Grand River Growth Plan -All Gibbs for City Jan 2 2026 - Flipbook - Page 19
Appendix A Grand River Corridor Growth Study
Business Site Selec琀椀on Considera琀椀ons (Cont.)
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Availability of commercial building types, ameni琀椀es, quality, real estate terms required
for opera琀椀ons, costs, talent a琀琀rac琀椀ons, and brand re昀椀nement
Access to skilled workforce and suppor琀椀ng services
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Nearby a琀琀rac琀椀ve housing, retail, restaurants, and other suppor琀椀ng services
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Access to primary, university, and trade educa琀椀onal ins琀椀tu琀椀ons
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Adjacent to similar businesses, service categories
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Good government and leadership
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8. GR-1 Overlay Zoning: Relevant discrepancies with the exis琀椀ng overlay zoning
▪ Increasing building setback requirements
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Reducing and standardizing permi琀琀ed building heights
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Expanding building and landscape design op琀椀ons
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Adjus琀椀ng and standardizing on-site parking requirements
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Decreasing non-residen琀椀al permi琀琀ed land uses
9. 2024 Master Plan & Proposed GR-2 Overlay Comparisons
The City’s 2009 Master Plan, GR-1 Overlay, and this study’s proposed GR-2 Overlay District share their
stated goals and policies as follows:
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The Grand River Corridor is a Special Planning Area that includes many legacy commercial uses
on lots with a wide variety of depths. This lack of uniformity in lot depth makes redevelopment
challenging.
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The zoning in this area, from a group of commercial designa琀椀ons with an overlay between one
and three form based character districts, could help guide redevelopment by establishing one set
of regula琀椀ons for the area rather than overlapping regula琀椀ons, some of which are op琀椀onal.
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In general, both commercial and mul琀椀-family uses should be part of the mix in this district.
This study’s proposed GR-2 Overlay District di昀昀ers from the 2024 Master Plan Grand River Corridor’s
following recommenda琀椀ons:
▪ “& buildings set near the road and access to rear yard parking o昀昀 the side streets. Height limits
set forth in the Grand River Corridor Overlay 1 should be carried forward to provide 昀氀exibility.”
GR-2 Overlay recommends increasing building front, side, and rear setbacks
▪ Standardized 3.5-story maximum building heights throughout the Grand River corridor
▪ Permi琀�ng limited front parking for retail uses
▪ Other minor site development – design adjustments
Grand River Avenue Growth Planning Strategies
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