City of Lapeer, MI Business and Office Districts

[Amended 5-17-2012; 9-26-2013; 2-19-2018; 11-19-2018; 10-5-2020; 1-4-2021; 12-19-2022]

Buildings or land shall not be used and buildings shall not be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter. Land and/or buildings in the districts indicated at the top of Table 7.06.1 may be used for the purposes denoted by the following abbreviations:

Key:

Permitted use (P): Land and/or buildings in this district may be used for the purposes listed by right.

Special land use (SLU): Uses which may be permitted by obtaining special land use approval when all applicable requirements in Article XIII, Use Requirements, and the standards of § 7-19.04, Review standards, are met.

Additional requirements: Indicates requirements or conditions applicable to the use.

Table 7.06.1: Business and Office Districts Schedule of Uses
Use		OS-1	B-1	B-2	B-3	Additional Requirements
Residential Uses
Transitional housing				SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.01D
Animal and Agricultural Uses
Veterinary facilities and clinics		—	—	P	—	—
Public and Institutional Uses
Business schools, or private schools, operated for profit		—	—	P	P	—
Institutional uses, places of public assembly and places of worship, including other facilities normally incidental thereto, excluding large-scale churches		P	P	P	P	§ 7-13.03C
Large-scale places of public assembly and places of worship with a seating capacity of 500 people or more or parking for 250 vehicles or more		—	—	SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.03D
Municipal buildings and post office		—	P	P	P	—
Private clubs or lodge halls		—	—	P	—	—
Publicly owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings; electric transformer stations and substations; gas regulator stations with service yards, but without storage yards; water and sewage pumping stations		SLU	SLU	P	—	—
Wireless telecommunication tower				SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.10E
Retail Uses
Dry-cleaning establishments, or pickup stations, dealing directly with the consumer		—	P	P	—	—
Commercial establishments up to 80,000 square feet of gross floor area		—	P	P	P
Commercial establishments consisting of 1 or more uses and a minimum of 80,000 square feet in total gross floor area		—	—	SLU	P	§ 7-13.04A
Funeral homes and mortuary establishments		SLU	P	P	—	§ 7-13.04D
Greenhouses and plant nurseries		—	—	SLU	—
Home centers and lumber yards		—	—	SLU	P	§ 7-13.04C
Newspaper offices and printing plants		—	—	P	—	—
Offices and showrooms of plumbers, electricians, decorator or similar trades, in connection with which not more than 25% of the floor area of the building or part of the building occupied by said establishment is used for making, assembling, remodeling, repairing, altering, finishing, or refinishing its products or merchandise		—	—	P	—	—
Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to: repair shops (watches, radio, television, shoe and etc), tailor shops, beauty parlors or barber shops, tattoo parlors, day spas, hair salons, photographic studios		P	P	P	—	—
Retail cold storage establishments		—	—	P		—
Self-service laundry		—	P	P		—
Motor Vehicle Uses
Automobile car wash, automatic or self-service		—	—	P	—	§ 7-13.05F
Automobile service station for sale of gasoline, oil, and minor accessories only		—	—	SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.05A and B
Minor automobile repair shops		—	—	P	—	§ 7-13.05C
Automobile sales or showroom		—	—	P	—
Outdoor sales space for exclusive sale of secondhand automobiles		—	—	SLU	—	§ 7-13.05E
Lodging and Food Service Uses
Drive-through restaurants		—	—	SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.04B
Bed-and-breakfast		—	—	P	P	—
Motels and hotels		—	—	SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.06A
Standard restaurants, brew pubs and taverns where the patrons are served while seated within the building occupied by such establishment, and wherein said establishment does not extend as an integral part of, or accessory thereto, any service of a drive-in or open-front store		—	—	P	P	—
Sale and service of food and drink out of doors, provided such use is incidental to a similar principal use indoors and conducted adjacent to said principal use		—	—	P	P	—
Entertainment and Recreation Uses
Adult entertainment uses		—	—	SLU	—	§ 7-13.07A
Amusement arcades which provide space for patrons to engage in playing of electronic and mechanical video amusement devices or similar activities		—	—	SLU	—	§ 7-13.07B
Bowling alleys, pool or billiard parlor or clubs, indoor archery and indoor tennis clubs, fitness centers, athletic clubs, and other similar indoor commercial recreation establishments		—	—	P	—	—
Commercial or institutional outdoor recreation facilities, including golf courses, water parks, tennis clubs and similar outdoor recreation establishments		—	—	P	P	§ 7-13.07D
Commercially used outdoor recreational space for children's amusement parks, miniature golf courses		—	—	SLU	—	§ 7-13.07C
Multi-screen movie theaters		—	—	—	SLU	§ 7-13.07E
Theaters when completely enclosed		—	—	P
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Professional Uses
Banks, credit unions, savings-and-loan association, and similar uses
	Drive-through facilities as an accessory use only	P	P	P	P	§ 7-13.04B
	Standalone drive-through ATM facilities	—	—	P	P	§ 7-13.04B
Office buildings for any of the following occupations: executive, administrative, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, drafting and sales		P	P	P	—	—
Business services such as mailing, copying, data processing and retail office supplies		P	P	P	—	—
Data processing and computer centers, including service and maintenance of electronic data processing equipment		P	P	P	—	—
Health and Human Care and Uses
Adult day-care centers		SLU	P	P	—
Ambulance service stations		SLU	—	P	P	§ 7-13.09E
Child-care center, nursery schools and day nurseries		SLU	P	P	—	§ 7-13.09A
Convalescent homes, nursing homes and child-care institutions		P	P	P	—	§ 7-13.09B
Hospices		—	—	P	P
Hospitals		SLU	—	P	P	§ 7-13.09C
Medical office and clinics		P	P	P	—	—
Transportation and Warehousing Uses
Bus passenger stations		—	—	P	—	—
Off-street parking lots		P	P	P	—	—
Parking lots and parking structures				P	—	—
Warehouse and storage facilities when incident to and physically connected with any principal use permitted, provided that such facility be within the confines of the building or part thereof occupied by said establishment		—	—	P	—	—
Accessory and Similar Uses
Accessory building and uses, customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses		P	P	P	P	—
Drive-through pharmacy as an accessory use only, when customarily incident to a principal use permitted in the district		SLU	SLU	P	SLU	§ 7-13.04B
Tent sales and sidewalk sales		P	P	P	P	§ 7-13.10B
Other uses similar to the above uses		SLU	SLU	SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.11
Wireless telecommunication antenna		P	P	P	P	§ 7-13.10D
Other temporary uses		P/SLU	P/SLU	P/SLU	P/SLU	§ 7-13.10C
Shipping containers, temporary				P	P	§ 7-13.10F
Medical Marihuana Facility Uses
Medical marihuana provisioning center/marihuana retailer				P	P	§ 7-13.12
Marihuana safety compliance facility/establishment		SLU		SLU		§ 7-13.12
Marihuana secure transporter facility/establishment				SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.12

All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements:

Business and Office Districts: Schedule of Area, Height, and Placement Requirements (Table 7.06.2)
Zoning District	Minimum Lot		Max. Building Height² (feet)	Maximum Percent of Lot Coverage	Minimum Setbacks⁴ (feet)
	Area	Width¹ (feet)			Front³	Side Yards^{5, 6}		Rear⁵
	Area	Width¹ (feet)			Front³	Least 1	Total 2	Rear⁵
OS-1	—	—	35	—	30	—	—	—
B-1	—	—	25	—	10	—	—	—
B-2	—	—	35	—	30	—	—	—
B-3	10 acres	—	35	—	30	—	—	—

Footnotes to Schedule of Area, Height, and Placement Requirements
¹	Depth-to-width ratio: All lots created after the adoption date of this chapter shall have a lot depth not more than four times its width, as measured at the front lot line.
²	Building height: Exceptions to building height shall be as provided for in § 7-14.03A, Height limit.
³	Off-street parking shall be permitted to occupy a portion of the required front yard, provided that there shall be maintained a minimum unobstructed and landscaped setback of 10 feet between the nearest point of the off-street parking area, exclusive of access driveways, and the nearest right-of-way line as indicated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan.
⁴	Natural features setback: All structures shall be set back at least 25 feet from all natural features such as drains, regulated wetlands, natural ponds, lakes and streams.
⁵	A setback and screening buffer as listed in Table 7.15.1 is required when a rear or side lot line is adjacent to different a zoning district or use.
⁶	Side yards are not required along the interior side lot lines of the district, except as otherwise specified in the Building Code, provided that if walls of structures facing such interior side lot line contain windows, or other openings, side yards of not less than 10 feet shall be provided. Where a lot borders on a street, there shall be provided a setback of not less than 10 feet on the side bordering the street.