City of Fenton - Land Uses

Academic School

ACADEMIC SCHOOL
Any private or publicly owned and operated Institution providing academic instruction for students from preschool up to and including 12th grade.

Accessory Uses related to Farming

Animal Hospital

ANIMAL HOSPITAL
An establishment designed to provide medical care to animals, and which may have the capability of providing on-site overnight care and boarding but does not include outdoor kennels or runs.

Apartment

APARTMENT
A room or suite of rooms in a Building intended or designed for use as a single Dwelling Unit, provided with separate cooking and sanitary facilities.

Art Dealer

ART DEALER
An establishment engaged in the sale of works of art.

Artisan, Craftsman, and Photograph Studio

ARTISAN, CRAFTSMAN, AND PHOTOGRAPH STUDIO
The workshop or studio of an artist, craftsperson, sculptor, tattoo artist, or photographer, which workshop is primarily used for on-site production of unique custom goods through the use of hand tools or small-scale equipment, and only incidentally used, on an infrequent basis if at all, as an Accessory gallery or for incidental sales.

ATM Facility

AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM FACILITY)
A mechanized consumer banking device operated by a Financial Institution for the convenience of its customers, whether outside or in an access-controlled facility. ATM Facilities located outside of a Building and not on the premise of a Financial Institution shall be considered a Principal Use.

Automotive Collision Shop

AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION SHOP
An establishment primarily engaged in the major repair of Automobiles, including the straightening of body parts, painting, welding, installation, or repair of equipment or parts on motorized vehicles such as mufflers, brakes, tires, radios, transmissions, glass, and engines or engine parts and short-term outdoor storage of Automobiles and until such repairs are performed, but excluding dismantling or salvage.

Automotive Convenience Store

AUTOMOTIVE CONVENIENCE STORE
An establishment primarily engaged in gasoline, diesel fuel, and oil sales at retail (with no Automobile repair facilities) and the retail sale of a limited line of goods that generally includes tobacco products, milk, bread, soda, snacks, and similar household convenience goods for customers. Such establishment may include an Accessory automatic car wash.

Automotive Customizing Shop

AUTOMOTIVE CUSTOMIZING SHOP
An establishment that primarily provides indoor after-sales services for Automobiles (including the attendant retail sales of accessories for such Automobiles), such as installation, conversion, and modifications to the interior or exterior of Automobiles, and may include indoor automotive detailing or dent removal.

Automotive Sales, New

AUTOMOTIVE SALES, NEW
An establishment primarily engaged in the sale and/or lease of new Automobiles, including incidental outdoor display, parking, and indoor servicing of Automobiles available for sale or lease. Such a use also may include the sales of used Automobiles as a subordinate use.

Automotive Sales, Used

AUTOMOTIVE SALES, USED
An establishment primarily engaged in the sale of used Automobiles, including incidental outdoor display, parking, and indoor servicing of such vehicles available for sale.

Automotive Service Store

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STORE
An establishment primarily engaged in the sale and replacement or servicing of spark plugs, oil, water hoses, brake fluids, batteries, distributors, tires, brakes, fuel pumps, or other automotive parts or accessories for Automobiles. An Automotive Service Store may perform minor repairs of Automobiles and may have short-term outdoor storage of such Automobiles until such repairs are performed but excluding dismantling or salvage.

Automotive Washing facility

AUTOMOTIVE WASHING FACILITY
An establishment engaged in washing and cleaning of Automobiles and related light equipment. Typical uses include self-service service and full-service car washes.

Banquet Facility

BANQUET FACILITY
An establishment available for lease by private parties to accommodate functions, including, but not limited to, banquets, weddings, anniversaries, and similar celebrations or events, including Accessory facilities thereto. Banquet Facilities may serve alcohol and have Outdoor Dining as an Accessory Use.

Bed-and-breakfast Inn

BED-AND-BREAKFAST INN
An establishment operated in a Residential Dwelling or portion thereof, consisting of between one (1) and twelve (12) guest rooms, which provides temporary accommodations to overnight guests for a fee, and which is occupied by the operator of such establishment.

Business Service Shop

BUSINESS SERVICE SHOP
Shops primarily engaged in providing or rendering services to business establishments such as employment service, mailing or copy and printing shops, shipping stores, and Sign shops.

Carports

CARPORT
A roofed Structure providing space for the off-street parking or storage of motor vehicles and enclosed on not more than three (3) sides.

Church

CHURCH
A church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or other facility that has a Principal Use of religious worship of any denomination.

Clubs and Civic Lodge

CLUB AND CIVIC LODGE
An organization of persons for special purposes or for the promulgation of sports, arts, literature, politics, or other common goals, interests, or activities characterized by membership qualifications, dues, or regular meetings, excluding clubs operated for profit and/or Churches.

Commercial Motor Vehicle Dealer

COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER
An establishment engaged in the business of buying, selling, exchanging, or offering to negotiate, negotiating, or advertising the sale of a Commercial Motor Vehicles, including the outdoor display of vehicles, distribution of parts, and indoor service.

Commercial Motor Vehicle Repair

COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR
An establishment primarily engaged in the indoor repair or customization of Commercial Motor Vehicles, including the straightening of body parts, painting, welding, installation, or repair of equipment or parts on motorized vehicles such as mufflers, brakes, tires, radios, transmissions, glass, and engines or engine parts and short-term outdoor storage of Commercial Motor Vehicles until such repairs are performed, but excluding dismantling or salvage.

Community Center

COMMUNITY CENTER
A facility owned by a public or not-for-profit entity that is designed for indoor and outdoor group activities, including meeting or recreational rooms, pools, ballfields, and/or playgrounds located on the same Lot.

Condominium

CONDOMINIUM
A Dwelling Unit in a Multi-Family Dwelling Building in which a person has both separate ownership of a Dwelling Unit and a common interest, along with the Condominium's other owners, in the common areas.

Construction Equipment Dealer

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DEALER
An establishment primarily engaged in the sale and/or rental of construction equipment, power systems, and parts, and the outdoor display and indoor service of such equipment; which may include a truck and trailer rental facility affiliated with and subordinate to the Construction Equipment Dealer on the same property.

Convention Center

CONVENTION CENTER
A facility used for business or professional conferences and seminars, often associated with a Hotel.

Day Care Facility

DAY-CARE FACILITY
An establishment providing Child Care for more than four (4) children during the daytime. "Day-Care Facility" does not include Child Care as an Accessory Use.

Distilleries

DISTILLERY
An establishment that produces alcoholic beverages on-site and generally includes an Accessory tasting room. A tasting room allows customers to taste samples of products manufactured on-site and purchase related sales items.

Dock for watercraft vehicles

Drive-Through Services

DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE
An Accessory Use where patrons are served through a window or other device while remaining in their motor vehicles.

Development Requirements:
Requirements And Standards For Drive-Through Services.

A. In addition to other applicable provisions in this Code, all Drive-Through Services shall be governed by the provisions in this Article.

1. Site Plan Review.

a. Site Plan Review shall be required for all Drive-Through Services in conjunction with a Permitted Use or Use allowed by Special Use Permit in a Non-Residential District.
b. Site Plan Review shall not be required for freestanding ATM Facilities. In applicable Districts, freestanding ATM Facilities shall be permitted under the provisions of Section 410.080, Procedures for Obtaining a Special Use Permit.
c. Site Plan Review applications for Drive-Through Services shall comply with all requirements and procedures set forth in this Chapter 425, Article III. In addition, the Director may require the Applicant to submit, at Applicant's cost, a sealed traffic study, acceptable to the City, with the Site Plan Review application when the layout of the Property or proposed Drive-Through Services or the existing traffic on the Property is deemed to potentially have an adverse impact on traffic or parking conditions on the Property or adjacent Streets and accessways. The traffic study shall include the following:

(1) Average time required to serve a typical customer;
(2) Arrival rate of customers, including peak hours of demand; and
(3) Opinion as to likely impact Drive-Through Services will have on parking and traffic circulation congestion, both on-site and on adjacent Streets and accessways.

d. Any Lot that changes its Principal Use must submit, and receive approval of, a new Site Plan Review prior to operating new Drive-Through Services.

2. Design Standards. All Drive-Through Services shall adhere to the following design standards:

a. Each queuing lane shall be designed to prevent parking and traffic circulation congestion, both on-site and on adjacent Streets and accessways.
b. Queuing lanes shall have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet, unless otherwise waived by the Commission or Board based on the findings of a traffic study.
c. Queuing lanes that obstruct the pathway between the Off-Street Parking Areas and entries into the Building shall be designed with a pedestrian crossing that is delineated by raised or delineated pavement and signage.
d. No Drive-Through Services shall be located across the Street from or adjacent to a Lot in a Residential District or Lot with a Residential Use, unless the intervening Street is an Arterial or Collector Street.
e. The Commission or Board may require additional landscaping and/or Fencing be provided for Drive-Through Services when it is deemed necessary to provide a Buffer Area for adjacent uses.
f. Order/menu boards for Restaurants shall not exceed seven (7) feet in height or fifty (50) square feet in area. Order/menu boards in size, location, or number that is not permitted may be authorized under a Sign Plan, or when possible, in conjunction with or as part of Site Plan Review.

3. Queuing Space Requirements.

a. Each queuing space shall be a minimum of twenty-two (22) feet, unless otherwise waived by the Commission or Board based on the findings of a traffic study.
b. Queuing spaces for Drive-Through Services shall be provided as follows:

Land Use	Queuing Spaces*
Financial Institutions	4 queuing spaces per service window or Automated Teller Machine
Restaurants, with pick-up window and separate order board and/or pay window	5 queuing spaces, plus 3 queuing spaces from order board to pay window (if provided), plus 2 queuing spaces to pick-up window. If no separate pay window is provided, a total of 10 queuing spaces shall be provided.
Restaurants, with pick-up window only	5 queuing spaces
General Retail Use and Personal and Business Service Shops	3 queuing spaces per service window
ATM Facilities (Freestanding)	3 queuing spaces
Automotive Washing Facility (Self-Service)	Line-up area for each wash stall sufficient to accommodate 4 cars.
Automotive Washing Facility (Not Self-Service)	Reservoir (line-up) parking equal to 5 times the capacity of the car wash bay.
Other Uses	If the Land Use is not provided above, the Commission or Board shall determine the required queuing spaces based on the traffic report submitted with the Site Plan Review application and/or analysis of an existing comparable facility within or in near proximity of the City.
Exceptions	The Commission or Board may reduce or increase required queuing spaces for a Land Use provided above based on the traffic study submitted with the Site Plan Review application and/or analysis of an existing comparable facility within or in near proximity of the City.

Dwelling, Multifamily

DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY
One (1) or more Buildings containing a minimum of three (3) or more Dwelling Units per Building.

Dwelling, Single-Family

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A Detached Building containing one (1) Dwelling Unit, provided, however, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code to the contrary, for the purposes of this Code, a Group Home and Foster Home shall be included in the definition of a Single-Family Dwelling.

Dwelling, Single-Family Attached

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
Two (2) Single-Family Dwellings sharing common wall areas, each Dwelling having its own Lot.

Dwelling, Two-Family

DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A Building designed for or occupied exclusively by two (2) families living independently of each other and being on a single Lot.

Emergency Service Facility

EMERGENCY SERVICE FACILITY
A facility for public organizations/entities that provide public safety services by addressing different emergencies, including police, fire, and ambulance.

Entertainment Facility or Theater

ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY OR THEATER
A Building or part of a Building devoted to showing motion pictures or dramatic, musical, or live performances. For the purposes of this Code, Adult Theater, Adult Arcade, and Adult Cabaret as defined in Section 430.740, shall not be included in the definition of Entertainment Facility or Theater. Entertainment Facilities or Theaters may serve alcoholic beverages with at least fifty percent (50%) of the gross income derived from the sale of prepared meals or food consumed on the Property.

Extended Stay Hotels

HOTEL, EXTENDED-STAY
An establishment that: 1. Offers temporary lodging in rooms which are advertised, designed, intended, or routinely utilized for weekly or monthly occupancy, and typically charges guests on a weekly or monthly basis; 2. May include restaurants, meeting, multi-function, or banquet rooms, and other Accessory Uses and services, including, without limitation, newsstands, gift shops, and similar incidental uses conducted entirely within the Principal Building; 3. May include one (1) manager's quarters for the on-duty manager adjacent to the lobby area; which may include a kitchen or cooking facility but may not exceed the area of a typical guest room within the Hotel or be utilized as a temporary or permanent residence; and 4. Provides kitchen or cooking facilities for the preparation of food by guests in at least thirty percent (30%) of the rooms or units.

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