The following regulations shall apply to hospitals.
(A) Lot area. The minimum lot area for a hospital site shall be ten acres.
(B) Frontage and access. Hospitals shall front onto a major thoroughfare and the main means of access to the hospital for patients, visitors, and employees shall be via the thoroughfare. Secondary access to a hospital site may be off of a residential street.
(C) Setbacks. The principal building and all accessory buildings shall be set back a minimum distance of 50 feet from any property line. The Planning Commission may allow the placement of an eight-foot high obscuring masonry wall at the property line in lieu of the setback requirement.
(D) Screening. Ambulance, emergency entrance areas and loading areas shall be effectively screened from view from all adjacent residential uses by the building design, landscaping, or a masonry wall.
(E) State and federal regulations. Hospitals shall be constructed, maintained, and operated in conformance with applicable state and federal laws, including provisions of the Michigan Hospital Survey and Construction Act, Public Act 299 of 1947, as amended, being M.C.L.A. 331.501 et seq.
(Ord. 92-005, passed 2-17-92) Penalty, see § 154.999