CHAPTER 1250
RT Two-Family Residential District

1250.01   Intent.

1250.02   Principal uses permitted.

1250.03   Special land uses.

1250.04   Conversion of one-family structures.

1250.05   Area and bulk requirements.

1250.06   Development of lots of record in the RT - Two-Family Residential District. .

   CROSS REFERENCES

   Zoning and planning in home rule cities - see M.C.L.A. § 117.4i

   Regulation of location of trades, buildings and uses by local authorities - see M.C.L.A. § 125.581

   Regulation of buildings; authority to zone - see M.C.L.A. § 125.582

   Uses of land or structures not conforming to ordinances; powers of legislative bodies; acquisition of property - see M.C.L.A. § 125.583a

   Special land uses - see P. & Z. Ch. 1274

   Nonconforming uses - see P. & Z. Ch. 1278

   Off-street parking and loading - see P. & Z. Ch. 1282

   Signs - see P. & Z. Ch. 1284

   Provisions applicable to all districts - see P. & Z. 1286

1250.01 INTENT.

   The RT Two-Family Residential District is intended to afford a transition of land use in existing housing areas by permitted new construction or conversion of existing structures between adjacent residential and commercial, office, thorofare or other uses which would affect residential character. This District allows the construction of new two-family residences where slightly greater densities are permitted. This District also recognizes the existence of older residential areas of the City where larger houses have been or can be converted from single-family to two-family residences in order to extend the economic life of these structures and encourage expenditures for repairs and modernization.

(1975 Code § 5.41)

1250.02 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED.

   In a 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.

   (a)   All uses permitted and as regulated in Section 1248.02. The standards of the "Schedule of Regulations" applicable to the R-1 One-Family Residential District shall apply as minimum standards when one-family dwellings are erected.

   (b)   Two-Family Dwellings as regulated in APPENDIX I - Schedule of Regulations.

   (c)   Accessory buildings and uses in conformity with Section 1240.11(1) that are customarily incident to the above permitted uses, provided accessory buildings and uses shall not be used for commercial or industrial purposes, including, but not limited to, retail, manufacture or storage activities.

(Ord. 481. Passed 12-7-10; Ord. 561. Passed 4-12-22.)