The purpose of this district is to provide for the development of Community Facilities District needed by the community for serving the basic human needs of its people. It is intended that the uses abut major roads and serve as transitional uses between residential and commercial districts.

No structure or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, and no land shall be used except for one or more of the following purposes:

A.

Nursery schools, day care centers and similar uses.

1.

Any such use shall not be permitted in the interior of any residential block.

2.

The use shall be screened from existing or zoned adjacent residential properties by a six (6) foot high masonry wall.

3.

The lot shall be provided with an outdoor play area with a minimum of five thousand (5,000) square feet. Said play area shall be defined on the required site plan and fenced.

4.

Adequate and safe drop-off and pick-up areas shall be provided on the site.

B.

Funeral homes, mortuaries, not including crematories, subject to the following:

1.

Sufficient off-street automobile parking and assembly area is provided for vehicles to be used in a funeral procession. The assembly area shall be provided in addition to any required off-street parking area.

2.

Adequate ingress and egress shall be provided to said major thoroughfare.

3.

No building shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet to the outer perimeter (property line) of the district when said property line abuts any single-family residential district.

4.

Loading and unloading area used by ambulances, hearses or other such service vehicles shall be obscured from all residential view by a wall six (6) feet in height.

Buildings, structures and parts thereof may be erected, altered or used and land may be used for one or more of the following purposes subject to the approval of the Macomb Township Planning Commission and subject to the Special Land uses permit review procedures at Section 10.2401 of this Ordinance.

A.

General hospitals (except those for criminals and those solely for the treatment of persons who are mentally ill or have contagious diseases) subject to the following conditions:

1.

All such hospitals shall be developed only on sites consisting of at least ten (10) acres in area, and providing a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of lot area per bed.

2.

All ingress and egress from the site shall be directly onto a major thoroughfare having an existing or planned right-of-way width of at least one hundred twenty (120) feet as indicated on the Master Thoroughfare Plan.

3.

Ambulance delivery and services areas, when visible from adjacent land zoned for residential purposes, shall be obscured from view by a wall at least six (6) feet in height.

4.

The minimum distance between any structure and a property line shall be seventy-five (75) feet.

5.

No hospital shall be permitted unless its size is at least fifty (50) in-patient beds.

6.

Licensing. All applicants for a use under this section shall show evidence of procurement of a license to operate a hospital under the Statutes of the State of Michigan and the regulations of any administrative agency required thereby.

B.

Nursing, convalescent homes or hospices, subject to the following conditions:

1.

All such facilities shall be developed only on sites consisting of at least five (5) acres in area.

2.

There shall be provided at least one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area per bed.

3.

Licensing shall be in accordance with the State of Michigan and/or appropriate authority or jurisdiction.

C.

Housing for older persons, subject to General Provisions, Section 10.0352 of this Ordinance.

D.

All uses in the R-2-L District under Special Land uses permitted Section 10.0803 except for 10.0803A, 10.0803B and 10.0803I.

(Ord. No. 10-39, § 1, 6-24-09)

All proposed structures, or use of land or structure, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.2402.

A.

Minimum size of each parcel:

1.

Area: One (1) acre.

2.

Width: One hundred fifty (150) feet.

3.

Depth: Two hundred fifty (250) feet.

4.

Ratio: Depth of lot shall not exceed three (3) times the width.

5.

The area, width and depth of parcels as noted above shall be determined excluding the proposed right-of-way of any abutting streets as noted in the Master Thoroughfare Plan for Macomb Township.

B.

Maximum height of any structure:

1.

In stories: Two (2)

2.

In feet: Twenty-five (25) feet.

C.

Minimum building floor area: Eight hundred (800) square feet.

D.

Minimum yard setback:

1.

Front and street - side setbacks shall be provided in accordance with Section 10.0311.

Front and street - side setbacks, for both buildings and parking areas shall be maintained in accordance with the following dimensions as measured from the center line of the street upon which the property is located. For reference, the street or road definitions are those defined in the Macomb Township Master Thoroughfare Plan.

In the case of the M-59 (Hall Road) and Gratiot Avenue, setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet except for permanent structures which shall be seventy (70) feet as measured from the right-of-way line as established by the Michigan Department of Transportation.

2.

Side yard:

A.

Abutting agricultural and residential zones or uses: Fifty (50) feet.

B.

Abutting all other zones or uses: Twenty-five (25) feet.

3.

Rear yard:

A.

Abutting agricultural and residential zones or uses: Fifty (50) feet except as otherwise required in this Ordinance.

B.

Abutting all other zones or uses: Seventy-five (75) feet except as otherwise required in this Ordinance.

E.

Maximum lot coverage: Thirty (30) per cent.

F.

Distance between buildings: Twenty-five (25) feet.

G.

Screening requirements: All uses abutting a residential use or zone shall provide an eight (8) foot wide greenbelt or a six (6) foot high wall. All parking lots located twenty-five (25) feet or less from a residential use or zone shall provide a six (6) foot high masonry wall.

H.

Off-street parking requirements: Uses on the site shall meet the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance as to off-street parking spaces, Section 10.0323.

I.

Reserved.

J.

Lighting requirements: All exterior lighting shall be directed and deflected so as not to shine on the abutting property as per Section 10.0340.

K.

Sidewalks: Sidewalks shall be provided as per Section 10.0404L.

L.

Trash areas: Trash areas shall be provided as per Section 10.0404M.

M.

Ground cover: Ground cover and landscaping shall be provided as per Section 10.0404N.

N.

Roof screening: Roof screening shall be provided as per Section 10.1006N.

(Ord. No. 10-18, § 1, 4-28-04; Ord. No. 10-40, § 1, 7-22-09)