Fennville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 8
R-2 Residential District
§ 450-801 Statement of purpose.
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Purpose and intent. This article establishes the R-2 Residential District to encourage the development of single-family, two-family, three-family, four-family, and other similar residential homes with smaller minimum lot sizes than the R-1 Residential District. The intent of the R-2 Residential District is to support varied housing types that complement the City's existing character and legacy neighborhoods.
§ 450-802 Principal permitted uses.
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In the R-2 Residential District, no uses shall be permitted unless otherwise specifically provided for in this article, except for the following uses:
(1)
Single-family detached dwelling units.
(2)
Two-family dwelling units (duplex).
(3)
Three-family dwelling units (triplex).
(4)
Four-family dwelling units (fourplex).
(5)
State licensed child care family home, one to six children.
(6)
State licensed residential facility, adult care small group home, one to six people.
(7)
Other land uses as deemed similar to those above by the City Zoning Administrator, or their designee.
§ 450-803 Accessory uses.
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In the R-2 Residential District, no accessory uses shall be permitted unless otherwise specifically provided for in this chapter, except for the following uses:
(1)
Accessory dwelling units. (§ 450-1401)
(2)
Home occupations, Class I. (§ 450-511)
(3)
Personal-scale solar energy facility. (§ 450-1426)
(4)
Personal-scale wind energy facility. (§ 450-1427)
(5)
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses.
§ 450-804 Special land uses.
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In the R-2 Residential District, no special land uses shall be permitted unless otherwise specifically provided for in this chapter, except for the following uses:
(1)
Bed-and-breakfasts. (§ 450-1409)
(2)
Bungalow courts. (§ 450-1410)
(3)
Government buildings.
(4)
Home occupations, Class II. (§ 450-511)
(5)
Residential planned unit developments and site condominiums. (Article 21 and Article 22)
(6)
Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations, but not including storage yards, when operating requirements necessitate locating within the district to serve the immediate vicinity, and such use is not injurious to the surrounding neighborhood. (§ 450-1402)
(7)
Publicly owned and operated parks, playfields, and other recreational facilities.
(8)
Religious institutions.
(9)
Schools.
(10)
Short-term rentals. (§ 450-1425)
(11)
State licensed child care group home, seven to 12 children.
(12)
State licensed residential facility, adult care small group home, seven to 12 people.
(13)
State licensed residential facility, adult care large group home, 13-20 people.
(14)
Wireless communications facilities. (§ 450-1429)
(15)
Other land uses as deemed similar to those above by the City Zoning Administrator, or their designee.
§ 450-805 Site plan approval.
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Site plan approval required. For uses subject to a special use permit, a site plan shall be submitted in accordance with Article 19.
§ 450-806 Area, height, bulk and placement requirements.
[Amended 4-15-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-03; 6-16-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-06]
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No building or structure, nor enlargement of any building or structure, shall hereafter be constructed or placed unless the following requirements are met and maintained for any building, structure or enlargement.
The table below includes the Schedule of Regulations for all developments in the R-2 District. Unless otherwise specified, the requirements below shall be considered as the minimum necessary to achieve compliance. |
Schedule of Regulations | |
Front yard | 15 feet |
Side yards* | 5 feet (each) |
Rear yards | 10 feet |
Maximum lot coverage | 70% |
Building height | 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet, whichever is less |
Minimum lot area | 1,500 square feet for single-family dwellings 9,500 square feet for two-family dwellings 14,500 square feet for three-family dwellings 19,500 square feet for four-family dwellings |
Minimum lot width | 30 feet |
* | For yards on corner lots, see definition, § 450-302, yard. |
(1)
The front yard shall not be used for off-street parking, loading, or unloading, other than in a driveway as specified in Subsections A(3) and (4) below, and shall remain as open space that is unoccupied and unobstructed except for landscaping, plant materials, or vehicle access drives.
(2)
Off-street parking for one-, two-, three- and four-family dwellings and driveway accessing such parking shall be paved with concrete or bituminous material in a manner which is adequate to prevent washout from obstructing storm sewers and catch basins, in a manner which is adequate to provide safe access to the dwellings in question.
(3)
The off-street parking areas for one-, two-, three- and four-family dwellings and for any driveways accessing them shall be a minimum of eight feet in width for their entire length and shall at a minimum extend between the public or private right-of-way and the required front setback line on each lot.
(4)
Residential driveways or off-street parking areas used for residential purposes may comprise up to 50% of the front yard area. Any residential off-street parking areas located in the front yard shall consist of porous/permeable pavement.
(5)
Residential front, side, and rear yards may consist of native plant materials. In no case shall a native plant obstruct line-of-sight distances for vehicular, bicycle, or pedestrian travel.