Highland Charter Township City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 2
- RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS
Sections
- Sec. 2.01.- Rules of interpretation.
- Sec. 2.02. - Definitions beginning with the letter "A."
- Sec. 2.03. - Definitions beginning with the letter "B."
- Sec. 2.04. - Definitions beginning with the letter "C."
- Sec. 2.05. - Definitions beginning with the letter "D."
- Sec. 2.06. - Definitions beginning with the letter "E."
- Sec. 2.07. - Definitions beginning with the letter "F."
- Sec. 2.08. - Definitions beginning with the letter "G."
- Sec. 2.09. - Definitions beginning with the letter "H."
- Sec. 2.10. - Definitions beginning with the letter "I."
- Sec. 2.11. - Definitions beginning with the letter "J."
- Sec. 2.12. - Definitions beginning with the letter "K."
- Sec. 2.13. - Definitions beginning with the letter "L."
- Sec. 2.14. - Definitions beginning with the letter "M."
- Sec. 2.15. - Definitions beginning with the letter "N."
- Sec. 2.16. - Definitions beginning with the letter "O."
- Sec. 2.17. - Definitions beginning with the letters "P" and "Q."
- Sec. 2.18. - Definitions beginning with the letter "R."
- Sec. 2.19. - Definitions beginning with the letter "S."
- Sec. 2.20. - Definitions beginning with the letters "T," "U," "V" and "W."
- Sec. 2.21. - Definitions beginning with the letter "Y."
ARTICLE 3
- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- Sec. 3.01.- Intent.
- Sec. 3.02. - Duties of the Planning Commission.
- Sec. 3.03. - Duties of Zoning Administrator.
- Sec. 3.04. - Duties of the Building Official.
- Sec. 3.05. - Land Use Permit.
- Sec. 3.06. - Building permits.
- Sec. 3.07. - Certificates of occupancy.
- Sec. 3.08. - Inspections.
- Sec. 3.09. - Permit fees and performance guarantees.
- Sec. 3.10. - Expiration of land use approvals.
- Sec. 3.11. - Public hearing notice.
- Sec. 3.12. - Development agreements.
- Sec. 3.13. - Violations.
- Sec. 3.14. - Nuisance per se.
- Sec. 3.15. - Fines.
- Sec. 3.16. - Rights and remedies are cumulative.
ARTICLE 4
- DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 4.01.- Establishment of districts.
- Sec. 4.02. - Map.
- Sec. 4.03. - Interpretations of district boundaries.
- Sec. 4.04. - District intent and uses.
- Sec. 4.05. - Agricultural & Rural Residential District (ARR).
- Sec. 4.06. - Residential Districts (R-3, R-1.5, LV).
- Sec. 4.07. - Multiple-Family Residential District (RM).
- Sec. 4.08. - Manufactured Home Park District (MH).
- Sec. 4.09. - Office Service District (OS).
- Sec. 4.10. - Local Commercial District (C-1).
- Sec. 4.11. - General Commercial District (C-2).
- Sec. 4-11.1. - Low-Impact Commercial District (C-3).
- Sec. 4.12. - Highland Station District (HS).
- Sec. 4.13. - Technology and Research District (TR).
- Sec. 4.14. - Industrial Manufacturing District (IM).
- Sec. 4.15. - Schedule of Regulations.
- Sec. 4.16. - Temporary uses in any zoning district.
ARTICLE 8
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 8.01.- Intent.
- Sec. 8.02. - Area, height and use exceptions.
- Sec. 8.03. - Accessory structures and uses.
- Sec. 8.04. - Temporary buildings, dwellings, structures and uses.
- Sec. 8.05. - Accessory dwelling units.
- Sec. 8.06. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 8.07. - Commercial and recreational vehicle parking in residential districts.
- Sec. 8.08. - Outdoor storage.
- Sec. 8.09. - Fences and screening structures.
- Sec. 8.10. - Grading and retaining walls.
- Sec. 8.11. - Required street frontage.
- Sec. 8.12. - Residential tree requirements.
- Sec. 8.13. - Manufactured housing standards.
- Sec. 8.14. - Sanitary sewers or onsite sewage disposal.
- Sec. 8.15. - Water supplies.
- Sec. 8.16. - Stormwater management.
- Sec. 8.17. - Environmental performance standards.
- Sec. 8.18. - Essential services.
- Sec. 8.19. - Display of sexually explicit materials in businesses other than those regulated as an adult business.
- Sec. 8.20. - Alternative energy systems-site specific scale.
ARTICLE 10
- SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 10.01.- Intent.
- Sec. 10.02. - Adult day care home.
- Sec. 10.03. - Adult oriented businesses and other Regulated Uses.
- Sec. 10.04. - Airports, airstrips and heliports.
- Sec. 10.05. - Bed and breakfast establishments.
- Sec. 10.06. - Boat launching facilities.
- Sec. 10.07. - Campgrounds.
- Sec. 10.08. - Cemeteries.
- Sec. 10.09. - Day care centers, adult or child.
- Sec. 10.10. - Construction contractors' open storage yards.
- Sec. 10.11. - Skilled nursing care facilities and homes for the aged.
- Sec. 10.12. - Equestrian sports academies.
- Sec. 10.13. - Farm Markets.
- Sec. 10.14. - Golf courses, par 3 courses and driving ranges.
- Sec. 10.15. - Group child care homes.
- Sec. 10.16. - Hospitals.
- Sec. 10.17. - Institutional uses.
- Sec. 10.18. - Kennels.
- Sec. 10.19. - Large animal veterinary clinics.
- Sec. 10.20. - Massage establishment.
- Sec. 10.21. - Petroleum bulk stations and terminals.
- Sec. 10.22. - Salvage yards.
- Sec. 10.23. - Taxidermist facility.
- Sec. 10.24. - Wireless communications facilities.
- Sec. 10.25. - Yard waste composting facilities.
- Sec. 10.26. - Mineral extraction and mining.
- Sec. 10.27. - Vehicle dealerships and rental agencies.
- Sec. 10.28. - Heavy industrial manufacturing.
- Sec. 10.29. - Pet care facility.
- Sec. 10.30. - Self-storage facilities in commercial zoning districts.
- Sec. 10.31. - Facilities for service contractors.
- Sec. 10.32. - Vehicle inventory overflow lots.
- Sec. 10.33. - Utility scale solar farms.
- Sec. 10.34. - Community living facility.
- Sec. 10.35 - Short term rental.
- Sec. 10.36. - Gas stations in HS, Highland Station district
ARTICLE 12
- LANDSCAPING
Sections
- Sec. 12.01.- Intent.
- Sec. 12.02. - Application of requirements.
- Sec. 12.03. - Landscape plan requirements and elements.
- Sec. 12.04. - Screening between land uses.
- Sec. 12.05. - Parking lot landscaping.
- Sec. 12.06. - Greenbelts.
- Sec. 12.07. - Site landscaping.
- Sec. 12.08. - Screening of trash containers.
- Sec. 12.09. - Subdivision and site condominium landscaping.
- Sec. 12.10. - Minimum size and spacing requirements.
- Sec. 12.11. - Prohibited species.
ARTICLE 13
- LIGHTING
Sections
- Sec. 13.01.- Intent.
- Sec. 13.02. - Lighting plan requirements.
- Sec. 13.03. - Freestanding pole lighting.
- Sec. 13.04. - Building-mounted lighting.
- Sec. 13.05. - Architectural lighting of building facades.
- Sec. 13.06. - Sign/canopy lighting.
- Sec. 13.07. - Flagpole lighting.
- Sec. 13.08. - Prohibited lighting types.
- Sec. 13.09. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 13.10. - Lamp or fixture substitution.
- Sec. 13.11. - Residential and agricultural lighting.
ARTICLE 16
- NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
Sections
- Sec. 16.01.- Intent.
- Sec. 16.02. - Non-conforming lots.
- Sec. 16.03. - Non-conforming uses.
- Sec. 16.04. - Non-conforming special land uses.
- Sec. 16.05. - Non-conforming buildings and structures.
- Sec. 16.06. - Lots with non-conforming site improvements.
- Sec. 16.07. - Change of tenancy or ownership.
- Sec. 16.08. - Purchase or condemnation of non-conforming uses.
ARTICLE 17
- ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Sections
- Sec. 17.01.- Board established.
- Sec. 17.02. - Membership and terms.
- Sec. 17.03. - Rules and procedures for the Board of Appeals.
- Sec. 17.04. - Powers and duties of Board of Appeals.
- Sec. 17.05. - Administrative appeals.
- Sec. 17.06. - Specific procedures for variances.
- Sec. 17.07. - Site plan requirements.