The M medium-density residential district is intended to acknowledge those areas within the township wherein more densely populated residential neighborhoods as well as diversified commercial and service businesses may occur. By maintaining sectors of the township for medium intensity usage, the full range of public facilities, e.g., sewer, water, police and fire protection, can generally be focused within a limited area of extent. By optimization of in-place facilities and services, the fiscal burden of expanding such elements can be reduced. This district is also intended as a transition zone between the H and L districts.

The M district allows some variance in uses, but emphasizes development of a strong residential base surrounding and supporting the H or high-density residential district. Once again, the use of performance criteria will be employed to minimize or buffer any negative factors where unlike land uses are located in close proximity to each other.

In the M district, no building or land shall be used and no building erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in the ordinance. Performance criteria in excess of those regulations governing yards, lot size, and the like, may be specified for certain uses. Such provisions are cross-referenced to other provisions herein:

A.

Single-family detached dwellings.

B.

Performance subdivision; see section 14.06.

C.

Two-family dwellings (duplexes); [see section 14.06].

D.

(Reserved for future use).

E.

Religious institutions including churches, convents, parsonages and other housing for religious personnel; see section 14.06.

F.

Educational institutions including public or private elementary and secondary schools, nursery schools and day care centers; see section 14.06.

G.

Public buildings and public service installations including municipal, administrative or public service buildings, utility and public service facilities and uses, excluding storage yards, transformer stations and substations; see section 14.06.

H.

Family day care homes.

I.

Reserved.

J.

Adult foster care family homes.

(Ord. No. 31.30, § 8.02, 5-20-2002; Ord. No. 31.59, § 1, 1-16-2018)

State Law reference— Mandatory permitted uses, MCL 125.286a, 125.286g.

The following are permitted accessory uses:

A.

Those accessory uses permitted under section 7.03.

B.

Any structural or mechanical use customarily incidental to the permitted principal use.

C.

Signs, subject to the regulations established in article XVIII.

D.

Off-street parking, as required and subject to the regulations established in article XVII.

The following uses of land and structure may be permitted in this district by the application for and the issuance of a special use permit as provided for in article XIX:

A.

Planned unit development (PUD); see section 19.08.

B.

Multi-family dwellings of any kind.

C.

Planned shopping center; see section 19.09.

D.

Mobile home park; see section 19.16.

E.

Accessory apartment or "ECHO", (Elderly Cottage Housing Opportunities) housing.

F.

Commercial recreational facilities including golf courses, country clubs, and similar recreational facilities.

G.

Subject to the provisions of section 19.12, storage yards, transformer stations, substations, microwave relay towers, and similar facilities associated with public service uses or facilities.

H.

Adult foster care small group home.

I.

Adult foster care large group home.

J.

Home businesses; see section 3.02.

K.

Horses may be housed on a lot of four acres or more. There shall be only one animal on the first four acres and there shall be an additional acre for each additional horse up to four horses. Horses shall meet the standards in section 19.20, horses in non-agricultural areas of the township. If the keeping of horses should become offensive in sight or odor, due to the poor care of horses or the horses housing, pasture, or pens, they shall be declared a nuisance; see section 3.02 (nuisance and nuisance, attractive) and section 15.01.

L.

Adult foster care congregate facility.

M.

Home for the aged.

N.

Group day care homes.

O.

General office or professional office uses.

(Ord. No. 31.23, § 6, 4-11-1999; Ord. No. 31.30, § 8.04, 5-20-2002; Ord. No. 31.37, § 9, 4-19-2010; Ord. No. 31.40, § 3, 3-19-2012; Ord. No. 31.54, § 3, 3-6-2017; Ord. No. 31.59, § 2, 1-16-2018; Ord. No. 31.67, § 2, 2-1-2021; Ord. No. 31.73, § 2, 9-7-2021)

State Law reference— Mandatory special uses, MCL 125.286a, 125.286g.

The following maximum and minimum standards apply to all uses and structures in the M district, unless otherwise specified under section 14.03, district performance standards:

A.

Minimum lot area:

(1)

With sewer. No building or structure shall be established on any parcel less than 12,000 square feet of lot area.

(2)

Without sewer. No building or structure shall be established on any parcel less than 20,000 square feet of lot area.

B.

Minimum lot width:

(1)

With sewer. The minimum lot width shall be 80 feet.

(2)

Without sewer. The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.

C.

Maximum lot coverage. Lot coverage within this section shall be measured using the following standard. One square foot of the footprint of structure(s) and any non-permeable surfaces (asphalt parking lot, driveways, etc.) area equals one square foot of lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall not exceed 55 percent.

D.

Yard and setback requirements:

(1)

Front yard. The required front yard shall not be less than 25 feet or equal to the established setback line.

(2)

Side yard. Ten feet, except in the case of a corner lot, where the side yard on the street side shall not be less than the setback required for the front yard.

(3)

Rear yard. Forty feet.

E.

Maximum height requirements. No structure shall exceed three stories or 35 feet measured from the average finished grade at the front setback line. Residential accessory buildings shall not exceed a height of 20 feet.

F.

Minimum building floor area:

(1)

Single-family detached or two-family dwellings. Every dwelling hereafter erected shall have a minimum gross foundation space per dwelling unit of not less than 750 square feet, exclusive of basements, garages, porches, and breezeways.

(2)

Multiple-family dwelling. The minimum gross living space in a multiple-family dwelling shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:

(3)

Adult foster care facilities, homes for the aged, and nursing homes. The principal building shall have a minimum gross floor area of 500 square feet per adult, excluding employees and/or caregivers. Each single-occupancy bedroom shall have a minimum of 80 square feet of usable floor area. Each multiple-occupancy bedroom shall have a minimum of 70 square feet of usable floor area per person with a maximum of four beds and four persons per bedroom.

G.

Minimum greenspace requirements. The minimum greenspace required within this district is 45 percent of the parcel(s).

(Ord. No. 31.34, § 4, 11-21-2005; Ord. No. 31.54, § 4, 3-6-2017; Ord. No. 31.75, § 5, 5-2-2022; Ord. No. 31.79, § 5, 12-5-2022)

A.

All lighting shall be installed and maintained in such a manner as to confine the illumination source/direct rays to the property upon which the use is located and such that no direct rays, glare or illumination shall adversely affect the welfare of an adjacent property.

B.

For any commercial land use trash containers shall be enclosed on at least three sides by a structure aesthetically compatible with the development and surrounding property. The waste storage area shall be maintained free from litter.

C.

For any commercial land use heating, ventilation or air condition (HVAC) units and heating oil storage tanks or similar appurtenances shall be properly screened.

(Ord. No. 31.83, § 2, 5-9-2023)