The regulations are intended to encourage a suitable environment for families and children. To this end, uses are basically limited to single-family dwellings, together with certain other uses such as schools, parks and playgrounds which make up a neighborhood. In keeping with the intent, development is regulated to a moderate density. Commercial and other uses incompatible with this intent are prohibited. Minimum lot size shall be one (1) acre.

1.

Single-family residential detached dwellings.

2.

Family day care homes.

3.

Adult foster care homes.

1.

Private garage not to exceed the greater of eight hundred (800) square feet or fifty (50) percent of the total floor area of the principal dwelling unit, not including the area of the garage if it is attached. In no event shall the area exceed one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet.

2.

Garden house, tool house, swimming pool, playhouse, or domestic greenhouse, not used for commercial purposes.

3.

Home occupations complying with the definition of home occupation in Article 2 of this ordinance and the following conditions:

a.

The occupation must be clearly incidental to the use of the dwelling as a residence.

b.

No outdoor display or storage of materials, goods, supplies, or equipment used in the home occupation shall be permitted on the premises.

c.

There shall be no visible evidence that the residence is being operated as a home occupation.

d.

No persons other than members of the immediate family residing in the dwelling shall be employed in the home occupation.

e.

Off-street parking shall be provided on the premises, as required by Article 26 of this ordinance.

f.

A home occupation use shall not generate nuisances such as traffic, on-street parking, noise, vibration, glare, odors, fumes, electrical interference, or hazards to any greater extent than what is usually experienced in the residential neighborhood.

4.

Any use customarily incidental to the permitted principal use.

5.

Fences, subject to the restrictions listed in Article 4 of this zoning ordinance. Fences shall not exceed four (4) feet in height and shall not extend toward the front of the lot nearer than the front of the principal dwelling.

Fences shall not contain barbed wire, electric current or charges of electricity. Fences which enclose public or institutional parks, playgrounds or public landscaped areas, situated within an area developed with recorded lots, shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height.

6.

No commercial, industrial or agricultural equipment including but not limited to earthmovers, semitrailers, bulldozers, backhoes, combines, heavy-duty trucks, etc., shall be stored anywhere on the premises.

7.

Campers, travel trailers, snowmobiles, boats, recreational vehicles, etc., shall be stored in a rear yard or side yard behind the front line of the building, or in a fully enclosed building.

The following uses shall be permitted only after special approval is granted by the planning commission in accordance with the procedures, requirements and standards set forth in this section and in Article 30, and subject to any conditions imposed by the planning commission:

1.

Houses of worship, convents, parish homes, and similar uses.

a.

All ingress to and egress from the site shall be directly to a minor thoroughfare.

b.

No building shall be closer than seventy-five (75) feet from any property line.

c.

Off-street parking shall be provided on the site in a ratio of one (1) space for each six (6) feet of pew length in the main sanctuary or one (1) space for each three (3) persons as designated in the maximum occupancy load of the main sanctuary.

2.

Public, parochial and private schools, not operated for profit.

a.

The lot location shall be such that at least one (1) property line abuts a minor thoroughfare. All ingress and egress to the lot shall be directly onto said thoroughfare.

b.

Any building used in whole or in part for school purposes shall be located not less than seventy-five (75) feet from any adjacent property line.

c.

Parking areas shall be screened on all sides abutting a residential district.

d.

All lighting shall be shielded away from public right-of-way and neighboring residential lots.

e.

Parking shall be provided as required under Article 26 of this ordinance.

3.

Public recreation uses such as parks, playgrounds, golf courses, ball fields, athletic fields and community centers.

a.

All vehicular access shall be from a minor thoroughfare with one hundred twenty (120) feet right-of-way, or detailed traffic studies may be required showing to the satisfaction of the commission that no significant adverse impact upon surrounding uses results.

b.

No outside storage shall be permitted.

c.

Barbed wire, industrial type fences and site features which adversely impact residential quality are prohibited.

4.

Municipal, state or federal uses, public libraries, public museums, provided that no outside service or storage yards shall be permitted.

5.

Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations.

a.

Such uses shall be permitted only when location in residential areas is required to serve the immediate vicinity.

b.

No outside service or storage yard shall be permitted.

c.

All structures shall be at a scale and have an exterior appearance compatible with a residential area.

d.

All lines serving such sites shall be underground. Overhead transmission lines and tower structures are expressly prohibited.

6.

Nursery schools, family day care home, day nurseries.

a.

No dormitory facilities are permitted.

b.

The outdoor play area shall be fenced in accordance with Section 4.26 and screened in accordance with Section 4.36 by a heavily planted greenbelt from any abutting residential uses.

c.

All lighting shall be shielded away from public right-of-way and abutting residences.

d.

Off-street waiting and drop-off space shall be provided at one (1) space per six (6) children which can be accommodated in the school. Such spaces shall be ten (10) feet wide by twenty-four (24) feet long.

7.

Functional equivalent family; additional persons. The limit upon the number of persons who may reside as a functional equivalent of the domestic family may be increased or enlarged beyond a maximum of six (6) unrelated persons upon a demonstration by the applicant of all of the following:

a.

There are adequate provisions on the subject property for off-street parking for each adult proposed to reside on the premises which is capable of driving, and adequate storage for each person proposed to reside on the premises.

b.

The extent of increase or enlargement of the limit upon the number of persons shall not, considered cumulatively with existing and reasonably projected population concentration in the area, place an unreasonable burden upon public services, facilities, or schools.

c.

There shall be a minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) square feet of usable floor space per person on the premises.

d.

Approval of a request to increase the number of persons who may reside as a functional equivalent family with additional persons shall require the planning commission to determine the specific maximum number of persons authorized to reside on the property, and any minimum parking or storage requirements to be maintained.

(Ord. No. 14-1, § 4, 4-21-2014)

1.

Minimum lot area: One (1) acre.

2.

Minimum lot width: One hundred fifty (150) feet.

3.

Maximum ground floor lot coverage: Fifteen (15) percent.

4.

Minimum yards (setbacks):

Front: Fifty (50) feet.

Side, least one (1): Fifteen (15) feet.

Side, total two (2): Thirty (30) feet.

Rear: Thirty (30) feet.

5.

Maximum height: Two and one half (2½) stories or thirty-five (35) feet.

6.

Minimum floor area per dwelling unit: One thousand one hundred (1,100) square feet.

7.

No domesticated farm animals or poultry are permitted in the R-1 district.

8.

Other major regulations applicable to this district can be found in Article 4, General Provisions, and Article 26, Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations.

9.

All structures shall be set back twenty-five (25) feet from all natural feature areas as defined in Article 2 of this ordinance. For site plan applications that require planning commission approval, this setback may be reduced by the planning commission. Individual requests for reduction of the setback may only be granted as a variance from the township zoning board of appeals. Both bodies, in approving a reduction in the setback, shall determine that it is clearly in the public interest. In determining whether the setback reduction is in public interest, the benefit that would reasonably be expected to accrue from the proposed development shall be balanced against the reasonably foreseeable detriments to the natural features. Docks, piers, decks, boardwalks, or seawalls may be located within the natural feature setback.

In accordance with Article 29, with the exception of single-family detached residential uses, site plan approval shall be required for all principal and special approval uses permitted in this district.

An environmental impact study may be required by the planning commission or the township board, as part of the required site plan review process and subject to the provisions of Section 4.45, Environmental impact statement requirements.