The Planned Business District (B-2) is designed to service the needs of the convenience or comparison shopper. The district is generally characterized by an integrated or planned cluster of establishments served by a common parking area and generating large volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. For this reason, this district will generally be located at the intersection of two (2) major thoroughfares.

No building, structure, or land shall be erected or used in a B-2, Planned Business, District unless a site plan therefor has been approved per the provisions of section 5.22.

(Ord. No. 1793, § 13, 8-19-24)

In a B-2 district, no building, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure erected except for one (1) or more of the following uses unless otherwise provided in this chapter:

(1)

Medical offices and clinics.

(2)

Banks and similar financial institutions.

(3)

Libraries and government office buildings and public utility offices, but not including storage yards.

(4)

Post offices.

(5)

Private clubs or lodges.

(6)

Nursery schools and day care centers.

(7)

Photographic studios and interior decorating studios.

(8)

Personal services.

(9)

Stores of a generally recognized retail nature which supply commodities on the premises, such as, but not limited to: groceries, meats, dairy products, baked goods or other foods, drugs, dry goods, clothing, notions, and hardware.

(10)

Free-standing restaurants and carry-out restaurants, and restaurants and carry out restaurants when attached to, and located within a shopping center building complex. Excluding drive-in, fast food restaurants, any restaurant with a drive-thru, any restaurant with a bar/lounge, and any restaurant open twenty-four (24) hours.

(11)

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

(Ord. No. 1281, 5-22-89; Ord. No. 1426, 9-24-98; Ord. No. 1699, § 13, 12-27-18; Ord. No. 1745, § 9, 11-4-21)

The following uses may be permitted upon the review and approval of the city council only after a recommendation by the planning commission. The use or uses shall only be approved when the following general standards have been satisfied and subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed.

(1)

Standards.

(a)

The proposed use or uses must be of such size and character that it will be in harmony with the appropriate and orderly development of the planned business district.

(b)

The location, size, intensity, and periods of operation of any such proposed use must be designed to eliminate any possible nuisance likely to emanate therefrom which might be adverse to occupants of any other nearby permitted uses.

(c)

The proposed use must be in accord with the spirit and purpose of this chapter and not be inconsistent with, or contrary to, the objectives sought to be accomplished by this chapter and principles of sound planning.

(d)

The proposed use is of such character that the vehicular traffic generated will not have an adverse effect, or be detrimental, to the surrounding land uses or the adjacent thoroughfares.

(e)

The proposed use is of such character and intensity and arranged on the site so as to eliminate any adverse effects resulting from noise, dust, dirt, glare, odor, or fumes.

(f)

The proposed use, or change in use, will not be adverse to the promotion of the health, safety, and welfare of the community.

(2)

Uses.

(a)

Theaters, assembly halls, concert halls, religious institutions, or similar places of assembly when conducted completely within enclosed buildings.

(b)

Open-air retail sales of plant material and sales of lawn furniture, playground equipment, and garden supplies provided that:

1.

The open-air sales area is enclosed with a fence.

2.

That such sales area is in conjunction with indoor sales of the same general type.

3.

That the square footage of the open sales area is no greater than the indoor sales area.

(c)

Arcades with a minimum of one hundred (100) gross square feet of floor area per machine and if located within a building or structure containing other uses, the amusement arcade shall be separated and segregated from such other uses by the means of approved walls, rails, fences, or similar approved means as to specifically delineate the area in which said machines are to be located, the minimum square footage of floor area per machine being measured thereby, bowling alley, billiard halls, indoor archery ranges, indoor skating rink, and similar forms of indoor commercial recreation when the building or portion of building used for said purposes is located at least two hundred (200) feet from any residentially zoned property.

(d)

Hotels and motels.

(e)

Any restaurant with a drive-thru, any restaurant with a bar/lounge, and any restaurant open 24 hours.

(f)

Small box retail subject to the following conditions:

1.

Cannot be located any nearer that one (1) mile (5,280 linear feet) as measured from property line to property line to any other small box retail location.

2.

Hours of operation are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

3.

Any small box retail location approved prior to the effective date of this section shall be considered a legal nonconforming use.

(Ord. No. 1059, 8-8-81; Ord. No. 1103, 10-11-82; Ord. No. 1281, 5-22-89; Ord. No. 1426, 9-24-98; Ord. No. 1699, § 13, 12-27-18; Ord. No. 1734, § 7, 4-22-21; Ord. No. 1745, § 9, 11-4-21)

The city council may permit additional uses after a recommendation from the planning commission when they are found to be:

(1)

Related to, and reasonably necessary or convenient for, the satisfactory and efficient operation of a complete and integrated planned shopping center.

(2)

Similar in character to one (1) or more of the above uses.

(1)

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

(2)

The outdoor storage, display, or servicing of goods or materials shall be prohibited irrespective of whether or not they are for sale, except as specifically provided above.

(3)

Not less than five (5) percent of this site, exclusive of buildings, shall be landscaped. This requirement is necessary to provide for the safety and welfare of pedestrians in large parking areas and to provide for effective traffic control regulations.

(4)

Landscape plans and green infrastructure/low impact development methods required per article 4section 5.31(21)(b).

(Ord. No. 1678, § 12, 7-6-17)

(1)

Necessary directional or regulatory traffic signs which conform to the Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices shall be permitted.

(2)

No moving or flashing parts or lights or devices shall be permitted. All light sources shall be shielded from view from residentially zoned property. No lighting fixture shall be so located and directed as to be a hazard to traffic safety.

(Ord. No. 1344, 6-8-92)

See article 22, schedule of regulations, which limits the height and bulk of buildings, determines the permitted development area, and provides minimum setback requirements.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1793, § 13, adopted Aug. 19, 2024, repealed § 5.164, which pertained to provision for a one-year grace period for approved site plans and derived from Ord. No. 999, adopted July 16, 1979.