Grand River Growth Plan -All Gibbs for City Jan 2 2026 - Flipbook - Page 3
Recommended City Initiatives and Policies
▪ Conducting yearly focused corridor design charrettes – workshops for selected
redevelopment areas
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Examining developing city, county, state parking, storm water retention, wetland banks
and other required site improvement infrastructure improvement elements for shared use
by small properties
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Other best practices initiatives and policies as applicable
GR-2 Overlay District Recommended Site Standards
▪ Reducing and standardizing permitted building heights
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Expanding building and landscape design options
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Adjusting and standardizing on-site site parking requirements
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Decreasing non-residential permitted land uses
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Increasing building setbacks requirements
Recommended Permitted GR-2 Principal Uses
Child & elderly care, government, hotels, medical, office, places of worship, residential,
retail, restaurants, services, schools, universities and other related land uses
Recommended GR-2 Prohibited Principal Uses
Adult entertainment, industrial, mortuaries, self-storage, trucking, logistics-distribution,
vehicle fueling, repairs, sales, washing, storage and other related land uses
Recommended Building Design Standards
▪ 25,000 sf Maximum individual retail store size
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359 Maximum height measured to the building eaves
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3.5 Maximum building floor stories
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Minimizing required architectural design standards
Parking Minimums & Locations (1)
▪ Limited Parking Permitted in Retail Front Yard Setbacks
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1 Space for each residential dwelling unit
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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, government, hotels, medical, places of worship, schools
(1) Site Standards For Properties Fronting Grand River Avenue; Not to Apply to planned mixed-use developments
off Grand River Avenue.
Grand River Corridor Growth Planning Study
Gibbs Planning Group 12/2025
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