(a) The following uses are prohibited on any zoning lot zoned B2 or B4 abutting any Gateway Radial Thoroughfare:
(1) Confection manufacture.
(2) Dental products, surgical, or optical goods manufacture.
(3) Emergency shelter.
(4) Go-cart track.
(5) Ice manufacture.
(6) Jewelry manufacture.
(7) Lithographing.
(8) Marijuana retail/provisioning facility.
(9) Motor vehicle washing and steam cleaning.
(10) Motor vehicle services, major.
(11) Motor vehicles, used, salesroom or sales lots.
(12) Motor vehicles, used, storage lot accessory to a salesroom or sales lot for used motor vehicles.
(13) Pawnshop.
(14) Plasma donation center.
(15) Precious metal and gem dealer.
(16) Pre-release adjustment center.
(17) Radio, television, or household appliance repair shop.
(18) Rebound tumbling center.
(19) Restaurant, carry-out or fast-food with drive-up or drive-through facilities or where not located in a multi-story building having a mixed-use or multi-tenant development; prohibition limited to Woodward Avenue only.
(21) Substance abuse service facility.
(22) Taxicab dispatch and/or storage facility.
(23) Toiletries or cosmetic manufacturing.
(24) Tool, die, and gauge manufacturing.
(25) Trade services, general.
(26) Trailer coaches or boats, sale or rental, open air display.
(27) Trailers or cement mixers, pneumatic-tired, sales, rental or service.
(28) Used goods dealer.
(29) Vending machine commissary.
(30) Wearing apparel manufacturing.
(31) Wholesaling, warehousing, storage buildings, or public storage houses, except on Gratiot Avenue.
(b) Accessory parking lots or parking areas on zoning lots abutting a designated Gateway Radial Thoroughfare that are not farther than the maximum distance specified in Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision B, of this chapter shall be permitted by right subject to Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision E, Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision G, and Article XIV, Division 2, Subdivision C, of this chapter.
(c) Commercial parking lots or areas and accessory parking lots or areas on zoning lots abutting a designated Gateway Radial Thoroughfare that are farther than the maximum distance specified in Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision B, of this chapter, shall be reviewed as Conditional Uses subject to Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision E, Article XIV, Division 1, Subdivision G, and Article XIV, Division 2, Subdivision C, of this chapter.
Amended by Ord. No. 20-18 (JCC 7/3/2018, Passed 7/31/2018, Approved 8/1/2018, Published 8/15/2018, Effective 10/14/2018); Saved From Repeal by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-21 (JCC 11/26/2019, Passed 7/7/2020, Approved 7/8/2020, Published 7/31/2020, Effective 8/8/2020); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-12 (JCC 2/18/2020, Passed 6/9/2020, Approved 6/15/2020, Published 8/21/2020, Effective 12/9/2020); Amended by Ord. No. 2021-9 (JCC 2/16/2021, Passed 3/16/2021, Approved 3/17/2021, Published 3/26/2021, Effective 4/3/2021).
The following areas are designated as Traditional Main Street Overlay Areas:
(1) West Seven Mile. All zoning lots abutting West Seven Mile Road between the zoning lots at the four corners of John R Avenue and the center line of Woodward Avenue.
(2) Grand River/Lahser Road. All zoning lots abutting Grand River Avenue between the center line of Greenfield Road and the zoning lots at the four corners of Lahser Road and all zoning lots abutting Lahser Road between West McNichols Road and Santa Clara Avenue.
(3) Bagley/Vernor. All zoning lots abutting Bagley Avenue between the center line of 16th Street and the center line of 24th Street; and all zoning lots abutting West Vernor Highway between the center line of Newark Avenue and the center line of Clark Street.
(4) Livernois/West McNichols. All zoning lots abutting Livernois Avenue between the center line of the John C. Lodge Freeway and the center line of West Eight Mile Road; and all zoning lots abutting West McNichols Road between the center line of Lawton Avenue and the zoning lots at the four corners of Wyoming Avenue.
(5) East Jefferson. All zoning lots abutting East Jefferson Avenue between the center lines of Dickerson Avenue/Gray Avenue and the city limits of Grosse Pointe Park.
(6) Woodward. All zoning lots abutting Woodward Avenue between the center line of Temple Avenue/Alfred Street and the city limits of Highland Park.
(7) Grand Boulevard. All zoning lots abutting West Grand Boulevard/East Grand Boulevard between the John C. Lodge freeway (M-10) and the eastern edge of Cameron Street (extended). Standards for West Grand Boulevard between John C. Lodge freeway (M-10) and West Grand River in the Grand Boulevard Overlay Area, are available in Subdivision D of this division.
(8) Michigan Avenue. All zoning lots abutting Michigan Avenue between the John C. Lodge freeway (M-10) and the zoning lots at the four corners of Vinewood Avenue.
(9) Vernor/Springwells. All zoning lots abutting West Vernor Highway between the center line of Clark Street and the zoning lots at the four corners of Woodmere Avenue; and all zoning lots abutting Springwells Avenue between the four corners of West Vernor Highway and the four corners of the Fisher Freeway (1-75) service drives.
(10) East Warren Avenue. All zoning lots abutting East Warren Avenue between Audubon Avenue and the four corners of Radnor Street.
(11) West Warren Avenue. All zoning lots abutting West Warren Avenue between the Southfield Freeway and Greenfield Road.
(12) All zoning lots abutting Van Dyke
Street between East 7 Mile and East 8 Mile Roads.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-21 (JCC 11/26/2019, Passed 7/7/2020, Approved 7/8/2020, Published 7/31/2020, Effective 8/8/2020).
Designated marijuana consumption establishments, marijuana grower facilities, marijuana microbusinesses, marijuana processor facilities, marijuana retail/provisioning facilities, marijuana safety compliance facilities, and marijuana secure transporter facilities are prohibited within any Traditional Main Street Overlay Area.
Amended by Ord. No. 20-18 (JCC 7/3/2018, Passed 7/31/2018, Approved 8/1/2018, Published 8/15/2018, Effective 10/14/2018); Saved From Repeal by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2021-9 (JCC 2/16/2021, Passed 3/16/2021, Approved 3/17/2021, Published 3/26/2021, Effective 4/3/2021).
(a) Lofts, as defined in Section 50-16-284 of this Code, shall be subject to review by the Loft Review Committee on land zoned B6, M1, M2, M3, and M4.
(b) For the area of West Grand Boulevard between the John C. Lodge Freeway (M-10) and West Grand River Avenue, parking, driveways, or loading areas shall not be located between new primary buildings and West Grand Boulevard. Parking, driveways, or loading areas shall be located to the side or the rear of the building.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-12 (JCC 2/18/2020, Passed 6/9/2020, Approved 6/15/2020, Published 8/21/2020, Effective 12/9/2020).
The Development Improvement Area is a special area that is established to permit property owners in business or other areas to request City assistance in upgrading the external physical appearance of their area. The provisions allow for the employment of a design consultant to prepare a development-improvement plan, including such items as planting boxes or other “street furniture, lighting and lighting fixtures, building materials, finishes and colors, including building façade modernizations, improvements in parking and traffic facilities, all aspects of signs, an overall color scheme, an improved pedestrian circulation scheme, or any other visual or functional appurtenances for the district. Provision is also made for the establishment of a special assessment district to defray all or part of the costs of such improvement projects consistent with Article 8, Chapter 6, of the Charter.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-12 (JCC 2/18/2020, Passed 6/9/2020, Approved 6/15/2020, Published 8/21/2020, Effective 12/9/2020).
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Repealed by Ord. No. 2020-21 (JCC 11/26/2019, Passed 7/7/2020, Approved 7/8/2020, Published 7/31/2020, Effective 8/8/2020).