The public or institutional district is created to provide an environment that is compatible with the exceptional nature of the uses located in this district. The special functions of public services and institutions and the related traffic demands make concentration of such uses desirable.

1.

State, metropolitan or municipally owned and operated parks and parkways and accessory facilities.

2.

Federal, state, county, municipal or township organization buildings and facilities, except facilities under the jurisdiction of a correctional agency, department or bureau.

3.

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

4.

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

5.

Essential services buildings, telephone exchanges, transformer stations and substations, fire stations, gas regulator stations without storage yards.

6.

Children's homes and orphanages.

Uses customarily incidental to the permitted principal uses.

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.

Living quarters for a watchman or caretaker employed on the premises.

a.

Such living quarters shall be an incidental element of the operation.

b.

Living quarters shall not exceed 600 square feet and shall be contained entirely within the principal building.

2.

General hospitals, convalescent homes or nursing homes.

a.

The site shall have at least one property line abutting a minor thoroughfare of at least sixty (60) feet of right-of-way existing or proposed. All ingress and egress to the off-street parking area for visitors, employees, staff, as well as any other users of the facility, shall be directly from the minor thoroughfare.

b.

The minimum setback of any main or accessory building shall be at least one hundred (100) feet from front, rear and side lot lines for all two (2) story structures. For every story above two (2), the minimum yard distance shall be increased by at least fifty (50) feet.

c.

Ambulance, emergency entrance and delivery areas shall be visually screened from the view of adjacent residential areas by a masonry wall six (6) feet or more in height.

d.

No power plant or laundry shall be located in an area so as to cause an undue noise or vibration environment to any adjacent residential area.

e.

All lighting shall be shielded from abutting residential uses or public right-of-way.

(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: Thirty (30) percent.

4.

Minimum yards:

Front: Forty (40) feet.

Side, least one (1): Twenty (20) feet.

Side, total two (2): Forty (40) feet.

Rear: Thirty (30) feet.

In no event shall any side yard be less than the height of the building.

5.

Maximum height: Two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet.

6.

Other major regulations applicable to this district can be found in Article 4, General Provisions, including the wall requirements of Section 4.25, and Article 26, Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations.

7.

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 township board approval, this setback may be reduced by the township board following recommendation 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, site plan approval shall be required for all principal and special approval uses in this district.

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