76-376. General commercial district, C-3., Article X. Office and Commercial Districts, Chapter 76. Zoning, Code of Ordinances, Code of Ordinances, Chesterfield

(a)

Intent. The C-3 district is designed to provide for a wide diversity of business activities which are predominantly, but not necessarily, totally retail in character. Other activities, usually requiring considerable land area and access to major thoroughfares, are permitted. Uses in this district must have good automobile accessibility, but should not cause congestion on adjacent thoroughfares.

(b)

Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted, provided that all business, servicing or processing (except for off-street parking or loading) shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building; all businesses shall be of a retail and service nature dealing directly with consumers; and all goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the same premises. The number enclosed in parentheses listed after each use is taken from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual, as amended, published by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and is intended to provide a general guide of uses intended under each heading. Special land use approval shall be required where it is determined by the planning commission that effects of a listed use may tend to extend beyond the site.

(1)

Any one or more of the permitted uses in section 76-375, except as provided in this section.

(2)

Veterinary offices and clinics, provided the conditions enumerated in subsection (d) of section 76-374, are satisfied. Special land use approval is not required.

(3)

Building materials, hardware and garden supplies (52, except 527 mobile home dealers).

(4)

General merchandise stores (53).

(5)

Food stores (54).

(6)

Automotive dealers (551, 553, 557).

(7)

Apparel and accessory stores (56).

(8)

Home furniture, furnishings and equipment (57).

(9)

Eating and drinking places, excluding fast-food restaurants.

(10)

Miscellaneous retail (59, except fuel dealers 598 and direct selling 5963).

(11)

Hotels and motels (701, except bed and breakfast, casino hotels, tourist cabins and recreational vehicle campgrounds 703) (see section 76-528).

(12)

Mortuaries, as permitted and regulated in the O-2 district (section 76-373).

(13)

Personal service establishments, including only the following uses:

Garment pressing and agents for laundries and dry cleaners (7212).

Coin-operated laundries and dry cleaning (7215).

Other laundry and garment services (7219).

Miscellaneous personal services (7299, except comfort stations, escort services and massage parlors) (see section 76-528).

(14)

Rental of tools and household goods (7359).

(15)

Appliance repair (7629).

(16)

Museums and art galleries (841).

(17)

Automotive rental and leasing (751).

(18)

Dance studios, schools and halls (791) (see section 76-528).

(19)

Theatrical producers (except motion picture), bands, orchestras and entertainers (792).

(20)

Physical fitness facilities (7991).

(21)

Accessory uses, including five or fewer amusement devices shall be considered an accessory use only to eating and drinking places (5813), billiard and pool establishments (7932), bowling alleys (7933), membership sports and recreation clubs (7997).

(22)

Temporary buildings pursuant to the establishment of a permanent building and permitted use. All such temporary buildings shall be immediately removed upon expiration of the time limit established as a condition of their construction.

Outdoor display of merchandise shall be kept back 150 feet from the centerline of all roads, except Gratiot and 26 Mile Road, where a one-hundred-eighty-five-foot setback shall be required and approved by the planning commission as part of site plan review. The outdoor storage shall be limited to the side or rear yard and totally enclosed with view-obscuring screening, as specified by the planning commission based on section 76-80, when adjacent to any residential district or open to public view.

(c)

Special approval land uses. The following uses, and others similar to those cited in this article, may be permitted by the planning commission, subject to the standards of section 76-371 and the general and specific standards for each cited in article XIII of this chapter.

(1)

Amusement and recreation services (79, except racing (7948) and all ride-type uses) (see section 76-528).

(2)

Amusement device centers in the general commercial district (see section 76-485).

(3)

Automobile repair and service centers (see section 76-489).

(4)

Bowling alleys, tennis houses, racquetball facilities and similar forms of indoor commercial recreation.

(5)

Business of a drive-in nature, but not including outdoor theaters (see section 76-491).

(6)

Fast-food restaurants (see section 76-502).

(7)

Gasoline service stations (see section 76-504).

(8)

Open air business uses, including the retail sales of plant materials not grown on the site and sale of lawn furniture, playground equipment, garden or building supplies.

(9)

Outdoor sales lots for the sale of secondhand automobiles (552), new or secondhand recreational vehicles (556), boats (555) or mobile homes (527) (see section 76-516).

(10)

Planned unit development (see section 76-518).

(11)

Public utility buildings (see section 76-521).

(12)

Residential one-family dwelling in nonresidential districts (see section 76-525).

(13)

Veterinary offices or clinics, etc. (see section 76-528).

(14)

Adult bookstores, adult motion picture theaters, adult minimotion picture theaters, group D cabarets, hotels or motels, pawnshops, pool or billiard halls, public lodginghouses, secondhand stores, shoeshine parlors and taxi dance halls (see section 76-529).

(15)

Car washes (see section 76-493).

(d)

Site area and placement requirements. Site area and placement requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

The minimum size of each lot per building:

Area: 15,000 square feet.

Width: 80 feet.

(2)

Minimum yard setback per lot.

Front and street-side building and parking. Front and street-side building and parking setbacks shall be measured from the centerline of each road right-of-way in accordance with the township's master plan, as follows:

	Distance From Centerline
	Buildings (feet)	Parking (feet)
Regional (204-foot right-of-way)	152	112
Regional (150-foot right-of-way)	125	85
Major	110	70
Secondary	110	70
Collector	93	53
Local	80	40
Cul-de-sac	110-foot radius	70
Freeway	50*	10*
Private roads	50**	10**

	*	Freeways shall be measured from the established right-of-way lines.
	**	In the case of private roads, the front yard setback shall be measured from the road easement or common usage line abutting the subject lot.

The planning commission may vary the setback upon site plan review where it is found that the change in setback serves to promote more uniform access, interconnection of adjacent parking facilities or the aesthetic quality of the block front.

Side yard. No side yard is required along an interior lot line, except as otherwise specified in the building code in article II of chapter 14. If the exterior side yard borders a residential district, a side yard setback of not less than 40 feet shall be provided. The openings (windows and doors) side or other side of the lot shall have a side yard of not less than 40 feet. Side yards on corner lots must equal the setback required for the front yards on the street to which they side or 40 feet, whichever is greater.

Rear yard. Rear yard setback shall be 40 feet, except no building shall be located closer than 50 feet to the outer perimeter (property line) of such district when such property line abuts any residential district.

(e)

Building requirements. The building requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

Maximum height (stories/feet): 2/30.

(2)

Maximum lot coverage is equal to the remainder of the site after all right-of-way, parking and yard space requirements are deducted from the gross site area.

(f)

Additional site requirements. See section 76-371.

(g)

Environmental and off-street parking improvements. Environmental (landscaping, lighting, screening and signs) and off-street parking improvements shall be provided in accordance with articles V and VI of this chapter.