The B-2 Community Business District is designed to cater to
the needs of a larger consumer population than is served by the Local
Business District, and 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.
The following regulations shall apply to all B-2 Districts,
and no building, structure, or premises, except as otherwise provided
in this chapter, shall be erected, altered, or used except for one
or more of the following specified uses:
A. Any principal permitted retail business or service use in B-1 Districts.
B. All retail business or service establishments or processing uses
as follows:
(1) Any retail business whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise
in an enclosed building.
(2) Any service establishment of an office, showroom, or workshop nature
of an electrician, decorator, dressmaker, tailor, baker, printer,
upholsterer; or any establishment doing radio or home appliance repair,
photographic reproduction, and similar service establishments that
require a retail adjunct.
(3) Fraternities, clubs, lodges, social or recreational buildings and
facilities.
(4) Dining, drinking, and reception facilities:
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(a)
Restaurants, including those with carry-out, and fast food sit-down
without drive-through. (Accessory lounges are permitted.)
(5) Restaurant (carry-out), as defined in this chapter, except that seating for customers may be provided as regulated in §
370-33B of this chapter.
(6) Theaters, assembly halls, concert halls or similar places of assembly
when conducted completely within enclosed buildings.
(7) Business schools and colleges or private schools operated for profit.
(8) Other uses similar to the above uses.
(9) Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the above-permitted
uses.
The following uses shall be permitted, subject to the conditions
hereinafter imposed for each use and subject further to the review
and approval of the Building Department.
A. Conditional uses permitted in the B-1 Districts, subject to the conditions
set forth in the B-1 Districts for each use.
B. Open-air business uses when developed in conjunction with a planned
commercial center within the B-2 District as follows:
(1) Retail sales of plant material not grown on the site, and sales of
lawn furniture, playground equipment and garden supplies, provided
further that such uses shall be located at the exterior end of the
building mass, but not in any minimum setback requirement of the district.
(2) Recreational space providing children's amusement park and other
similar recreation when part of a planned development, provided further
that such use be located at the exterior end of the building mass
located in a B-2 District, but not at the intersection of two major
thoroughfares. Such recreation space shall be fenced on all sides
with a minimum four-foot chain-link-type fence.
C. Bowling alleys, billiard halls, indoor archery ranges, indoor tennis
courts, indoor skating rinks, or similar forms of indoor commercial
recreation except arcades when located at least 100 feet from the
nearest wall of the building to any front, rear, or side yard of any
residential lot in an adjacent residential district.
D. Arcades, provided they are located within a planned commercial center as defined in this chapter and subject further to the applicable requirements of Chapter
73, Amusements, of the Roseville Code of Ordinances.
E. Automobile service centers, when developed as part of a planned commercial
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 automobile service center within the B-2 District.
F. Freestanding accessory uses such as offices, banks and savings and
loan outlets and their accessory drive-through facilities, medical
offices, or clinics, sit-down, drive-through fast food carry-out and
fast food sit-down restaurants as defined in this chapter, as well
as retail commercial uses, except gasoline service stations as provided.
(1) They must be accessory to a principal permitted use on the land and
shall be erected only in conjunction with or subsequent to erection
of the principal use on the land.
(2) Only an accessory office bank savings and loan or medical clinic
shall be permitted on any accessory use site next to a residential
district.
(3) If an interior access road is provided for the principal use, all
access to any accessory use permitted herein shall be only from the
interior access road. If an interior access road is not provided,
one of the following alternatives shall apply.
(a)
If the site for the accessory use lies next to a driveway entrance
to the principal use, access for the accessory use shall be via that
entrance.
(b)
If the land along the principal site's frontage is available
for two or more contiguous accessory uses, provisions shall be made
for the location of an access drive to serve the accessory uses. The
access drive may be located at the front or at the rear of the site
of the accessory use, but its location shall be uniformly the same
for all accessory uses.
(c)
If access cannot be gained in either manner outlined above,
access to an accessory use may be gained directly from a road fronting
the site, provided such access is at least 60 feet from any other
entrance to the principal use.
(4) The use shall meet the applicable numerical off-street parking requirements and the off-street parking layout standards, as well as loading and unloading requirements of this chapter, and all such requirements will be met within the lot, parcel or area of a site specifically designated for the use. For uses having drive-up or drive-through window services, see §§
370-76 and Section
370-77 of the Ordinance Code.
(5) Existing off-street parking spaces for the principal use of the site
may not be used to meet the off-street parking requirement of a secondary
use unless they are in excess of the minimum number of parking spaces
required for the principal use.
(6) Whenever existing excess parking may be used for a secondary use
on the site, that parking shall be physically separated from parking
used for the principal use by means of raised (curbed) landscape islands,
except nothing herein is intended to discourage direct limited access
to a secondary use from the off-street parking area of the principal
use.
(7) Whenever an accessory use as permitted herein shall be attached in
any way or manner to the principal building or use of the property,
the minimum building setback requirements of the district shall apply.
Whenever a secondary use shall be housed in a building detached and
physically independent of the principal building or use, the following
minimum building setback requirements may be applied to the secondary
use,
(a)
Front yard setback: 40 feet. Within this setback, a minimum of 10 feet of landscaped lawn panel shall be provided between the front property line and any intersecting service drive or off-street parking space if a site access service drive is required as set forth in Subsection
F(3)(b) above the drive shall be 22 feet wide and shall be set back 10 feet from the nearest accessory site line and shall extend in a continuous manner and at a continuous elevation from one accessory site to the next.
(b)
Side yard setback (each side): 20 feet, except in the case of
an exterior side yard, the minimum setback shall be the same as the
front yard and all conditions applicable to the front yard setback
shall apply.
(c)
Rear yard setback: 20 feet, except in the case of a double frontage
lot, the minimum setback shall be the same as a front yard and all
conditions applicable to the front yard setback shall apply.
(8) Except as otherwise permitted herein, all loading, unloading, as
well as the location of a trash receptacle shall be restricted to
the rear yard area. The trash receptacle shall be screened in accordance
with the screening requirements of this chapter. Loading, unloading
and the trash receptacle with corresponding screening structure may
be located in the interior side yard when the Building Department
or the Planning Commission shall determine that:
(a)
The site of the accessory use is a double frontage site.
(b)
The size or configuration of the site, or the required location
of the accessory use on the site, results in a less desirable rear
yard location for these operations.
(c)
In determining if the interior side yard alternative is preferred
to the required rear yard location, the Building Department or the
Planning Commission shall be satisfied that an interior side yard
location will result in a more efficient use of both functions. The
Building Department or the Planning Commission shall also be satisfied
that the alternative location shall not have an adverse visual or
functional impact on any adjacent use and that all such interior side
yard functions will be effectively screened from view.
(9) The minimum building height limitations of the district notwithstanding,
the maximum building height of all secondary uses shall be 25 feet.
G. Dining,
drinking, and reception facilities:
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No. 1308]
(1) Bars, taverns, lounges, breweries, and distilleries.
(2) Restaurants with a liquor license, drive-in or drive-through, meeting
the following standards:
(a)
Ingress and egress points shall be located at least 60 feet
from the intersection of any two streets.
(b)
All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts.
(c)
A completely obscuring architectural masonry screen wall as required in Article
XXII of this chapter shall be provided when abutting or adjacent to R, OS, B-1, B-2 or B-3 Districts. For OS, B-1, B-2, B-3 Districts, the applicant can submit evidence to demonstrate that a waiver of the screen wall does not result in any unnecessary hardship on surrounding properties and businesses. The Plan Commission may approve such waiver upon finding that such waiver does not result in any unnecessary hardship of surrounding properties and businesses.
(3) Outdoor cafes are allowed in accordance with the following regulations:
(a)
An outdoor cafe may be set up and used from March 15 through
October 31. The permitted hours of operation are from 10:00 a.m. to
12:00 midnight in B-3 Business Districts unless longer hours are specifically
approved by the Planning Commission and the City Council. Noise radiating
from an outdoor café which exceeds 50 DBA between 8:00 p.m.
and 12:00 midnight, or other approved hours, or 55 DBA between 7:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m. shall constitute prima facie evidence that such
noise unreasonably disturbs the comfort, quiet and repose of persons
in the area. The "DBA" represents the sound pressure level in decibel
measured on the "A" scale of a standard sound level meter. Noise level
measurements shall be taken at the zoning district boundary of any
residential zoning district, recreation unit district and any planned
development as may be appropriate. In all other districts, noise level
measurements shall be taken at the property line of an affected property.
The City Council may, by resolution, extend the dates of operation
or the hours of operation for a stipulated number of days, not to
exceed a total of 30 days per calendar year.
(b)
A site drawing showing the detailed plan of the outdoor cafe
must be submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission. The
detailed plan is to include the design, relevant details and location
of all temporary structures such as awnings, planters, landscaping,
railing, tables, chairs and other equipment, as well as lighting and
electrical outlet locations. The layout shall show all seating, tables
and chairs and shall be used to determine maximum occupancy load for
the outdoor cafe. The occupancy load shall be posted in a conspicuous
location.
(c)
Outdoor cafes, including any canopy or cover associated with
such a cafe, shall be permitted within the required setback.
(d)
Outdoor cafes within the required setback shall not be enclosed,
except as specified elsewhere in this chapter.
(e)
Outdoor cafes shall be exempt from any parking requirement if
they have less than 30 seats. Outdoor cafe seating areas that have
more than 30 seats shall provide one space for each three outdoor
seats provided above 30 seats.
(f)
If alcohol is being served, it will include a fence, subject
to approval of the Planning Commission.
(g)
No food and beverage preparation would occur in the outdoor
cafe. All food and beverage preparation will incur inside the building
housing the principal use and brought to the customer or carried by
the customer to the outdoor cafe.
(h)
All fixtures associated with an outdoor cafe must be portable
and related, as well as limited to food service (e.g., tables, chairs,
serving trays). Furnishings of an outdoor cafe shall consist solely
of readily removable awnings, covers, canopies, railings, tables,
chairs, planters containing plants and accessories. Furnishings may
not be attached, even in a temporary manner, to the sidewalk or other
public property, except that canopies and railings, if specifically
approved by the Planning Commission and the City Council, may be secured
by means of flush-mounted anchors or other methods approved by the
Building Director. No objects which are part of an outdoor cafe, except
lighting fixtures, railings, awnings, or other nonpermanent covers
or canopies, may be attached, even in a temporary manner, to any building
or structure on which the outdoor cafe abuts.
(i)
The outdoor cafe must be part of a licensed restaurant and meet
all the requirements of the Department of Health and any other local,
county or state requirements, including the Michigan Liquor Control
Commission (if applicable).
(j)
Outdoor cafes are typically located immediately adjacent to
the building housing the principal use.
(k)
Outdoor cafes do not have to be removed daily or on any regular
schedule.
(l)
Outdoor cafes can have heating as long as they are not enclosed
and the heating can be removed.
(m)
No signs or any other forms of advertising are permitted in
the outdoor dining area with the exception of an identification or
menu sign. The name of the establishment may appear on the valance
of an umbrella.
(n)
Plans for setting up the outdoor cafe must be approved by the
Building Department to provide for the free passage of pedestrians
along the sidewalks, by the Police Department to provide for traffic
and pedestrian safety, and by the Fire Department for fire safety
issues. If alcohol is served, entrance to the outdoor cafe is required
to be from inside the building. An outdoor cafe which is adjacent
to residential properties or shares an alley with residential properties
shall be screened with a solid fence a minimum of six feet high.
(o)
Lighting requirements are subject to the applicable requirements of Article
XXIII, §
370-102.
H. Permitted
and special uses allowed in the B3 and OS Districts shall be allowed
on property containing an enclosed mall on at least 40 acres of land,
subject to the conditions set forth in the appropriately noted District.
The Building Director or his or her designee may request a public
hearing at the Planning Commission level.
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No. 1285]