In a One-Family Residential District (R-0 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:
(a) One-family detached dwellings.
(b) (EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsection (b) was repealed by Ordinance 260-A-467, passed September 25, 2017.)
(c) Publicly-owned and operated libraries, parks, parkways and recreational facilities.
(d) Municipal buildings and uses, without outdoor storage yards.
(e) Public, parochial and other private elementary, intermediate and/or high school offering courses in general education and not operated for profit.
(f) State-licensed residential facilities subject to the requirements of the State of Michigan and where applicable and permitted provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and other Township Ordinances.
(Ord. 260-A-431. Passed 6-25-07.)
(g) Models of one-family detached dwellings, with accessory sales offices, only if located in the subdivision within which the model is offered for sale.
(h) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above-permitted uses. Minor automotive repair and servicing of vehicles owned by the occupants of the residence is permitted. However, major automotive repairs, including bumping and/or painting, and any repairs on vehicles not owned by occupants of the residence, are prohibited.
(i) (EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsection (i) was repealed by Ordinance 260-A-221, passed January 20, 1992.)
(j) Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations (without storage yards), when operation requirements necessitate the locating of said building within the District in order to serve the immediate vicinity. The Planning Commission and the Township Board may require walls and landscaping in order to screen such uses where they deem necessary.
(k) 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, all subject to the following conditions:
(1) As a condition to the original granting of such permit and the operation of such nonprofit swimming pool club, as a part of such application, the applicant shall obtain a written statement, addressed to the Planning Commission, recommending that such approval be granted. Such statement shall contain the signatures of 100 percent of the persons owning property within 150 feet immediately adjoining any property line of the site proposed for development, and approval from fifty-one percent of the persons owning property within 1,000 feet.
(2) In those instances where the proposed site is not to be situated on a lot of record, the proposed site shall have one property line abutting a major thoroughfare having an existing or planned right of way of at least 120 feet of width, and the site shall be planned so as to provide ingress and egress directly onto said major thoroughfare.
(3) Front, side and rear yards shall be a minimum of eighty feet wide (except that on sides adjacent to nonresidential districts, Section 1292.01 shall govern yards) and shall be landscaped in trees, shrubs, grass and terrace areas. All such landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy condition. There shall be no parking or structures permitted in these yards. except for required entrance drives and those walls and/or fences used to obscure the use from abutting Residential Districts.
(4) Buildings erected on the premises shall not exceed one story in height.
(5) All lighting shall be shielded to reduce glare and shall be arranged and maintained so as to direct the light away from all lands which adjoin the site.
(6) The Planning Commission and Township Board may require walls, berms or landscaping where they deem necessary to minimize the effect of the use upon surrounding properties.
(7) Whenever a swimming pool is constructed under this Zoning Code, said pool area shall be provided with a protective fence six feet in height, and located as approved by the Planning Commission and Township Board with entry provided by means of a controlled gate.
(8) Swimming pools must be totally in the ground.
(9) Where storm sewers are nonexistent or capacity is not sufficient, adequate on-site takeoff facilities shall be provided, subject to approval of the Township Board.
(l) 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, all subject to the following conditions:
(1) Any use permitted herein shall be developed only on sites of at least forty acres in area and shall not be permitted on any portion of a recorded subdivision plat.
(2) All ingress to and egress from said site shall be directly onto a major thoroughfare having an existing or planned right of way of at least 120 feet of width.
(3) No building shall be closer than seventy-five feet to any property line.
(4) Fraternities and sororities shall be permitted when constructed on the college campus proper.
The height of such residential buildings in excess of the minimum requirements may be allowed, provided that minimum yard setbacks, where yards abut land zoned for residential purposes, are increased for each yard by not less than thirty feet for each twelve feet, or fraction thereof, by which said building exceeds the minimum height requirements of the zoning district.
(5) Those buildings to be used for servicing or maintenance, such as heating plants, garages. storage structures and the like, shall not be located on the outer perimeter of the site where abutting property is zoned for residential purposes.
(m) Mobile home dwellings, subject to the following conditions:
(2) The mobile 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 fifteen 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 mobile 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 mobile 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 forty-two 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.
(n) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above-permitted uses.
(o) 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 twenty percent 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.
(Ord. 260-A-58. Passed 8-22-83; Ord. 260-A-265. Passed 9-7-95.)
(p) Land condominiums, as regulated in Chapter 1292.
(q) A group daycare home shall be issued a special use permit if it meets all of the following standards:
(1) Is located not closer than 1,500 feet to another licensed group daycare home, adult foster care small group home or large group home licensed under P.A. 218 of 1979, MCL 400.701 to 4737, a facility offering substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services to seven or more people licensed under Art. 6 of the Public Health Code, P.A. 368 of 1978, MCL 333.6101 to MCL 33.6523, or a community correction center, resident home, halfway house or similar facility which houses an inmate population under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.
(2) Has fully-closed (around perimeter of lot) minimum four-foot-high vinyl coated chain link fence with three quarter (3/4) inch openings or other approved vinyl fencing for the safety of children in the group daycare home which fencing shall be designed to avoid injury to children, impede the ability of children to climb the fencing. Fence color shall be white, brown, green, beige or black. Group daycare homes licensed prior to the effective date (adoption) of Ordinance 260-A-441 are grandfathered from this provision.
(3) Maintains the property consistent with the visible characteristics of the neighborhood.
(4) Does not exceed sixteen hours of operation during a twenty-four-hour period and does not allow for the pick up or drop off of children between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. or for children to be situated outside of the dwelling unit itself between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(5) One sign which is not illuminated shall be permitted using block or script black letters occupying not more than twenty-five percent of a window within the window of the dwelling unit not exceeding eighteen inches by twenty-four inches which designates the name of the group daycare home.
(6) Off-street parking consists of and may be located in a driveway or garage or combination thereof and shall be located on the premises which they are intended to serve. Such parking shall be restricted to the paved areas beyond the right-of-way completely located on private property. One space shall be provided for every two occupants. In the event there are an odd number of occupants beyond a single occupant an additional space shall be provided. Employee parking for employees of the group daycare home shall be provided off-street. One space for every employee shall be provided.
(r) Swimming pools, located either above or below grade intended for swimming or bathing, having a depth of two feet or more at any point, can be located in a residential district as follows:
(1) There shall be a distance of not less than four feet between the outside pool wall and any building located on the same lot.
(2) No swimming pool shall be located less than twenty-five feet from any front lot line.
(3) No swimming pool shall be located less than ten feet from any side street or alley right-of-way.
(4) No swimming pool shall be located in an easement.
(5) No swimming pool shall be located less than six feet from any side or rear lot line.
(Ord. 260-A-431. Passed 6-25-07; Ord. 260-A-441. Passed 8-10-09; Ord. 260-A-467. Passed 9-25-17.)