(a) This chapter sets forth four business districts: the O-1 Office Business District, the C-l Local Business District, the C-2 Community Shopping Center District, and the C-3 General Business District. The purpose of these four districts is to provide for as wide a range of office and commercial uses as possible while still protecting the quality of the existing residential environment of the Village. It is the determination of the Wolverine Lake Village Council that the Village residential environment can best be protected by limiting business uses to sites which are sufficiently wide and deep to create a business environment which can function and be perceived as separate and apart from nearby residential areas. Where sites exist which are not sufficiently wide and deep, the Council has determined that the residential environment can best be protected by limiting permitted business uses to those which serve primarily residents of adjoining neighborhoods or which will have the least external impact on adjacent residences.
(b) The O-1 Office Business District provides for both low-intensity and higher-intensity office uses, and is intended for mapping in certain locations adjacent to residential neighborhoods.
(c) The C-1 Local Business District provides for the most limited range of commercial uses. The C-l District is mapped on shallow sites, which back up to residences. In determining uses for inclusion in the C-1 District, the council has considered trip-generating characteristics, trade and service area characteristics, typical hours of operation and other determinants of neighborhood compatibility. Many uses which would not otherwise be appropriate, have been provided for in limited numbers or through establishment of special conditions and design standards.
(d) The C-2 Community Shopping Center District provides for a broad range of business uses, including comparison commercial uses. The C-2 District is mapped on the few wide and deep sites located adjacent to major thoroughfares in the Village.
(e) The C-3 General Business District is designed to provide for a limited range of fringe commercial uses which may be appropriate in certain limited locations in the Village.
(Ord. 106. Passed 12-9-81.)