(a)   This chapter sets forth four business districts: the O-1 Office Business District, the C-l Local Business District, the C-2 Community Shopping Center District, and the C-3 General Business District. The purpose of these four districts is to provide for as wide a range of office and commercial uses as possible while still protecting the quality of the existing residential environment of the Village. It is the determination of the Wolverine Lake Village Council that the Village residential environment can best be protected by limiting business uses to sites which are sufficiently wide and deep to create a business environment which can function and be perceived as separate and apart from nearby residential areas. Where sites exist which are not sufficiently wide and deep, the Council has determined that the residential environment can best be protected by limiting permitted business uses to those which serve primarily residents of adjoining neighborhoods or which will have the least external impact on adjacent residences.

   (b)   The O-1 Office Business District provides for both low-intensity and higher-intensity office uses, and is intended for mapping in certain locations adjacent to residential neighborhoods.

   (c)   The C-1 Local Business District provides for the most limited range of commercial uses. The C-l District is mapped on shallow sites, which back up to residences. In determining uses for inclusion in the C-1 District, the council has considered trip-generating characteristics, trade and service area characteristics, typical hours of operation and other determinants of neighborhood compatibility. Many uses which would not otherwise be appropriate, have been provided for in limited numbers or through establishment of special conditions and design standards.

   (d)   The C-2 Community Shopping Center District provides for a broad range of business uses, including comparison commercial uses. The C-2 District is mapped on the few wide and deep sites located adjacent to major thoroughfares in the Village.

   (e)   The C-3 General Business District is designed to provide for a limited range of fringe commercial uses which may be appropriate in certain limited locations in the Village.

(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81.)

   (a)   Permitted uses of land or buildings, as hereinafter listed, shall be permitted in the district indicated under the conditions specified. No building or tract of land shall be devoted to any use other than a use permitted hereinafter in the zoning district in which such building or tract of land shall be located, with the exception of the following:

      (1)   Uses lawfully established on the effective date of this Zoning Code.

      (2)   Special land uses allowed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1258.03.

   (b)   Uses already established on the effective date of this chapter and rendered nonconforming by the provisions thereof shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1282.

(Ord.106. Passed. 12-9-81.)

   Special land uses, as hereinafter listed, may be allowed in the zoning districts indicated, subject to the conditions herein stated and subject to approval in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1274.

(Ord.106. Passed. 12-9-81.)

   All Office and Commercial District uses shall be subject to the site design regulations set forth in Chapter 1270 and the site design review procedures and standards set forth in Chapter 1272.

(Ord.106. Passed. 12-9-81.)

   Lot size requirements shall be specified under each zoning district. In addition, the following regulations shall be complied with:

   (a)   No building shall be converted so as to conflict with, or further conflict with, the size requirements of the district in which such building is located.

   (b)   No use shall be established or hereafter maintained on a lot recorded after the effective date of this Zoning Code which is of less area or less width than prescribed hereinafter for such use in the zoning district in which it is to be located.

(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81.)

   (a)   Yard requirements shall be as set forth under each zoning district. Front, side, and rear yards shall be provided in accordance with the regulations hereinafter indicated and shall be unobstructed from the ground level to the sky, except by natural vegetation and as allowed in Section 1268.05.

   (b)   All accessory buildings, which are attached to principal buildings, shall comply with the yard requirements of the principal building.

(Ord.106. Passed 12-9-81.)

   Building bulk limitations shall be expressed in terms of minimum yard requirements and maximum building height, maximum lot coverage, and minimum first-floor area per residential unit.

(Ord.106. Passed 12-9-81.)

   Signs shall be allowed in office and business districts in accordance with the regulations established in Chapter 1276.

(Ord.106. Passed 12-9-81.)

   Off-street parking and loading facilities, accessory to uses allowed in Residential districts, shall be provided in accordance with the regulations established in Chapter 1278.

(Ord.106. Passed 12-9-81.)