In a One-Family Residential District (R-1 through R-5), no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code. These uses may be subject to additional standards as specified in Chapter 1293 Use Standards:
(a) One-family detached dwellings.
(b) Publicly-owned and operated libraries, parks, parkways and recreational facilities.
(c) Colleges, universities and other such institutions of higher learning, public or private, offering courses in general, technical or religious education and not operated to train manual trades or for profit
(d) Public, parochial and other private elementary, intermediate and/or high school offering courses in general education and not operated for profit.
(e) Municipal buildings and uses.
(f) State-licensed residential facilities.
(g) Models of one-family detached dwellings, with accessory sales offices.
(h) Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations.
(i) Swimming pool and club houses, when incorporated as a nonprofit club or organization maintaining a swimming pool for the exclusive use of members and their guests.
(j) Manufactured home dwellings, subject to the following conditions:
(1) All requirements of pertaining to one-family dwellings, shall be required of manufactured home dwellings.
(2) The manufactured home shall be aesthetically compatible in design and appearance with other residences in the vicinity, with either a roof overhang of not less than six inches on all sides or, alternatively, with window sills or roof drainage systems concentrating roof drainage at collection points along the sides of the dwelling. It shall have not less than two exterior doors, with the second door being on either the rear or side of the dwelling, and shall contain steps connected to said exterior door areas or to porches connected to said exterior door areas where a difference in elevation requires the same.
The compatibility of design and appearance shall be determined, in the first instance, by the Department of Building upon review of the plans submitted for a particular dwelling, subject to appeal, by any party, to the Board of Appeals within a period of 15 days from receipt of notice of decision by the Department of Building.
Determination of compatibility shall be based upon the character, design and appearance of residential dwellings located outside of mobile home parks within 300 feet of such particular dwelling. The foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit innovative design concepts involving such matters as solar energy, view, unique land contour or relief from the common or standard-designed home.
(3) The manufactured home shall comply with all construction standards and all plumbing, electrical and insulation requirements of Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards, as promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, being 24 CFR 3280, as amended.
(4) Any on-site improvements or construction required herein shall be commenced only after a building permit has been obtained from the Township Department of Building.
(5) All manufactured homes must be permanently fastened to a minimum eight-inch wide masonry foundation, which is continuous around the perimeter of the unit to a depth of at least 42 inches below ground surface, with anchors placed every six feet. In no instance shall concrete piers, concrete blocks without a footing or other type of foundation be permitted. The wheels shall be removed and the underside or chassis of the mobile home shall be completely enclosed by the poured concrete, block or brick foundation.
(6) A five-foot wide concrete sidewalk, located one foot from the property line on the side of the roadway, shall be required along the entire width of the property, unless the Township Board grants a waiver to this requirement.
(k) Medical Marijuana Cultivation, Growth, Storage, Exchange and Processing.
(1) The growth cultivation, processing storage and exchange of medical marijuana by a qualifying patient or by a primary caregiver as defined pursuant to State law including M.C.L.A. 333.26423 and any subsequent amendment or replacement, shall be permitted only in single-family or multi-family zoning districts within a single-family dwelling which is owned or rented and occupied by the qualifying patient or primary caregiver for their residential use.
(2) The foregoing activities shall be in full compliance with all applicable Township ordinances and other applicable state and county laws and shall not occupy more than 25% of the usable area as measured by interior floor space of the dwelling unit excluding the basement square footage, or 200 square feet whichever is less.
(3) Provisionary centers or dispensaries where marijuana is exchanged for a qualified patient or 250 square feet for a primary caregiver between qualified patients or caregivers are unlawful. Exchanges between qualified patients and caregivers may only occur at the principal home residence of the primary caregiver or qualifying patient. Exchanges between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. are prohibited.
(l) Accessory uses customarily associated with an above permitted principal use..
(m) Home occupations, activities and hobbies traditionally or customarily conducted within the walls of a dwelling unit, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The use is conducted only by permanent residents of the dwelling.
(2) The use is wholly confined to the interior of the dwelling and does not include attached or detached garages or other accessory structures.
(3) No article or service, other than that which is produced by such home occupation, shall be sold or offered for sale on the premises.
(4) Such occupation shall not require internal or external alteration or construction to the dwelling, or equipment or machinery, not customary to a residential use.
(5) Such occupation is incidental to the residential use to the extent that not more than 20% of the floor area of the principal building shall be engaged by such home occupation.
(6) No sign advertising the home occupation shall be displayed on the premises.
(7) Such use does not generate traffic or a need for parking beyond that required for the dwelling unit, nor shall such use create any external effect not normally associated with a single-family use.
(o) Churches.
(p) Swimming pools, located either above or below grade intended for swimming or bathing, having a depth of two feet or more at any point.
(r) Group daycare home.
(s) Adult foster care home.
(Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. 260-A-265. Passed 9-7-95; Ord. 260-A-292. Passed 8-18-97; Ord. 260-A-431. Passed 6-25-07; Ord. 260-A-441. Passed 8-10-09; Ord. 260-A-467. Passed 9-25-17; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)