[Amended 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-06]
The C-1 Central Business District is designed to cater to the
needs of the local and regional consumer population. It is generally
characterized by an integrated cluster of establishments serviced
by a common parking area, and generating large volumes of pedestrian
traffic and ancillary vehicular trips.
[Amended 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-06; 7-7-2006 by Ord. No. 06-03]
In the central 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) Office-type business related to executive, administrative or professional
occupations, including but not limited to offices of a lawyer, accountant,
insurance or real estate agent, architect, engineer and similar occupations.
(2) Clinics, except veterinary clinics having outdoor runs.
(3) Medical, dental and optical laboratories that provide testing services
or provide medical or dental devices such as artificial limbs, teeth,
eyeglasses, etc.
(4) Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and similar
uses, not offering drive-through facilities.
(5) Business service establishments such as typing services, photocopying
services; quick-printing establishments, office supply stores, and
similar establishments.
(6) Any retail business whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise
in an enclosed building, such as but not limited to groceries, meats,
dairy products, baked goods or other foods, drugs, dry goods, clothing
and notions or hardware.
(7) Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises,
such as but not limited to repair shops (watches, radios, televisions,
shoes, etc.), tailor shops, beauty parlors or barbershops, photographic
studios, and self-service laundries and dry cleaners.
(8) Dry cleaning establishments or pickup stations dealing directly with
the consumer. Central dry cleaning plants serving more than one retail
outlet shall be prohibited.
(9) Standard or carryout restaurants.
(10)
Theaters, concert halls when conducted completely within enclosed
buildings.
(12)
New and used car salesrooms, showrooms or offices which do not
provide outdoor sales space or service and repair activities.
(13)
Health and athletic clubs.
(14)
Discount, department or variety stores.
(15)
Any service establishment of an office, showroom or workshop
nature of an electrician, decorator, dressmaker, tailor, baker, painter
or upholsterer, or an establishment doing radio or home appliance
repair, photographic reproduction, and similar service establishments
that require a retail adjunct.
(16)
Local municipal administration buildings, museums and libraries.
(17)
Other uses similar to the uses listed in this section.
(18)
Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the uses
permitted in this section.
[Amended 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-06]
The following special condition uses shall be permitted in the C-1 district subject to the conditions required in this section for each use, subject to any and all reasonable conditions which may be imposed in accordance with § 4c.(2) of the City-Village Zoning Act (MCL 125.584c, MSA 5.2934(3)), as amended, and further subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission as specified in §
86-393, pertaining to review and approval of conditional uses, and §
86-391, pertaining to review and approval of site plans:
Residential units are permitted as special condition uses when
the following conditions are met:
(1) The dwelling unit shall be provided on any floor other than a floor
where grade level access is provided.
(2) The minimum floor area per unit shall equal 600 square feet for a
one-bedroom unit, 800 square feet for a two-bedroom unit, 1,000 square
feet for a three-bedroom unit, and 1,100 square feet for units containing
four bedrooms.
(3) Off-street parking shall be provided in the ratio of two parking
spaces for each residential unit provided.
[Amended 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-06]
Outdoor storage of commodities shall be expressly prohibited
in the C-1 district.
[Amended 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-06]
Area and bulk requirements for the C-1 district are set out in Article
XI of this chapter, the Schedule of Regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, providing the minimum size of lots by permitted land use, and providing minimum yard setback requirements.