Garden City City Zoning Code
R-1 ONE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
§ 154.210 PURPOSE.
(A) 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.
(B) The regulations in this subchapter 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 of or quality of life in this district.
(Ord. 92-005, passed 2-17-92)
§ 154.211 PERMITTED USES AND STRUCTURES.
(A) Principal uses and structures. In all areas zoned R-1 One-Family Residential, no buildings shall be erected, used or structurally altered, nor shall the land or premises be used in whole or in part, except for one or more of the following principal permitted uses.
(1) Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) Publicly-owned and operated parks, parkways, and recreation facilities.
(3) Private parks owned and maintained by homeowner associations.
(4) Manufactured homes, subject to the provisions of § 154.024.
(5) State-licensed residential facilities which provide residential service for six or fewer persons, such as family day care homes, adult foster care family homes, foster family homes, or foster family group homes, subject to the regulations in § 3b of Public Act 207 of 1921, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.581 - 125.590, as amended.
(6) Essential services, subject to the provisions in § 154.034.
(7) Uses and structures accessory to the above, subject to the provisions in § 154.022.
(1) An accessory apartment subject to the provisions in § 154.157.
(2) Municipal buildings and uses, including public libraries, which do not require outside storage of materials or equipment.
(3) Public, parochial, and other private elementary, intermediate, or high schools licensed by the state to offer courses in general education.
(4) Public or private colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning, offering courses in general, technical or religious education.
(5) Group day care homes and child care centers, subject to the provisions in § 154.142.
(6) Religious institutions, subject to the provisions in § 154.153.
(7) Private swimming pools and swimming pool clubs.
(8) Private noncommercial recreational facilities, such as a subdivision or neighborhood center, a nonprofit swimming pool club, or similar facility.
(9) Community buildings, including educational, social, neighborhood, or community centers, but not a residential club operated as a commercial enterprise.
(10) The use of a parcel for gardening or the production of agricultural products, together with facilities for the sale of the products grown thereon, provided that the facilities for the sale of products shall comply with requirements for open-air businesses, as set forth in § 154.149.
(Ord. 92-005, passed 2-17-92
; Am. Ord. 12-009, passed 11-19-12
) Penalty, see § 154.999
§ 154.212 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
(B) Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements. Buildings and uses in the R-1 One-Family Residential Districts are subject to the area, height, bulk, and placement requirements in Appendix A: Schedule of Regulations.
(D) Single-family development options. Single-family development in the R-1 One-Family Residential Districts may be developed in accordance with the single-family cluster option in § 154.160.
(Ord. 92-005, passed 2-17-92) Penalty, see § 154.999