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Montrose Charter Township
City Zoning Code

ZONING DISTRICTS

AND ZONING MAP

§ 153.020 DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED.

   For this purpose of this chapter, the Charter Township of Montrose is hereby divided into the following districts.
 
Residential Districts
Nonresidential Districts
AG Agricultural
R/C Recreation/Conservation
RF Residential Farm
O/S Office/Service
RS Residential Suburban
C-1 Neighborhood Commercial
RM Multiple-Family
C-2 General Commercial
MHP Mobile Home
I-1 Light Industrial
MHP Manufactured Home Park
I-2 Heavy Industrial
 
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 3.01)

§ 153.021 ZONING MAP AND BOUNDARIES.

   (A)   The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on the zoning map which accompanies this chapter, and which map, with all notations, references, and other information provided, shall be as much a part of this chapter as if fully described in the text.
   (B)   The zoning map shall be kept on display in the Township Hall and descriptions accompanying enacted amendments to the zoning map shall be displayed adjacent to the map until a time as the map is corrected.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 3.02)

§ 153.022 DISTRICT BOUNDARIES INTERPRETED.

   Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the zoning districts map, the following rules shall apply.
   (A)   Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of the streets, highways, or alleys, shall be construed to follow the centerlines.
   (B)   Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following the lot lines.
   (C)   Boundaries indicated as approximately following corporate limits shall be construed as following corporate limits.
   (D)   Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be the midway between the main tracks.
   (E)   (1)   Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in divisions (A) through (D) above shall be so construed.
      (2)   Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map.
   (F)   Where physical or natural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the official zoning map, or in other circumstances not covered by divisions (A) through (E) above, the Board of Appeals shall interpret the district boundaries.
   (G)   Insofar as some or all of the various districts may be indicated on the zoning map by patterns which, for the sake of map clarity, do not cover public rights-of-way it is intended that the district boundaries do extend to the center of any public right-of-way.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 3.03)

§ 153.023 ZONING OF VACATED AREAS.

   Whenever any street, alley or other public way, within the Charter Township of Montrose shall be vacated, the street, alley, or other public way or portion thereof, shall automatically be classified in the same zoning district as the property to which it attaches.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 3.04)