Clinton Charter Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1264
RMH Multiple-Family Residential High-Rise District
1264.01 PURPOSE.
The RMH Multiple-Family Residential High-Rise District as herein established is intended to provide sites for higher density multiple-family dwelling structures. This District is further intended to provide for extensive open-space settings for multiple-story structures.
(Ord. 260-A-340. Passed 12-4-00; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
1264.02 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED.
In RMH Multiple-Family Residential District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code. These uses may be subject to additional standards as specified in Chapter 1293 Use Standards:
(a) Multiple-family dwelling units.
(b) Business uses, when developed as retail or service uses clearly accessory to the main use, within the walls of the main structure and obscured from view so as not to encourage patronage from beyond the RMH development, and having no advertising signs visible from outside the building.
(c) Churches.
(d) Medical Marijuana Cultivation, Growth, Storage, Exchange and Processing.
(1) The growth cultivation, processing storage and exchange of medical marijuana by a qualifying patient or by a primary caregiver as defined pursuant to State law including M.C.L.A. 333.26423 and any subsequent amendment or replacement, shall be permitted only in single-family or multi-family zoning districts within a single-family dwelling which is owned or rented and occupied by the qualifying patient or primary caregiver for their residential use.
(2) The foregoing activities shall be in full compliance with all applicable Township ordinances and other applicable state and county laws and shall not occupy more than 25% of the usable area as measured by interior floor space of the dwelling unit excluding the basement square footage, or 200 square feet whichever is less.
(3) Provisionary centers or dispensaries where marijuana is exchanged for a qualified patient or 250 square feet for a primary caregiver between qualified patients or caregivers are unlawful. Exchanges between qualified patients and caregivers may only occur at the principal home residence of the primary caregiver or qualifying patient. Exchanges between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. are prohibited.
(e) Accessory uses customarily associated with an above permitted principal use.
(g) Group daycare home.
(h) Adult foster care home.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. 260-A-37. Passed 2-8-82; Ord. 260-A-265. Passed 9-7-95; Ord. 260-A-453. Passed 1-11-16; Ord. 260-A-462. Passed 4-10-17; Ord. 260-A-467. Passed 9-25-17; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
1264.03 REQUIRED CONDITIONS.
(a) Any development in the RMH Multiple-Family Residential District shall have one property line abutting an existing or planned major thoroughfare of 120 feet or greater and shall have direct access from such major thoroughfare.
(b) The minimum height of any residential building in the RMH Multiple-Family Residential District shall be one story above grade level.
(c) The entire area of the site shall be treated so as to service only the residents of the multiple-family development, and any accessory buildings, uses or services shall be developed solely for the use of residents of the main building. Uses considered herein as accessory uses include parking, parking structures, service equipment storage buildings, swimming pools, recreation areas, pavilions, cabanas and other similar uses.
(d) Recreation areas shall be provided at a ratio of 100 square feet of land area for each dwelling unit, with a minimum of 50% of such area in outdoor passive recreation. The remaining 50% of the required recreation area may be indoor or outdoor. However, all such recreation areas shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Commission and the Township Board.
(e) Adjacent to any lot line abutting a public right-of-way, there shall be provided a continuous landscaped area not less than 25 feet wide, excluding existing or proposed rights-of- way, except at points of approved vehicular access to the site.
(f) The following regulations shall govern the density of multiple-family dwelling units in the RMH Multiple-Family Residential District:
Stories | Land Area/Room (sq. ft.) | Rooms/Acre |
Stories | Land Area/Room (sq. ft.) | Rooms/Acre |
10 or more | 325 | 134 |
9 | 400 | 108 |
8 | 485 | 89 |
7 | 560 | 77 |
6 | 640 | 68 |
5 | 725 | 60 |
4 | 805 | 54 |
3 | 890 | 48 |
2 | 950 | 44 |
1 | 925 | 40 |
In computing rooms per acre, any room consisting of 80 square feet or more shall be counted.
(g) The following regulations shall govern the density of multiple-family dwelling units for senior citizens (persons who have attained the age of 65 years) in the RMH Multiple-Family Residential District:
Stories | Land Area/Room (sq. ft.) | Rooms/Acre |
Stories | Land Area/Room (sq. ft.) | Rooms/Acre |
10 or more | 230 | 189 |
9 | 285 | 152 |
8 | 345 | 126 |
7 | 420 | 111 |
6 | 465 | 93 |
5 | 520 | 83 |
4 | 580 | 75 |
3 | 640 | 68 |
2 | 710 | 55 |
1 | 750 | 50 |
In computing rooms per acre, any room consisting of 80 square feet or more shall be counted.
(Ord. 260. Passed 7-9-79; Ord. 260-A-37. Passed 2-8-82; Ord. 260-A-265. Passed 9-7-95; Ord. 260-A-340. Passed 12-4-00; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)
1264.04 USES REQUIRING SPECIAL APPROVAL.
The following uses may be permitted within the RMH District, subject to the requirements and conditions set forth in Chapter 1293:
(a) Commercial television and radio broadcasting towers and cellular telephone antennae, subject to conditions in 1293.01 (a)(71).
(Ord. 260-A-277. Passed 9-30-96; Ord. Passed 10-0-23.)
1264.05 HEIGHT, BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS.
All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements:
Minimum Size Lot Per Unit | ||
Use District | Area (sq. ft.) | Width (ft.) |
RMH | 15,000a | 100a |
Maximum Height of Building | Minimum Yard Setback (Per Lot in Feet) | Minimum Floor Area Per Unit (sq. ft.) | ||||
In Stories | In Feet | Front adjacent to Major or Secondary Thoroughfare | Front adjacent to all other public streets | Side | Rear
| |
Unlimite d | N/A | 50c | 35b, c or height of building, whichever is greater | 35b, d or height of building, whicheve r is greater | 35b, d or height of building, whichever is greater | e |
FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS CHART
(a) Plans presented which include a den, library or extra room, for purposes of this Zoning Code, shall have such extra room counted as a bedroom.
(b) As measured from the proposed right-of-way line of any abutting thoroughfares and from all other property lines.
(c) No off-street parking shall be permitted within these required setbacks.
(d) The minimum distance between any two buildings shall be 35 feet or the height of the building, whichever is greater.
(e) Minimum floor areas for multiple family units shall be as follows:
(1) Efficiency unit: A dwelling unit containing a minimum floor area of 500 square feet and consisting of not more than one room in addition to a kitchen, dining room and necessary sanitary facilities. All units shall have at least one living room and one bedroom, except that not more than 10% of the units may be an efficiency type.
(2) One bedroom unit: A dwelling unit containing a minimum floor area of at least 600 square feet and consisting of not more than two rooms in addition to a kitchen, dining room and necessary sanitary facilities.
(3) Two bedroom unit: A dwelling unit containing a minimum floor area of at least 700 square feet per unit and consisting of not more than three rooms in addition to a kitchen, dining room and necessary sanitary facilities.
(4) Three or more bedroom unit: A dwelling unit wherein for each room in addition to the three rooms permitted in a two bedroom unit, there shall be provided an additional area of 200 square feet to the minimum floor area of 900 square feet. Dens, libraries or extra rooms shall be counted as a bedroom for the purpose of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)