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Sault Ste Marie City Zoning Code

SECTION 10

1.10. - B-2 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS

Preamble.

The B-2 Central Business District is designed to provide for office buildings and the great variety of large retail stores and related activities which occupy the prime retail frontage by serving the comparison, convenience and service needs of the entire City are as well as substantial area beyond the City Limits. The district regulations are designed to promote convenient pedestrian shopping and the stability of retail development by encouraging a continuous retail frontage and by prohibiting automotive related services and non-retail uses which tend to break up such continuity.

1000.   Principal uses permitted.

In a Central 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 generally recognized retail business which supplies commodities on the premises such as, but not limited to: Foods, drugs, liquor, furniture, clothing, dry goods, notions, gifts or hardware.

2.

Any personal service establishment which performs services on the premises such as, but not limited to: repair shops (watches, radio, television, shoe, etc.) Tailor shops, beauty parlors, barber shops, interior decorators, photographers and dry cleaners.

3.

Hotels and motels.

4.

Restaurants and taverns wherein said establishment does not extend as an integral part of or accessory thereto, any service of a drive-in restaurant.

5.

Private clubs and lodge halls.

6.

Theaters.

7.

Offices and office buildings of an executive, administrative or professional nature.

8.

Banks with drive-in facilities permitted when said drive-in facilities are incidental to the principal function.

9.

Municipal buildings and post office.

10.

Offices and showrooms of plumbers, electricians, decorator or similar trades, in connection with which not more than twenty-five (25) per cent of the floor area of the building or part of the building occupied by said establishment is used for making, assembling, remodeling, repairing, altering, finishing, or refinishing its products or merchandise, and provided that: The ground floor premises facing upon, and visible from any abutting street shall be used only for entrances, offices, or display. All storage or materials on any land shall be within the confines of a building or part thereof occupied by said establishment.

11.

Business schools, or private schools operated for profit. Examples of private schools permitted herein include, but are not limited to, the following: Dance studios, music and voice schools, and art studios.

12.

Newspaper offices and printing plants.

13.

Warehouse and storage facilities when incident to any principal use permitted, provided that such facility be within the confines of the building or part thereof occupied by said establishment.

14.

Other uses which are similar to the above and subject to the following restrictions.

a.

All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail from premises where produced.

b.

Outdoor storage of commodities shall be expressly prohibited. Commodities available for sale may be displayed outdoors during business hours.

15.

Publicly owned buildings, utility and public service facilities and uses (without storage yards) when operating requirements necessitate the locating of such facilities within the district to serve the immediate vicinity.

16.

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses, including an accessory dwelling.

17.

Apartment complexes of four (4) or more dwelling units.

18.

Bus passenger station.

19.

One-, two- and multiple-family dwellings provided that the dwelling units shall not be located below the second floor.

(Ord. No. 146, § 1 (10-1.10), 11-4-74; Ord. No. 220-81, §, 12-21-81; Ord. No. 277-87, § 1, 8-3-87; Ord. No. 313-89, § 1, 8-21-89; Ord. No. 478-04, § 1, 9-20-04)

1001.   Area and bulk requirements.

See [Section 10-1.16] "SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS" limiting the height and bulk of buildings, and the minimum size of lot permitted.