108 Lafayette St Greenville, MI 48838-1883

Sec. 46-160. - C-3 central business district. (a) Intent. This section applies to the C-3 central business district. This district is intended to provide a wide range of goods and services to residents of the city as well as surrounding areas in a downtown setting. This district is characterized by a compact shopping area with on-street, municipal, and private parking areas. Emphasis is placed on pedestrian safety, convenient access, and ease of vehicular circulation. (b) Permitted uses. Land and/or buildings in the C-3 district may be used for the following purposes by right: (1) Office buildings for any of the following occupations: a. Executive, governmental, administrative, professional, designers, accounting, drafting, and other similar professional and service activities. b. Medical, optical, dental, and veterinary offices and clinics. (2) Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and other similar uses, excluding those with drive-through facilities. (3) Personal service establishments conducting services on the premises, such as barbershops and beauty shops, shoe repair, tailoring and dry cleaning, fitness centers, travel agencies, and other similar uses. (4) Indoor theaters and commercial recreation centers, such as bowling alleys, skating rinks, and other similar uses. (5) Hotels and motels. (6) Restaurants, excluding those with drive-through facilities. Outdoor dining is permitted where such dining does not encroach upon a minimum of five feet of unobstructed sidewalk space adjacent to the curb. Outdoor dining may be separated from the sidewalk only with movable planters, fencing or similar non-fixed barriers provided they do not exceed a height of 36 inches including plant material. Any outdoor dining activity proposed for a public sidewalk or elsewhere in a road right-of-way must first be approved by the city council. (7) Coin-operated laundries. (8) Museums, libraries, radio/television stations, and public parks. (9) Retail businesses conducting business entirely within an enclosed building. (10) Buildings, structures, and uses accessory to the permitted and special land uses. (11) Upper story residential dwellings subject to the following requirements except that single-family detached dwelling units and other residential uses existing as of the effective date of this ordinance are exempt from these requirements: a. A dwelling unit shall not be located on the ground floor. b. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit. These spaces may be provided on site or in a City of Greenville operated parking lot. c.