Hemlock Township City Zoning Code
PART 3
DISTRICT REGULATIONS
§ 27-301 Application of District Regulations.
[Ord. No. 8-9-2005, 8/9/2005, § 300]
1.
The regulations set forth in this Part for each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as may be hereinafter provided.
A.
No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered except in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
B.
No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered to:
(1)
Exceed the height or bulk;
(2)
Accommodate or house a greater number of persons or families;
(3)
Occupy a greater percentage of lot area;
(4)
Have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards or other open space; than is required in this Part, or in any other manner be contrary to this chapter.
C.
No yard or lot existing at the time of adoption of this chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements herein specified for the district in which it is located.
D.
The commencement of any of the uses or activities listed in this Part (the District Regulations) shall require the issuance of a zoning permit from the Township Zoning Officer, except as may be exempted by § 27-1203, Subsection 1, of this chapter.
§ 27-302 Use Regulations and Dimensional Requirements.
[Ord. No. 8-9-2005, 8/9/2005, § 301]
1.
The specific use regulations and dimensional requirements pertaining to each district are contained on the charts that follow, namely §§ 27-303 — 27-311.
2.
Permissible uses and structures are presented in the first four columns of the chart for each district. Applications for activities listed in the columns titled permitted principal and permitted accessory uses and structures may be approved by the Zoning Officer upon finding that the proposed use meets this chapter requirements. Activities listed in the special exception uses and structures column must be reviewed and approved by the Township Zoning Hearing Board, and uses listed in the conditional uses and structures column must be reviewed and approved by the Township Supervisors. (See Appendix 27-D and Appendix 27-F of this chapter for an illustration of the special exception and condition use procedures, and §§ 27-1002, Subsection 1D, and 27-1102, respectively, for specific details of the process.)
3.
Specific lot, yard and open space requirements are presented in the final three columns of each district chart. Applications for uses which do not meet the dimensional requirements for the district in which they are to be located, may be submitted to the Township Zoning Hearing Board for variance consideration. (See Appendix 27-C of this chapter for an illustration of the variance procedure, and § 27-1002, Subsection 1C, for specific details of the process.)
4.
The use regulations are also presented by category of use in the table of uses which can be found in Appendix 27-A of this chapter and general dimensional requirements are presented in the table of dimensional requirements which can be found in Appendix 27-B.
§ 27-303 RR Rural Residential District. [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-304 SR Suburban Residential District. [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-305 UR Urban Residential District. [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-306 UR-1 Urban Residential District. [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-307 C General Commercial District. [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-308 IC Interchange Commercial District. [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-309 I Industrial District. [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-310 A Agricultural District. [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-311 FF and FP Flood Fringe and General Floodplain District (Overlying District). [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
§ 27-312 FW Floodway District (Overlying District). [1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Uses and Structures Table and the Lot, Yard and Open Space Requirements Table are included as attachments to this chapter.
