Ohara Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
R-3 Urban Residential District
§ 455-6.1 Purpose.
The R-3 Urban Residential District is hereby established in order to provide for a variety of moderate and high-density residential and appropriate accessory uses. In addition, this classification of land provides for compatible nonresidential uses which supplement or support those permitted uses where conditions are met.
Refer to Section XIV, Supplemental Regulations, for review of additional regulations which may pertain to the proposed use. |
§ 455-6.2 Permitted uses.
A lot or parcel may be used and a building or structure may be erected and used for any of the following purposes:
A.
Principal uses:
(1)
Single-family dwellings.
(2)
Municipal parks.
(3)
Planned residential development. (See Article XI.)
(4)
Group home, as defined.
(5)
Forestry.
B.
Accessory uses:
(1)
Private garages.
(2)
Garden or storage sheds and shelters.
(3)
Essential services, as defined.
(4)
Satellite dishes, dish and radio antennas. (See § 455-15.31.)
(5)
Swimming pools.
(6)
Signs. (See Article XVI.)
(7)
Fences, walls and retaining walls. (See § 455-15.12.)
(8)
No-impact home-based business. (See § 455-15.22.)
(9)
Amateur radio communications towers. (By special exception; see § 455-15.40.)
(10)
Solar energy facility. (See § 455-15.36.)
(11)
Geothermal energy facility. (See § 455-15.39.)
(a)
Geothermal energy facilities shall meet the accessory structure setbacks that may apply in the zoning district within which the facility is constructed, and where no such setback is specified, the facility shall be no closer than 10 feet from any property line.
(12)
Small wind energy facility. (See § 455-15.38.)
(13)
Extended family living area.
(14)
Pool house.
(15)
Model farm. (See § 455-15.11.)
(16)
Keeping of domesticated chickens. (See § 455-15.43.)
[Added 6-13-2023 by Ord. No. 1411]
§ 455-6.3 Conditional uses.
A lot or parcel may be used and a building or structure may be erected and used for any of the following purposes, subject to the granting of a conditional use pursuant to procedures established by this chapter.
A.
Churches. (See § 455-15.30.)
B.
Schools. (See § 455-15.30.)
C.
Fire and emergency medical equipment facilities.
D.
Clubs.
(1)
Off-street parking areas shall be screened from abutting residential uses by a buffer yard as provided for in Article XV, § 455-16.1J(1)(k).
(2)
Exterior pole lighting fixtures shall be of the sharp cutoff luminaries type.
E.
Duplex, triplex or quadraplex.
(1)
Access to multiple-family dwelling lots shall be limited to one point of ingress and one point of egress.
(2)
Interior units in attached multiple-family structures shall be permitted zero side yards.
(3)
Where four or more contiguous lots in single ownership are proposed for multiple-family uses, a temporary erosion and sedimentation control plan shall be submitted.
F.
Public utility facilities.
G.
Group care facility.
H.
Parks (public recreation). (See § 455-15.33.)
§ 455-6.4 Planned development uses in R-3.
A lot or parcel may be used and a building or structure may be erected and used subject to the granting of tentative and final approval of a Planned Development pursuant to the procedures established by this chapter.
A.
Planned Residential "PRD" Developments. (See Article XI.)
§ 455-6.5 Parking requirements.
All uses requiring off-street parking shall comply with the provisions of Article XV applicable to that use.
§ 455-6.6 Lot area, yard and height requirements.
The minimum lot areas, minimum lot width, minimum front yard, minimum width of each side yard and the maximum height for permitted principal uses shall be as follows:
A.
Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet (single-family dwelling); 5,000 square feet (per dwelling unit for multiple-family uses).
B.
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
C.
Minimum depth front yard: 20 feet.
D.
Minimum depth rear yard: 20 feet.
E.
Minimum width side yard: nine feet.
F.
Maximum height of structure: 30 feet.
G.
Bulk: maximum building coverage: 30%.
H.
Permitted accessory structures shall be located no closer than five feet to the side or rear property line.
I.
Conditional uses shall be situated on lots in compliance with the minimum area, dimensions and setbacks established for permitted uses.
§ 455-6.7 Performance standards.
All permitted, conditional and accessory uses shall comply with the performance standard provisions of Article XVIII applicable to that use.
A traffic study shall be required for all nonresidential uses or developments which generate 50 or more a.m. or p.m. peak-hour trips and for all residential uses or developments which generate 100 or more average weekday vehicle trip ends, in accordance with § 455-19.2.
§ 455-6.8 Permits.
A zoning/building permit shall be required prior to the erection, construction or alteration of any structure proposed in relation to those uses enumerated in this article.
