{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.5","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.5","heading":"\"Business district\" and \"commercial business\" defined.","body":"Sec. 5.\n\n(1) \"Business district\" means an area contiguous to a highway where the total widths of the adjacent buildings in use for commercial business open to the general public on both sides occupy 50% or more of the total frontage on both sides for a distance of 600 feet or more.\n\n(2) As used in this section, \"commercial business\" does not include a home-based business conducted from a residence or domicile, but does include a multi-use building in which a commercial business open to the general public is operated on the ground floor and residential apartments exist on upper floors.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 257","Act Act-300-of-1949"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-257-5","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"64f810698801cd6f0567f41fdec6edbcb34f785af20cb2015b2e5af7561c798b","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.4c","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-257.50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}