Table of contents article introduction 1-1

Section 1.02 Purpose and intent. 1-1

Section 1.03 Title. 1-1

Article. 2. DEFINITIONS 2-1

Section 2.01 General. 2-1

Section 2.02 Accessory building or structure. 2-1

Section 2.03 Accessory use. 2-1

Section 2.04 Agricultural. 2-1

Section 2.05 Alley. 2-1

Section 2.06 Automobile service body shop. 2-1

Section 2.07 Automobile or trailer sales. 2-1

Section 2.08 Automobile service station. 2-2

Section 2.09 Basement or cellar. 2-2

Section 2.10 Billboard or sign board. 2-2

Section 2.11 Boarding or lodging house. 2-2

Section 2.12 Breezeway. 2-2

Section 2.13 Building. 2-2

Section 2.14 Building height. 2-2

Section 2.14.1 Child care center. 2-2

Section 2.14.2 Child care home. 2-3

Section 2.15 Dwelling. 2-3

Section 2.16 Family. 2-3

Section 2.17 Farm. 2-3

Section 2.18 Floor area residential. 2-3

Section 2.19 Garage-private. 2-3

Section 2.20 Garage-commercial. 2-4

Section 2.21 Home occupation. 2-4

Section 2.22 Intensive farm. 2-4

Section 2.23 Junk. 2-4

Section 2.24 Junkyard. 2-4

Section 2.25 Kennel. 2-4

Section 2.26 Livestock. 2-4

Section 2.27 Lot. 2-5

Section 2.28 Lot area. 2-5

Section 2.29 Lot corner. 2-5

Section 2.30 Lot depth. 2-5

Section 2.31 Lot interior. 2-5

Section 2.32 Lot line. 2-5

Section 2.33 Lot, front line. 2-5

Section 2.34 Lot, rear line. 2-5

Section 2.35 Lot, side line. 2-5

Section 2.36 Lot width. 2-6

Section 2.38 Mobile home. 2-6

Section 2.39 Motel or hotel. 2-6

Section 2.40 Nonconforming structure. 2-6

Section 2.41 Nonconforming use. 2-6

Section 2.42 Nuisance. 2-6

Section 2.43 Parking area-private. 2-6

Section 2.44 Parking area-commercial. 2-7

Section 2.45 Parking space. 2-7

Section 2.46 Principal structure. 2-7

Section 2.47 Principal use. 2-7

Section 2.47.1 Roadside stand. 2-7

Section 2.48 Set-back. 2-7

Section 2.49 Sign. 2-7

Section 2.50 Special use. 2-7

Section 2.51.1 State licensed residential facility. 2-8

Section 2.55 Subterranean or underground dwellings. 2-8

Section 2.56 Travel trailers or recreational vehicles. 2-8

Section 2.57 Variance. 2-9

Section 2.58 Yard-front. 2-9

Section 2.59 Yard-rear. 2-9

Section 2.60 Yard-side. 2-9

Article 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS 3-1 Section 3.01 Compliance. 3-1

Section 3.02 Permit required. 3-1

Section 3.03 Certificate of occupancy. 3-1

Section 3.04 Access. 3-1

Section 3.05 Size of dwelling. 3-2

Section 3.06 Substandard lots of record. 3-2

Section 3.07 Moving of houses, buildings and structures. 3-2

Section 3.08 Subterranean or underground dwellings. 3-2

Section 3.10 Mobile home. 3-3

Section 3.11 Home occupations. 3-5

Section 3.12 Land uses prohibited. 3-5

Section 3.13 Area requirements. 3-5

Section 3.14 More than one principal building on a lot. 3-6

Section 3.15 Rear dwellings. 3-6

Section 3.15.1 Temporary dwellings and buildings 3-6

Section 3.16 Visibility, fence regulations. 3-6

Section 3.17 Zoning ordinance application, Township exception. 3-7

Section 3.18 Basement quarters. 3-7

Section 3.19 Private roads and private driveways. 3-7

Section 3.20 Lot splits. 3-9

Section 3.21 Signs and billboards. 3-10

Section 3.22 Keeping of pets, animals and livestock. 3-16

Section 3.23 Open space preservation developments. 3-17

Section 3.24 Wind energy systems 3-21
Article 4. GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS 4-1

Section 4.01 Drainage courses. 4-1

Section 4.02 Sand and gravel mining and related land use. 4-1

Section 4.03 Flood hazard zone. 4-4

Section 5.01 Zoning Districts. 5-1

Section 5.02 Zoning district map. 5-1

Section 5.03 Resolution of zoning district boundaries. 5-1

Section 6.01 Purpose. 6-1

Section 6.02 Principal uses permitted. 6-1

Section 6.03 Special permit uses. 6-1

Section 6.04 Accessory uses. 6-1

Section 6.05 Additional requirements. 6-2

Section 7.02 Principal uses permitted. 7-1

Section 7.03 Special permit uses. 7-1

Section 7.04 Accessory uses. 7-2

Section 7.05 Additional requirements. 7-2
Article 7A. RESIDENTIAL-ESTATE DISTRICT (R-3) 7A-1

Section 7A.01 Purpose. 7A-1

Section 7A.02 Principal uses permitted. 7A-1

Section 7A.03 Special permit uses. 7A-1

Section 7A.04 Accessory uses. 7A-1

Section 7A.05 Additional requirements. 7A-1

Section 8.01 Purpose. 8-1

Section 8.02 Principal uses permitted. 8-1

Section 8.03 Special permit uses. 8-1

Section 8.04 Accessory uses. 8-1

Section 8.05 Additional requirements. 8-1

Section 9.01 Purpose. 9-1

Section 9.02 Principal uses permitted. 9-1

Section 9.03 Special permit uses. 9-1

Section 9.04 Accessory uses. 9-2

Section 9.05 Additional requirements. 9-2

Section 10.01 Purpose. 10-1

Section 10.02 Principal uses permitted. 10-1

Section 10.03 Special permit uses. 10-1

Section 10.04 Application for special permit use. 10-1

Section 10.05 Standards. 10-1

Section 11.01 Purpose. 11-1

Section 11.02 Principal uses permitted. 11-1

Section 11.03 Special permit uses. 11-2

Section 12.01 Purpose. 12-1

Section 12.02 Principal uses permitted. 12-1

Section 12.03 Special permit uses. 12-2

Section 12.04 Accessory uses permitted. 12-2

Section 12.05 Additional requirements. 12-2

Section 13.01 Purpose. 13-1

Section 13.02 Principal uses permitted. 13-1

Section 13.03 Specific use requirements. 13-1

Section 13.03A. Special permit uses. 13-2

Section 13.04 Accessory uses permitted. 13-2

Section 13.05 Additional requirements. 13-2

Article 14. ACCESSORY USE PROVISIONS 14-1

Section 14.01 Accessory buildings. 14-1

Section 14.02 Accessory vehicle storage. 14-2

Article 15. NONCONFORMING USES, LOTS AND STRUCTURES 15-1

Section 15.01 Intent. 15-1

Section 15.02 Nonconforming lots. 15-1

Section 15.03 Nonconforming uses of land. 15-1

Section 15.04 Nonconforming structures. 15-2

Section 15.05 Nonconforming uses of structures and land. 15-2

Section 15.06 Repair and maintenance of nonconforming uses. 15-2


Article 16. TABLE OF DISTRICTS STANDARDS/REGULATIONS 16-1

Section 16.01 Footnotes to schedule of regulations. 16-2

Section 16.02 Standards for residential-estate (R-3). 16-3

Article 17. SPECIAL LAND USE PERMITS 17-1

Section 17.01 Purpose. 17-1

Section 17.02 Procedures for making application. 17-1

Section 17.03 Required in application. 17-1

Section 17.04 Additional information and waiver. 17-2

Section 17.05 Procedure for review and findings-public hearings. 17-2

Section 17.06 General standards for making determinations. 17-2

Section 17.07 Conditions and safeguards; termination. 17-3

Section 17.08 Recommendation to Township Board. 17-4

Section 17.09 Township Board; issuance/denial of special permit. 17-4

Section 17.10 Decision. 17-4

Section 17.11 Modification of approved special use permit plan. 17-4

Section 17.12 Appeals and questions of interpretation of ordinance. 17-4

Article 18. SPECIAL USE STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS 18-1

Section 18.01 Scope, purpose and intent. 18-1

Section 18.02 Animal hospitals/clinics. 18-1

Section 18.03 Auto service body shops and commercial garages. 18-1

Section 18.04 Automobile service stations. 18-2

Section 18.05 Commercial TV, radio tower, public utility towers. 18-3

Section 18.05A Wireless communication facilities. 18-4

Section 18.06 Farms and animals. 18-13

Section 18.07 Horseback riding stables. 18-13

Section 18.08 Private parks/winter sports area. 18-14

Section 18.09 Shooting ranges, gun and skeet clubs. 18-14

Section 18.10 Kennels, conditions regarding. 18-15

Section 18.11 Commercial campgrounds. 18-16

Section 18.12 Group child care home and child care center. 18-17

Section 18.13 State licensed residential group facilities. 18-18
Article 19. SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS 19-1

Section 19.01 Scope, purpose and intent. 19-1

Section 19.02 Site plan review procedure. 19-1

Section 19.03 Standards for site plan approval. 19-2

Section 19.04 Site plan, water and drainage standards. 19-3

Section 19.05 Conditions and plan approval. 19-4

Section 20.01 Zoning Administrator; designation. 20-1

Section 20.02 Zoning Administrator(s); duties. 20-1

Section 20.03 Zoning Administrator(s); powers. 20-1

Section 20.04 Board of Appeals; members; appointment. 20-1

Section 20.05 Terms. 20-2

Section 20.06 Board of Appeals; compensation. 20-2

Section 20.07 Board of Appeals; officers. 20-2

Section 20.08 Board of Appeals; powers. 20-2

Section 20.09 Variances. 20-3

Section 20.10 Publication and delivery of notice of public hearing. 20-6
Article 21. AMENDMENTS 21-1

Section 21.01 Governing provisions. 21-1

Section 21.02 Initiation. 21-1

Section 21.03 Referral to planning commission. 21-1

Section 21.04 Filing; publications. 21-1

Section 21.05 Hearing. 21-1

Section 22.01 Schedule of fees. 22-1

Section 23.01 General. 23-1

Section 23.02 Violation and penalty. 23-1

Article 24. SEVERABILITY 24-1

Section 24.01 Provisions severable. 24-1

Section 25.01 Repeal; adoption. 24-1