1276.01 Purpose.
1276.02 Principal uses permitted.
1276.03 Required conditions.
1276.04 Uses requiring special approval.
1276.05 Height, bulk and area requirements.
CROSS REFERENCES
Zoning and planning generally - see M.C.L.A. Secs. 125.11 et seq., 125.31 et seq., 125.581 et seq.
Regulation of location of trades, buildings and uses by local authorities; authority to zone - see M.C.L.A. Secs. 125.581, 125.582
Regulation of congested areas - see M.C.L.A. Sec. 125.583
Uses of land or structures not conforming to ordinances; powers of legislative bodies; acquisition of property - see M.C.L.A. Sec. 125.583a
The B-2 Community Business District is established to cater to the needs of a larger consumer population than is served by the B-1 Neighborhood Business District, and is characterized by an integrated or planned cluster of establishments served by a common parking area and generating large volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
In the B-2 Community 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 Zoning Code. These uses may be subject to additional standards as specified in Chapter 1293 Use Standards:
(a) Office buildings.
(b) Medical offices, including clinics only for human care.
(c) Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, loan companies, insurance offices, real estate offices and similar uses.
(d) Drive-in or drive-through facilities, when accessory or incidental to the above uses.
(e) Commercial television and radio towers accessory to uses permitted in this section.
(f) Funeral homes.
(g) Child care centers.
(h) Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations (without storage yards).
(i) Schools, operated for profit, for the training or instruction of non-academic subjects such as, but not limited to, dance, music, martial arts and similar artistic or athletic pursuits.
(j) Private or public athletic clubs, health spas or figure salons.
(k) Veterinary clinics and hospitals, including facilities for overnight keeping of animals.
(l) Restaurants or other similar places serving food or beverages, excluding catering and banquet halls and drive-in/drive-through fast-food restaurants.
(m) Business or professional schools, operated for profit.
(n) Dry cleaning establishments or pick-up stations dealing directly with the consumer.
(o) Florists and card and gift shops.
(p) Carry-out restaurants.
(q) Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transfer stations and substations, gas regulator stations with service yards, but without storage yards, and water and sewer pumping stations, when operation requirements necessitate the locating of said buildings within the District in order to serve the immediate vicinity. The Planning Commission and the Township Board may require walls and landscaping in order to screen such uses where they deem the same to be necessary.
(r) Internet sales establishments.
(s) Mixed-use buildings. If residential is a component of a mixed-use building, it shall be located above the first (1st) floor.
(t) Festivals. These shall meet the conditions set forth in Chapter 1293.
(u) Outdoor sales and display of good which are accessory to a Principal Permitted Use. These shall meet the conditions set forth in Chapter 1293.
(v) All retail businesses and service establishments.
(w) Churches worship.
(x) An open-air business may be permitted within a planned shopping center.
(y) Printing and publishing establishments.
(z) Body art studios.
(aa) Other uses similar to the above.
(bb) Accessory uses customarily associated with an above permitted principal use.
(Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. 260-A-221. Passed 1-20-92; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
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