The following regulations shall apply to all A-1 Residential Districts.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or used, and no land may be used, except for one (1) or more of the following purposes:

   (a)   One (1) single-family dwelling per lot.

   (b)   A home occupation.

   (c)   Accessory structures.

   (d)   The keeping of not more than two (2) persons as boarders by a resident family, provided that no separate cooking facilities are provided and that separate dwelling units are not thus established.

   (e)   Signs in accordance with Chapter 1292.

   (f)   Adult foster care family homes and adult foster care small group homes, containing six (6) or fewer residents.

   (g)   Family day care homes.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   (h)   Garage sales, subject to the following:

      (1)   Garage sales shall be limited to a seven (7)-continuous day period.

      (2)   There must be a ninety (90)-day period between each garage sale for an individual property within the City, except when a garage sale is held in conjunction with a neighborhood sale.

      (3)   No garage sale shall begin prior to 8:00 a.m. or extend beyond 7:00 p.m.

      (4)   No sale activities shall take place on any public sidewalk area, nor within the area between the public sidewalk and street curb or, if there is no public sidewalk on the premises, within fifteen (15) feet from the edge of the roadway.

      (5)   Signs advertising the location, dates and times of a garage sale shall not be placed within any City right of way area. Such signs shall not exceed four (4) square feet in size, and shall be removed within twenty-four (24) hours after the conclusion of the sale.

(Ord. 99-3. Passed 3-22-99.)

   Structures and parts thereof may be erected, altered or used, and land may be used, for one (1) or more of the following purposes, subject to the approval of the Planning Commission and subject to the conditional use provisions of Chapter 1262 and the design review provisions of Chapter 1263:

   (a)   Churches, public and parochial schools and colleges, public libraries, museums, art galleries, funeral homes and mortuaries.

   (b)   Municipal, County, State and Federal administration buildings and community center buildings.

   (c)   Fire stations and water towers when located at least fifty (50) feet from all property lines.

   (d)   Municipal, denominational and private cemeteries when occupying a site of at least twenty (20) acres and when all buildings are at least one hundred (100) feet from all property lines.

   (e)   Public parks, golf courses, country clubs, tennis courts and similar recreational uses (including restaurants when such use is conducted within an area accessory thereto, is an integral part thereof and is entered from within the main building) when all buildings are at least one hundred (100) feet from any property line.

   (f)   Swimming pools, as follows:

      (1)   Public and semipublic in compliance with the Michigan State Health Department Regulations and these Codified Ordinances.

      (2)   Private pools in compliance with these Codified Ordinances and Michigan Department of Labor regulations.

   (g)   Cluster subdivisions, subject to the provisions of Section 1268.14, except that residential densities may not be less than eighteen thousand (18,000) square feet per dwelling unit based on the total land area.

   (h)   Hospitals, sanitariums, clinics, nursing and rest homes and charitable institutions for human care, subject to the provisions of Section 1268.15.

   (i)   Planned unit developments, subject to the provisions of Chapter 1268.

   (j)   Group day care homes, subject to the requirements of Section 1268.03(t).

   (k)   Temporary accessory apartments, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 1268.03(q) and those required in Chapters 1262 and 1263.

   (l)   Bed and breakfast facilities, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 1268.03(r) and those required in Chapters 1262 and 1263.

   (m)   Adult foster care small group homes consisting of seven (7) to twelve (12) residents, subject to the requirements of Section 1268.03(s).

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   Off-street parking areas, and loading and unloading areas, as required in Chapter 1290, shall be provided.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   Minimum lot area shall be fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet, except that a lot having an area of less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet which was of record prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code may be used for any use permitted in this chapter, subject to the provisions of Section 1288.10.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   (a)   There shall be a front yard having a minimum depth of thirty (30) feet.

   (b)   The maximum variation in setback in any one (1) block shall not exceed eight (8) feet.

   (c)   Where lots have double frontage, running through from one (1) street to another, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

   (d)   Where lots have reverse frontage, with frontage along an arterial road and frontage along a local street, the required front yard setback shall be required along the local street. The setback along the arterial road shall conform to the requirements of Section 1288.09(b)(6)(H).

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95; Ord. 2022-10. Passed 12-12-22.)

   There shall be a side yard on each side of the lot having a minimum dimension of fifteen (15) feet, except that the side yard adjacent to a side street shall be the same as the front yard setback and in no case less than thirty (30) feet. Side yard requirements for accessory structures located on reverse frontage lots shall conform to Section 1270.06 (d).

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95; Ord. 2022-10. Passed 12-12-22.)

   There shall be a rear yard having a minimum depth of fifty (50) feet.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   The minimum width of the lot shall be one hundred (100) feet on an approved street.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   The minimum depth of the lot shall be one hundred twenty (120) feet, provided that no lot shall have a depth which is more than three (3) times its width.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   No structure or appurtenance thereto shall be erected to exceed a height of two (2) stories or twenty-five (25) feet, except essential service structures, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   The minimum floor space requirements shall be the same as those provided in Section 1268.22.

(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)

   The maximum percentage of lot building coverage in an A-1 Residential District shall be thirty (30) percent.

(Ord. 99-1. Passed 3-22-99.)