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Sterling Heights City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 15

P-1 VEHICULAR PARKING DISTRICT

SECTION 15.00. INTENT.

   The P-1 Vehicular Parking District is intended to permit the establishment of areas to be used solely for off-street parking of private passenger vehicles as a use incidental to a principal use. This district will generally be established to serve a use district which has developed without adequate off-street parking facilities or on portions of sites where it is intended that building construction will not occur. It also may serve as a buffer between residential and nonresidential uses.

SECTION 15.01. PERMITTED USES.

   The following uses shall be permitted, subject to the limitations of this ordinance:
   A.   Off-street vehicular surface parking lots.

SECTION 15.02. SPECIAL APPROVAL LAND USES.

   The following uses, and others similar to those cited in this article, may be permitted by the Planning Commission, subject to the general standards of section 25.02 and the specific standards imposed for each use.
   A.   Parking structures, subject to the requirements of section 23.04.
   B.   Public utilities, as regulated by section 3.02(I). Wireless communication towers, antennas and related facilities shall be further subject to the provisions of section 28.18.
(Ord. No. 278-Y, § 22, 5-16-00)

SECTION 15.03. ACCESSORY USES.

   Accessory buildings and uses as regulated by section 28.00, accessory uses and structures.

SECTION 15.04. AREA, HEIGHT AND BULK REQUIREMENTS.

   A.   Maximum height of any structure:
      1.   In stories: 2.
      2.   In height: 25 feet.
   B.   Minimum lot size:
      1.   Area: 12,000 square feet.
      2.   Width: 80 feet.
   C.   Minimum building floor area: None.
   D.   Minimum yard setbacks per lot:
      1.   Front and street-side setbacks shall be measured from the centerline of each road right-of-way (R.O.W.) in accordance with the city’s Master Road Plan, as follows:
         Distance from centerline:
         a.   Regional (204' R.O.W.): 137 feet.
         b.   Regional (150' R.O.W.): 110 feet.
         c.   Major: 95 feet.
         d.   Secondary: 78 feet.
         e.   Collector: 70 feet.
         f.   Local: 65 feet.
         g.   Cul-de-sac: 95 foot radius.
         h.   Freeway: 35 feet.*
         i.   Private roads: 35 feet.**
   *   Freeways shall be measured from the established right-of-way line.
   **   In the case of private roads, the front yard setback shall be measured from the road easement or common usage line abutting the subject lot.
   If the existing right-of-way is greater than that shown on the Master Road Plan, the front yard setback (or street-side setback) as measured from the centerline of the right-of-way shall be equal to one-half of the actual right-of-way of the street plus 35 feet for all classes of roads.
      2.   Rear and side yards: where the P-1 District is adjacent to a residentially zoned district, screening meeting the requirements for a moderate intensity impact shall be required along the common property line as specified in section 24.01. Parking structures shall maintain side and rear yard setbacks of 20 feet. No such structure shall be located closer than 75 feet to the outer perimeter (property line) of such district when such property line abuts any residential zoning district.
   E.   Maximum lot coverage: the maximum lot coverage shall be governed by meeting all requirements for yard space, landscaping, off-street parking and screening.
(Ord. No. 278-A, § 32, 4-17-90)

SECTION 15.05. STRUCTURE AND SITE REQUIREMENTS.

   A.   Parking areas shall be used solely for parking of passenger vehicles, for periods of less than one day.
   B.   No repair work or service of any kind, or sale or display thereof, shall be conducted in such parking areas.
   C.   No signs of any kind, other than signs designating the use, entrances, exits and conditions of use, shall be maintained on such parking areas.
   D.   Development in any P-1, Vehicular Parking District, shall observe all applicable requirements of Article 23.
   E.   Portions of the site not used for parking, driveway and buildings shall be provided with a lawn or landscaping, as specified in section 24.02, approved by the Planning Department and so maintained in an attractive condition.