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City of Clawson Oakland County, Michigan Ordinance No. 797 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY OF CLAWSON CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 34, ARTICLE X, SECTION 3.11 TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR GROUND-FLOOR PARKING FACILITIES PART 1. Amend Chapter 34, Article X, SECTION 3.11, to add new item C.6 to read as follows: 6. Ground-Floor Parking Option. When a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the ground floor area of the building is proposed to be occupied by parking, one additional floor shall be permitted within the height limit of the district (42 feet in the CC district, and 35 feet in the CMD district), the minimum ground floor height shall be reduced to 9 feet at the finished ceiling, and the minimum floor height of upper floors shall be waived. The following shall also apply: a. A development using the ground-floor parking option shall provide a shared open space on the site for the use of residents. The shared open space shall include, at a minimum, a lawn area, seating, and one canopy tree. The minimum area of the open space area shall be five percent (5%) of the gross lot area, and shall not include any required buffer areas. b. Where the ground-floor parking is not fully enclosed by walls and/or doors, the parking area shall not be used for the storage of any item other than motor vehicles and bicycles. c. The required liner use shall be provided. Where a building with ground-floor parking has frontage on a side street where no liner use is required, the parking area shall not be exposed on the street-facing side of the building. d. In the CC district, the required ten-foot upper floor setback shall apply to the third and fourth floors. In the CMD district, the third floor shall be set back ten (10) feet. e. When using this option, the parking requirement for three-bedroom units shall be reduced from three spaces to two. PART 2. SAVINGS CLAUSE. The amendments referenced herein do not affect or impair any act done, offense committed, or right accruing or acquired, or liability, penalty or forfeiture or punishment pending or incurred prior to the effective date of this amendment. PART 3. SEVERABILITY. This Ordinance and its various parts, sentences, paragraph, sections, clauses and rules promulgated hereunder are hereby declared to be severable. If any part, sentence, paragraph, section, clause, or rule promulgated hereunder is adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such holdings shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance. PART 4. REPEALER. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PART 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; PUBLICATION. G. Machele Kukuk, City Clerk Published: Oakland Press, Friday, February 27, 2026