Grand River Growth Plan -All Gibbs for City Jan 2 2026 - Flipbook - Page 20
Appendix A Grand River Corridor Growth Study
10. Parking: Project the realis琀椀c market-based parking needs and consider parking minimums
▪ 1 Space for each residential dwelling unit, minimum
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3 Spaces per 1,000 sf office, retail, and other related commercial uses
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4 Spaces per 1,000 sf Restaurants and other related commercial uses
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TBD: Child & elderly care, hotels, medical, places of worship, schools & universities
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No Maximum parking space ratios recommended
11. Residen琀椀al, O昀케ce, Retail Market Demands:
▪ See 14, 16, 18, 19 below and a琀琀ached residen琀椀al, o昀케ce, retail, and hotel market studies
12. Retail Business A琀琀rac琀椀on:
▪ Discount and moderately priced regional and na琀椀onal brand stores
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Apparel: children’s, family, men’s, women’s, jewelry, footwear-
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General retail, bulk discount, dollar, wholesale, resale stores
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Hardware & Garden stores
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Groceries & Specialty Food-昀椀sh, meats, produce
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Full-service, quick-casual, and maker restaurants and pubs
13. Zoning Policy & Urban Design Enhancements Recommenda琀椀ons
▪ Conduc琀椀ng community planning engagement workshops with area businesses, residents,
stakeholders, local, county, and state regula琀椀ng organiza琀椀ons
▪ Establishing a new by-right Grand River – 2 Overlay District that includes the overall Grand River
corridor area and the: B-2, B-3, LI-1, OS-1, RA-3, RC-2, RC-3 zoning districts
▪ Crea琀椀ng a 5-year through 2031 sunset 琀椀meframe for the new GR-2 Overlay District
▪ Implemen琀椀ng predictable design, engineering standards, reviews, and approval 琀椀meframes
▪ Organizing blue-ribbon panels of experts to review exis琀椀ng architectural engineering, planning,
site development, zoning, and other related development policies
▪ Con琀椀nuing landscape and placemaking improvements for Grand River Avenue
▪ Exploring Transferring Development Rights land use zoning policies
▪ O昀昀ering conceptual architectural and site design consul琀椀ng services for small proper琀椀es
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Conduc琀椀ng yearly corridor design charre琀琀es – workshops for selected redevelopment areas
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Examine developing city, county, and state parking, storm water reten琀椀on, wetland banks, and
other required site improvement infrastructure elements for shared use by small proper琀椀es
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Increasing building setback requirements
Grand River Avenue Growth Planning Strategies
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