1. Purpose. This district is composed of those areas of the city served by a public water supply system and a public sanitary sewer system or other system approved by the health department where the principal use is intended to be single-family dwellings developed at a low density. In addition to the dwellings permitted in this zoning district, there are certain nonresidential and public uses which may be permitted through the conditional approval of the city.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Single-family dwelling.
   2. Public parks and playgrounds.
   3. Adult foster care family home.
   4. Family child care home.
   5. Foster family home.
   6. Foster family group home.
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal existing accessory uses to single-family housing and those additional normal waterfront accessory uses and activities, such as docks, decks, wharfs, beaches, beach equipment and apparatus, boathouses, boat moorings, beach shelters, cabanas or bathhouses and other existing or typical waterfront accessory uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   2. Normal accessory uses to permitted and approved special uses, and those additional normal, typical and existing types of waterfront accessory uses and activities specific to approved special uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   3. Home occupations, section 44-285.
4. Special uses.
   1. Country clubs, public swimming pools and recreation clubs, private parks and playgrounds.
   2. Churches and other institutions for religious worship, section 44-186.
   3. Private elementary, middle, and high schools, section 44-189.
   4. Group child care homes, section 44-188.
   5. Adult foster care small group homes, section 44-188.
   6. Bed and breakfast establishments, section 44-190.
   7. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.

(Code 1992, § 24-9; Ord. No. 304, § 401, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

1. Purpose. This district is composed of those areas of the city served by a public water supply system and public sanitary sewer system or other systems approved by the health department where the principal use is intended to be single-family dwellings on moderately sized lots. In addition to the dwellings permitted in this zoning district, there are certain nonresidential and public uses which may be permitted through the conditional approval of the city.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Single-family dwelling.
   2. Public parks and playgrounds.
   3. Adult foster care family home.
   4. Family child care home.
   5. Foster family home.
   6. Foster family group home.
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal existing accessory uses to single-family housing and those additional normal waterfront accessory uses and activities, such as docks, decks, wharfs, beaches, beach equipment and apparatus, boathouses, boat moorings, beach shelters, cabanas or bathhouses and other existing or typical waterfront accessory uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   2. Normal accessory uses to permitted and approved conditional uses, and those additional normal, typical and existing types of waterfront accessory uses and activities specific to approved special uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   3. Home occupations, section 44-285.
4. Special uses.
   1. Country clubs, public swimming pools and recreation clubs, private parks and playgrounds.
   2. Churches and other institutions for religious worship, section 44-186.
   3. Group child care home, section 44-188.
   4. Adult foster care small group home, section 44-188.
   5. Private elementary, middle, and high schools, section 44-189.
   6. Bed and breakfast establishments, section 44-190.
   7. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.
   8. Short-term rentals, section 44-202.
      

(Code 1992, § 24-92; Ord. No. 304, § 402, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

1. Purpose. This district is composed of those areas in the city served by a public water supply system and public sanitary sewer system or other systems approved by the health department where the principal use is intended to be single-family dwellings on small-sized lots. In addition to the dwellings permitted in the zoning district, there are certain nonresidential and public uses which may be permitted through the conditional approval of the city.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Single-family dwelling.
   2. Public park and playground.
   3. Adult foster care family home.
   4. Family child care home.
   5. Foster family home.
   6. Foster family group home.
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal existing accessory uses to single-family housing and those additional normal waterfront accessory uses and activities, such as docks, decks, wharfs, beaches, beach equipment and apparatus, boathouses, boat moorings, beach shelters, cabanas or bathhouses and other existing or typical waterfront accessory uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   2. Normal accessory uses to permitted and approved conditional uses, and those additional normal, typical and existing types of waterfront accessory uses and activities specific to approved special uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   3. Home occupations, section 44-285.
4. Special uses.
   1. Country clubs, public swimming pools and recreation clubs, private parks and playgrounds.
   2. Churches and other institutions for religious worship, section 44-186.
   3. Private elementary, middle, and high schools, section 44-189.
   4. Group child care home, section 44-188.
   5. Adult foster care small group home, section 44-188.
   6. Bed and breakfast establishments, section 44-190.
   7. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.
   8. Short-term rentals, section 44-202.
      

(Code 1992, § 24-93; Ord. No. 304, § 403, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

1. Purpose. This district is composed of those areas of the city where the principal use is intended to be multiple-family dwellings. The regulations of this district are designed to permit a more dense population and land use intensity. Areas zoned MFR shall be served by a public water supply system and a public sanitary sewer system or other systems approved by the health department. In addition to the dwellings permitted in this zoning district, there are certain nonresidential and public uses which may be permitted through the conditional approval of the city.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Multiple-family dwelling structures, including duplexes, triplexes, quadruplexes, row housing, garden apartments, townhouses and other similar types of multifamily dwelling unit buildings.
   2. Public parks and playgrounds.
   3. Adult foster care family home.
   4. Family child care home.
   5. Foster family home.
   6. Foster family group home.
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal existing accessory uses to single-family housing and those additional normal waterfront accessory uses and activities, such as docks, decks, wharfs, beaches, beach equipment and apparatus, boathouses, boat moorings, beach shelters, cabanas or bathhouses and other existing or typical waterfront accessory uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   2. Normal accessory uses to permitted and approved conditional uses, and those additional normal, typical and existing types of waterfront accessory uses and activities specific to approved special uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   3. Home occupations, section 44-285.
4. Special uses.
   1. Country clubs, public swimming pools and recreation clubs, private parks and playgrounds.
   2. Churches and other institutions for religious worship, section 44-186.
   3. Private elementary, middle, and high schools, section 44-189.
   4. Group child care home, section 44-188.
   5. Adult foster care small group home, section 44-188.
   6. Bed and breakfast establishments, section 44-190.
   7. Medical and dental clinics, when associated with a hospital or nursing home.
   8. Funeral establishments.
   9. Hospitals and nursing homes, section 44-191.
   10. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.
   11. Short-term rentals, section 44-202.
       

(Code 1992, § 24-94; Ord. No. 304, § 404, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

1. Purpose. This district is composed of those areas of the city served by a public water supply system and a public sanitary sewer system or other systems approved by the health department where the principal use is intended to be waterfront single-family dwellings on small sized lots.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Single-family dwelling.
   2. Public parks and playgrounds.
   3. Adult foster care family home.
   4. Family child care home.
   5. Foster family home.
   6. Foster family group home.
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal existing accessory uses to single-family housing and those additional normal waterfront accessory uses and activities, such as docks, decks, wharfs, beaches, beach equipment and apparatus, boathouses, boat moorings, beach shelters, cabanas or bathhouses and other existing or typical waterfront accessory uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   2. Normal accessory uses to permitted and approved conditional uses, and those additional normal, typical and existing types of waterfront accessory uses and activities specific to approved special uses, with the additional approval of the state department of environmental quality or other agency when required.
   3. Home occupations, section 44-285.
4. Special uses.
   1. Country clubs, public swimming pools and recreation clubs, private parks and playgrounds.
   2. Bed and breakfast establishments, section 44-190.
   3. Group child care home, section 44-188.
   4. Adult foster care small group home, section 44-188.
   5. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.
   6. Short-term rentals, section 44-202.
      

(Code 1992, § 24-95; Ord. No. 304, § 405, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

1. Purpose. This district is intended to provide the necessary professional, administrative, personal, technical and scientific offices and related services as the principal uses. Any sale of retail goods is intended to be only incidental to or normally accessory to such principal uses. Office uses in part are intended to function as transition areas between retail commercial uses and residential uses. It is the further purpose of this district to retain the existing residential building character during and after their conversion from residential to office uses in order to continue to retain the overall historical and present city character.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Office buildings for any of the following occupations: computer science, governmental, executive, administrative professional, accounting, clerical, sales and data processing, insurance, real estate offices, general business and professional offices, chamber of commerce, utility offices.
   2. Research, computer technology and design centers, including the development of pilot, experimental, or prototype planning.
   3. Medical offices, dental offices, laboratories, clinics, but excluding veterinary offices.
   4. Off-street parking lots.
   5. Essential public services and buildings.
   6. Banks and financial institutions, credit unions, including drive-through.
   7. Office buildings used in conjunction with residential dwellings.
   8. Single-family dwelling.
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal accessory uses to permitted principal uses.
   2. Incidental services provided for employees and visitors connected with the principal use, including child care centers, recreational and physical health facilities, swimming pools, conference, educational, library and meeting facilities, sales display facilities and maintenance, storage and repair facilities.
4. Special uses.
   1. Hospitals, section 24-191.
   2. Veterinary offices and hospitals.
   3. Child care center, section 24-187.
   4. Adult foster care congregate facility.
   5. Adult foster care large group home.
   6. Funeral establishments.
   7. Multiple-family dwelling structures, including duplexes, triplexes, quadruplexes, row housing, garden apartments, townhouses and other similar types of multifamily dwelling unit buildings.
   8. Short-term rentals, section 44-202.
      

(Code 1992, § 24-96; Ord. No. 304, § 406, 6-2-2003)

1. Purpose. This district has the intent of providing areas wherein retail trade and service outlets can be located in order to satisfy the goods and services needs of the residents in the city and the surrounding trading area. It is the further purpose of this district to retain the present general scale of the variety of buildings, structures and general landscape or site development features in order to continue to retain the overall historical and present city character.
2. Permitted uses. Generally recognized retail businesses, service establishments, offices and institutional uses as follows:
   1. Convenience group:
      1. Food stores, including all types of specialty foods such as bakeries, delicatessen, imported foods, candy, and similar uses. Foodstuffs may be prepared on the premises as an accessory use if sold at retail on premises.
      2. Drugstores.
      3. Hardware and related stores such as paint, wallpaper, and similar uses.
      4. Video rental.
   2. Comparison group:
      1. Department stores.
      2. Restaurants—sit-down, outdoor cafe and take-out only.
      3. Apparel shops, including specialty shops of all sorts, shoe stores, and similar uses.
      4. Household furniture, home furnishings, gift shops, interior decorators, appliances, electronic appliances, office furniture, equipment and supplies.
      5. Variety stores.
      6. Gift shops, camera shops, record shops, bookstores, music shops and similar uses.
      7. Drafting, cartographic and art supplies and equipment.
      8. Service and repairs when incidental to a permitted use.
      9. Mail order houses and retailers merchandise showrooms.
   3. Service facilities group:
      1. Service shops such as barber, beauty, drop-off laundry and dry cleaner service, and similar uses.
      2. Commercial recreation facilities such as bowling alleys, movie theaters.
      3. Repair shops for such items as jewelry, watches, clocks, apparel and related items.
      4. Lodging facility, bed and breakfast inns and accessory uses, including dining, entertainment, recreation and conference facilities.
      5. Travel agencies.
      6. Newspaper offices, publishing, commercial printers, copy centers.
      7. Funeral homes.
      8. Private clubs, lodge halls.
   4. Professional and other offices:
      1. Office buildings for any of the following occupations: computer science, governmental, executive, administrative, professional, accounting, clerical, sales and data processing.
      2. Insurance, real estate offices, general business and professional offices.
      3. Research, computer technology and design centers including the development of pilot, experimental, or prototype planning.
      4. Banks, loan offices, credit unions, stock exchange offices and other financial institutions (including drive-through branches or 24-hour automatic tellers).
      5. Utility offices.
      6. Chamber of commerce.
   5. Automotive groups:
      1. Shops selling automobile parts and accessories exclusively.
   6. Other uses as noted:
      1. Residential uses and short-term rentals, provided they are on the second or higher floor of a permitted use.
      2. Public and quasi-public buildings, such as, but not restricted to:
         1. Churches.
         2. Municipal offices.
         3. Libraries.
         4. Essential public service buildings.
      3. Public or private off-street parking facilities according to the provisions of article IX of this chapter.
      4. Advertising signs subject to article X of this chapter.
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal uses.
   2. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal conditional uses.
4. Special uses.
   1. Drive-in restaurants and service establishments, section 44-194.
   2. Temporary transient uses, section 44-199.
   3. Automobile dealerships, including sales, service and used cars.

(Code 1992, § 24-97; Ord. No. 304, § 407, 6-2-2003)

1. Purpose. This district has the intent of providing areas having waterfront access wherein the proper use of such areas will principally serve the economic, social and recreational needs and interests of the residents of the city and, secondarily, visitors in the form of seasonal residents, tourists, vacationers and travelers. It is the further purpose of this district to retain the general scale of the present variety, type and character of development in terms of their spacing, bulk, height and density so as to prevent the obscuring of the view of the lake by excessively high and closely spaced, large bulk and excessively dense structural developments from inland areas.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Bakeries.
   2. Bay viewing facilities.
   3. Boat or yacht clubs and related facilities.
   4. Confectionery shops.
   5. Gift and novelty shops.
   6. Harbormaster and harbor management facilities.
   7. Marinas and related facilities for recreational boating.
   8. Pedestrian walkways and promenades.
   9. Recreational boating facilities, including those providing boat rentals, fishing and boating cruises and boat sales, maintenance and repairs.
   10. Recreational fishing facilities, including fishing boats, fishing equipment, fishing bait, fish processing, storage and retail sales.
   11. Restaurants providing direct view and access to the waterfront.
   12. Waterfront arts and crafts shops.
   13. Waterfront clothing and equipment stores.
   14. Waterfront entertainment facilities involving water sports and activities.
   15. Waterfront lodging facilities.
   16. Waterfront parks and beaches, including all forms of waterfront recreation and sports activities.
   17. Museums.
   18. Offices.
   19. Single-family dwellings.
   20. Multifamily condominiums providing direct view and access to the waterfront.
   21. Short-term rentals.
       
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal uses.
   2. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal conditional uses.
4. Special uses.
   1. Specialty shops, stores and service outlets not mentioned as a permitted use, but which can be appropriately related as accessory uses to any of the permitted principal uses as determined by the zoning board of appeals.
   2. Seasonal recreational vehicle facilities.
   3. Engine and hull repair shops.
   4. Temporary transient uses, section 44-199.
   5. Bed and breakfast establishments, section 44-190.
   6. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.

(Code 1992, § 24-98; Ord. No. 304, § 408, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

1. Purpose. This district is designed to service the needs of highway traffic at the intersection areas of public roads and highways facilities. The avoidance of undue congestion on public roads, the promotion of smooth traffic flow at the intersection area and on the highway, and the protection of adjacent properties in other districts from the adverse influences of traffic are prime considerations in the location of the district.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Parking areas and parking garages.
   2. Bus passenger stations.
   3. Retail and service establishments providing goods, foods and services which are directly needed by highway travelers.
   4. Large box retail stores.
   5. Home improvement centers.
   6. Offices for executive, medical, administrative, legal, writing, clerical, stenographic, real estate, accounting, insurance, architectural, engineering, artists and other similar enterprises.
   7. Lodging facilities.
   8. Restaurants.
   9. Short-term rentals.
      
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal uses.
   2. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal special uses.
4. Special uses.
   1. Recreation and sports buildings.
   2. Recreation and sports areas.
   3. Vehicle sales, service and repair stations for automobiles, trucks, busses, tractors, recreational vehicles and trailers, section 44-193.
   4. Adult-oriented commercial enterprises and specified services, section 44-198.
   5. Temporary transient uses, section 44-199.
   6. Gasoline service and convenience stores, section 44-193.
   7. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.

(Code 1992, § 24-99; Ord. No. 304, § 409, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

1. Purpose. This district is designed to accommodate industrial, storage, and other uses that generate a minimum of noise, glare, odors, dust, vibration, air and water pollution, fire and safety hazards, or the emission of any potentially harmful or obnoxious matter or radiation or any other nuisance characteristics. It is the purpose of these regulations to permit development of the enumerated functions to protect surrounding areas from incompatible industrial activities, to restrict the intrusion of non-related uses such as residential, agricultural, business and commercial, except retail businesses that normally do not require the customer to call at the place of business, and to encourage the discontinuance of uses presently existing in the district which are nonconforming by virtue of the type of use. To these ends, certain uses are excluded which would function more effectively in other districts and which would interfere with the operation of the uses permitted in this district.
2. Permitted uses.
   1. Research-oriented and light industrial park uses.
   2. Printing, lithographic, blueprinting, commercial laundries, dry cleaning establishments, wholesale businesses, ice and cold storage plants, lumber, fuel and feed supply yards, and other similar uses.
   3. Light manufacturing, research, assembly, testing and repair of components, devices, equipment and systems of professional scientific and controlling instruments, photographic and optical goods, including the following:
      1. Communication, transmission and reception equipment such as coils, tubes, semi-conductors, navigation control equipment and systems guidance equipment.
      2. Data processing equipment and systems.
      3. Graphics and art equipment.
      4. Metering instruments.
      5. Optical devices, equipment, and systems.
      6. Stereo, audio units, radio equipment and systems.
      7. Photographic equipment.
      8. Radar, infrared and ultraviolet equipment and systems.
      9. Scientific and mechanical instruments such as calipers and transits.
      10. Testing equipment.
   4. Light manufacturing, processing or assembling of the following:
      1. Biological products, drugs, medicinal chemicals, and pharmaceutical preparation.
      2. Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies, electronic equipment and accessories.
      3. Office, computing, and accounting machines.
   5. Research and design centers where said centers are intended for the development of pilot or experimental products, together with related office buildings for such research facilities where said offices are designed to accommodate executive, administrative, professional, accounting, engineering, architectural, and support personnel.
   6. Data processing and computer centers, including the servicing and maintenance of electronic data processing equipment.
   7. Warehousing, refrigerated and general storage, but not including self-storage facilities.
   8. Business service establishments such as printing and photocopying services, mail and packaging services, and typing and secretarial services.
   9. Training and/or educational centers where such centers are designed and intended to provide training at the business, technical and/or professional level.
3. Accessory uses.
   1. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal uses.
   2. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal conditional uses.
4. Special uses.
   1. Restaurants and cafeteria facilities for employees.
   2. Metal fabrication, and tool and die shops.
   3. Automobile repair garages and paint shops for autos and other vehicles, construction and farm equipment sales, section 24-193.
   4. Computer and business machine sales when conducted in conjunction with and accessory to a permitted principal use.
   5. Self-storage facilities, section 24-195.
   6. Temporary transient uses, section 44-199.
   7. Wireless communication facilities, section 44-200.
   8. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.

(Code 1992, § 24-100; Ord. No. 304, § 410, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

1. Purpose. It is the intent of this district to provide for the development of sites for industrial plants in which the manufacture of goods in the form of finished or semi-finished products or the assembly, compounding or treatment of product parts or ingredients in order to create finished or semi-finished goods for sale to other industrial manufacturers, or to bulk or wholesale commercial purchasers. It is the further intent of this district to permit only those industrial manufacturing uses having use, performance or activity characteristics which emit a minimum amount of discernible noise, vibration, smoke, dust, dirt, glare, toxic materials, offensive odors, gases, electromagnetic radiation or any other physically adverse effect to the extent that they are not normally discernible beyond the lot lines of the parcel or site upon which the industrial manufacturing activity is located.
2. Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the I district as long as they are conducted completely within a building, structure or an area enclosed and screened from external visibility beyond the lot lines of the parcel upon which the use is located, except as otherwise provided in this section:
   1. Boat and marine equipment and supply manufacturers.
   2. Dry bulk blending plants.
   3. Electrical and electronic equipment manufacturers.
   4. Fabricated metal products.
   5. Food process plants.
   6. Jobbing and machine shops.
   7. Monument and cut stone manufacturers.
   8. Plastic products forming and molding.
   9. Printing and publishing.
   10. Processing of machine parts.
   11. Public service and utility facilities.
   12. Research and development establishments.
   13. Trade and industrial schools.
   14. Wine distilleries.
   15. Wood products manufacturing plants.
   16. Wireless communication facilities, section 44-200.
3. Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the I district when they are an integral part of the building or structure or are included as a part of the site development upon which the principal use is located:
   1. Banking.
   2. Caretaker's quarters.
   3. Education, library and training facilities.
   4. Medical and health care facilities.
   5. Normal accessory uses to all permitted principal uses.
   6. Office facilities.
   7. Recreation and physical fitness facilities.
   8. Research and experimentation facilities.
   9. Restaurants.
   10. Sales display facilities and areas.
   11. Truck and equipment service, maintenance, repair and storage facilities.
   12. Warehouse and storage facilities.
   13. Work clothing sales and service facilities.
4. Special uses.
   1. Temporary transient uses, section 44-199.
   2. Salvage yards, section 44-192.
   3. Wind energy conversion systems, section 44-201.

(Code 1992, § 24-101; Ord. No. 304, § 411, 6-2-2003; Ord. No. 328, 5-3-2010)

The following table includes the schedule of area, height, width and setback regulations:

Schedule of Area, Height, Width and Setback Regulations

Footnotes

A. All dwelling units and occupied buildings shall be served with a public water supply system and public sanitary sewer system or other systems approved by the health department.

B. The minimum distance of any principal building from the ordinary high-water mark shall be 50 feet or as specified by the state department of environmental quality.

C. Any structure located in the CBD which abuts a dwelling located in a residential district shall have a minimum setback from the common property line of ten feet.

D. The minimum floor area of dwelling units shall be as follows: 

E. Tawas Lake Waterfront Residential District is allowed a minimum total usable floor area of 800 square feet for a single-family dwelling.

F.The maximum density shall be computed as follows:

1. Efficiency or one-bedroom units shall not exceed ten dwelling units per acre or 4,356.

2. Two-bedroom units shall not exceed eight dwelling units per acre or 5,445.

3. Three-bedroom units shall not exceed six dwelling units per acre or 7,260.

4. The area used for computing density shall be the total site area.

G. In an MFR, multiple-family residential district, the minimum distance between two buildings shall be 25 feet.

H. Front, side and rear yards 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 fences, walls, berms and vegetation used to screen the use from abutting residential lots and parcels.

I. Adequate minimum area to accommodate all of the specific requirements for lot area coverage, off-street parking, for all on-site uses, yards and setbacks, water supply and wastewater disposal and other requirements specified for the uses permitted in this district.

J. Adequate minimum lot width to accommodate all buildings, structures and open-air use areas and yard and setback requirements specified for the uses permitted in this district.

K. The minimum lot area shall be equal to the area of the smallest lot in the street block in which it is located as long as each lot or parcel is served by the public water supply system and a public wastewater sewer and treatment system.

L. The minimum lot width shall be equal to the width of the narrowest lot in the street block in which it is located.

M. Each lot or parcel shall have direct convenient pedestrian access from parking spaces provided for customers to the entrance of its principal building's customer service area.

(Code 1992, § 24-102; Ord. No. 304, § 412, 6-2-2003)