What uses are allowed in NB versus HB zoning in Rochester Hills?
NB is neighborhood business and HB is highway business (§ 138-4.100, Table 3). Both allow consumer-facing commerce; HB allows more intensive uses.
Permitted in both: retail under 75,000 square feet, restaurants, personal services, banks, and offices. NB also allows places of assembly under 5,000 square feet. The enclosed-building/direct-consumer condition applies to NB, CB and BD; it is not a blanket HB requirement (§ 138-4.300, Table 4; § 138-4.301.B).
Key differences:
- Gas stations are conditional in NB but permitted in HB (§ 138-4.404).
- Car washes are allowed only in HB, as a conditional use, and retail over 75,000 square feet is conditional in HB (§ 138-4.300, Table 4).
- Hotels are conditional in HB (§ 138-4.415).
- Drive-throughs are conditional in NB, CB and HB; the BD allowance is limited to existing drive-throughs (§ 138-4.407).
- HB allows 3 stories and 42 feet, against 2 stories and 30 feet in NB (§ 138-5.100, Table 7).
Animal cafes are conditional in NB and HB under Ordinance 202. Automotive repair garages are conditional in HB, EC and I; the replaced automotive-service-center text is not the operative § 138-4.405.
Sources
- § 138-4.100, Table 3
- § 138-4.300, Table 4
- § 138-4.301.B
- § 138-4.404
- § 138-4.415
- § 138-4.407
- § 138-5.100, Table 7
Full text: Rochester Hills ordinance on Municode. Applies to districts: NB, HB.
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