It is the intent of the MHR Mobile Home Residential District to provide an area in the Township where mobile homes can be located exclusively for the purpose of providing families who prefer this type of housing to conventionally built housing and further to provide for others seeking such housing to assemble in the same District.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 12.01)

A.

Single-family mobile homes on lots that meet the requirements of Section 12.05.A or 12.05.B.

B.

Existing types of agricultural land, building and structural uses, provided they meet the AR District requirements.

C.

Essential services as provided in Section 16.19.

D.

Family day care homes as provided in Section 16.41.

E.

Foster care homes housing six or fewer persons as provided in Section 16.41A.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 12.02)

The following special uses of land, buildings and structures are permitted in the MHR Mobile Home Residential District, subject to the provisions of Article XIII, "Special Uses":

A.

1.

Permitted public and private institutions for human care, religion education and other human social purposes, are as follows:

(a)

Public recreational playgrounds on at least ten acres.

(b)

Nonprofit recreation areas on at least ten acres.

(c)

Religious institutions on at least five acres.

(d)

Educational and social institutions on at least ten acres.

(e)

Child care centers on at least two acres.

2.

Permitted principal special uses in this Subsection A are subject to the following conditions:

(a)

The proposed site for any of the uses permitted in this Subsection A shall have its main access from a public road and the site shall be so planned as to provide all access directly to said road.

(b)

Front, waterfront, side and rear yards shall be set back at least 100 feet, and shall be landscaped in trees, shrubs and grass. All such landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy condition. There shall be no parking or structures permitted in these yards, except required entrance drives and those walls used to screen the use from abutting residential lots and parcels.

(c)

Shall meet all other applicable requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.

B.

Temporary mobile homes located outside of mobile home parks, including trailers, motor homes, and recreational vehicles as provided in Section 13.10.

C.

Temporary transient amusement enterprises as provided in Section 13.12.

D.

Housing of elderly as provided in Section 13.19.

E.

Group day care homes as provided in Section 13.22.

F.

Commercial kennels may be operated and maintained in accordance with Section 13.23.

G.

Wireless communication structures as provided in Section 13.24.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 12.03; Amd. No. 12, § 13, 11-11-1993; Amd. No. 41, § 10, 7-8-2004; Amd. No. 82, § 4, 7-13-2017)

A.

Normal existing accessory uses to single-family housing and existing agricultural uses.

B.

Normal accessory uses to permitted and approved special uses.

C.

Customary home occupations and home businesses, in conformance with the provisions of Section 16.21.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 12.04)

A.

Lot Area With Public or Common Sewer and Water. Minimum of 15,000 square feet with public or common sewer and water.

B.

Lot Area Without Public or Common Sewer and Water. Minimum of 25,000 square feet, if lot or parcel does not have public sewer or water available and on-site water supply and wastewater disposal systems are both permitted and approved by the County Health Department.

C.

Lot Width. Minimum of 100 feet for lots under Subsection A of this Section and 150 feet for lots under Subsection B of this Section.

D.

Lot Coverage. Maximum of 30 percent.

E.

Floor Area. The minimum floor area of a mobile home shall be 720 square feet, excluding all additions to the basic mobile home structure.

F.

Yard and Setback Requirements.

1.

Front Yard. Minimum of 50 feet from the road right-of-way line or as required by the Master Plan for Roads and Highways, whichever is greater, and shoreline of any surface water feature, except as otherwise required in Section 12.03.A.2(b) and unless a greater setback from the waterline is required by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality or other public agency.

2.

Side Yards. Minimum of 15 feet for each side yard, except where a lot or parcel is serviced by public or common wastewater disposal and water supply, in which case a minimum of ten feet for each side yard. Where a parcel abuts a road right-of-way line, the minimum side yard shall be 50 feet.

3.

Rear Yard. Minimum of 35 feet.

G.

Height Limitations. Maximum of 15 feet for a mobile home structure; a maximum of ten feet for all mobile home residentially related structures.

(Ord. of 11-12-1987, § 12.05; Amd. No. 3, 7-12-1990)