This District is intended to concentrate community retail and service activities in a single core area. The creation of this District reflects the City's commitment to strengthening the downtown business district as an economic center for Newaygo and the neighboring communities. Uses in this district should complement one another and encourage pedestrian activity among the businesses.

Land and/or buildings in this District may be used for the following purposes by right:

A.

Any retail business, but excluding marijuana businesses, whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise within an enclosed building.

B.

Offices for personal or business services including banks, medical, professional, administrative, and sales offices.

C.

Personal service establishments performing services on the premises, including barber and beauty shops, interior decorating shops, photographic studios, shoe repair shops, radio and television repair shops, and other similar uses.

D.

Service establishments including printing, publishing, photo reproduction, blueprinting, and related trades or arts.

E.

Assembly buildings including dance pavilions, auditoriums, churches, and private clubs.

F.

Assembly buildings, utility buildings, and governmental or military service installations.

G.

Public or private business schools or colleges.

H.

Health and physical fitness salons.

I.

Restaurants, clubs, or other establishments which provide food or drink for consumption on the premises, but excluding drive-in restaurants.

J.

Hotels and motels.

K.

Accessory buildings and uses.

L.

Art galleries, museums, libraries, and similar cultural facilities.

M.

Residential uses, when combined in the same building or compound with a commercial use where the commercial use is the primary element at the street level and:

1.

Adequate off-street parking is provided for both the residential and commercial uses. The formula in Chapter 7 for multiple family dwellings shall apply, and

2.

All residential uses must have a separate entrance from all commercial uses and activities and shall be entirely apart and separate from the commercial uses and activities, and

3.

Residential uses must meet all applicable City, County, and State codes, laws and ordinances, and

4.

Both the residential and commercial uses may co-use parking and sidewalk areas where not otherwise expressly precluded by this Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 2021-05, art. I, 11-8-2021)

The following uses shall be allowed as special land uses when the applicable standards and requirements of Chapter 21 are met.

A.

Outdoor seating/service areas for permitted restaurants.

B.

Mortuaries and funeral homes.

C.

Commercial recreation facilities such as indoor theaters, bowling alleys, indoor skating rinks, or similar uses.

D.

Residential uses, when NOT combined with a commercial use in the same building or compound.

E.

Building supply and equipment establishments.

F.

Commercial enterprises producing and selling merchandise on the premises, provided that no more than fifteen (15) persons are employed on the premises and such production shall not be detrimental either by odor, noise, vibration, or smoke to the nearest occupied dwelling.

G.

Parking lots including municipal and private facilities not directly associated with a principal use.

H.

Planned Unit Developments (PUD) when all applicable standards of Chapter 18 are met.

I.

Bed and Breakfast Operations.

J.

Body-piercing establishments and tattoo parlors.

K.

Child Care Centers

(Ord. No. 2021-05, art. I, 11-8-2021)

The requirements for lot area, yards, height, and other dimensions, as specified in the Schedule of Regulations shall be met for every structure and land use.

(Ord. No. 2021-05, art. I, 11-8-2021)

See Chapter 22.

See Chapter 7.

See Chapter 5.

See Chapter 6.