Unless otherwise indicated, the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to all districts and uses.
(A) Required area or space. A lot or lots owned by the same person, or a yard, court, parking area, frontage, dimension, or other space shall not be divided, altered, or reduced so as to make it nonconforming with the minimum requirements of this chapter. If already less than the minimum requirements of this chapter, a lot or lots in common ownership or a yard, court, parking area, or other space shall not be further divided, altered, or reduced so as to increase its noncompliance with such minimum requirements. Lots with land submerged for more than six months in any 12-month period shall not be permitted to include such lands in the calculation of required lot size.
(B) Dwellings on more than one lot. If a structure is to be located on two or more lots under single ownership, or if adjacent lots are required to maintain minimum lot area or yard requirements, the entire parcel shall be considered a lot for purposes of this chapter and the lots shall be legally and automatically combined into one individual lot.
(C) Division of lots. The division of a parcel of land into two or more lots or parcels shall require the approval of the Township Board. The Township Board shall not approve such division of land unless it shall determine that the proposed division complies with the requirements of this chapter, the Michigan Land Division Act (Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293, as amended), and all other applicable township ordinances.
(D) Height exceptions. The following buildings and structures shall be exempt from height regulations in all districts: parapet walls not exceeding four feet in height, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, grain elevators, silos, stacks, elevated water towers, stage towers, monuments, cupolas, domes, spires, wind-powered electric generators, essential public service towers and poles, and television and radio reception and transmission antennas and towers which do not exceed 100 feet in height.
(Ord. 09-11, passed 11-11-2009; Ord. passed 7-30-2015)