Wyoming, MI Outdoor Cooking: Outdoor Kitchen Permits (2026)

The City of Wyoming's zoning ordinance regulates outdoor cookers under Sec. 90-332, part of Chapter 90's Article 3 general requirements. The rule limits outdoor cookers to the B-1 Local Business, B-2 General Business, and B-3 Planned Shopping Business districts, and only as an accessory use to a brick-and-mortar restaurant already on the same parcel; a special use permit from the planning commission is required before installation. Beyond the accessory-use and district limits, the ordinance sets physical placement standards: the cooker cannot sit in a yard with street frontage, must stay at least ten feet from any building, and cannot be covered by a tent, overhang, or canopy.

Operations must stay at least five feet from egress paths and any public way. If the cooking operation sits in a parking lot, the restaurant must block off at least one parking space on each side with a minimum of nine feet of width per side, so the cooker does not eat into required parking. Outdoor storage of combustible material is barred within ten feet of the lot line (reducible to seven feet if stacked under six feet high), and firewood must be kept at least ten feet from the cooking operation and five feet from any combustible building.

These standards were adopted by Ordinance No. 16-22 on October 3, 2022, and apply only inside Wyoming's B-1, B-2, and B-3 commercial districts; they do not extend to Grand Rapids or any other Kent County municipality.