1260.01 Purpose.
1260.02 Principal uses permitted.
1260.03 Uses requiring special approval.
1260.04 Height, bulk and area requirements.
CROSS REFERENCES
Zoning and planning generally - see M.C.L.A. Secs. 125.11 et seq., 125.31 et seq., 125.581 et seq.
Regulation of location of trades, buildings and uses by local authorities; authority to zone - see M.C.L.A. Secs. 125.581, 125.582
Regulation of congested areas - see M.C.L.A. Sec. 125.583
Uses of land or structures not conforming to ordinances; powers of legislative bodies; acquisition of property - see M.C.L.A. Sec. 125.583a
The RT Two-Family Residential District is designed to provide sites for two-family dwelling structures and will generally serve as zones of transition between the higher density Residential Districts or nonresidential districts and lower density One-Family Districts.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
In an RT Two-Family Residential District, 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. The requirements of Section 1292.01 applicable to the R-5 One-Family Residential District shall apply as minimum standards when one-family detached dwellings are erected.
(b) Two-family dwellings.
(c) Models of two-family dwellings, with accessory sales offices, only if located in the development within which the model is offered for sale or lease.
(d) Publicly-owned and operated libraries, parks, parkways and recreational facilities.
(e) Municipal buildings and uses.
(f) State-licensed residential facilities.
(g) Public, parochial and other private elementary, intermediate and/or high school offering courses in general education and not operated for profit.
(h) 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.
(i) Models of one-family detached dwellings, with accessory sales offices.
(j) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the permitted uses.
(k) Publicly-owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings and repeater stations, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations.
(l) 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.
(m) 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.
(n) Home occupations, activities and hobbies traditionally or customarily conducted within the walls of a dwelling unit.
(p) Churches.
(q) 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.
(s) Group daycare home.
(t) Adult foster care home.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
The following uses may be permitted within the RT District, subject to the requirements and conditions set forth in Section 1293:
(a) Commercial television and radio broadcasting towers and cellular telephone antennae, subject to conditions in 1293.01(a)(71).
(Ord. 260-A-277. Passed 9-30-96; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements:
Minimum Size Lot Per Unit | Maximum Height of Building | Minimum Yard Setback (Per Lot in Feet) | Minimum Floor Area Per Unit (sq. ft.) | |||||
Use District | Area (sq. ft.) | Width (ft.) | In Stories | In Feet | Front | Side | Rear
| |
RT | 9,600a | 80 | 2 | 35 | 25b | 8c | 35 | 850d |
Figure 1. R-T Dimensional Standards Diagram:
FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS CHART
(a) The minimum land area requirement per residential structure in those areas with neither Township Board approved public sewer nor water systems shall be at least 15,000 square feet. When either approved system is available, the minimum lot area shall be at least 12,000 square feet.
(b) Where the front yards of two or more permitted principal structures in any block in existence on the effective date of this Zoning Code, within the district zoned and on the same side of the thoroughfare, are less than the required minimum front yard, any building subsequently erected on that side of the thoroughfare shall not be less and need not be greater than the average depth of the front yards of said two or more buildings. All required front yard setbacks shall be measured from the proposed right-of-way lines of abutting thoroughfares as designated on the Master Plan for Future Land Use of 1990, as amended.
(c) The side yard abutting a thoroughfare shall not be less than ten feet when there is a common rear yard. In the case of a rear yard abutting a side yard of an adjacent lot, the side yard abutting the street shall not be less than the required front yard of the district. Except as otherwise provided herein, uses permitted subject to special conditions shall have each side yard at least equal to the height of the building. Lots of record platted prior to July 9, 1979, having 64 feet of width or less at the building line shall provide minimum side yards totaling 12 feet with the least side being three feet. Lots of record platted prior to July 9, 1979, having 65 to 74 feet of width at the building line shall provide minimum side yards totaling 15 feet, with the least side being five feet.
(d) Each residential dwelling in the R and RT Districts shall be a minimum width of 24 feet, exclusive of attached garage, if any, measured from exterior corner to exterior corner of the front portion of the building facing the abutting street.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)