Clinton Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXXII
Planned Unit Development
§ 165-196 Permitted uses.
[Amended 6-26-2024 by Ord. No. 1202-2024]
The following are permitted uses:
A.
One-family dwellings.
B.
Townhouses.
C.
Apartments.
D.
Retail stores and shops, but not including any use prohibited in § 165-179.1. (NOTE: These uses are permitted only in a PUD with a minimum area of 200 acres.)
E.
Banks and financial institutions. (NOTE: These uses are permitted only in a PUD with a minimum area of 200 acres.)
F.
Office buildings. (NOTE: These uses are permitted only in a PUD with a minimum area of 200 acres.)
G.
Hotels and conference centers. (NOTE: These uses are permitted only in a PUD with a minimum area of 200 acres.)
H.
Public and private educational facilities, day care centers, churches and other places of worship, libraries and post offices. (NOTE: These uses are permitted only in a PUD with a minimum area of 200 acres.)
I.
Parks and playgrounds.
J.
Indoor and outdoor recreational facilities, including clubhouses, community centers, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools, riding stables and other similar facilities primarily intended to serve the residents of the PUD, unless a private membership golf club, as described in Subsection K below.
K.
Private membership golf clubs which, in addition to golf facilities, may include any of the facilities listed in Subsection J above, provided that membership in such clubs shall be made available to residents of the PUD.
L.
Essential public utility and service facilities, including maintenance facilities and structures intended to serve the development.
M.
Accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses, including parking facilities and signs.
§ 165-197 Required conditions.
The minimum development standards of a PUD shall be as follows:
A.
Minimum size of PUD. No tract, parcel or lot to be used for a PUD shall contain less than 50 acres. Public or private streets, roads or rights-of-way, excluding federal and state highways, shall not be deemed to divide acreage of a PUD, provided that all parts of the tract would otherwise be contiguous.
[Amended 11-24-1986 by Ord. No. 311-86]
B.
Boundary line setback requirements. No building or structure in a PUD shall be erected within 100 feet of the perimeter of the PUD tract.
C.
Street setback requirements. No building or structure shall be located within 50 feet of the pavement of any public street or main traffic street nor within 25 feet of the pavement of any other street or roadway that is other than a main traffic street.
D.
Maximum building heights. Residential buildings shall not exceed a height of 2 1/2 stories or 25 feet at the highest elevation around the foundation nor 3 1/2 stories or 35 feet at the lowest elevation around the foundation. The height, including roof appurtenances, of any other building shall not exceed 45 feet nor 35 feet above the highest elevation of the PUD tract.
E.
Requirements for residential development.
(2)
Distribution of dwelling-unit types. At least 50% of the total number of dwelling units shall be townhouses, and not more than 10% of the total number of dwelling units shall be one-family dwellings.
(3)
Dwelling units per building. The number of dwelling units in townhouses and apartment buildings shall be limited as follows:
(a)
Townhouses. No townhouse building shall contain more than eight dwelling units, and not more than 50% of the townhouse buildings shall contain more than six townhouse dwelling units.
(b)
Apartments. No apartment building shall contain more than 20 dwelling units, and the average number of dwelling units per apartment building shall not exceed 16.
(4)
Distance between buildings. There shall be a minimum average distance between dwelling structures of 25 feet, plus 1/2 foot for each foot of opposing building wall length, up to a maximum of 75 feet. This provision shall also apply to walls of the same building facing one another such as in a courtyard formed by a U-shaped building. Whenever a driveway is located between buildings, the minimum distance between building walls shall be 50 feet.
(5)
Floors and ceilings and partitions between dwelling units shall be constructed so as to have a minimum airborne sound transmission loss classification of 50 decibels. The Planning Board shall ascertain that reasonable measures are taken in floor and ceiling construction to avoid disturbing levels of impact sound.
(6)
Accessory buildings.
(a)
Setbacks. Accessory buildings shall meet the street and property line setbacks of the principal building and shall be at least 50 feet from a principal building, except for garages serving dwelling units which shall be at least 25 feet from a residential building. Swimming pools and recreation facilities shall be at least 100 feet from a principal building and 100 feet from a property line.
(b)
Height. The maximum height of an accessory building shall be 16 feet. Clubhouses shall be governed by height limitations for principal buildings.
(c)
Design. Architectural design and materials used in the construction of accessory buildings shall conform to those used in the construction of principal buildings.
(d)
Garages. Garages may be built into the dwelling structure or separately constructed as hereinafter provided. Each garage space shall be at least 10 feet in width and 20 feet in depth. Each group of attached garages shall have a joint capacity of not more than 12 automobiles arranged in a row, and there shall be a minimum distance of 10 feet between structures.
F.
Requirements for nonresidential development.
(1)
Retail stores and shops, banks, offices, hotels and conference centers as prescribed in § 165-196D, E, F and G shall not occupy more than 10% of the total area of the PUD tract. In addition, retail stores and shops and banks shall not exceed a total of 75 square feet of floor area per dwelling unit, nor shall any one business establishment exceed a floor area of 25 square feet per dwelling unit.
(2)
Not more than an additional 2% of the PUD tract area may be devoted to educational facilities and other uses prescribed in § 165-196H.
(3)
The area devoted to nonresidential uses prescribed in § 165-196D, E, F, G and H shall be considered as an area located within a line drawn around the perimeter of the nonresidential development, from which line all buildings within the area shall be located at least 100 feet and from which line all parking areas within the area shall be located at least 15 feet. Not more than 60% of said area shall be covered by buildings, parking and other impervious surfaces. No part of any such area shall be included for purposes of meeting open space requirements.
G.
Open space. At least 50% of the PUD tract shall be open space, which shall include at least 15% of the PUD tract which shall be common open space.
H.
Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with § 165-71A(10) and other applicable provisions of Part 6.
[Amended 5-27-1993 by Ord. No. 516-93]