This district is established to provide areas for shopping center development. The district is intended to permit and encourage commercial uses, primarily retail uses, that are compatible with and mutually supportive of each other, in one or more buildings of a unified architectural character, on a site that is planned, developed and managed as one operating unit. It is intended that each site be landscaped with a common unifying theme, and be provided with common drives, parking areas, and service areas designed and sized in a definite relationship to the types and sizes of stores to be located in the center. This district is intended to guarantee to the public, after the PSC district is approved, that commercial uses will be provided in a shopping center environment and not in a miscellaneous collection of stores in a strip arrangement on individual lots. It is intended that the district provide a desirable and representative image of the township; that it provide an attractive, comfortable and convenient environment for patrons of the center; and that the center be developed in such a way as to be compatible with neighboring uses, especially residential areas. The PSC district is to be located only in areas designated in the township's adopted comprehensive plan for shopping center use.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.01)

A PSC district shall be located in areas of the township that are designated in the township's adopted comprehensive plan for commercial use and as suitable for shopping center development. A petition for a PSC district in any other location shall either follow, or proceed simultaneously with, an amendment to the adopted land use development plan. A PSC district shall be located only in areas in which the township sanitary sewer services will be available at the time of opening of the center.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.02)

The following uses shall be permitted in this district:

(1)

Food stores, such as supermarkets, meat and fish markets, delicatessens, bakeries, dairy products, and health food stores.

(2)

Food service shops, such as restaurants, cafeterias, cocktail lounges, and ice cream shops.

(3)

General merchandise stores, such as department stores, variety stores, and catalog stores.

(4)

Clothing and shoe stores.

(5)

Dry goods stores.

(6)

Luggage and leather goods stores.

(7)

Furniture and appliance stores, decorating shops, and china and glassware stores.

(8)

Other retail stores, such as hardware, home improvements, automotive supplies, garden supplies, hobby supplies, records and tapes, musical instruments, books and stationery, pets and pet supplies, flowers, tobacco, drugs and cosmetics, greeting cards and gifts, photography equipment and services, and party supplies, including packaged beer, wine, and liquor.

(9)

Financial services.

(10)

Offices, such as legal, accounting, real estate, medical and dental.

(11)

Services, such as beauty and barber shops, watch repair, shoe repair, dry cleaners and laundries, travel agents, music and dance studios, optical services, and health salons.

(12)

Other services, such as automobile service stations.

(13)

Outdoor displays and sales, but only in areas and time periods designated in the approved site plan.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.03; Ord. No. 16-48, § 7(a), 4-12-2016)

The following buildings and structures, and uses of parcels, lots, buildings and structures, are permitted subject to obtaining a conditional use permit as provided in article XXVII of this chapter:

(1)

Theaters.

(2)

A church, synagogue, cathedral, mosque, temple or other building used for public worship.

(3)

A cemetery.

(Ord. No. 16-48, § 7(b), 4-12-2016)

(a)

Lot coverage (LC) shall not exceed 25 percent.

(b)

The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 35 percent.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.04)

The minimum lot area shall be five acres, and the minimum lot width shall be 300 feet. The minimum lot width may be reduced where a parcel has frontage and access on more than one public highway. The planning commission may reduce these requirements for specialty type shopping centers.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.05)

The following minimum yards shall be provided in a PSC district:

(1)

A yard 50 feet wide shall be provided along any property line of a PSC district that abuts a public or private street.

(2)

A yard 25 feet wide shall be provided along any property line of a PSC district that does not abut a public or private street, unless the adjacent property is designated for residential use in the township's adopted comprehensive plan, in which case the yard shall be 100 feet wide. The required 100-foot-wide yard may be reduced to not less than 25 feet by the planning commission, as part of its approval of the preliminary plan, if landscaping will be provided in lieu of the required yard and will be designed to screen the center from view from the adjacent residential area and to protect the residential area from adverse impacts of the center.

(3)

Driveways may cross the required yards. Parking spaces and loading areas shall not be located in any required yard.

(4)

All required yards shall be landscaped for the purpose of creating an attractive setting for the shopping center, to make the center compatible with neighboring uses to filter the view of the center from adjacent streets and properties, and to screen the view of the center from adjacent residential areas.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.06)

No principal building shall exceed a height of 30 feet or two floors. No accessory building shall exceed a height of 20 feet or one floor.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.07)

All required yards, and all other areas designated in the approved site plan for landscaping, shall be landscaped in accordance with the layout and plant materials schedule on the approved site plan. All landscaped areas shall be regularly maintained so as to retain, as a minimum, the landscape character and quality of the site as shown on the approved site plan.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.08)

All parking areas and access drives shall be lighted at night during business hours. The planning commission may require a minimum level of lighting be provided during non-business hours at night for public safety and policing purposes. All outside lighting shall be arranged and shielded to prevent glare or reflection, nuisance, inconvenience, or hazardous interference of any kind on adjoining streets or adjoining neighboring residential properties. The planning commission may, as a part of site plan approval, regulate the intensity and type of lights and fixtures to be used for outdoor illumination, and the height of such lights, to ensure that the standards and intent of this section will be met.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.09)

The parking area shall be divided by landscape islands or medians for the purpose of channeling traffic flows, breaking up the visual impact of large paved areas, reducing heat and glare from paved surfaces, and improving the attractiveness of the shopping center. The location of landscape islands and medians shall be shown on the preliminary site plan. Landscape islands shall be planted in accordance with the approved landscape plan. All landscaped islands shall be defined by concrete curbs.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.10)

(a)

A shopping center shall not have more than two access points on any one street unless unusual conditions demonstrate the need for additional access points.

(b)

Drives that will provide the principal access to and exit from the shopping center shall be physically separated from parking areas by landscape islands. Parking spaces shall not open onto the principal drives.

(c)

The planning commission may require turn lanes at intersections with abutting streets, or with interior drives, where traffic volumes or flow patterns indicate such lanes to be necessary.

(d)

A shopping center shall abut and have access to one or more public streets.

(e)

The planning commission may require provision of walkways within the shopping center property, if the location of stores and shops, or the size of the center, or the layout of parking areas or principal drives, indicate that walkways are needed for the convenience and safety of pedestrians.

(f)

A sidewalk shall be provided along each public street frontage of a shopping center in accordance with the township standards. The planning commission may require connecting sidewalks between the street sidewalks and interior walkways if necessary for the convenience and safety of pedestrians.

(g)

All walkways and sidewalks shall be barrier-free.

(h)

Traffic control devices, such as stop signs, speed limit signs, traffic signals, turn arrows, one-way directions, pavement markings, and pedestrian crossings, shall be provided in accordance with the Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and shall be maintained by the owner of the shopping center so that the devices consistently meet the standards of the Michigan Manual.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.11)

Loading areas shall be provided in accordance with article XXV of this chapter, except that the following regulations shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions of article XXV of this chapter:

(1)

No loading area may be located in any required yard.

(2)

All loading areas shall be screened from view from any public street right-of-way and from any adjacent residential property. The planning commission may reduce these requirements based upon site specific criteria of individual properties.

(3)

Loading and service areas shall be laid out so that, in the process of loading or unloading, no vehicle shall block or extend into any other drive or public street. Loading and service drives shall be clearly marked on the site.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.12)

Outdoor storage of new or waste materials or products shall be prohibited in a PSC district, unless such storage is located within a screened area. Such storage shall not be located in any required yard or in any drive or parking area. Screening for a storage area shall be finished with materials that match or are compatible with the exterior materials of the principal buildings of the shopping center. Displays for permitted outdoor uses shall be exempt from this section.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.13)

Permitted uses may be provided in one building or in two or more buildings. If separate buildings are provided, they shall be organized on the site in such a way that will create a cohesive grouping of buildings around malls, courtyards, or plazas, and shall be interconnected by walkways. Unified architectural and landscape treatment shall be provided in all parts of a shopping center.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.14)

A site to be developed for a PSC district shall provide the information required in article XXVIII of this chapter, and the following additional information:

(1)

A market analysis shall be provided to the planning commission showing the trade area of the proposed center and the population of the trade area, present and projected.

(2)

A traffic study, prepared and signed by a mutually agreed upon registered traffic engineer, shall be provided to the planning commission showing projected daily, street peak hour, and center peak hour traffic volumes; recommended design of driveways within the center; and recommended traffic control devices in the center and at intersections of the center's drives with public streets.

(Ord. of 7-22-2013, § 50.15)