2023 Seasonal Outdoor Guide for Bay City
This document is a guide containing rules and regulations for special events and outdoor spaces for all businesses desiring to set up sidewalk cafés, making these spaces more dynamic places to walk, socialize, dine and to create an area that is safe and attractive to restaurant patrons and pedestrians.

 Seasonal Outdoor Guide (pdf) 

• Chapter 122 - Zoning Code of Ordinances
• City of Bay City Developers Handbook
• Medical & Recreational Marihuana Information
• PC / HDC / ZBA Meeting Schedules & Submission Deadlines 

Administrative Review

• Administrative Review Application
  

Fences, Setbacks, Signs & Detached Garages

• Fence Permit Application
• Fence Regulations
• Generalized Schedule of Sign Regulations
• Regulations for Detached Garages, Storage Buildings, and Sheds
• Residential Setback Regulations

Historic District Commission
Meetings are held every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month - 7 p.m. (April - September) and every 2nd Wednesday (October - March).

• Historic District Commission
• Historic Preservation
• Historic District Work Review List
• Historic District Work Review Application
• Notice to Proceed - Demolition Application

Planning Commission
Meetings are held every 3rd Wednesday of the month - 7 p.m.

• Planning Commission
• Rezoning Application Form
• Right-of-Way Vacation Application
• Site Plan Review Application Form
• Site Plan Review Checklist
• Special-Use Approval Application Form
• Fee Schedule (PC & Zoning Board of Appeals)
• Methods of Payment for Fees

Sign Board / Zoning Board of Appeals
Meetings are held every 2nd Tuesday of the month - 7 p.m.

• Sign Board of Appeals Form
• Variance Request Application Form