Buchanan Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District
§ 300-7.01 Description and purpose.
This district is intended for a mixture of housing types, including single- and two-family dwellings, multiple-family structures, senior housing facilities, apartments, and similar housing alternatives. Locations for this district shall generally be planned to provide transitions between urban and suburban areas and commercial or industrial and residential areas where public services (water, sewer, police, fire) are readily available. Planned unit development shall be the preferred method of design and development for lots in this district.
§ 300-7.02 Uses permitted by right.
Single- and two-family dwellings.
Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses.
A family day-care home.
Wireless communication antenna, fixed wireless signals.
[Added 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. 123-2021]
Wireless communications antenna when attached to a lawful existing telecommunications tower, water tower, or other structure, subject to overall height restrictions.
[Added 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. 123-2021]
§ 300-7.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
The following uses may be permitted upon approval by the Township Board of Trustees who may require special conditions after review by the Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of this chapter relating to special use permits:
Public, social, religious and educational institutions that provide for locations of public assembly, with direct access to a county roadway, a minimum of two acres of land area, and connection to public water and sewer utilities.
Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations, but not including service or storage yards, when operating requirements necessitate the locating within the district in order to serve the immediate vicinity. This shall not include wireless communications facilities.
Essential services.
Group day-care home.
§ 300-7.04 Development standards.
No building or structure, nor any enlargement thereof, shall be hereafter erected except in conformance with the following yard, lot area and building coverage requirements:
Height regulations. No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet in height or 2 1/2 stories in height.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 35 feet.
Side yard. For single- and two-family dwellings no side yard shall be less than 10 feet.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet.
Lot area. The minimum net lot area in this district, unless specified elsewhere, shall be:
Single-family dwellings with public water and sewer: 10,000 square feet.
Single-family dwelling without public water and sewer: 15,000 square feet.
A two-family dwelling shall require double the lot (land) area required for a single-family parcel.
Multiple-family units shall have a net density of four units per acre except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
For all other structures, the Planning Commission shall consider the density and make recommendation based on findings of fact that all other requirements of this chapter will be met.
Lot width. The minimum lot width, measured at the front building line, for one- and two-family dwellings in this district, unless specified elsewhere, shall be:
Minimum floor area. Each dwelling unit, unless specified elsewhere, shall have a total minimum of 720 square feet for apartment units. Single- and two-family dwellings shall require a minimum of 864 square feet of usable floor area on the main floor.
Site plan review. Site plan review and approval is required for all uses requiring a special use permit and for all site plans which contain more than two dwelling units in a single structure.
Public water and sewer. All multiple-family dwellings shall be required to utilize public utilities.