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Commission discusses where to allow or restrict adult businesses and pawn shops in master-plan update
Summary
Clawson planners reviewed prohibited-use lists in BRD and WG districts and directed staff to map feasible parcels and draft locational standards—discussing buffers, legal constraints (Michigan Zoning Enabling Act) and options such as limiting adult uses to industrial corridors or applying 1,000-foot buffers.
On April 28 the Clawson Planning Commission discussed revisions to the master plan and zoning approach for three districts that currently list prohibited uses. Staff explained the problem: prohibiting a use in only a few districts without permitting it elsewhere creates regulatory gaps because the city’s zoning ordinance permits only enumerated uses.
"Because we're listing them as prohibited here and we're not listing them as permitted anywhere else, we don't have any guardrails on where they actually are permitted," staff said, describing the need to replace scattered prohibitions with explicit locational rules.
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