(A) Statement of purpose. The C-2, general business district is intended to permit a wider range of business and entertainment activities than those permitted in the local business district. These uses generate a large volume of vehicular traffic, require substantial access for off-street parking and loading, and require detailed planning particularly as to relationships with adjacent residential areas. The general business district is not intended as locations for planned shopping centers requiring large sites with unified design of buildings and parking.
(B) Principal permitted uses. In the C-2 district, no uses shall be permitted, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, except the following:
(1) All principal permitted uses in the C-1 district;
(2) Any retail business whose principal activity is the sale or rental of merchandise within a completely enclosed building;
(3) Business service establishments performing services on the premises such as office machine and typewriter repair, printing, or blue printing;
(4) Any service establishment of an office, showroom, or workshop nature within a completely enclosed building of a taxidermist, decorator, upholsterer, caterer, exterminator, building contractor (including electrical, glazing, heating, painting, paper hanging, plumbing, roofing, ventilating, and plastering), except outside storage yards and similar establishments that require a retail adjunct;
(5) Photographic film developing and processing;
(6) Television and radio studios and towers subject to the requirements of § 157.085;
(7) Other uses similar to the above, subject to the following restrictions:
(a) All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced; and
(b) All business or servicing, except for off-street parking and loading, shall be conducted within a complete enclosed building.
(8) Bus passenger stations;
(9) Off-street parking lots;
(10) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses;
(11) Car wash establishments shall be subject to the following requirements in addition to all requirements of § 157.092, regarding site plan review:
(a) All ingress and egress shall be onto a primary road. There shall be no local or residential street access;
(b) Vacuum cleaners if utilized shall be placed between the primary road right-of-way and the front of the building. Vacuum canisters and hoses and all appurtenant accessories shall have an enclosure around them matching the front of the building. The vacuum canister, hoses, and accessories shall be shielded from the roadway;
(c) The rear setback shall be 30 feet. There shall be no side yard setback required unless any side of the property abuts a residentially zoned parcel; then and in that event, that setback shall be 30 feet. Any and all 30-foot setbacks shall have a 3-foot berm landscaped with conifers and shrubs to act as a landscape buffer. The 30-foot front setback does not require a berm but does require landscaping; and
(d) Rear lighting to be placed at the inward edge of 30-foot rear or side setback and shall be directed toward building.
(12) Convenience store and gasoline sales shall be subject to the following requirements, in addition to all requirements of § 157.092 (site plan review):
(a) The multi-use convenience store shall be of a minimum size of 2,000 square feet per use;
(b) Gasoline sales shall be in conjunction with a convenience store or restaurant use and shall not be conducted from a separate structure. Provisions also allow fast food restaurants with or without a drive-through; all of these uses may be with or without seating; and
(c) The convenience store shall be of a size so as to accommodate walk-in trade and indoor beverage coolers, shall offer items normally found in convenience stores.
(C) Permitted uses after special approval. The following uses may be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed and subject further to the review and approval of the City Planning Commission pursuant to § 157.177.
(1) Veterinary hospitals and clinics;
(2) Bowling alleys, skating rinks, stadium, sports areas, and other indoor recreational facilities when located at least 150 feet from any property zoned in a residential classification;
(3) Arcade (4 machines or more);
(4) Drive-in restaurants or other drive-in establishments serving food or beverage, provided that the entrance to or exit from any such use is located at least 35 feet from the intersection of any 2 streets; that all such uses shall have direct access to a major thoroughfare; that all lighting or illuminated display shall not reflect onto any adjacent residential zone; and that consideration is given to proximity of existing places of congregation of children (e.g., schools) regarding traffic safety and sanitation;
(5) Automobile gasoline and automobile service stations subject to the requirements of § 157.074 of this code; and
(6) Wholesale and warehouse establishments, other than self-storage facilities; distribution terminals; and freezer and locker facilities.
(7) Medical marijuana provisioning center, shall be subject to all requirements as set forth in § 157.092 of this Code for site plan review provided that the provisioning center shall not be permitted:
(a) Within 500 feet of any other commercial medical marijuana transaction facility;
(b) Within 200 feet of a residential district or use;
(c) Within 1,000 feet of any school, nursery, licensed day care center or other building used for the care or instruction of children under 18 years of age;
(d) Within 1,000 feet of any church, house of worship or other religious facility or institution; and
(e) Within 1,000 feet of any public or municipal park.
(8) Medical marijuana club (also known as compassion club) , provided that the club shall not be permitted:
(a) Within 500 feet of any other medical ; marijuana dispensary or club;
(b) Within 500 feet of a residential district or use;
(c) Within 1,000 feet of any school, nursery, licensed day care center or other building used for the care or instruction of children under 18 years of age;
(d) Within 1,000 feet of any church, house of worship or other religious facility or institution;
(e) Within 1,000 feet of any public or municipal park; and
(f) Shall be subject to all requirements as set forth in § 157.092 of this code for site plan review.
(9) Marijuana retailer.
(a) Shall be subject to all requirements as set forth in § 157.092 for site plan review provided that the marijuana retailer shall not be permitted within the locational limitations as follows:
1. Within 500 feet of any other commercial medical marijuana transaction facility and/or marijuana establishment;
2. Within 200 feet of a residential district or use;
3. Within 1,000 feet of any school, nursery, licensed day care center or other building used for the care or instruction of children under 18 years of age;
4. Within 1,000 feet of any church, house of worship or other religious facility or institution; and
5. Within 1,000 feet of any public or municipal park.
(b) While subject to all other requirements of this ordinance, it is not the intention of the City of Burton to require an additional special use approval for the marijuana establishment if the Planning Commission has already approved a special use for a medical marijuana provisioning center and said provisioning center has been operating under that approval with a State of Michigan approved license.
(10) Designated consumption establishment. Shall be subject to all requirements as set forth in § 157.092 for site plan review provided that the marijuana designated consumption establishment shall not be permitted within the locational limitations as follows:
(a) Within 500 feet of any other commercial medical marijuana transaction facility and/or marijuana establishment;
(b) Within 500 feet of a residential district or use;
(c) Within 1,000 feet of any school, nursery, licensed day care center or other building used for the care or instruction of children under 18 years of age;
(d) Within 1,000 feet of any church, house of worship or other religious facility or institution; and
(e) Within 1,000 feet of any public or municipal park.
(D) Site plan review. For all uses permitted in the C-1 district, including structural restoration, reconstruction, extension, substitution, or renovation of existing uses, a site plan of the entire building premises shall be submitted for review and approval in accordance with § 157.092.
(E) Area, height, and placement requirements. Area, height, and placement requirements, unless otherwise specified, are as provided in Appendix A, Schedule of Regulations.
(Ord. 2017-7-157, passed 12-4-2017; Ord. 2019-10-157, passed 9-16-2019)