City of Lapeer, MI Central Business Districts

§ 7-7.01 Intent.

The CBD-1 Central Business District is designed to provide for office buildings and the great variety of retail stores and related activities which occupy the prime retail frontage of the core downtown area by serving the comparison, convenience and service needs of the entire City area as well as a substantial area of the adjacent and surrounding residential developments and agricultural area beyond the City limits. The retail stability of the district is promoted by encouraging a continuous grade level retail frontage.

The CBD-2 Central Business District is designed to provide for office buildings and retail stores and related activities which serve to support and complement central business district activities of the prime retail areas of the CBD-1 District.

§ 7-7.02 Schedule of uses.

[Amended 12-19-2022]

Buildings or land shall be not 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 7.07.1 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 7.07.1: Central Business Districts Schedule of Uses
Use	CBD-1	CBD-2	Additional Requirements
Residential Uses
Apartments on the first floor	P		§ 7-13.01F
Indoor entertainment	P		–
Bar-cade	P		–
Video game lounge	P		–
Rooftop uses			§ 7-13.10
Public and Institutional Uses
Business schools, or private schools, operated for profit	P	P	—
Places of public assembly and places of worship, including other facilities normally incidental thereto, with a seating capacity of less than 500 people or parking for less than 250 vehicles	P	P	§ 7-13.03C
Municipal buildings and post office	P	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	P	P	—
Retail Uses
Dry-cleaning establishments, or pickup stations, dealing directly with the consumer	P	P	—
Funeral homes and mortuary establishments	P	P	§ 7-13.04D
Generally recognized retail business which supplies commodities on the premises within a completely enclosed building, such as, but not limited to: foods, drugs, liquor, furniture, clothing, dry goods, notions or hardware	P	P	—
Newspaper offices and printing plants	P	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	P	—
Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises, such as, but not limited to: repair shops (watches, radio, television, shoe, etc.), tailor shops, beauty parlors or barber shops, photographic studios, and self-service laundries and dry cleaners	P	P	—
Lodging and Food Service Uses
Bed-and-breakfast dwellings	P	P
Motels and hotels	SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.06A
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 and subject further to street occupancy permits and all rules and regulations to control such street occupancy	P	P	—
Entertainment and Recreation Uses
Amusement arcades which provide space for patrons to engage in playing of electronic and mechanical video amusement devices or similar activities	P	P	§ 7-13.07B
Theaters when completely enclosed	P	P	—
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Professional Uses
Banks, credit unions, savings and loan association, without drive-through facilities	P	P	—
Office buildings for any of the following occupations: executive, administrative, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, drafting and sales	P	P	—
Health and Human Care and Uses
Adult day-care centers	P	P
Child-care center, nursery schools and day nurseries	P	P	§ 7-13.09A
Convalescent homes, nursing homes and child-care institutions	P	P	§ 7-13.09B
Hospices	P	P
Hospitals	P	P	§ 7-13.09C
Medical offices and clinics	P	P	—
Transportation and warehousing uses
Bus passenger stations	P	P	—
Parking lots and parking structures	P	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	P	—
Accessory and Similar Uses
Accessory uses, customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses	P	P	—
Accessory buildings, customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses	—	P	—
Drive-through pharmacy, banks, credit unions and savings and loans as an accessory use only, when customarily incident to a principal use permitted in the district	SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.04B
Sidewalk sales	P	P	§ 7-13.10B
Other uses similar to the above uses	SLU	SLU	§ 7-13.11
Wireless telecommunications antenna	P	P	§ 7-13.10E
Other temporary uses	P/SLU	P/SLU	§ 7-13.10C

§ 7-7.03 Area, height, and placement requirements.

[Amended 12-19-2022]

All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements:

Central Business Districts: Schedule of Uses Area, Height, and Placement Requirements (Table 7.07.2)
Zoning District	Minimum Lot		Maximum Building Height² (feet)	Minimum Setbacks⁴ (feet)
	Area (square feet)	Width¹ (feet)		Front³	Side Yards^{5, 6}		Rear⁵
	Area (square feet)	Width¹ (feet)		Front³	Least 1	Total 2	Rear⁵
CBD-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CBD-2	—	—	25	10	—	—	—

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. The maximum height allowed in the CBD-1 Zoning District is three stories or 40 feet. The Planning Commission has the authority to grant building heights above the maximum building height.
³	Build-to line: Buildings in the CBD-1 District shall be constructed so that at least 60% of the front wall is located at the front lot line.
⁴	Balconies may be permitted within the public right-of-way upon approval of the ROW permit by the Department of Public Works.
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 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 residential district or a street, there shall be provided a setback of not less than 10 feet on the side bordering the residential district or street.