A detached or attached subordinate building or structure located on the same lot as an existing principal building, the use of which is clearly incidental or secondary to that of the principal building, including but not limited to a private garage, carport/cover or implement shed.

A use or activity normally and naturally incidental to, subordinate to, and related exclusively to the principal use of the land or buildings, including all structures detached from the principal structure above and below ground; including but not limited to garages, sheds, barns, television satellite dishes, and designed surface structures and areas.

A state-licensed establishment that provides foster care to adults. It includes facilities and foster care homes for adults who are aged, mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or physically handicapped who require supervision on an ongoing basis but who do not require continuous nursing care. An adult foster care facility does not include convalescent or nursing homes, homes for the aged, hospitals, alcohol or substance abuse rehabilitation center, residential centers for persons released from or assigned to a correctional facility, or any other facilities which have been exempted from the definition of adult foster care facility by the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act, MCLA § 400.701 et seq., as amended. The following additional definitions shall apply in the application of this chapter:

Includes all of the following:

Substantially undeveloped land devoted to the production of plants and animals useful to humans, including, but not limited to, forage and sod crops, grains, feed crops, field crops, dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, herbs, flowers, seeds, grasses, nursery stock, fruits, vegetables, Christmas trees and other similar uses and activities.

As defined in the Michigan Aeronautics Code, any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.

The landing field of an airport.

As defined in the Michigan Department of Transportation, Bureau of Aeronautics, under Section 86 of the Aeronautics Code, any location, either on land or water, which is used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, which provides facilities for the shelter, supply or care of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo, and all appurtenant areas used or suitable for airport buildings or other airport facilities, and all appurtenant rights-of-way, whether heretofore or hereafter established.

The runway without normal airport facilities.

A public or legally established private right-of-way primarily to provide secondary vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting upon a street.

Any modification, addition, or change in construction or type of occupancy; any change or rearrangement in the structural parts of a building, whether by increasing the height or extension of diminution; or the moving of a building from one location to another.

A building supported by a governmental unit or agency or by a nonprofit corporation where domestic pets or other animals are kept because of requirements of public health officials, loss by owner, neglect or violation of a public law or ordinance.

A dwelling unit within a multiple-family residential dwelling (see "dwelling, multiple-family").

Any place, premises, establishment, or room within a structure within which are located three or more amusement devices. For purposes of this section, "amusement devices" shall mean any device, machine or apparatus operated by a patron who plays, exhibits, emits, produces or displays, entertainment or amusement in the form of a game, motion picture, music, performances or similar entertainment. The term does not include vending machines used to dispense foodstuffs, toys or other products for use and consumption, kiddy rides, jukeboxes, bowling alleys, or pool tables.

Architectural features of a building shall include but not be limited to cornices, eaves, gutters, belt courses, sills, lintels, bay windows, chimneys, and decorative ornaments.

The sale of professional or amateur art work/crafts, including but not limited to paintings, sculptures, metalworks, jewelry, furniture, photographs, clothing and seasonal products.

A public or semipublic building, room, or structure in which a group of people can gather together for worship, meetings, instruction, banquets, exhibits or entertainment.

A building or premises used primarily for the sale of new or used automobiles, not including farm equipment and recreational vehicles.

General repair, engine rebuilding, rebuilding or reconditioning of motor vehicles; collision service, including but not limited to body, frame, or fender straightening and repair, overall painting, and vehicle rustproofing.

A place that is used or designed to be used for the retail supply of gasoline and other fuels used for the propulsion of motor vehicles, kerosene, motor oil, lubricants or grease, including sale of accessories and services, including, but not limited to: polishing, washing, cleaning, greasing, undercoating, and minor repairs, but not including body work, painting, or refinishing thereof. In addition to automobile service, towing, convenience stores and carry-out restaurants may be included.

A building, or portion thereof, the primary purpose of which is that of washing vehicles either by automatic or self-service means.

An establishment containing tables and chairs, and a counter at which alcoholic beverages and sometimes food are served to be consumed on the premises.

A building for the storage of farm products, for feed, or for the housing of farm animals or farm equipment.

That portion of a building having more than 1/2 of its height below finished grade.

A use which is subordinate to the principal use of a dwelling unit as a single-family dwelling unit and a use in which transient guests are provided a sleeping room and board in return for payment.

A bedroom is a dwelling room used for or intended to be used solely for sleeping purposes by human beings.

The property abutting one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), or between the nearest such street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage, lake, river or stream; or between any of the foregoing and any other barrier to the continuity of development.

Any covered passageway with open sides between two buildings.

A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.

The currently adopted code or codes regulating building construction in the Charter Township of Huron.

Any building or structure other than a dwelling, maintained, used or built on a farm which is essential and customarily used on farms of that type in the Township for the pursuit of their agricultural activities, including the storage or housing of farm implements, produce or farm animals.

The building height is the vertical distance measured from the finished grade level to the highest point of the roof surface if a flat roof; to the deck of mansard roofs; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridges of gable, hip, and gambrel roofs. Where the building may be situated on sloping terrain, this height shall be measured from the average level of the finished grade at the building wall.

The person(s) designated by the Township Board to enforce the Building Code.

The officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of the Building Code, or a duly authorized representative.

The line established by the minimum required setbacks forming the area within a lot in which a building may be located.

Property used for the interring of the dead. May include a structure for the cremation of remains and facilities for storing ashes of remains that have been cremated of the dead. Also may include structures for the interment of the dead in sealed crypts or compartments.

The following definitions shall apply in the construction and application of this chapter:

The following:

A building wherein persons regularly assemble for religious worship and which is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship, along with all accessory buildings and uses customarily associated with such primary use.

A building or group of buildings where human patients are admitted for examination and treatment by more than one professional; including, but not limited to, a physician, dentist, or the like, except that the patients are not lodged therein overnight.

An organization of persons for special purposes or for the promulgation of agriculture, sports, arts, science, literature, politics or the like, but not for profit, and open only to members and not the general public.

A recreational type of business that is primarily operated for profit and that can be subdivided into either indoor or outdoor types, including but not limited to an indoor or outdoor golf driving range.

A facility which is owned by a nongovernmental entity and is designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to transport, collect, process, and treat sanitary sewage from more than one dwelling unit or structure. The system shall include any individual septic tanks, pumps, lines, and appurtenances serving each dwelling unit or structure in addition to facilities, sewers, and appurtenances that serve more than one dwelling unit or structure.

A building or lot governed under Act 59, Public Acts of 1978, as amended.[2] The following condominium terms shall apply in the application of this chapter:

Any site preparation, assembly, erection, substantial repair, alteration or similar action, for or of public or private right-of-way, structures, utilities or similar property.

The storage of pre-packed containers which are only accessible upon on-site delivery and do not include shipping containers.

A state licensed facility for the care of children, of the aged or infirm, or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders. Said home shall conform and qualify for license under state law even through state law has different size regulations.

A retail store that is designed and stocked to sell primarily food, beverages, and other household supplies to customers who purchase only a relatively few items (in contrast to a "supermarket"). Convenience grocery stores are designed to attract a large volume of stop-and-go traffic.

The portion of a corner lot which shall be maintained free of any structures, grade change (i.e., berm) or plantings to ensure sufficient visibility for motor vehicles (see § 530-56, Visibility at intersections).

Any gravel road which has been dedicated to and accepted for maintenance by the Wayne County Road Commission, the State of Michigan or the federal government, but which is subject to Township approval.

Any paved road which has been dedicated to and accepted for maintenance by the Wayne County Road Commission, the State of Michigan or the federal government, but which is subject to Township approval.

To remove or retire from active service.

The ratio of the lot depth to the lot width.

A self-contained and enclosed building which does not depend on shared or common walls with adjacent building or buildings.

The construction of a new use or building, or other structure on a lot or parcel, the relocation of an existing use or building on another lot or parcel, or the use of acreage or open land for the new use or building.

Any portion of a building or structure from which business is transacted, or is capable of being transacted, directly with customers located in a motor vehicle during such business transactions and is so developed that its principal retail or service character is dependent on providing a driveway approach or parking spaces for motor vehicles to service patrons while in said vehicle.

A paved or unpaved road intended for vehicular access to an individual lot. A circular and/or continuous drive with up to two access points shall be considered a single driveway.

A building or part of a building used only for the purpose of collection and distribution of articles to be subjected to the process of dry cleaning, washing, dry dyeing, cleaning and spotting and stain removing, and for the pressing of any such articles or goods which have been subjected to any such process elsewhere at a dry cleaners' plant.

A building or part of a building used for the purpose of receiving articles or goods of fabric to be subjected to a process, carried out on-site, of cleaning or dyeing. Such establishment may also be used for pressing and/or distributing any articles or goods of fabric that have been received therein.

A building or part of a building where the services of coin operated dry-cleaning machines, using only noncombustible and nonflammable solvents, is made available to the public for the purpose of dry cleaning.

A dwelling is a building used exclusively as a residence by not more than one family but in no case shall a travel trailer, motor home, trailer coach, automobile chassis, tent or other portable building be considered a dwelling.

A dwelling used to house the principal family operating a farm, and which is accessory to the operation of the farm, which is the principal use of the land upon which it is located.

A building consisting of three or more dwelling units.

A building designed for, or occupied exclusively by, one family.

A building consisting of two dwelling units.

One or more rooms with kitchen and sanitary facilities designed as a unit for occupancy by not more than one family for cooking, living and sleeping purposes.

A grant by the owner of the use of a strip of land by the public, a corporation, or persons, for specific uses and purposes, to be designated as a "public" or "private" easement depending on the nature of the use.

A dwelling unit with a bathroom and principal kitchen facilities designed as a self-contained unit for occupancy for living, cooking and sleeping purposes and having no separate, designated bedroom.

Any machinery, vehicle or alarm used, employed, performed or operated in an effort to protect or restore safe conditions in the community or for the citizenry or work by private or public utilities when restoring utility service.

Any work performed for the purpose of preventing or alleviating the physical trauma or property damage threatened or caused by an emergency or work by private or public utilities when restoring utility services.

Build, construct, alter, reconstruct, moved upon, or any physical operations on the premises which are required for the construction. Excavation, fill, drainage, and the like, shall be considered a part of erection.

Services and utilities needed for the health, safety, and general welfare of the community, including but not limited to underground, surface, or overhead electrical, gas, telephone, water, sewerage, and other utilities and the equipment and appurtenances necessary for such systems to furnish an adequate level of service for the area in which it is located.

Any breaking of ground, except common household gardening and ground care.

Premises from which any rock, gravel, sand, topsoil or earth in excess of 500 cubic yards in any calendar year is excavated or removed for the purpose of disposition away from the premises except excavation in connection with the construction of a building or within public highway rights-of-way.

Federal Aviation Administration.

Federal Communications Commission.

Shall be defined by one of the following:

A group of no more than four persons, plus their minor children, having a relationship which is functionally equivalent to a family. The relationship must be of a permanent and distinct character with a demonstrable and recognizable bond characteristic of a cohesive unit. A functional family shall not include any society, club, fraternity, sorority, association, lodge, organization or group of students or other individuals, exceeding four persons in number, where the common living arrangement or basis for the establishment of the housekeeping unit is temporary.

An immediate relative related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship, including a parent, child, grandparent or grandchild.

The land, plants, animals, buildings, structures, including ponds used for agricultural or aquacultural activities, machinery, equipment, and other appurtenances used in the commercial production of farm products.

A residential dwelling unit solely for farm workers which shall be occupied by persons or families, at least one of whom derives substantial income from agricultural and/or floricultural work and work incidental thereto.

A person whose principal occupation and source of income is farming.

The seasonal or year-round sale of such locally grown products as fruits, vegetables and plants and farm products, including but not limited to honey, eggs and milk, and homemade foods, including but not limited to jams, jellies, pies and breads.

The operation and management of a farm or a condition or activity that occurs at any time as necessary on a farm in connection with the production, harvesting, and storage of farm products, and includes, but is not limited to:

Those plants and animals useful to human beings produced by agriculture and includes, but is not limited to, forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, field crops, dairy and dairy products, poultry and poultry products, cervidae, livestock, including breeding and grazing, equine, fish, and other aquacultural products, bees and bee products, berries, herbs, fruits, vegetables, flowers, seeds, grasses, nursery stock, trees and tree products, mushrooms, and other similar products, or any other product which incorporates the use of food, feed, fiber, or fur, as determined by the Michigan Commission of Agriculture.

A building, structure or area where farm equipment and farm supplies are kept for sale, but shall not include any other establishment defined or classified herein.

A permanent partition, structure or gate erected as a dividing marker, barrier or enclosure, and not a part of a principal building or structure or other accessory structure.

The depositing or dumping of any matter onto or into the ground, except common household grading and general farm care.

A lot, the major portion of which has access to a street by means of a comparatively narrow strip of land.

An outdoor facility for the sale, barter, trade of exchange of goods.

The official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration. The report contains flood profiles, as well as Flood Hazard Boundary-Floodway Map and the water surface elevation of the base flood.

That portion of land adjacent to or connected to a water body or watercourse which is subject to periodic inundation in accordance with the one-hundred-year flood cycle as determined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or other applicable federal agency.

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas designated in the Flood Insurance Study that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood.

For the purpose of computing, the minimum allowable floor area in a residential dwelling unit, which is the sum of the horizontal areas of each story of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls. The floor area measurement is exclusive of areas of basements, unfinished attics, nonhabitable attached accessory buildings (garages), breezeways and enclosed and unenclosed porches.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building measured from the exterior face of the exterior walls or from the center line of walls separating two dwelling units. The gross floor area of a building shall include the basement (see definition) floor area when more than 1/2 of the basement height is above the established curb level or finished lot grade and of interior finished construction similar to first or main floor. Any space devoted to off-street parking or loading shall not be included in gross floor area. Areas of dwelling basements, unfinished attics, breezeways, porches (enclosed or unenclosed) or attached garages are not included.

The measurement of usable floor area shall be as follows:

Any public thoroughfare dedicated and maintained for the use and operation of vehicular traffic by the Michigan Department of Transportation.

A nonhabitable attached or detached accessory building which is designed for the storage of private automobiles, materials, tools or other equipment necessary to maintain the property.

Any garage, other than a private garage available to the public, operated for gain, and used for storage, repair, rental, greasing, washing, sales, servicing, adjusting, or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles.

Those practices as defined by the Michigan Commission of Agriculture. The Commission shall give due consideration to available Michigan Department of Agriculture information and written recommendations from the Michigan State University Experiment Station in cooperation with the United States Department of Agricultural Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and other professional and industry organizations.

The degree of rise or descent of a sloping surface.

The final elevation of the ground surface after development.

The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before man-made alterations.

A building, room, or area usually chiefly of transparent material in which the temperature is maintained within a desired range, used for cultivating tender plants or growing plants out of season for retail sale to the general public.

Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces.

Hazardous substances include hazardous chemicals as defined by the Michigan Department of Public Health and the Michigan Department of Labor; flammable and combustible liquids as defined by the Michigan Department of State Police, Fire Marshal Division; hazardous materials as defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation; and critical materials, polluting materials, and hazardous waste as defined by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Petroleum products and waste oil are subject to regulation under this chapter are also hazardous substances.

When referring to a tower or other structure, the distance measured from the finished grade of the parcel to the highest point on the tower or other structure, including the base pad and any antenna.

Those parcels and/or uses of land and/or structures whose basic purpose is to:

An occupation, profession, activity, or use that is clearly incidental and secondary but integrated into a dwelling unit. The business may also employ nonresidents of the home.

A facility of more than 30,000 square feet of gross floor area, engaged in the retail sale of various basic hardware lines, including but not limited to tools, builder's hardware, paint and glass, housewares and household appliances, garden supplies and cutlery.

An occupation, profession, activity, or use that is clearly a customary, incidental, and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit and which does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.

An institution providing health services, primarily for inpatients and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, including as an integral part of the institution, such related facilities as laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities, central service facilities and staff offices.

A building or group of buildings in which lodging is provided to the transient public.

An agricultural operation in which many livestock are bred and/or raised within a confined area, either inside or outside an enclosed building. While the density of confined livestock varies, it significantly exceeds that of traditional farming operations and includes both the number of confined livestock in the confined area and the amount of land which serves as the waste disposal receiving area.

A place, structure, parcel or use of land where junk, waste, discard, salvage, or similar materials, including but not limited to old iron or metal, wood, lumber, glass, paper, rags, cloth, leather, rubber, bagging, cordage, barrels, containers, etc., are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled, including auto wrecking yards, inoperative machines, used lumber yards, housing wrecking, and structural steel materials and equipment and including establishments for the sale, purchase, or storage or salvaged machinery and the processing of used, discarded, or salvaged materials, for any 30 consecutive days.

An establishment wherein or whereon three or more dogs, cats or other domestic animals are confined and kept for sale, boarding, breeding or training purposes, for remuneration.

Any building and/or land used, designed or arranged for the temporary or permanent boarding, breeding, training or care of dogs, cats, or other domestic animals belonging to the owner thereof and kept for purposes of show, hunting, or as pets (but not to include riding stables, or animals raised for agricultural purposes). The keeping of such animals shall be strictly incidental to the principal use of the premises and shall not be for the purposes of remuneration or sale.

A place in which the principal use is devoted to experimental, routine, or basic study, including but not limited to testing and analytical operations.

Any disposal area or tract of land, building, unit or appurtenance or combination thereof that is used to collect, store, handle, dispose of, bury, cover over, or otherwise accept or retain refuse.

A field where aircraft may land and take off.

An airstrip.

The following definitions shall apply in the application of this chapter:

A structure which is principally used for commercial purposes with living space physically integrated into the structure and neither space being separately rented, leased or sold.

An off-street space on the same lot with a building or group of buildings, for temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading and/or unloading merchandise or materials.

A lot is a parcel of land, excluding any portion in a street or other right-of-way, of at least sufficient size to meet minimum requirements for use, coverage, lot area, and to provide such yards and other open spaces as herein required. Such lot shall have frontage on a public street, or on an approved private street, and may consist of:

The net lot area plus any public road right-of-way or private road easement contained within the property boundary.

The total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot, exclusive of any public road rights-of-way or private road easements. Net lot area shall be used to determine compliance with minimum lot area requirements.

A lot with frontage on two intersecting streets.

That part or percentage of the lot occupied by buildings, including attached and detached accessory buildings.

The mean horizontal distance from the front line to the rear lot line; or in the case of a waterfront lot, from the lake frontage line to the street frontage line; or in the case of an acreage lot, from the front right-of-way line to the rear lot line.

An interior lot is a lot other than a corner lot with only one lot line fronting on a street.

A lot other than a corner lot having frontage on two more or less parallel streets. In the case of a row of double-frontage lots, one street will be designated as the front street for all lots in the plat and in the request for a zoning compliance permit. If there are existing structures in the same block fronting one or both of the streets, the required front yard setback shall be observed on those streets where structures presently front.

Any line dividing one lot from another or from a public or private right-of-way, and thus constitutes the property lines bounding a lot.

In case of an interior lot, the lot line separating said lot from the street or private road.

The lot line opposite and most distance from front lot line. In the case of an irregularly shaped lot, such lot line shall be an imaginary line parallel to the front lot line but not less than 10 feet long and measured wholly within said lot.

Any lot line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line. A lot line separating a lot line from the side street is an exterior side lot line while a lot line separating a lot from another lot, or lots, is an interior side lot line.

A lot of record is a lot, the dimensions of which are shown on a subdivision plat recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Wayne County, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the accuracy of which is attested to by a professional engineer or registered surveyor, so designated by the State of Michigan, and said description so recorded or on file with the county.

Any lot which abuts and faces onto a lake, river or similar body of water.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at the two points where the required front yard setback line intersects the side lot lines. Where the side lot lines are not parallel, lot width shall be the length of a straight line perpendicular to the lot axis, measured where the lot axis crosses the building line. The lot axis shall be a straight line, located within the lot lines of the lot, joining the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines.

A single tract of land, located within a single block which, at the time of applying for a building permit, is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or control and which tract satisfies the applicable requirements of this chapter in every respect. A zoning lot may, therefore, not coincide with a lot of record, but may include one or more lots of record.

A building, structure, or area used for the storage of or the sawing or planing wood into beams, planks or boards of convenient size that are for sale with other related retail items and services for construction purposes. May include facilities for kiln drying of lumber.

A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections, designed for year-round, temporary or transient dwelling purposes, capable of being transported upon its own or a separate wheeled chassis, not motorized or self-propelled, built for the purpose of being located in a licensed manufactured housing community or mobile home park, meets the requirements of the FHA Standards of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), if built prior to 1976, and installed in accordance with this chapter and the State Construction Code. Such dwellings do not include recreational vehicles including, but not limited to travel trailers, motor coaches, campers and the like.

A specifically designated parcel of land constructed and designed to accommodate three or more manufactured housing units for residential dwelling use, and licensed by the State of Michigan in accordance with Act No. 96 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1987 (MCLA § 125.2301 et seq.), the Mobile Home Commission Act.

The plan prepared and adopted by the Township Planning Commission in accordance with Public Act 33 of 2008 (MCLA § 125.3801 et seq.), the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, relative to the agreed upon desirable physical land use pattern for future Township development. The Plan consists of a series of maps, plans, charts, and written material, representing in summary form, the soundest planning direction to the Township as to how it should grow in order to realize the very best community living environment in the Township.[3]

The right-of-way and/or thoroughfare plan officially adopted by the Township, the County of Wayne and/or the Inter-County Highway Commission.

See "story, mezzanine."

A place of entertainment, open at night for eating, drinking, and dancing, usually having live entertainment.

A nonconforming building or structure is a complete building or structure or portion thereof lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter, or subsequent amendments thereto, and which does not conform to the provisions of the chapter in the zoning district in which it is located.

A nonconforming use is a use which lawfully occupied a building or land at the effective date of this chapter, or amendments thereto, and that does not conform to the use regulations of the zoning district in which it is located.

A building or a portion of a building which cannot be defined as a dwelling unit whether attached or detached from the main building.

An offensive, annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious thing or practice or a cause or source of annoyance, especially a continuing or repeated invasion of any physical characteristics of activity or use across a property line which can be perceived by or affects a human being, or the generation of an excessive or concentrated movement of people or things, including but not limited to noise, dust, smoke, odor, glare, fumes, flashes, vibration, objectionable effluent, noise of a congregation of people particularly at night, passing traffic, or invasion of street frontage by traffic generated from an adjacent land use which lacks sufficient parking and circulation facilities. Farm operations, as defined by the Michigan Right to Farm Act, P.A. 93 of 1981, as amended,[4] shall not be considered nuisances where generally accepted agricultural and management practices of the Michigan Commission of Agriculture are adhered to.

The use of any structure, parcel or property for human endeavor, but not including the preparation of any structure or land for occupancy.

A land surface or facility providing vehicular parking spaces along with adequate drives and aisles for maneuvering so as to provide access for entrance and exit for the parking of more than two automobiles.

A business use operated for profit, substantially in the open air, usually without buildings or structures, including but not limited to the following:

A business establishment other than a restaurant, bank, automobile service or repair station, so developed that service to the patrons may be extended beyond the walls of the building, not requiring the patrons to enter said building.

Any land area suitable for growing vegetation, recreation, gardens or household service activities, including, but not limited to, clothes drying, but not occupied by any buildings or other structures, except as provided in this chapter.

Any principal or accessory use of a lot or parcel not involving the use of buildings or structures which are required to meet the Township Construction Code[5] or any construction requirement of the county or township ordinances, rules or regulations, except as provided in this chapter.

A land area occupied and used for outdoor storage of building materials, sand gravel, stone, lumber, equipment and other supplies.

The line between upland and bottomland which persists through successive changes in water levels, below which the presence and action of the water is so common or recurrent that the character of the land is distinguished from the upland as evidenced in the soil, the configuration of the surface of the soil and vegetation.

A piece of land created by a partition, subdivision, deed, or other instrument recorded with the appropriate recorder. This includes a lot, lot of record, or a piece of land created though other methods.

A parcel of land used by a limited group of people, an organization, or an institution for recreational purposes which may include, but not be limited to such uses as pools, playgrounds, picnic areas, camping grounds, nature trails, driving ranges, etc.

A parcel of land use for recreation purposes by the community-at-large, which may include similar activities as outlined under "private parks."

One unit of a parking area provided for the parking of one vehicle, and shall be exclusive of driveways, aisles, or entrances giving access thereto and shall be fully accessible for the storage or parking of permitted vehicles.

An area utilized for the off-street parking of automobiles which is constructed according to the standards of this or other Township ordinances and which may be two or more stories in height.

Any person whose business or occupation includes the taking or receiving, by way of pledge or pawn, of any article of personal property as security for the payment or repayment of money.

Any business that loans money on deposit of personal property or deals in the purchase or possession of personal property on condition of selling the same back again to the pledger or depositor, or loans or advances money on personal property by taking chattel mortgage security thereon, and takes or receives such personal property.

Any use allowed by right in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district.

Shall include any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company or other entity.

A business where personal services are provided for profit and where the sale, of goods is only accessory to the provisions of such services, including but not limited to the following: barber shops, beauty shops, tailor shops, laundry or dry-cleaning shops, shoe repair shops.

Shall mean only such animals as may commonly be housed within domestic living quarters.

A system of components that generates electric energy from incident sunlight by means of the photovoltaic effect, whether or not the device is able to store the electric energy produced for later use.

A land area of at least 15 acres having both building sites and open spaces, including but not limited to parks held in common ownership and which is developed by one proprietor as a separate neighborhood.

An appointed commission empowered to help administer the provisions of this chapter.

A map or plan of the layout of the subdivision of a parcel of land which is in conformance with all of the provisions of Public Act 288 of 1967, the Land Division Act (MCLA § 560.101 et seq.) and Chapter 335, Land Divisions, Part 1, Subdivision Regulations.[6]

A lot and/or structure or combination thereof for the growing, storage, wholesale sale, or retail sale, of live trees, shrubs, and plants, and including as incidental sales, the sale of products used for gardening or landscaping. This definition of nursery does not include a roadside or temporary sales facility for Christmas trees.

An area of landscaped open space equipped with children's play equipment, including but not limited to slides, swings, wading pools or similar equipment and game areas.

Any excavation, or the altering of a watercourse by damming or excavation, or combination thereof, for the purpose of creating thereby a body of water greater than 50 square feet in area, and 18 inches in depth, except for detention or retention basins.

An establishment wherein the substantial or significant portion of all usable area is devoted to the use of pool or billiard tables.

A covered entrance to a building or structure which is totally enclosed, and projects out from the main wall of said building or structure and has a separate roof or an integral roof with the principal building or structure to which it is attached.

A covered entrance to a building or structure which is unenclosed except for columns supporting the porch roof, and projects out from the main wall of said building or structure and has a separate roof or an integral roof with the principal building or structure to which it is attached.

See "zoning variance."

All portions of contiguous land in the same ownership that are not divided by any public highway, street, or alley, and upon which is located a residence or place of business.

The main building or structure in which the primary use is conducted.

The primary or chief purpose for which a lot is used.

The imaginary line which represents the legal limits of property, including an apartment, condominium, room or other dwelling unit, owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by a person, business, corporation or institution. In cases involving sound from an activity on a public street or other public right-of-way, the "property line" shall be the nearest boundary of the public right-of-way.

Public service facilities within the context of this chapter shall include such uses and services as voting booths, pumping stations, fire halls, police stations, temporary quarters for welfare agencies, public health activities and similar uses, including essential services.

Any person, firm, corporation, or municipal agency authorized under federal, state, county or municipal regulations to furnish electricity, gas, communications, transportation, water, or sewer services.

Shall include the following:

Includes the following:

A restaurant is any establishment whose principal business is the sale of food and beverages to the customer in a ready-to-consume state, and whose method of operation is characteristic of a carry-out, drive-in, drive-through, fast food, standard restaurant, or bar/lounge, or combination thereof, as defined below.

A legally dedicated public strip or area of land which may be varying widths allowing the right of passage and upon which a public road may be constructed, and having the minimum width as depicted on the Right-of-Way Master Plan as adopted by the Wayne County Road Commission.

A strip or area of land which may be varying widths allowing passage in accordance with Chapter 335, Part 2, Land Division, § 335-41, Private roads, as amended.

A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. The road types are defined as follows:

The legal line which separates a dedicated road right-of-way or easement from abutting land to which it provides over-the-curb vehicular access.

A public or private road paralleling and providing ingress and egress to adjacent lots and parcels but connected to the major highway or road only at designated intersections or interchanges.

A highway or road built to the concrete or asphalt surface road building specifications of the County Road Commission, the Michigan Department of Transportation, or the Huron Township Engineering design standards.

A temporary use of property or facilities for the selling of produce.

A person who occupies a rooming unit or occupies a room unit and receives meals for compensation in a rooming house or in a dwelling unit.

A portion of an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling unit or accessory building, not to exceed a total of 1,000 square feet in area, with or without separate kitchen facilities, for not more than six individuals other than family, for an extended period of time, for compensation.

Any room or group of rooms, forming a single habitable unit used for living and sleeping, but which does not contain cooking or eating facilities.

A structure providing enclosure, including but not limited to a fence, and/or visual barrier between the area enclosed and the adjacent property. A screen may also consist of living materials, including but not limited to trees and shrubs.

Any building, structure, premises, or part thereof used solely or partially for the sale of secondhand clothing, furniture, books, or household goods, or solely or primarily for the sale of secondhand household appliances.

A building or group of buildings, each of which consists of several individual storage units, each with a separate door and lock and which can be leased on an individual basis. Such facilities are typically, but not necessarily, contained within a fenced, controlled-access compound.

The minimum required horizontal distance between the building or structure and the front, side, and rear lot lines and natural features.

A building used for the purpose of public or private elementary or secondary, special or higher education, which meets all requirements of the compulsory education laws of the State of Michigan.

A self-contained and enclosed single-story building of less than or equal to 200 square feet which does not depend on shared or common walls with adjacent building or buildings.

The line which separates land from a surface water feature may be: (a) established as a matter of record as the mean level elevation of the surface water; or (b) as determined by the legal establishment of the surface water level elevation by the County Drain Commissioner in the State Department of Natural Resources. For the purpose of this chapter, the legally established surface water level elevation shall take precedence, if established, over the mean level elevation.

More than one commercial establishment, planned, developed, owned, and managed as a unit, with off-street parking provided on the property.

A device which is affixed to, or otherwise located or set upon a building, structure or parcel of land which directs attention to an activity or business. The definition includes interior signs which are directed at persons outside the premises of the sign owners, and exterior signs, but not signs primarily directed at persons within the premises of the sign owner. The definition does not include goods for sale displayed in a business window. The following additional definitions are provided:

Ownership by one person or by two or more persons jointly, as tenants by the entirety, or as tenants in common, or a separate parcel of real property not adjacent to land in the same ownership.

A scaled drawing which shows the intended and/or existing location and dimensions of improvement or structures upon a parcel of property, including buildings, driveways, parking areas, parking spaces, landscaping, landscaped areas, sidewalks, signs, drainage facilities, utilities or similar physical improvements.

A building used for the slaughtering of animals and the scalding, butchering and storage of carcasses for human consumption, but not including the rendering, smoking, curing or other processing of meat, fat, bones, offal, blood, or other byproducts of the permitted operations.

Any number of photovoltaic devices connected to provide a single output of electric energy or other energy.

An installation of more than one ground-mounted, utility-scale solar energy system where the primary use of the land is to generate electric energy or other energy by converting sunlight, whether by photovoltaic devices or other conversion technology, for the sale, delivery or consumption of the generated energy with a capacity greater than one megawatt (MW). Large-scale solar energy systems are only permitted in the (I-2) Heavy Industrial District.

Small-scale solar panels or technologies permitted as accessory structures within all zoning districts. Personal solar energy systems are comprised of a single unit which is installed and solely used for private purposes. These solar structures may be either ground-mounted, or building-mounted.

See "solar energy systems, large-scale."

A device which maximizes the solar system's electricity production through panels that move to follow the sun throughout the day. As they are typically used as part of large-scale solar energy systems, solar trackers are not to be permitted for use as part of a personal solar energy system.

A use which is subject to special land use approval by the Planning Commission. A special land use may be granted only when there is a specific provision in this chapter. A special land use is not considered to be a nonconforming use.

A structure that is used for the shelter and care of horses, llamas, mules or donkeys which are rented, hired, or used on a commercial basis for compensation, also to include the renting of stable space, for the above-mentioned animals not owned by the owner/proprietor(s) of a commercial stable.

A structure that is used for the shelter, riding and care of horses, llamas, mules or donkeys which are kept or boarded for the sole enjoyment of the owners, and does not include the renting or hiring of the above-mentioned animals on a commercial basis or the renting of stable space.

A structure constructed for residential purposes that is licensed by the state under the Adult Foster Care Facility Act,[8] and provides residential services for six or fewer persons under twenty-four-hour supervision or care.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling above it.

A mezzanine is an intermediate level or levels between the floor and ceiling of any story, with an aggregate floor area of not more than 1/3 of the area of the room in which the level or levels are located.

A story under the gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet above the floor of such story and the floor area shall not exceed 1/2 of the area of the floor below.

See "road."

Anything constructed or erected above ground level or which is attached to something located on the ground. Structures typically include such things as buildings, amateur radio towers, sheds, carports/covers and decks.

A partitioning or dividing of a parcel or tract of land by the owner or any legal representatives for the purpose of sale, or lease for more than one year, or building development.

Part of a large-scale solar energy system, it is an interconnected network of electrical components comprising of transformers, auxiliaries, switchgear, and other mechanical equipment. The substation regulates incoming electrical energy generated while delivering electricity to consumers through outgoing transmission lines.

A retail establishment primarily selling food as well as other convenience and household goods to the general public, which operates on a self-service, cash-and-carry basis and may include facilities for parcel pickup. Supermarkets commonly have a gross floor area of between 35,000 and 75,000 square feet.

Any structure or container located either above or below grade designed to hold water to depths greater than 24 inches, intended for swimming or bathing, including swimming pools, hot tubs, Jacuzzis, whirlpools and ponds.

A swimming pool and/or wading pool, including structures necessary and incidental thereto, operated by a nongovernmental unit for profit.

A swimming pool and/or wading pool, including structures necessary and incidental thereto, owned and operated by an association of members for the benefit of including, but not limited to, an association, incorporated or unincorporated, provided that said association is not organized for profit, and provided that the right to use such pools is restricted to these members and their guests.[9]

A swimming pool and/or wading pool, including structures necessary and incidental thereto, owned and operated by the landowner of the parcel on which situated, for use only by the residents of the parcel on which situated, and their guests.

A use of a building or premises permitted to exist during construction of the main building, or for special events.

A roadway contained within the limits of a right-of-way, having a high degree of continuity throughout a municipality or geographic region and used primarily for the conveyance of large volumes of traffic.

Unless otherwise specified, time limits stated in this chapter shall be measured from midnight of the date on which the cause of action arises. Specific units of measure shall be as follows:

The duly elected legislative body of the Charter Township of Huron.

An object designed for accommodation intended and used exclusively for travel, recreation and vacation and which is capable of being drawn or propelled by a motor vehicle or is self-propelled and includes tent trailers or similar transportable accommodations, but does not include a mobile home.

Land intended to house travel trailers, tents or other similar temporary methods of travel, recreation or vacation housing.

See "zoning variance."

The lawful purpose for which land or premises or a structure or building thereon is designed, arranged, intended, or for which is occupied, maintained, let or leased for a use or activity.

See "zoning variance."

An enclosed building wherein animals, including domestic household pets and farm animals, are given medical or surgical treatment and use as a boarding place for such animals limited to short time boarding incidental to clinic or hospital use. Such clinics include only those under direction of a licensed veterinarian registered in the State of Michigan. Such animal clinics shall be constructed in such a manner that noise and odor are not discernible beyond the property upon which it is located.

An obscuring structure of definite height and location, constructed of masonry, concrete or similar approved material.

Includes all structures and accessory facilities relating to the use of the radio frequency spectrum for the purpose of transmitting or receiving radio signals. This may include, but shall not be limited to, radio towers, television towers, telephone devices and exchanges, microwave relay towers, telephone transmission equipment building and commercial mobile radio service facilities. Not included within this definition are: citizen band radio facilities; shortwave facilities; ham amateur radio facilities; satellite dishes; and governmental facilities which may be subject to state or federal law or regulations which preempt municipal regulatory authority. For purposes of this chapter, the following additional terms are defined:

An open space which is unoccupied except for certain structures which are specifically permitted by the chapter.

The required open space extending the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and the nearest point of the main building in which the principal use is located. Parcels fronting on two public roadways shall be deemed to have two front yards.

Both are defined as front yards or setbacks from road right-of-way lines and shorelines of water bodies.

The required open space extending the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the back lot line and the nearest point of the main building in which the principal use is located.

An open space of prescribed width or depth adjacent to a lot or property line on the same land with a building or group of buildings, which open space lies in the area between the building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein.

The required open space between a main building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard, the width of which is the horizontal distance from the nearest point of the side lot to the nearest point of the main building in which the principal use is located.

The Township Board-appointed official designated to administer and enforce duties and responsibilities as specified in this chapter, or a duly authorized representative.

An entreaty or demand for a hearing and/or review of facts and/or actions conducted by the Zoning Board of Appeals in accordance with the duties and responsibilities specified in this chapter.

As used in this chapter, means the Charter Township of Huron Zoning Board of Appeals.

A portion of the Township within which certain uses of land and/or buildings are permitted and within which certain regulations and requirements, or various combinations thereof, apply under the provisions of this chapter and designated on the Zoning District Map.

A review which is necessary when the provisions of this chapter are not precise enough to all applications without interpretation, and such review of the provisions of this chapter are therefore required in accordance with the procedures and provisions of this chapter.

A permit for commencing construction issued by the Zoning Administrator in accordance with all the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance and/or an approved site plan.

The term "variance" shall mean a modification of literal provisions of the Zoning Ordinance granted when strict enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance would cause unnecessary hardship or practical difficulties due to circumstances unique to the individual property on which the variance is granted. The crucial points of variance are: (a) unnecessary hardship; (b) practical difficulties; (c) unique circumstances; and (d) exceptional and unusual elements, are present which would preclude the same type of development permitted in the zoning district from being repeated, but, which with a variance, would permit compatible development similar to the character of development permitted in a zoning district. The term "variance" shall not mean to include granting variances for substantially larger buildings or additional uses other than those permitted in the respective zoning districts.