The high-density residential district is intended to acknowledge those geographic areas within the township that are higher density residential areas. An example of this geographic area is the park lake residential area. Concentration of higher density residential areas will recognize existing, traditional land use patterns as well as concentrating the provision of a full range of utilities and services.

A.

Single-family detached dwellings.

B.

Performance subdivision.

C.

Two-family dwellings.

D.

Religious institutions.

E.

Educational institutions.

F.

Public buildings.

G.

Home occupations.

H.

Family day care homes.

I.

Reserved.

J.

Adult foster care family homes.

(Ord. No. 31.30, § 10.02, 5-20-2002; Ord. No. 31.32, § 4, 10-20-2003; Ord. No. 31.59, § 1, 1-16-2018)

State Law reference— Mandatory home occupations, MCL 125.271a; mandatory permitted uses, MCL 125.286a, 125.286g.

A.

Those accessory uses permitted in section 9.03.

B.

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

A.

Multifamily dwellings of any type.

B.

Accessory apartment or "ECHO" [Elderly Cottage Housing Opportunities] housing.

C.

Planned unit development.

D.

Public or private recreational facilities.

E.

Adult foster care small group home.

F.

Adult foster care large group home.

G.

Adult foster care congregate facilities.

H.

Home businesses; see section 3.02.

I.

Horses may be housed on a lot of eight acres or more. There shall be only one animal on the first eight 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.

J.

Group day care homes.

(Ord. No. 31.30, § 10.04, 5-20-2002; Ord. No. 31.37, § 11, 4-19-2010; Ord. No. 31.40, § 5, 3-19-2012; Ord. No. 31.59, § 2, 1-16-2018)

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 high-density residential district, unless otherwise specified under section 14.03, district performance standards:

Minimum lot area. No building or structure shall be established on any parcel comprised of less than 6,000 square feet of lot area, other than a single-family detached dwelling on a lot of record in existence prior to November 27, 2005.

A.

Minimum contiguous lot frontage and lot width. The minimum lot width shall be 60 feet.

B.

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 60 percent.

C.

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. Six 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. 25 feet.

D.

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 building shall not exceed a height of 20 feet.

E.

Minimum building floor area:

(1)

Single-family detached or two-family dwellings. Every dwelling hereafter erected shall have a minimum gross living 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, 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 40 percent of the parcel(s).

(Ord. No. 31.34, § 6, 11-21-2005; Ord. No. 31.54, § 5, 3-6-2017; Ord. No. 31.75, § 7, 5-2-2022; Ord. No. 31.79, § 7, 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.

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.

Heating, ventilation or air condition (HVAC) units, heating oil storage tanks or similar appurtenances shall be properly screened.