Williams Township City Zoning Code
PART 5
"LDR" LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
§ 27-501 Purpose.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
To provide for the orderly expansion of areas that offer neighborhoods of single-family detached houses at a low density. To carefully protect these areas from uses that may not be fully compatible.
§ 27-502 Township and Municipal Authority Exemption.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to uses or structures owned by Williams Township or for municipal authorities created solely by Williams Township.
§ 27-503 Permitted-by-Right Uses.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted by right in the "LDR" District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Part 14 are met, the environmental preservation provisions of Part 15 are met and conservation development provisions in Part 19 are met:
A.
The following principal uses:
(1)
Cemetery.*
(2)
Conservation development, subject to the provisions of Part 19.
(3)
Crop farming/orchards.
(4)
Forestry activities.
[Added by Ord. No. 2023-2, 8/9/2023[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection A(4) through (10) as Subsection A(5) through (11), respectively.
(5)
Audubon International certified golf course* and/or driving range, excluding miniature golf facilities.
(6)
Place of worship.*
(7)
Publicly owned recreation.
(8)
Single-family detached dwelling.
(9)
Swimming pool, public or semipublic.*
(10)
Township-owned use.
(11)
Wildlife sanctuary.
NOTE: |
* See additional requirements in § 27-1402. |
B.
The following accessory uses, within the requirements of § 27-1403:
(1)
Accessory use or structure clearly customary and incidental to a permitted by right, approved special exception, or conditional use.
(2)
Accessory use or structure permitted under § 27-1403C.**
(3)
Essential services.**
(4)
Forestry activities.
[Added by Ord. No. 2023-2, 8/9/2023[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection B(4) through (10) as Subsection B(5) through (11), respectively.
(5)
Home-based business, no-impact
(6)
Facilities limited to use by residents of a development and their occasional guests.
(7)
Outdoor solid-fuel-burning appliance as an accessory use to a single-family residence.**
(8)
Residential agriculture.*
(9)
Swimming pool, private.**
(10)
Solar energy system, on-site usage.**
[Amended by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
(11)
Geothermal system.**
(a)
Wind turbines.**
NOTE: |
** See additional requirements in § 27-1403. |
§ 27-504 Special Exception Uses.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted by special exception in the "LDR" District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Part 14 are met:
A.
Home occupation.**
B.
"In-law" suite.**
C.
Plant nursery, including, retail sales only of items grown on the premises.
D.
Short-term transient rental.*
NOTES: |
* See additional requirements in § 27-1402. |
** See additional requirements in § 27-1403. |
E.
Solar energy system, off-site usage.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
F.
Wind energy facility.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
§ 27-505 Conditional Uses.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted conditional uses in the "LDR" District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Part 14 are met:
A.
Attached two-family dwellings in accordance with Part 19.
B.
Emergency service station.*
C.
Public or private primary or secondary school.*
D.
Stable, nonhousehold.
NOTE: |
* See additional requirements in § 27-1402. |
§ 27-506 Lot and Setback Regulations.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Lot and setback regulations for uses in the "LDR" District shall be as follows; unless a more restrictive requirement is stated in Part 14 for a particular use or elsewhere in this chapter. See definitions of these terms in Part 2.
A.
Minimum lot area: 87,120 square feet.
B.
Minimum lot width: at minimum 180 feet except building setback line 250 feet for any use with a driveway entering directly onto an arterial street.
C.
Maximum building coverage: 15%.
D.
Maximum impervious coverage: 30%.
E.
Minimum front yard building setbacks: 35 feet, for principal and accessory structures, except up to 50% of the principal residential buildings may be located up to five feet forward of the front yard building setback line, provided that an equal or greater number of principal residential buildings in the same stage of construction will be five feet or greater behind the front yard building setback line. This variation shall only be permitted if approved at the time of approval of the subdivision plan.
F.
Minimum side yard setback: 20 feet for principal structures (each of two side yards), 10 feet for accessory structures and uses. Corner lots: see § 27-1304B.
G.
Minimum rear yard setback: 40 feet for principal structures, 10 feet for accessory structures or uses.
H.
Maximum height: 35 feet.
I.
Minimum setback from industrial district boundary: 80 feet for any new principal residential building.
J.
Setback from arterial streets: 40 feet, for all principal buildings from the future right-of-way line.
K.
Minimum width and length of dwellings: 16 feet.
§ 27-507 Additional Requirements.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
A.
Parking. See Part 14.
B.
Signs. See Part 17.
C.
Site Plan Review. See § 27-1311A. Site plan review by the Planning Commission is required for nonresidential building expansions and parking lots.
D.
Condominium Ownership. See § 27-1316.
