EASEMENT. A grant of one or more rights by the property owner to and/or for the use by the public, a utility or another person or entity.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES. The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by a public utility, or municipal department, of underground, surface or overhead gas, communication, telephone, electrical, steam, fuel or water, transmission, distribution collection, supply, or disposal systems. This includes related poles, wires, pipes, conduit, cables, public safety alarm and communication equipment, traffic signals, hydrants and similar accessories that are necessary to furnish adequate service, addressing general public health, safety, convenience or welfare. These do not include wireless telecommunication towers (unless located on public property and used as part of a municipal emergency communications network); wind energy conversion systems (WECS); offices, utility buildings, substations or structures that are enclosures or shelters for service equipment; or maintenance depots.
EXCAVATION. The process of altering natural grade by cutting or filling earth, or any activity by which soil or rock is cut, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated.
FAMILY. Either of the following defines a family:
(1) An individual or group of two or more persons, related by blood, marriage or adoption, together with foster children and servants of the principal occupants who are domiciled together as a single, domestic, housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit; or
(2) A collective number of individuals, domiciled together in one dwelling unit whose relationship is of a continuing, non-transient domestic character, and who cook and live as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit. This does not include a society, club, fraternity, sorority, association, half-way house, lodge, organization, group of students or other individuals whose domestic relationship is of a transitory or seasonal nature, such as a school term, or a period of rehabilitation or treatment, or is otherwise not intended to be of a permanent nature.
FENCE. A permanent outdoor partition, wall, fence, structure or gate, erected as a barrier or enclosure.
FILLING. Depositing or dumping any matter into or onto the ground.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS. The sum of the horizontal area of all building floors, excluding basements, measured from the interior faces of exterior walls, (see Figure 2-2).
FLOOR AREA, LIVABLE. The total area of all floors whose height is more than half above finished grade, having a minimum floor to ceiling height of seven and a half feet, located on a permanent foundation, wired for electrical service and heated for year-round use.
FLOOR AREA, USABLE. The sum of the total horizontal area of all building floors that are used or intended to be used for the sale of merchandise, or to serve clients or customers, and all areas devoted to employee work space. FLOOR AREA is measured from the interior faces of exterior walls. Excluded from USABLE FLOOR AREA are those parts of a building principally used, or intended to be used to store or process merchandise, and hallways, elevators, stairs, bulkheads, or utility or sanitary facilities. (See Figure 2-2.)
FOSTER CARE.
(1) ADULT FOSTER CARE FACILITY. A facility defined by the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act (Public Act 218 of 1979) as an establishment providing foster care to adults. Included are foster care facilities and family homes for adults who are aged, mentally ill, developmentally disabled or physically disabled, and who require supervision on an ongoing basis, but who do not require continuous nursing care.
(a) ADULT FOSTER CARE FAMILY HOME. A private residence with an approved capacity of six or fewer adults, where foster care is provided 24 hours per day, five or more days per week, and for two or more consecutive weeks. It is licensed and regulated under the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act, Public Act 218 of 1979, being M.C.L.A. §§ 400.701 et seq., as amended. The person issued the adult foster care family home license is a member of the household and an occupant of the residence.
(b) ADULT FOSTER CARE GROUP HOME. A private residence where adults are provided with foster care 24 hours a day, five or more days per week, and for two or more consecutive weeks. A foster care group home with an approved capacity of at least seven, but not more than 12 adults is a “small group home”. A group home with an approved capacity of at least 13, but not more than 20 adults is a “large group home”. An adult foster care facility is licensed under the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act, Public Act 218 of 1979, being M.C.L.A. §§ 400.701 et seq., as amended, and the person issued the adult foster care group home license is a member of the household and an occupant of the residence.
(2) FOSTER FAMILY HOME. A private home, licensed under Public Act 116 of 1973, being M.C.L.A. §§ 722.111 to 722.128, in which at least one, but not more than four, minor children who are not related to an adult member of the house by blood or marriage, or who are not placed in the household pursuant to the Adoption Code (Public Act 288 of 1939, being M.C.L.A. §§ 701.1 et seq., as amended), are given care and supervision 24 hours per day, four or more days per week for two or more consecutive weeks, unattended by a parent or guardian. The person issued the license is a permanent resident of the home.
(3) FOSTER FAMILY GROUP HOME. A private home, licensed under Public Act 116 of 1973, being M.C.L.A. §§ 722.111 to 722.128 in which more than four, but fewer than seven minor children, who are not related to an adult member of the house by blood or marriage, or who are not placed in the household pursuant to the Adoption Code (Public Act 288 of 1939, as amended), are given care and supervision 24 hours per day, four or more days per week for two or more consecutive weeks, unattended by a parent or guardian. The person issued the license is a permanent resident of the home.
FRONTAGE. See LOT FRONTAGE.
(Ord. effective 11-29-2013)