§ 153.023 ZONING OF VACATED AREAS.

   Whenever any street, alley or other public way, within the Charter Township of Montrose shall be vacated, the street, alley, or other public way or portion thereof, shall automatically be classified in the same zoning district as the property to which it attaches.

(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 3.04)

AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (AG)

§ 153.035 INTENT.

   (A)   This district is established to regulate those areas of the township whose best use is for agricultural production and related activities.

   (B)   The regulations of this district are designed to conserve, stabilize, and enhance farming and related resource utilization activities, to minimize conflicting uses of parcels, lots and structures detrimental to or incompatible with these activities.

   (C)   The district, in seeking to conserve areas for agricultural uses, is designed to prevent urban sprawl and the fragmentation of agricultural resources through insensitive subdivision design.

(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 4.01)

§ 153.036 PERMITTED USES.

   No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered, or used and no land may be used except for 1 or more of the following purposes:

   (A)   Farming, including the raising or growing of:

      (1)   Forages and sod crops;

      (2)   Grains and feed crops;

      (3)   Dairy and dairy products;

      (4)   Livestock, including breeding and grazing;

      (5)   Fruits;

      (6)   Vegetables;

      (7)   Plants, trees, shrubs, and nursery stock; and

      (8)   Similar bona fide agricultural enterprises or use of land and structure.

   (B)   Truck gardening, involving the growing of fruits and vegetables that are intended to be distributed and sold to consumers as fresh produce;

   (C)   Sale and service of machinery used in agricultural production;

   (D)   Facilities for the centralized bulk collection, storage, and distribution of agriculture products to wholesale and retail markets;

   (E)   Facilities for the storage and sale of seed, fertilizer, and other products essential to agricultural production;

   (F)   Facilities for the research and testing of agricultural products and techniques;

   (G)   Single-family residential dwellings;

   (H)   Family day care homes;

   (I)   Township buildings and uses;

   (J)   Cemeteries;

   (K)   Public utility buildings and uses; and/or

   (L)   Accessory buildings, structures, and uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 4.02)

§ 153.037 SPECIAL LAND USES.

   The following uses are considered special land uses within the district and may be approved by the Planning Commission subject to the applicable general and specific standards in §§ 153.215 through 153.219 below:

   (A)   Adult foster care facilities;

   (B)   Agribusiness uses such as farmers markets, fruit or vegetable stands, or roadside stands for the sale of agriculture goods produced on site;

   (C)   Animal hospitals and animal shelters, but not including animal mortuaries or crematoriums;

   (D)   Auction sales;

   (E)   Bed and breakfast operations;

   (F)   Campgrounds and travel trailer parks;

   (G)   Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship;

   (H)   Commercial solar energy systems;

   (I)   Driving ranges and golf courses;

   (J)   Greenhouses and nurseries;

   (K)   Group day care homes;

   (L)   Home occupations;

   (M)   Kennels, dog; commercial and/or private;

   (N)   Private and public riding stables;

   (O)   Retail establishments designed to cater to the touring public and including uses such as cider mills, antique dealers, woodworking and quilt shops, and collectibles and craft stores;

   (P)   Shooting ranges, gun clubs and archery ranges; and

   (Q)   Accessory buildings, structures, and uses customarily incidental to any of the above special land uses.

(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 4.03; Am. Ord. 106, passed 11-10-1997; Am. Ord. 152, passed 1-16-2007; Am. Ord. 13-200, passed 3-19-2013; Am. Ord. 18-231, passed 12-18-2018)

§ 153.038 SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

   These standards are only applicable if a site plan is required:

   (A)   Schedule of regulations: §§ 153.200 and 153.201;

   (B)   Site plan review standards: §§ 153.230 through 153.243;

   (C)   Parking and loading: unloading: §§ 153.275 through 153.281;

   (D)   Sign regulations: §§ 153.295 through 153.302; and

   (E)   Landscaping standards: §§ 153.315 through 153.322.

(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 4.04)

RESIDENTIAL FARM DISTRICT (RF)