Sec. 12.00.

* Unless abutting a residential zone property where a 100-foot setback is required.

** The height limit for buildings located within the Village of Blissfield Industrial Park shall be 50 feet.

(Amended: 8-28-95; 1-11-99; 9-28-09; 2-27-12; Ord. No. 2024-02d, 2-12-24)

Sec. 1201.

A.

In all residential districts and the C-1 district, the required front yard setback shall not be used for off-street parking, loading, or unloading, and shall remain as open space unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except for landscaping plant materials or vehicle access drives. All yards abutting upon a public street shall be considered as front yards for setback purposes. In all commercial (except C-1) and Industrial districts, the same requirements shall apply except that only the first 10 feet of required front setback may not be utilized for parking and loading purposes.

B.

In determining required yard spaces for all land uses in zoning districts, the determination of such yard spaces shall be the distance from the building or structure on the lot and the nearest lot line.

C.

In all residential subdivisions, the width of side yards, which abut upon a street or road on the same side or on the opposite side of the same block, upon which other residential lots front, shall not be less than the required front yard setback for said homes which front upon said side street. If no other residential lots front the same said or on the opposite side of the same block, the width of the side yard may be reduced to 10 feet.

D.

Required minimum floor area for each dwelling unit shall not include area of basements, utility rooms, breezeways, porches, or attached garages.

E.

Minimum land area required for each dwelling unit in the RM district shall be:

F.

Required minimum floor area for each dwelling unit in the RM district shall be:

G.

In any commercial district, side yards are not required except where a commercial district borders on a side street and a residential district exists in the same block there shall be provided a setback of 20 feet for all buildings, parking, and loading areas. Where a residential district exists adjacent to a business district and on the same side of the street, there shall be provided setback of 20 feet for all buildings, parking, and loading areas.

H.

Loading space shall be provided in accordance with Section 216.1306. Where an alley exists or is provided at the rear of buildings the rear building setback and loading requirements may be computed from the center of said alley.

I.

Where a front yard of greater or less depth than 30 feet exists in front of a dwelling or dwellings in existence at the time of passage of this Ordinance, on one side of a street in any block, the depth of the front yard of any building subsequently erected on that side of the street on that block shall not be less and need not be greater than the average depth of the front yard of such existing dwelling, but this shall not be deemed to require a greater depth than 40 feet or permit a less depth than 20 feet in any case.

(Amended: 9-28-09; Ord. No. 2024-02d, 2-12-24)