots | P | P | P | — | — | |
Parking lots and parking structures | P | — | — | |||
Warehouse and storage facilities when incident to and physically connected with any principal use permitted, provided that such facility be within the confines of the building or part thereof occupied by said establishment | — | — | P | — | — | |
Accessory and Similar Uses | ||||||
Accessory building and uses, customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses | P | P | P | P | — | |
Drive-through pharmacy as an accessory use only, when customarily incident to a principal use permitted in the district | SLU | SLU | P | SLU | § 7-13.04B | |
Tent sales and sidewalk sales | P | P | P | P | § 7-13.10B | |
Other uses similar to the above uses | SLU | SLU | SLU | SLU | § 7-13.11 | |
Wireless telecommunication antenna | P | P | P | P | § 7-13.10D | |
Other temporary uses | P/SLU | P/SLU | P/SLU | P/SLU | § 7-13.10C | |
Shipping containers, temporary | P | P | § 7-13.10F | |||
Medical and Adult-Use Marihuana Facility and Establishment Uses | ||||||
Use | OS-1 | B-1 | B-2 | B-3 | Additional Requirements | |
Marihuana provisioning center/marihuana retailer | — | — | — | — | Not permitted | |
Marihuana safety compliance facility/establishment | — | — | — | — | Not permitted | |
Marihuana grow facility/marihuana grower | — | — | — | — | Not permitted | |
Other marihuana uses | — | — | — | — | Not permitted | |
§ 7-6.03 Area, height, and placement requirements.
All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements:
Business and Office Districts: Schedule of Area, Height, and Placement Requirements (Table 7.06.2) | ||||||||
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Zoning District | Minimum Lot | Max. Building Height2 (feet) | Maximum Percent of Lot Coverage | Minimum Setbacks4 (feet) | ||||
Area | Width1 (feet) | Front3 | Side Yards5, 6 | Rear5 | ||||
Least 1 | Total 2 | |||||||
OS-1 | — | — | 35 | — | 30 | — | — | — |
B-1 | — | — | 25 | — | 10 | — | — | — |
B-2 | — | — | 35 | — | 30 | — | — | — |
B-3 | 10 acres | — | 35 | — | 30 | — | — | — |
Footnotes to Schedule of Area, Height, and Placement Requirements | |
1 | Depth-to-width ratio: All lots created after the adoption date of this chapter shall have a lot depth not more than four times its width, as measured at the front lot line. |
2 | Building height: Exceptions to building height shall be as provided for in § 7-14.03A, Height limit. |
3 | Off-street parking shall be permitted to occupy a portion of the required front yard, provided that there shall be maintained a minimum unobstructed and landscaped setback of 10 feet between the nearest point of the off-street parking area, exclusive of access driveways, and the nearest right-of-way line as indicated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan. |
4 | Natural features setback: All structures shall be set back at least 25 feet from all natural features such as drains, regulated wetlands, natural ponds, lakes and streams. |
5 | A setback and screening buffer as listed in Table 7.15.1 is required when a rear or side lot line is adjacent to different a zoning district or use. |
6 | Side yards are not required along the interior side lot lines of the district, except as otherwise specified in the Building Code, provided that if walls of structures facing such interior side lot line contain windows, or other openings, side yards of not less than 10 feet shall be provided. Where a lot borders on a street, there shall be provided a setback of not less than 10 feet on the side bordering the street. |