This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as "The Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Dundee, Ordinance No. 03-2022.

The Village of Dundee Ordinance No. 2-2003 and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed effective coincident with the effective date of this Ordinance. The repeal of the above ordinances and amendments does not affect or impair any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred prior to the time enforced, prosecuted, or inflicted.

This Ordinance is based on the adopted Village of Dundee Master Plan and any similar adopted plans addressing development patterns and goals. It is intended to regulate the use of land, buildings, and structures to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by accomplishing the following:

A.

Protecting the historic, distinctive character, and walkable scale of the Village of Dundee.

B.

Promoting the orderly development of the Village by regulating the intensity of use of land and lot areas and determining the area of open spaces surrounding buildings and structures.

C.

Lessening and avoiding congestion and traffic conflicts in the public highways and streets.

D.

Meeting the needs of residents of the Village and surrounding areas, for food, fiber, energy, and other natural resources, places of residence, recreation, industry, trade, service, and other uses of land.

E.

Facilitating adequate and efficient provision for transportation systems, sewage disposal, water, energy, education, recreation, and other public service and facility needs.

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Fixing reasonable standards to which buildings and structures shall conform.

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Preventing the inappropriate overcrowding of land, the congestion of population, and undue concentration of buildings, structures, transportation systems, and other public facilities so far as possible and appropriate in each zoning district by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding them.

If any court of competent jurisdiction shall declare any part of this Ordinance to be invalid, such ruling shall not affect any other provisions of this Ordinance not specifically included in said ruling. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall declare invalid the application of any provision of this Ordinance to a particular land, parcel, lot, district, use, building, or structure, such ruling shall not affect the application of said provision to any particular land, parcel, lot, district, use, building, or structure not specifically included in said ruling.

In the interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be the minimum requirements necessary for the promotion of the public health, morals, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare.

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Where any condition imposed by any provision of this Ordinance upon the use of any lot, building, or structure is either more restrictive or less restrictive than any comparable condition imposed by any other provision of this Ordinance or by the provision of any ordinance adopted under any other law, the provision which is more restrictive, or which imposes a higher standard or requirement shall govern.

B.

This Ordinance is not intended to abrogate or annul any easement, covenant, or other private agreement provided that where any provision of this Ordinance is more restrictive or imposes a higher standard or requirement than such easement, covenant or other private agreement, the provision of this Ordinance shall govern.

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Nothing in this Ordinance shall be interpreted or construed to give rise to any permanent vested rights in the continuation of any particular use, district, zoning classification or any permissible activities therein; and such are hereby declared to be subject to subsequent amendment, change or modifications as may be necessary to ensure protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.

B.

If a lot has an approved site plan, special land use or has been approved as a planned unit development (PUD) within six months prior to the effective date of this chapter, such site plan, special land use or PUD shall remain valid if construction is begun within one year and completed within two years of the effective date of this chapter. If such construction has not commenced in such a time period, the approval is void.

This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Public Act 110 of 2006, as amended, being the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, M.C.L. 125.3101 et seq.