1200.   Principal uses permitted.

In a Tourist Service District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one (1) or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance:

1.

All principal uses permitted in the B-2 Central Business District subject to all requirements of the B-2 District, provided the area and bulk requirements of the T-Tourist Service District are complied with.

2.

Tourist residence facilities including but not limited to: Rooming houses, motels, hotels, camping sites and travel trailer sites.

3.

Gift and souvenir shops.

4.

Restaurants, taverns and bars.

5.

Bowling alleys and pool or billiard parlors.

6.

Private clubs or lodge halls.

7.

Marina and boat livery facilities including boat sales and service facilities.

8.

Churches.

9.

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

10.

Other uses of a character similar to the above uses.

11.

Museums, art galleries, theaters and other similar cultural facilities.

12.

Tourist services and attractions, including land or water-based tour or transportation facilities, convention centers, public arenas or auditoriums, historic displays and parks and recreational facilities.

13.

Nonrecreational ship and boat docking and tie-up facilities, including public ports, together with their normal and customary accessory uses.

14.

Apartment complexes of four (4) or more dwelling units, subject to the Schedule of Regulations requirements of the RM-1 District as set forth in Section 1600 [10-1.16] of this Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 286-87, § 1, 10-5-87; Ord. No. 312-89, § 1, 8-21-89; Ord. No. 315-89, § 1, 8-21-89; Ord. No. 408-96, § 1, 5-26-96)

1201.   Uses subject to special conditions.

The following uses shall be permitted subject to the conditions herein imposed.

1.

Business in the character of a drive-in restaurant subject to the following:

a.

A setback of at least sixty (60) feet from the right-of-way line of any existing street must be maintained.

b.

Ingress and egress points shall be located at least sixty (60) feet from the intersection of any two (2) streets.

c.

All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts.

2.

Commercially used outdoor recreational space for children's amusement parks, carnivals, miniature golf courses, subject to the following:

a.

Children's amusement park must be fenced on all sides with a four-foot wall, obscuring fence or landscape buffer constructed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1709.

b.

Adequate parking shall be provided off the road right-of-way and shall be fenced with a four-foot, six-inch (4'-6") wall or obscuring fence where adjacent to the recreation facility.

3.

Gasoline service station for sale of gasoline, oil, and minor accessories and subject to all codes and ordinances governing gasoline service stations of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and subject further to the following:

a.

The curb cuts for ingress and egress to a service station shall not be permitted at such locations that will tend to create traffic hazards in the streets immediately adjacent thereto. Entrances shall be no less than twenty (20) feet from a street intersection (measured from the road right-of-way) or from adjacent residential districts.

b.

The minimum lot area shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet, and so arranged that ample space is available for motor vehicles which are required to wait.

c.

The development shall be screened from adjacent residentially zoned properties in accordance with the provisions of Section 1709, Screening, buffering and landscaping.

d.

All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts.

e.

Major engine and body repair, steam cleaning and undercoating when conducted on the site shall be within a completely enclosed building. The storage of wrecked automobiles on the site shall be obscured from public view. No automobile or vehicle of any kind, shall be stored in the open for a period exceeding one (1) week.

4.

Rebound tumbling facilities (trampoline) and similar devices may be located in the "T" District subject to the following requirements:

a.

Fencing shall be provided on all sides of the area used for trampoline activity. Said fence shall be no less than six (6) feet high and shall be constructed to discourage climbing on such fence during hours when the trampoline facility is not open for business. The facility property shall be screened from adjacent residentially zoned properties in accordance with the provisions of Section 1709, Screening, buffering and landscaping.

b.

Trampolines shall be located on the lot to provide the following minimum distances measured from the outside of frames.

(1)

At least six (6) feet at ends to nearest obstacle.

(2)

At least four (4) feet on exposed sides to nearest obstacle.

(3)

At least four (4) feet between rows of trampolines.

(4)

In any row, at least three (3) feet between frames or three (3) feet of approved padding between trampoline beds.

c.

Pits shall not exceed four (4) feet in depth, without special permission, and shall be adequately drained. The construction of the pits, the framing and the padding shall be according to manufacturers plans and specifications.

d.

The ground area surrounding the trampolines shall have a level surface of sod, or of pea gravel or equivalent type of material to prevent a dust nuisance.

e.

All trampolines shall be equipped with protective padding.

f.

Automobile entrance and exit points shall not be provided from residential streets and such entrance and exit points shall not conflict with adjacent business uses.

g.

Off-street parking shall be provided at a ratio of one (1) space per trampoline to service those using trampolines and for spectators at the trampoline facility.

h.

Outdoor lighting shall be shielded to reduce glare and shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from residential districts.

i.

No loud speaker or public address system shall be used.

j.

In the event the trampoline facility is discontinued, all excavations shall be filled to the grade of the property prior to its use as a trampoline facility.

5.

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.

6.

Temporary or intermittent research facilities, including automobile, tire and related testing facilities, subject to the following:

a.

All activities relating to the facility shall take place within a completely enclosed building.

b.

No such facility shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet to any residential district.

(Ord. No. 312-89, § 1, 8-21-89; Ord. No. 478-04, § 1, 9-20-04; Ord. No. 519-10, 6-21-10)

1202.   Area and bulk requirements.

See [Section 10-1.16] "SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS" limiting the height and bulk of buildings and the maximum density permitted.