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Wolverine Lake City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1262

C-1 Local Business District

1262.01 USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

   The following uses are permitted by right in C-1 Local Business Districts:
   (a)   Retail establishments marketing primarily new convenience goods primarily to residents of nearby residential areas. Such establishments shall be limited to:
      (1)   Drugstores, but not greater than 5,000 square feet in floor area.
      (2)   Dry goods and notion stores.
      (3)   Food stores, groceries but not including supermarkets and not greater than 5,000 square feet in floor area.
      (4)   Food stores such as bakeries and delicatessens which prepare food for retail sales on the premises, but not greater than 5,000 square feet of floor area.
      (5)   Other food stores, but not including supermarkets and not greater than 5,000 square feet of floor area.
      (6)   Hardware and paint stores.
      (7)   Variety stores.
      (8)   Other uses similar to and compatible with the above.
   (b)   Personal service establishments which serve primarily residents of nearby residential areas. Such establishments shall be limited to:
      (1)   Barber and beauty shops.
      (2)   Dry cleaning and laundry establishments performing work on the premises, but excluding those, which serve pick-up stations, located off the premises.
      (3)   Dry cleaning and laundry establishments, self-service.
      (4)   Dry cleaning and laundry pick-up stations.
      (5)   Photographic portrait studios, commercial photographic and processing facilities and retail processing outlets.
      (6)   Shoeshine and shoe repair shops.
      (7)   Tailor and dressmaker shops.
      (8)   Other uses similar to and compatible with the above.
   (c)   Nonconvenience retail and nonpersonal service, but compatible uses. Such uses shall be limited to:
      (1)   Libraries, public.
      (2)   Repair shops for small appliances.
      (3)   Snack bars serving only pedestrians for on and off-site consumption.
   (d)   High-intensity commercial uses which are compatible under the appropriate circumstances, but which should be limited in their frequency of occurrence in any one area. Not more than two high-intensity uses shall be permitted within the Village within a 1,000-foot distance. These shall be limited to:
      (1)   Bars and cocktail lounges, when not more than one other high-intensity use is located within the Village within a 1,000-foot distance of the proposed site.
      (2)   Restaurants serving meals or snacks for indoor consumption when customers are served at tables by waiters or waitresses, when not more than one other such high-intensity use is located within the Village within a l,000-foot distance of the proposed site
      (3)   Snack bars serving pedestrians and persons arriving by motor vehicle, provided the entire floor area does not exceed 1,000 square feet and provided not more than one other such high-intensity use is located within a 1,000-foot distance of the proposed site.
      (4)   Party or package liquor stores or any stores which sell any alcoholic beverages over the counter as part of their product line when not more than one other high-intensity use is located within the Village within a 1,000 foot distance of the proposed site.
   (e)   Office uses. Such uses shall be limited to:
      (1)   Professional offices, such as architectural, business, legal and accounting and similar business services.
      (2)   General offices, such as insurance, political organization, civic/non-profit offices, real estate offices.
      (3)   Medical and dental offices and laboratories.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81; Ord. 106A-12. Passed 6-11-86 ; Ord. 106A-13. Passed 5-13-87; Ord. 106-A104. Passed 4-12-17.)

1262.02 SPECIAL LAND USES.

   Following are special land uses in C-1 Local Business Districts:
   (a)   Uses permitted by right in the O-l Office Service District and not included among C-1 District uses permitted by right.
   (b)   Uses permitted by right in the C-2 District and not included among C-1 District uses permitted by right.
   (c)   High-intensity commercial uses which are compatible under the appropriate circumstances, but which should be limited in their frequency of occurrence in any one area. Not more than two high-intensity uses shall be permitted within the Village within a 1,000-foot distance. These uses shall be limited to:
      (1)   Automobile service stations, when not more than one other high-intensity use is located within the Village within a 1,000-foot distance of the proposed site.
      (2)   Drive-in facilities for permitted uses, when not more than one other such high-intensity use is located within the Village within a 1,000-foot distance of the proposed site.
      (3)   Meeting halls, when not more than one other such high-intensity use is located within the Village within a 1,000-foot distance of the proposed site.
      (4)   Clubs and lodges, private or otherwise, when not more than one other such high-intensity use is located within the Village within a 1,000-foot distance of the proposed use.
      (5)   Restaurants serving meals, snacks, and/or drinks for consumption by customers outside the restaurant, provided:
         A.   The customers are served at tables by waiters or waitresses and the meals; snacks and/or drinks are the same as the items that are served inside the restaurant.
         B.   The customer area is a clearly defined deck or patio area that is surrounded by a handrail or fence and is no greater than thirty percent of the ground floor area of the main building or area of the restaurant which may be in a larger multi-use building.
         C.   The distance between the edge of the patio or deck and any property line that is zoned or used for residential purposes shall be not less than seventy-five feet and the distance to any other such high-intensity use located within the Village shall be not less than 1,000 feet from the property upon which the proposed use is located.
         D.   The landscaping around the proposed patio or deck shall include one deciduous tree for every 200 square feet or part thereof of patio or deck, one evergreen tree for every 300 square feet or part thereof of patio or deck and one intermediate shrub for every 100 square feet or part thereof of patio or deck.
         E.   The hours of operation, customer area lighting, sounds emitting from the customer area and general activities taking place within the customer area of the patio or deck shall be subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission initially and may be subject to the review and approval of the Planning Commission on an annual basis upon thirty days written notice to the restaurant owner by the Planning Commission.
   (d)   Other uses which are compatible under the appropriate circumstances. These uses shall be limited to:
      (1)   Mortuaries and funeral homes.
      (2)   Multiple-family dwellings.
      (3)   Newspaper distributing agencies.
      (4)   Nursery schools and child-care centers.
      (5)   Parking lots and garages other than accessory for private passenger automobiles.
      (6)   Parks and playgrounds, except parks and playgrounds used as Lake access sites for the launching, docking, or mooring of vessels, which shall be explicitly prohibited.
      (7)   Physical culture and health services, including reducing salons.
   (e)   Public utility uses as listed below shall be permitted as special land uses subject to the standards and approval requirements as provided in Chapter 1274. Such uses shall include:
      (1)   Electrical substations.
      (2)   Gas regulator stations.
      (3)   Major transmission lines.
      (4)   Radio, television, microwave transmission and relay towers.
      (5)   Telephone exchange and transmission equipment buildings.
      (6)   Railroad rights-of-way, but excluding railroad yards and shops.
      (7)   Water pumping stations.
      (8)   Water and wastewater works reservoirs, pumping and filtration plants.
   (f)   Churches and related facilities, when not more than one other such use is located within the Village within a 1,000 foot distance of the proposed site.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81; Ord. 106A-8. Passed 6-12-85; Ord. 106A-19. Passed 4-10-89; Ord. 106A-29. Passed. 7-21-99; Ord. 106-A35. Passed 12-11-02.)

1262.03 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND USES.

   (a)   Accessory structures and uses typically incidental to a principal use permitted by right or a principal special land use shall be permitted as accessory uses subject to the following requirements:
      (1)   No accessory structure or use shall occupy more than twenty percent of the floor area of the principal uses.
      (2)   No accessory structure shall be located in any front or side area.
      (3)   No accessory structure shall be constructed on any lot prior to the time of construction of the principal structure to which it is accessory.
   (b)   Limited docking facilities for customers arriving by boat shall be a permitted accessory use for C-1 Commercial uses, which serve primarily customers arriving by motor vehicles. Commercial docking, boat livery, boat rental, and sales of marine fuel and other marine products directly to customers arriving by boat shall be prohibited throughout the Village. No commercial sales or services shall be permitted from boats, barges, or other floating craft in the lake. The following conditions shall apply to Lake-oriented commercial accessory uses:
      (1)   Refuse and environmentally dangerous waste products are to be disposed of in a receptacle located and designed so that refuse and environmentally dangerous waste products cannot enter the Lake. Such receptacles shall be accessible from the road to allow removal from the site.
      (2)   The vehicle parking facilities shall be completely drained into a storm drainage system and/or into an approved sedimentation basin as described in the Michigan Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Guidebook.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81.)

1262.04 MINIMUM LOT S1ZE REQUIREMENTS.

   (a)   Minimum Lot Area: 10,000 square feet.
   (b)   Minimum Lot Width: 80 feet.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81.)

1262.05 MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS.

   Following are minimum yard requirements in C-1 Local Business Districts:
   (a)   Minimum setback requirements for principal and accessory structures:
      (1)   Front: 25 feet.
      (2)   Side: 20 feet.
      (3)   Rear: 30 feet.
   (b)   Required front, side and rear yards shall be unobstructed from the ground level to the sky, except by natural vegetation and as specifically permitted in Section 1268.05 and subsection (d) hereof.
   (c)   Side and rear yards which abut streets shall conform to the same yard setback and other requirements as front yards.
   (d)   Areas for the temporary storage of garbage and trash shall not be located in any required or unrequired front yard area or in any required side yard area, provided that this section shall not be interpreted to prevent placing of litter containers for the use of pedestrians outdoors.
   (e)   Unsheltered parking shall be permitted in required side and rear yards, except that parking shall not be permitted in a required side or rear yard which abuts a street. Parking shall be permitted in unrequired side and rear yard areas.
   (f)   Parking structures and shelters shall not be permitted in any required front, side, or rear yard. Parking structures and shelters shall be permitted in unrequired front, side, and rear yards, provided that parking shelters which are in front yards shall be completely enclosed on all sides visible from streets.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81.)

1262.06 MAXIMUM BUILDING BULK REQUIREMENTS.

   Maximum building bulk requirements in C-1 Local Business Districts shall be as follows:
   (a)   Maximum Building Height:
      (1)   Stories: 2
      (2)   Feet: 30
      (3)   For churches exceeding the maximum height stated herein, the setback from the property line shall be increased to equal the height of the building, but shall not be less than the setback stated herein.
   (b)   Maximum Lot Coverage: 30 percent of all principal and accessory buildings.
   (c)   Maximum Building Length: 180 feet.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81; Ord. 106-A35. Passed 12-11-02.)