The intent of the One Family Residential Districts is to provide areas of the City for the construction and continued use of single-family dwellings within stable neighborhoods. The two (2) One Family Residential Districts have different minimum area, density, and building placement requirements to provide different housing types to accommodate the varied needs of the population.

   The regulations in this Article are intended to promote development that preserves the physical characteristics of the land and natural environment to the maximum extent possible. It is further the intent of this district to prohibit multiple-family, office, business, commercial, or industrial use of the land, and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with single-family development or quality of life in this District.

(Ord. No. 00-830, 11-8-2000)

      1.   Single-family detached dwellings.

      2.   Private parks owned and maintained by homeowner associations.

      3.   Manufactured homes, subject to the provisions in Section 2.05.

      4.   Golf courses and country clubs.

      5.   Cemeteries.

      6.   Public and private museums.

      7.   Family day care homes.

      8.   Uses and structures accessory to the above, subject to the provisions in Section 2.03.

      1.   Two-family duplex, side-by-side units, residential dwellings within the R-B District only.

      2.   Public, parochial, and other private elementary, intermediate, or high schools licensed by the State of Michigan to offer courses in general education.

      3.   Public or Private colleges, universities and other such institutions of higher learning, offering courses in general, technical or religious education.

      4.   Group day care homes, and child-care centers, subject to the provisions in Section 7.02G.

      5.   Religious institutions, subject to the provisions in Section 7.02R.

      6.   Hospitals, in R-B districts only, subject to the provisions in Section 7.02H.

(Ord. No. 00-830, 11-8-2000; Ord. No. 14-1418, 2-11-2014; Ord. No 22-1745, 5-24-22)

   A.   Site Plan Review. Site Plan Review and approval by the city planner is required for all uses except detached single-family residential uses, in accordance with Article 32.00.

   B.   Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements. Buildings and uses in the One Family Residential Districts are subject to the area, height, bulk, and placement requirements in Article 29.00—Schedule of Regulations.

   C.   Planned Unit Development Mixed Use. Item deleted. Residential structures must adhere to the design standards outlines in Section 2.05.

   D.   Single-family development options. Single-family development in the One Family Residential Districts may be developed in accordance with the single-family cluster option in Section 7.03.

   E.   General development standards. Buildings and uses in the One Family Residential Districts shall be subject to all applicable standards and requirements set forth in this Ordinance, including the following: