The purpose of this district is to provide low density professional and business offices and similar activities employing a predominately clerical staff which is not engaged in retail sales on the premises of articles or products of a tangible nature and where no heavy or noisy machinery is utilized in the operation of the business. The development of office districts may well provide transition uses between commercial development and residential uses, if otherwise developed in accordance with standards of this ordinance.

No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or used and no land shall be used except for one or more of the following purposes:

A.

Professional and business offices and similar activities employing a predominantly clerical staff which is not engaged in retail sales on the premises of articles or products of a tangible nature and where no heavy or noisy machinery is utilized in the operation of the business. Permitted uses shall include the following:

1.

Abstract office.

2.

Accountant.

3.

Advertising.

4.

Appraiser.

5.

Architect.

6.

Bank and/or trust company.

7.

Bonding company.

8.

Brokerage house.

9.

Building contractor office (not including equipment or material storage).

10.

Building and loan association.

11.

Buildings, office.

12.

Business college.

13.

Chiropodist.

14.

Chiropractor.

15.

Christian Science Practitioner.

16.

Collection agency office.

17.

Commission house, office only.

18.

Credit reporting bureau.

19.

Credit unit office.

20.

Dentist.

21.

Detective agency.

22.

Doctor.

23.

Electric light and power company or telephone company, office and building.

24.

Engineer office.

25.

Finance companies, loan offices.

26.

Insurance office.

27.

Lawyer.

28.

Office service (stenographic service, letter preparation, addressing and mailing, duplication, multigraphing, mimeographing, machine tabulation, research and statistical).

29.

Osteopath.

30.

Real estate sales office.

31.

Medical or dental clinics.

Buildings, structures and parts thereof, may be erected, altered or used and land may be used for one or more of the following purposes subject to the approval of the Macomb Township Planning Commission and subject to the Special Land use permit procedures at Section 10.2401 of this ordinance.

All uses in Section 10.1203D, Special Land uses permitted.

All proposed structures, or use of land or structure, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.2402.

A.

Minimum size of each parcel:

1.

Area: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.

2.

Width: One hundred (100) feet.

3.

Depth: One hundred fifty (150) feet.

4.

Ratio: Depth not to exceed three (3) times the width.

5.

The area, width and depth of parcels as noted above shall be determined excluding the proposed right-of-way of any abutting streets as noted in the Master Thoroughfare Plan for Macomb Township.

B.

Maximum height of any structure:

1.

In stories: Two (2).

2.

In feet: Twenty-five (25) feet.

C.

Minimum building floor area: Eight hundred (800) square feet.

D.

Minimum yard setback:

1.

Front and street - side setbacks shall be provided in accordance with Section 10.0311.

Front and street - side setbacks, for both buildings and parking areas shall be maintained in accordance with the following dimensions as measured from the center line of the street upon which the property is located. For reference, the street or road definitions are those defined in the Macomb Township Master Thoroughfare Plan.

In the case of the M-59 (Hall Road) and Gratiot Avenue, setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet except for permanent structures which shall be seventy (70) feet as measured from the right-of-way line as established by the Michigan Department of Transportation.

2.

Side yard:

A.

Abutting agricultural and residential zones or uses. Fifty (50) feet.

B.

Abutting all other zones or uses. Twenty-five (25) feet.

3.

Rear yard: Fifty (50) feet.

E.

Maximum lot coverage: Thirty (30) per cent.

F.

Distance between buildings: Twenty-five (25) feet.

G.

Screening requirements: All uses abutting a residential use or zone shall provide an eight (8) foot wide greenbelt or a six (6) foot high wall. All parking lots located twenty-five (25) feet or less from a residential use or zone shall provide a six (6) foot high masonry wall.

H.

Off-street parking requirements: Uses on the site shall meet the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance as to off-street parking spaces, Section 10.0323.

I.

Reserved.

J.

Lighting requirements: All exterior lighting shall be directed and deflected so as not to shine on the abutting property as per Section 10.0340.

K.

Sidewalks: Sidewalks shall be provided as per Section 10.0404L.

L.

Trash areas: Trash areas shall be provided as per Section 10.0404M.

M.

Ground cover: Ground cover shall be provided as Section 10.0404N.

N.

Roof screening: Roof screening shall be provided as per Section 10.1006N.

(Ord. No. 10-18, § 1, 4-28-04; Ord. No. 10-40, § 1, 7-22-09)