(a)

Central business district. The central business district (CBD) is intended to provide for a traditional mixture of small office buildings, specialty retail stores, entertainment, public spaces, and related activities that are mutually supporting and serve the needs of both the city and surrounding communities. The intent of these district regulations is to encourage a lively social environment and economically viable downtown with a wide variety of uses in a pedestrian-oriented, unified setting, with shared parking. The district makes special provisions for vertical zoning, allowing the upper floors to be used as residential dwellings. The CBD district is also designated as a planned unit development (PUD) which covers the entire central business district to help ensure that the development/redevelopment of sites matches the preliminary PUD plan for downtown South Lyon, is cohesive with surrounding uses, and meets the architecture and design guidelines for this district.

(b)

General business district. The general business district (GBD) is intended to accommodate commercial establishments that serve community-wide shopping and service needs, including motorists using Lafayette Street. This district is intended to create cohesive commercial areas that take advantage of access provided by the city's roadway system but also provide convenient vehicular access between businesses in attractive settings, thereby ensuring the safety and discouraging undesirable commercial development.

In the CBD and GBD districts, land, buildings, and other structures shall be used only for one or more of the uses specified in the table below. Uses denoted by a "P" are permitted by right, whereas uses denoted by "C" have site development standards for specific uses and uses denoted by a "S" are considered special land uses and may be approved by the planning commission subject to the applicable general and specific standards in article XI, site development standards for specific uses and article XIII, special land uses.

All uses permitted by right or by special land use approval shall be required to meet the following requirements:

(1)

Dealing directly with consumers. All permitted retail or service establishments shall deal directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.

(2)

Conducted within enclosed buildings. All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking, loading and approved open air uses shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

(3)

Site and building design. All sites and buildings shall comply with the building, landscaping, parking, access, circulation, and all other design requirements of the zoning ordinance.

All uses within the business districts shall adhere to the following area, height, bulk, and placement regulations:

Footnotes to section 102-112 schedule limiting height, bulk, and placement regulations:

¹ Setbacks for institutional uses (such as a religious organization, church, nonprofit organization, academic institution, library or hospital) in residential districts shall be as follows:

a.

A 35-foot wide greenbelt shall be provided along major thoroughfares or arterial roadways in all residential districts for residential developments. Building setbacks are measured from the interior line of the greenbelt. See article XXI, landscape standards and tree replacement.

b.

Refer to article XXI, landscape standards and tree replacement for required setback and buffering based on adjacent zoning districts.

c.

All yard areas shall be lawn, ground cover or living landscape plant materials, except for access drives, sidewalks, bike paths, architectural features, permitted accessory buildings and essential service facilities.

d.

Refer to section 102-40, projections into yards.

e.

Refer to subsection 102-255(d), off-street parking space design and setback requirements, of article XIX, off-street parking and loading-unloading standards, for parking setbacks.

² Front yard requirements in accordance with section 102-21, front yard requirements. Front yard setback reductions are permitted as follows:

a.

Where the front yards for existing main buildings in the vicinity of, and in the same zoning districts as a subject lot are less than the required front yard for the zoning district of the subject lot, the required front yard for the subject lot shall be no less than 90 percent and no more than 135 percent of the average established front setback of existing main buildings on the same side of the street and entirely or partially within 300 feet of the side lot lines of the subject lot, subject to subsections b and c below.

b.

The front yard setback reduction shall only be permitted if there are two or more lots occupied by main buildings within the area described in subsection a, above, for computing the average front yard.

c.

In no case shall the required front yard resulting from the application of subsection a and b, above, be less than 15 feet.

³ Any side or rear yard for a principal use or a use with specific standards permitted in this district other than one-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings, shall not be less than the height of the structure at the side or rear lot line.

⁴ There shall be no height limit on the CBD, provided, however, that prior to the issuance of a building permits for any structure over 35 feet in height, the planning commission shall make a finding that such excessive height will not be detrimental to the light, air, or privacy of any structure or use currently existing or approved for construction. In approving a height in excess of 35 feet, the planning commission shall follow the standards set forth below in floor area ratio:

a.

All enlargements or new construction shall be undertaken with respect to the established building line.

b.

In the CBD, the maximum floor area ratio for a building shall not exceed the lot area by more than four times.

c.

The proposed height of the building meets the intent of the city master plan.

⁵ The maximum percentage of lot coverage for buildings, after review and approval by the planning commission and the zoning administrator, may be permitted to increase to a maximum of 70 percent providing that all requires off-street parking areas, service drives, loading and unloading areas, and all outdoor storage shall not infringe upon required minimum yard setbacks, and/or required buffer areas and not adversely affect adjacent properties.

All principal uses and special land uses are subject to the following site development requirements:

(1)

Article II: General provisions.

(2)

Article XV: Site plan review.

(3)

Article XIX: Off-street parking and loading standards.

(4)

Article XX: Access management and driveway standards.

(5)

Article XXI: Landscape standards and tree replacement.

(6)

Article XXII: Lighting standards.

(7)

Chapter 70: Signs.