The B-3 General Business Districts are designed to provide sites for more diversified business types which would often be incompatible with the pedestrian movement in the local business district or the central business district.

In a B-3 General Business District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses unless otherwise provided in this ordinance:

1.

Any commercial use permitted in the B-2 district and any residential uses permitted in the RM-2 Multiple Family District. Uses shall be subject to the regulations of the B-3 District.

2.

Auto wash when completely enclosed in a building.

3.

Bus passenger stations.

4.

New and used car salesroom, showroom, or office.

5.

Short-term rentals (STR).

6.

Other uses similar to the above uses.

7.

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

(Ord. No. 783, § 2, 12-6-2021; Ord. No. 794, § 3, 12-4-2023; Ord. No. 798, § 3, 1-20-2025)

The following uses shall be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed for each use and subject further to the review and approval of the planning commission:

1.

Outdoor sales space for exclusive sale or rental of new or used automobiles, house trailers, travel trailers, snowmobiles, or marine craft, and building material sales when not exclusively wholesale, all subject to the following:

a.

The lot or area shall be provided with a permanent, durable, and dustless surface and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulated within the area.

b.

Access to the outdoor sales area shall be at least 60 feet from the intersection of any two streets.

c.

No major repair or major refinishing shall be done on the lot.

d.

All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts.

2.

Motel, subject to the following conditions:

a.

Access shall be provided so as not to conflict with the adjacent business uses or adversely affect traffic flow on a major thoroughfare.

b.

Each unit shall contain not less than 250 square feet of floor area.

c.

No guest shall establish permanent residence at a motel for more than 60 days within any calendar year.

3.

Business in the character of a drive-in/drive-through, or open-front store, subject to the following conditions:

a.

A drive-through service window and canopy shall only be located in the side or rear yard of a business location.

b.

Driveways shall be located at least 60 feet from the radius point of the curb at the intersection of any two streets.

c.

All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts.

d.

A six-foot high screening wall, fence or landscape material shall be provided when abutting or adjacent districts zoned for R, RM, OS, B-1, B-2 or B-3a districts. The height of the wall, fence or landscape material shall be measured from the surface of the ground, shall meet the requirements of article XVIII, General Provisions, and shall be of a material or construction approved by the city planning commission.

e.

Reservoir stacking spaces shall be provided for drive-through operations subject to provisions of section 1704.12 and as required in section 1704, Figure 10. The approved site plan and layout shall provide for a separate lane to access parking or to bypass drive-through lanes where applicable.

4.

Veterinary hospitals or clinics, provided all activities are conducted within a totally enclosed main building and provided further that all buildings are set back at least 200 feet from abutting residential districts on the same side of the street.

5.

Plant materials nursery for the retail sale of plant materials not grown on the site, and sales of lawn furniture, playground equipment and garden supplies subject to the following conditions:

a.

The storage and/or display of any materials and/or products shall meet all setback requirements of a structure.

b.

All loading and parking shall be provided off-street.

c.

The storage of any soil, fertilizer, or other loose, unpackaged materials shall be contained so as to prevent any effects on adjacent uses.

6.

Gasoline stations as regulated in the B-2 district, except that general vehicle repair work may be permitted; provided all repair services or accessory activities and do not constitute principal uses of the property.

7.

Funeral homes and mortuaries, subject to the conditions imposed in section 1102, 1.

8.

Warehouse and wholesale establishments, subject to the following conditions:

a.

Warehouse and wholesale structures shall meet the setback requirements of the I-1 Light Industrial District.

b.

The warehouse or wholesale establishment shall be located within 300 feet of a collector thoroughfare (designated in the Petoskey Future Land Use Plan).

c.

The warehouse or wholesale establishment shall be located within 300 feet of a railroad right-of-way.

d.

A screening wall of a height and material and location to be determined by the planning commission shall be required where the use abuts an existing residential land use.

9.

The production, processing, and packaging of bakery, confectionary, and dairy goods subject to the following conditions:

a.

Goods shall also be available for retail purchase on the premise;

b.

Multi-modal transportation access shall be provided to meet the performance requirements established in section 1716(3);

c.

Where the use abuts an existing residential or public land use, trucking-related operations shall be screened to meet the performance requirements established in section 1716(3) as determined by the planning commission.

10.

Medical marihuana facilities, to the extent permitted by and subject to the terms and conditions of the City of Petoskey's general ordinances regulating same and subject to the requirements of article XXXII and the provisions of sections 1716 through 1718 of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 562, § 1, 7-2-1984; Ord. No. 609, § 1, 3-21-1988; Ord. No. 632, § 6, 10-21-1991; Ord. No. 706, § 1, 2-2-2009; Ord. No. 772, 10-7-2019)

See article XVI, Schedule of Regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of a lot by permitted land use, and providing minimum yard setback requirements.