The intent of the Mixed Use Corridor is to provide a transition between the historic urban core of the Central Business District and the historic commercial district along the Emmet Street corridor. The district allows a wide mix of uses to maintain and promote a neighborhood that can meet the daily needs of its residents in walking proximity.

(Ord. No. 744, § 1, 5-19-2014)

In the B-2B Mixed Use Corridor District, no building or land shall be used except in compliance with the uses identified in Table 3001.1. Sexually-oriented businesses as defined in section 2800 of the zoning ordinance are specifically prohibited in the Mixed Use Corridor District.

TABLE 3001.1 Mixed Use Corridor (B-2B) Permitted and Special Condition Uses

P = Permitted
P (L) = Permitted subject to licensing provisions
SCU = Special condition use

TABLE 3001.2

(Ord. No. 744, § 1, 5-19-2014; Ord. No. 759, § 6, 2-19-2018; Ord. No. 783, § 5, 12-6-2021; Ord. No. 794, § 3, 12-4-2023; Ord. No. 798, § 3, 1-20-2025)

The uses noted as SCU in Table 3001.1 shall be permitted, subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed, for each use and subject further to the review and approval of the planning commission pursuant to sections 1717 and 1718 of the zoning ordinance.

1.

Open air business accessory to a permitted use. Open air operations shall be screened from adjacent residential uses and parkland as approved by the commission.

2.

Warehouse and wholesale establishments, subject to the following conditions:

a.

Goods shall also be available for retail purchase on the premise and located along the street frontage;

b.

The warehouse or wholesale establishment shall be located within 300 feet of a collector street (as designated in the Petoskey Master Plan) or railroad right-of-way.

c.

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

(Ord. No. 744, § 1, 5-19-2014)

Any use or change of use, except to a single or two-family residence, located in the B-2B District shall be required to submit a site plan subject to section 1716. In particular, site plans shall be subject to the following standards:

1.

General:

(a)

The site plan and elevation drawings shall label proposed exterior materials on walls and roofs of principal and accessory buildings, fences, or walls on the site.

(b)

Site development shall consider building placement to enhance use of the Park Reserve District, (Downtown Greenway Corridor), where applicable.

(c)

All business, service, or processing activities permitted in this district shall be conducted completely within enclosed buildings except customer, employee and freight vehicle parking, loading zones, and those open air uses specifically identified in this district as permitted subject to particular performance standards.

2.

Buildings:

(a)

In review of building facades and features, the planning commission shall consider:

1.

Exterior appearance shall take into account, and be compatible with, surrounding structures, considering proportions, materials, and fenestration, seeking to achieve some relationship with existing architectural character. A written description of how the sur- rounding structures have been considered shall be provided with the submittal.

2.

To reduce the mass of a building, any street or park fronting wall longer than 25 feet shall be articulated through changes in material, windows, wall plane, or wall height.

(b)

Accessory structures shall be designed to blend with the principal building(s) on the site as to exterior materials, size and shape.

(c)

Detached garages and accessory structures shall be accessed from an alley where one exists and is useable. Where an alley does not exist, location of the detached accessory building shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission. An attached garage shall not protrude in front of the wall plane of the principal structure.

3.

Site requirements:

(a)

Parking shall only be permitted as accessory to an immediately adjacent principal use.

(b)

Off-street parking requirements in the B2-B are no less than 75 percent and no more than 90 percent of the requirements of Table 1704(6).

(c)

Parking lot development is only allowed in the rear or side yards and screened with a hedge or finished wall of at least three feet and no more than four feet in height from view of any public street, alley, parkland or adjacent residential property.

(d)

Parking spaces shall be set back a minimum of three feet from the property line.

Proposed Amendments to the Office Service, General Business, and Light Industrial Districts and Creation of Mixed Use Corridor District

(Ord. No. 744, § 1, 5-19-2014)