(A) Purpose. The single family district, as heroin established, is intended to be the most restrictive of the residential districts. The intent is to provide for an environment of predominantly low-density, 1-family detached dwellings along with other residentially related facilities which serve the residents in the district. In specific, the intent is:
(1) To encourage the construction of, and the continued use of the land for 1-family dwellings;
(2) To prohibit business, commercial or industrial use of the land, and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with development or continuation of single-family dwellings in the district;
(3) To encourage the discontinuance of existing uses that would not be permitted as new uses under the provisions of this chapter;
(4) To discourage any land use which would generate traffic on minor or local streets other than normal traffic to serve the residences on those streets;
(5) To discourage any use which, because of its character or size, would create requirements and costs for public services, such as fire and police protection, water supply and sewerage, substantially in excess of such requirements and costs if the district were developed solely for 1-family dwellings;
(B) Uses permitted. No building or structure, or part thereof shall be erected, altered, or used, and no land shall be used except for one or more of the following:
(1) Detached 1-family dwelling;
(2) Adult foster care small group home;
(3) Adult foster care family home;
(4) Family day care home;
(5) Foster family home;
(6) Foster family group home;
(7) Home occupations; and
(8) Accessory buildings when located in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
(C) Principal uses permittee subject to special conditions. The following special condition uses shall be permitted subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission and Township Board, and further subject to any and all reasonable conditions which may be imposed in accordance with §§ 152.130 through 152.136 Site Plan Review, and §§ 152.150 through 152.152.
(1) Churches;
(2) Public, parochial, and private elementary, intermediate and/or high schools, and institutions of higher learning, offering courses in general education;
(3) Child care facilities;
(4) Group day care home;
(5) Private noncommercial recreational areas, institutional or community recreation centers, and nonprofit swimming pool clubs;
(6) Public libraries, cemeteries, governmental museums, fire stations municipal buildings, and essential services;
(7) Two-unit dwelling;
(8) Temporary residence/structure;
(9) General or specialized farming, truck gardening, greenhouses, and nurseries, provided that no commercial butchering shall be done on the farm other than of animals raised on the farm. Further, farms devoted to the housing or breeding of horses, including horse training facilities and other farm animals including cattle, swine, sheep or goats, shall have a minimum of 10 acres. For parcels having an area of less than 20 acres, the kennels or pens shall not be closer than 200 feet from all other residences. In cases where there is no residence on the adjacent parcel, the kennels or pens location shall be based on the assumption that the residence would be located at the minimum side yard setback line (see illustration in § 152.105). Farmers are permitted to pasteurize milk from their own farms and that from not more than three other farms; and
(10) Any other use which is determined by the Planning Commission, to be of the same general character as, and compatible with, the above permitted uses.
(D) Areas and yards.
(1) Land area where a building is to be erected, altered or used shall not be less than 30,000 square feet nor have a width of less than 150 foot frontage where the property is not serviced and connected to either public sewer or public water. Where the property is serviced and connected to a public sewer, but not public water, shall be not less than 17,500 square feet with a minimum frontage of 100 feet. Where the property is serviced and connected to both public sewer and public water, the minimum land area shall be 13,500 square feet with a minimum frontage of 100 by depth of 135 feet. In the case of irregular shaped lots, the minimum frontage may be measured on front building line rather than the front lot line, but minimum lot areas must be maintained.
(2) Front yard setbacks shall be based on the requirements of § 152.100, footnote (a). When 50% percent of the lots arc built upon that block at the passage of this section the front yard setback shall be the mean average of the buildings in that block not to exceed 25 feet.
(3) Any lot which is less than 150 feet in width shall not be deeper than 4 times its width.
(4) Land areas where a building is to be erected, altered or used for 2-family dwellings shall be not less than 30,000 square feet with not less than 150 feet of frontage.
(Ord. Art. XII, passed 5-22-1997; Am. Ord. 404, passed 5-22-1997; Am. Ord. 456, passed 10-10-2013; Am. Ord. 461, passed 8-14-2014)
Local legislation reference:
Farm animals as permitted use, see also Resolution 98-0312-01A, passed 3-12-1998