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Montrose Charter Township
City Zoning Code

MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

DISTRICT RM

§ 153.110 INTENT.

   (A)   The RM Multiple-Family Residential District is designed to permit a more intensive residential use of land with various types of attached single-family houses, townhouses and garden apartments.
   (B)   These areas should be located near major thoroughfares for good accessibility and between single-family residential areas and other non-residential uses.
   (C)   Various sizes of residential accommodations, for ownership or rental, would thereby be provided to meet the needs of the different age and family groups in the community.
   (D)   It is the intent of the township to require all development within this district to be served by a central sanitary sewage collection and disposal system and a public potable water system.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 9.01)

§ 153.111 PERMITTED USES.

   No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered, or used, and no land shall be used except for 1 or more of the following and subject to a review of the site plan as provided for in §§ 153.230 through 153.243:
   (A)   Multiple-family dwellings, including townhouses (1-family attached dwellings), apartment buildings and row or terraced dwellings;
   (B)   Two-family dwellings (duplex);
   (C)   Single-Family semi-detached dwellings; and/or
   (C)   Accessory buildings, structures, and uses customarily incidental to the above special land uses.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 9.02; Am. Ord. 152, passed 1-16-2007)

§ 153.112 SPECIAL LAND USES.

   The following uses are considered special land uses within the district and may be approved by the Planning Commission subject to the applicable general and specific standards in §§ 153.215 through 153.219 below:
   (A)   Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship;
   (B)   Day care centers;
   (C)   Housing for the elderly or senior citizens;
   (D)   Public, parochial and private elementary, intermediate and/or secondary schools offering courses in general education, not operated for profit; and
   (E)   Accessory buildings, structures, and uses customarily incidental to the above special land uses.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 9.03)

§ 153.113 SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

   These standards are only applicable if a site plan is required:
   (A)   Schedule of regulations: §§ 153.200 and 153.201;
   (B)   Site plan review standards: §§ 153.230 through 153.243;
   (C)   Parking and loading; unloading standards: §§ 153.275 through 153.281;
   (D)   Sign regulations: §§ 153.295 through 153.302; and
   (E)   Landscaping standards: §§ 153.315 through 153.322.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 9.04)