Cannon Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 4
Zoning Districts and Zoning Map
§ 450-4.01 Zoning districts.
For the purposes of this chapter, the Township of Cannon is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:
RR | Rural Residential/Agricultural District |
R-1 | Low Density Residential District |
R-2 | Medium Density Residential District |
R-3 | High Density Residential District |
MHC | Manufactured Housing Community District |
LR | Lakes Residential District |
B-1 | Neighborhood Business District |
B-2 | General Business District |
I | Industrial District |
R-PUD | Residential Planned Unit Development District |
M-PUD | Mixed-Use Planned Unit Development District |
Unique Recreation Resource Area Overlay District | |
Bear Creek Watershed Overlay District | |
Rogue River Natural River Overlay District | |
Cannonsburg Historic Area Overlay District | |
Access Management Overlay District | |
§ 450-4.02 Zoning Map.
The locations and boundaries of the zoning districts are hereby established as shown on a map, as amended from time to time, entitled "The Zoning Map of Cannon Township, Kent County, Michigan," which is hereby made a part of this chapter. If amendments are made in the Zoning Map, they shall be accomplished by means of a Township ordinance referring to this section. If uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any zoning district as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules of construction and interpretation shall apply:
A.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of streets, highways, alleys, or railroads shall be construed to follow such center lines.
B.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following Township boundaries shall be construed as following Township boundaries.
D.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of creeks, streams or rivers shall be construed as following such creeks, streams or rivers, or, in the event of change in the location of creeks, streams or rivers, shall be construed as moving with the creek, stream or river.
E.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following property lines, section lines or other lines of government survey shall be construed as following such property lines, section lines, or other lines of government survey as they exist as of the effective date of this chapter or applicable amendment thereto.
§ 450-4.03 Lands not included within a district.
In any case where, for whatever reason, lands have not been included within a zoning district on the Zoning Map, such lands shall be deemed to be included in the RR Rural Residential/Agricultural District.
§ 450-4.04 Maintenance of Official Zoning Map.
The Official Zoning Map of the Township shall be maintained in the Township offices. If an amendment in the Zoning Map is adopted by Township ordinance, the amendment shall be shown on the Zoning Map following the effective date of the amendment.
§ 450-4.05 Parcels lying within different zoning districts.
If a lot or parcel is divided by a zoning district boundary, one of the following options, at the property owner's discretion, shall apply to use of that property:
A.
A use permitted by right or with special use approval (if obtained) in a zoning district may be located entirely within that portion of the lot or property within that district, subject to the following:
(1)
No more than one principal building or use shall be placed on a lot or parcel of property, as provided by this chapter.
(2)
For uses, except single-family dwellings, utilizing this option:
(3)
Single-family dwellings and accessory uses shall comply with yard setback regulations as applicable within the district in which each portion of the lot is located.
(4)
The entire lot or parcel under single ownership may be used to meet the minimum lot area and lot width requirements if the preceding requirements are satisfied.
B.
In the alternative, the property owner may choose to use the entire property for any use permitted by right or with special use approval (if obtained) in the more restrictive zoning district applicable to the property, subject to the following:
(1)
No more than one principal building or use shall be placed on a lot or parcel of property, as provided by this chapter.
(2)
Building and accessory uses shall comply with yard setback regulations as applicable within the district in which each portion of the lot is located.
(3)
All parking, greenbelts, buffers, landscaping, access and other applicable requirements of the more restrictive district shall apply.
(4)
For purposes of determining which district is more restrictive:
(a)
The residential districts are considered more restrictive than nonresidential districts;
(b)
The commercial districts are considered more restrictive than the industrial districts;
(c)
The residential districts are considered more restrictive to least restrictive in the following order: LR, R-1, RR, R-2, R-3 and MHC;
(d)
If a portion of the lot lies within a PUD District, the PUD District shall be considered the more restrictive.