This ordinance shall be known as, and may be cited as, "The City of Stanton Zoning Ordinance."

This ordinance is based on the City of Stanton Master Plan and is designed and intended:

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To promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare;

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To encourage the use of lands and natural resources in the city in accordance with their character and adaptability;

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To limit the improper use of land;

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To provide for the orderly development of the city;

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To reduce hazards to life and property;

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To establish the location, size of, and the specific uses for which dwellings, buildings and structures may hereafter be erected or altered, and the minimum open spaces, sanitary, safety and protective measures that shall be required for such dwellings, buildings and structures;

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To facilitate the development of an adequate system of transportation, education, recreation, sewage disposal, safe and adequate water supply and other public requirements;

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To conserve life, property and natural resources, and the expenditure of funds for public services and improvements;

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And to encourage the most advantageous use of land, resources and properties.

This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the Michigan zoning enabling act, PA 110 of 2006, as amended.

The provisions of this ordinance shall be considered to be the minimum requirements necessary for the promotion of the public health, morals, safety, comfort, convenience or general welfare.

The ordinance shall not repeal, abrogate or annul, or in any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws, ordinances or regulations, except those repealed herein by specific reference, or with private restrictions placed upon property by deed or other private agreement, or with restrictive covenants running with the land, to which the city is a party where this ordinance imposed greater restrictions, limitations or requirements upon pre-existing the provisions of this ordinance shall control.

This ordinance and the various parts, chapters, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences and clauses are hereby declared to be severable. If any part, chapter, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or clause is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, it is hereby provided that the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby.

The zoning ordinance previously adopted by the City of Stanton on May 19, 1980, and all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed. The repeal of the above ordinance and its amendments does not affect or impair any act done, offense committed, or right accruing or accrued, or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred prior to the time enforced, prosecuted or inflicted.