The B-2 Planned Community Business Districts are designed to cater to the needs of a larger consumer population than is served by the local business districts, and is generally characterized by an integrated or planned cluster of establishments served by a common parking area and generating larger volumes of vehicular traffic than neighborhood-oriented businesses.

(Ord. No. 802, § 1, 12-14-2020)

In a B-2 Planned Community 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 chapter:

(1)

Any retail business or service establishment permitted in B-1 districts, when made an integral part of a planned commercial center, as defined in this chapter, and regulated in this article.

(2)

All retail business, service establishments or processing uses as follows:

a.

Any retail business whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise in an enclosed building, when it shall be an integral part of a planned commercial center, as defined in this chapter and as regulated in this article.

b.

Any service establishment of an office, showroom or workshop such as but not necessarily limited to an electrician, decorator, dressmaker, tailor, baker, painter, upholsterer or an establishment doing radio or home appliance repair, photographic reproduction and similar service establishments that require a retail adjunct, when made an integral part of a planned commercial center, as defined in this chapter, and as regulated in this article.

c.

Private clubs, fraternal organizations, and lodge halls.

d.

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

e.

Business schools and colleges or private schools operated for profit.

f.

Other uses similar to the above uses.

(3)

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

(Ord. No. 802, § 1, 12-14-2020)

The following uses shall be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed for each use and subject further to review by the planning commission at a duly advertised public hearing:

(1)

Planned commercial centers, subject to the following conditions:

a.

Development under this provision shall be permitted only as part of the overall development of a planned commercial center. To proceed under this approach, the petitioner shall submit a complete site plan prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of Article XXVIII in this chapter for review and approval by the planning commission.

b.

If the site is to be subdivided, the plat shall be reviewed in accordance with the City of Trenton Subdivision Regulations Code [Chapter 86 of this Code] and the applicable subdivision platting control standards of Michigan Land Division Act 591 of 1996, as amended. If the site is to be developed as a condominium site, it shall comply with the applicable requirements of this chapter and with the applicable requirements of Michigan Condominium Act 59, of 1978, as amended.

c.

In reviewing individual site plans in or for a commercial center, coordination of development shall be a principal endeavor of the planning commission. When conducting its review, the planning commission shall:

1.

Encourage a uniform architectural appearance between individual buildings;

2.

Make certain that off-street parking is distributed so it will be convenient to all stores in the development;

3.

All activity centers such as loading and unloading are effectively screened where required by ordinance;

4.

If an ancillary outdoor area for the display and sale of seasonal products is to be provided, it shall be located only in the rear or side yard and when located next to a residential zoning district shall not be located in any minimum required rear or side yard setback and shall be effectively screened. When the front and/or side of a seasonal outdoor sales area shall be visible from a street, it shall be secured with decorative wrought iron materials and not woven wire (chain link type) fence materials. Except for gated openings, the entire outdoor seasonal sales area will be enclosed by a three-foot-high masonry wall which shall consist of the same masonry wall materials as the principal building to which it is attached. Security fencing may be installed on top of the structure.

d.

During its review of the site plan, the planning commission may vary the following standards:

1.

Minimum interior side yard setbacks as required in Article XXIV, Schedule of Regulations, in this chapter for the B-2 districts may be reduced to 20 feet when adjacent to an RM-1 or RM-2 Multiple-Family Residential District. As a condition of any such approval the planning commission shall require the installation of an obscuring screening device as required in Article XXVII in this chapter.

2.

In those instances where the planning commission finds that an excessive number of ingress and/or egress points may occur along a major or secondary thoroughfare, thereby diminishing the carrying capacity of the thoroughfare and creating a potential traffic hazard, the planning commission may require the installation of a system of marginal access or limited access roads or service drives along the property frontage to assure adequate traffic circulation on the site, and to allow motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic to proceed directly from one parcel to another without exiting a property via a public street before entering an abutting property.

e.

Except as otherwise permitted in this subsection a planned commercial center as envisioned in the standards of this section shall not permit the development of any freestanding ancillary uses in conjunction with a planned commercial center, such as but not necessarily limited to, motor vehicle oriented service facilities, including gasoline service stations, new and used motor vehicle sales lots, or any other freestanding use, unless the planning commission shall find that the overall site of the planned commercial center is of such ample size that it can effectively and efficiently handle such uses in conjunction with a planned commercial center.

(2)

Bowling alley, billiard hall, indoor archery range, indoor tennis courts, indoor skating rink, or similar forms of indoor commercial recreation when located at least 100 feet from any front, rear, or side yard of any residential lot in an adjacent residential district.

(3)

Automobile service centers, when developed as part of a larger planned shopping center designed so as to integrate the automobile service center within the site plan and architecture of the total shopping center, and provided further that a building permit shall not be issued separately for the construction of any such automobile service center within the B-2 district.

(4)

Indoor recreational space providing children's amusement facilities and child care, when part of a planned development and when the use shall be located within the center itself and not as an accessory use in a freestanding building in the center complex. Any outdoor play area provided with the use shall be located in a nonrequired yard, shall be fully secured within a fenced area and shall be fully supervised when in use.

(5)

Development shall only take place in accordance with the plan as approved by the planning commission. Any amendment to the plan shall require review and approval by the planning commission.

(6)

Restaurant fast food sit-down with or without a drive-through. Fast food drive-throughs shall meet the following standards:

a.

When a public address system will be used to take orders from an outdoor menu board or display from drive-through customers, the drive-through lane and the menu board display must be located in the nonrequired front yard when the use abuts a residential district or an office service district. In the event the narrowness of the site prevents the location of the menu display board in the nonrequired front yard, it may be placed in the nonrequired side yard that is farthest from a residential district or office service district.

b.

Any drive-through lane shall be separate from a road, public right of way, loading and unloading area, or vehicle maneuvering lane.

c.

Only one ingress and egress shall be provided on major thoroughfares but shall not be located within 60 feet from an intersection.

d.

Given the nature of this use, parking standards for a drive-through can be reduced or waived entirely by the Planning Commission in circumstances where the applicant can prove that existing parking spaces are sufficient. Landscaping standards based on parking spaces still apply according to the number of spaces that would be required based on the parking formula and the dimensions of the drive-through lane.

(Ord. No. 802, § 1, 12-14-2020; Ord. No. 802-1, § 2, 9-20-2021)

The following conditions where applicable shall apply to all uses permitted in the district:

(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)

All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking, loading, and those open-air uses indicated as being subject to special land use approval in this article, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

(3)

No accessory building shall be permitted except in conjunction with a principal building.

(4)

Consult Article XXIV, Schedule of Regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot by permitted land use, and providing minimum yard setback requirements.

(5)

Consult Article XXVI, Off-Street Parking Requirements, in this chapter regarding compliance with the requirements of these sections as they may apply to various uses permitted in the district.

(6)

Consult Article XXVII, Screening and Landscaping Requirements, in this chapter regarding compliance with the requirements of these sections as they may apply to various uses permitted in the district.

(7)

Consult Article XXVIII, Site Plan Review, in this chapter regarding compliance with the requirements of these sections as they may apply to various uses permitted in the district.

(8)

Consult Article XXIX, General Provisions, in this chapter regarding compliance with the requirements of these sections as they may apply to various uses permitted in the district.

(9)

Consult Article XXXIII, General Exceptions, in this chapter regarding compliance with the requirements of these sections as they may apply to various uses permitted in the district.

(Ord. No. 802, § 1, 12-14-2020)