13900 8th Mile Rd Oak Park, MI 48237-3004

business districts. B-2 uses are generally characterized by an integrated or planned cluster of establishments served by a common parking lot. c. O office. The O districts are intended to accommodate uses such as offices, banks, personal services, and a limited amount of retail. The O districts can serve as a transition between residential uses and more intensive uses and transportation corridors. d. PTRED planned, technical, research, education development. The planned technical, research, education development districts are intended to accommodate research, technical, medical and educational activities which serve the needs of nearby regional establishments. The primary characteristic of uses allowed in this district is the pursuit of technical knowledge to serve the needs generated by those endeavors. Uses in this district shall be developed on larger parcels of land in a "campus-like" setting that creates a physical atmosphere of low-rise buildings accented with substantial landscaping. e. PCD planned corridor development. The planned corridor development districts are designed to provide for a variety of retail and service establishments in business areas abutting major thoroughfares and so located and planned as to provide convenient customer parking, store servicing and pedestrian traffic movement within the business district and with a minimum of conflict with traffic on abutting streets. To assure optimum site planning relationships and minimum internal and external traffic conflict, each use will be reviewed as it relates to its site and abutting sites and as it relates to the entire district and abutting districts. This type of district is further created so as to provide a zone of transition between residential districts and major thoroughfares or expressways. f. MX-1 mixed-use. The MX-1 mixed-use district is intended to blend two or more residential, commercial, or industrial uses in a compact area. This type of zoning is designed to accommodate mixed-use buildings that have business uses on the first floor and residential uses on the above floor(s). This arrangement will encourage pedestrian-friendly developments and specialty food and retail shops, which will in turn promote the health and well-being of residents by encouraging physical activity, alternative transportation, and greater social interaction. g. MX-2 city center mixed-use. The city center mixed-use district is intended to accommodate a walkable, vibrant mixed-use center.