The intent of this district is to provide an environment primarily for single-family dwellings on older platted city lots and other compatible related facilities which serve the residents in the district.

Land, building, and other structures in this zoning district may only be used for the following specified uses:

1.

Single-family dwellings, including manufactured homes.

2.

State-licensed residential care facilities.

3.

Foster care homes.

4.

Essential public services.

5.

Public open space.

6.

Accessory buildings, structures and uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

The following uses are considered special land uses within the district and may be approved by the planning commission [now planning board—see Charter § 5-201], subject to the applicable general and specific standards in article 11:

1.

Public and semipublic institutional buildings, structures and uses, and public parks.

2.

Essential public service buildings.

3.

Primary and secondary schools (either public or private) providing general educational instruction as defined by Michigan Statutes.

4.

Colleges.

5.

Home occupations

6.

Child care services.

7.

Churches.

8.

Bed and breakfast inns.

9.

Accessory buildings, structures and uses customarily incidental to any of the above special land uses.

(Ord. No. 305, 12-10-1996; Ord. No. 306, 3-11-1997)

1.

Schedule of regulations - article 3.

2.

Site plan review standards - article 12.

3.

Parking and loading-unloading standards - article 13.

4.

Sign standards - article 14.