Zeeland City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 1.100.- Title.
- Sec. 1.101. - Intent.
- Sec. 1.102. - Scope.
- Sec. 1.103. - Severability.
- Sec. 1.104. - Repeal of prior ordinance; adoption of zoning map.
- Sec. 1.105. - Construction of language.
- Sec. 1.106. - Definitions: A.
- Sec. 1.107. - Definitions: B.
- Sec. 1.108. - Definitions: C.
- Sec. 1.109. - Definitions: D.
- Sec. 1.110. - Definitions: E.
- Sec. 1.111. - Definitions: F.
- Sec. 1.112. - Definitions: G.
- Sec. 1.113. - Definitions: H.
- Sec. 1.114. - Definitions: I.
- Sec. 1.115. - Definitions: J.
- Sec. 1.116. - Definitions: K.
- Sec. 1.117. - Definitions: L.
- Sec. 1.118. - Definitions: M.
- Sec. 1.119. - Definitions: N.
- Sec. 1.120. - Definitions: O.
- Sec. 1.121. - Definitions: P.
- Sec. 1.122. - Definitions: Q.
- Sec. 1.123. - Definitions: R.
- Sec. 1.124. - Definitions: S.
- Sec. 1.125. - Definitions: T.
- Sec. 1.126. - Definitions: U.
- Sec. 1.127. - Definitions: V.
- Sec. 1.128. - Definitions: W.
- Sec. 1.129. - Definitions: Y.
- Sec. 1.130. - Definitions: Z.
ARTICLE II
- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS[1]
ARTICLE III
- DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - SCHEDULE OF SETBACK, AREA AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS
- DIVISION 3. - A-1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT[1]
- DIVISION 4. - R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 5. - R-2 SINGLE- AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 6. - R-3 TWO-FAMILY AND MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 8. - OS OFFICE/PERSONAL SERVICE DISTRICT
- DIVISION 9. - C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING DISTRICT
- DIVISION 10. - C-2 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
- DIVISION 11. - C-3 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 12. - WMU WASHINGTON AVENUE MIXED USE DISTRICT
- DIVISION 13. - AO ALCOHOL SALES OVERLAY DISTRICT[3]
- DIVISION 14. - I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 15. - I-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 16. - PF PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT
ARTICLE IV
SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 4.100.- Nonconforming lots, buildings and structures, and uses.
- Sec. 4.101. - Temporary storage units.
- Sec. 4.102. - Accessory buildings, structures, and uses.
- Sec. 4.103. - Irregularly shaped parcels.
- Sec. 4.104. - Intersection visibility.
- Sec. 4.105. - Residential porch storage prohibition.
- Sec. 4.106. - Curb lawn plantings, maintenance, and prohibitions.
- Sec. 4.107. - Fences.
- Sec. 4.108. - Required access.
- Sec. 4.109. - Storage of recreation equipment.
- Sec. 4.110. - Antennas.
- Sec. 4.111. - Main building or use.
- Sec. 4.112. - Projections into yards.
- Sec. 4.113. - Essential public services.
- Sec. 4.114. - Building height exceptions.
- Sec. 4.115. - Required area or space.
- Sec. 4.116. - Parking, storage and repair of vehicles, utility trailers and wagons.
- Sec. 4.117. - Swimming pools.
- Sec. 4.118. - Playground equipment, play structures, fountains, ornamental objects, lawn furniture, etc.
- Sec. 4.119. - Regulations applicable to single- and two-family dwellings.
- Sec. 4.120. - Illegal dwellings.
- Sec. 4.121. - Construction buildings and structures.
- Sec. 4.122. - Timely completion of construction required.
- Sec. 4.123. - Permitted front setback reductions.
- Sec. 4.124. - Keeping of animals.
- Sec. 4.125. - Mechanical appurtenances and operational regulations.
- Sec. 4.126. - Water and sanitary sewer service.
- Sec. 4.127. - Mandatory undergrounding of electrical services.
- Sec. 4.128. - Cul-de-sac lots.
- Sec. 4.129. - Corner lots.
- Sec. 4.130. - Withholding of approval.
- Sec. 4.131. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 4.132. - Sale of tangible personal property on residential lots.
- Sec. 4.133. - Junk on residential parcels.
- Sec. 4.134. - Residential composting.
- Sec. 4.135. - Graffiti.
- Sec. 4.136. - Vacant buildings.
- Sec. 4.137. - Public transportation patron shelters.
- Sec. 4.138 - Food stands.
- Sec. 4.139. - Marihuana facility prohibition.
ARTICLE V
- WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND ANTENNAS
Sections
- Sec. 5.100.- Background.
- Sec. 5.101. - Intent.
- Sec. 5.102. - Definitions.
- Sec. 5.103. - Applicability.
- Sec. 5.104. - General requirements.
- Sec. 5.105. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 5.106. - Administratively approved uses.
- Sec. 5.107. - Special use permits.
- Sec. 5.108. - Buildings or other equipment storage.
- Sec. 5.109. - Changes in ownership or operation.
- Sec. 5.110. - Removal of abandoned antennas and towers.
- Sec. 5.111. - Nonconforming uses.
ARTICLE VI
DEMOLITIONS
Sections
- Sec. 6.101.- Background.
- Sec. 6.102. - Intent.
- Sec. 6.103. - Definitions.
- Sec. 6.104. - Prohibition.
- Sec. 6.105. - Application.
- Sec. 6.106. - Fee.
- Sec. 6.107. - Hearing.
- Sec. 6.108. - Decisions.
- Sec. 6.109. - Appeals.
- Sec. 6.110. - Demolition hearing exemptions.
- Sec. 6.111. - Bonding.
- Sec. 6.112. - Demolition process.
- Sec. 6.113. - Noncompletion.
- Sec. 6.114. - Moving.
ARTICLE VIII
SITE DEVELOPMENT1
Sections
- Sec. 8.100.- Site plan review.
- Sec. 8.101. - Landscaping and screening.
- Sec. 8.102. - Landscape buffer adjacent to residential uses and zoning.
- Sec. 8.103. - Lawn and maintenance requirements.
- Sec. 8.104. - Access drives and off-street parking and loading.
- Sec. 8.105. - Signs and windows.
- Sec. 8.106. - Electronic changeable copy sign regulations.
ARTICLE IX
SPECIAL LAND USES1
Sections
- Sec. 9.100.- Application procedures.
- Sec. 9.101. - Notification, hearing, and review procedures.
- Sec. 9.102. - General standards for approval.
- Sec. 9.103. - Conditions of approval.
- Sec. 9.104. - Approval term and expiration.
- Sec. 9.105. - Revocation of special land use permit.
- Sec. 9.106. - Special land use specific design standards.
- Sec. 9.107. - Adult bookstores, adult live entertainment, adult motion picture theaters, and massage parlors.
- Sec. 9.108. - Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and other similar uses, as determined by the zoning administrator, having drive-through facilities.
- Sec. 9.109. - Bed and breakfast establishments.
- Sec. 9.110. - Body shops.
- Sec. 9.111. - Bowling alleys.
- Sec. 9.112. - Bus passenger waiting stations.
- Sec. 9.113. - C-2 indoor recreational facilities, excluding bowling alleys.
- Sec. 9.114. - Cafeterias and banquet facilities for the public.
- Sec. 9.115. - Children's day care providers not in a church or a school.
- Sec. 9.116. - Commercial storage warehouses.
- Sec. 9.117. - Conference centers not in a church or school.
- Sec. 9.118. - Connector corridors.
- Sec. 9.119. - Exercise centers, health and fitness clubs, and indoor recreation centers not in a church or school.
- Sec. 9.120. - Funeral homes and mortuary establishments.
- Sec. 9.121. - Garages and accessory buildings and structures which are in excess of 100 square feet in the C-2 Central Business District.
- Sec. 9.122. - General and psychiatric hospitals.
- Sec. 9.123. - Group day care homes.
- Sec. 9.124. - Hotels and motels.
- Sec. 9.125. - Housing for the elderly.
- Sec. 9.126. - I-1 and I-2 indoor recreational facilities and indoor public assembly uses.
- Sec. 9.127. - Incinerators which are accessory to a permitted use as listed in Section 3.1601.
- Sec. 9.128. - Indoor police small arms firing ranges.
- Sec. 9.129. - Large vehicle repair facilities.
- Sec. 9.130. - LED/electronic signs.
- Sec. 9.131. - Light vehicle repair facilities.
- Sec. 9.132. - Lumber and planing mills.
- Sec. 9.133. - Lumberyards.
- Sec. 9.134. - Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment of products requiring stamping or punch press operations.
- Sec. 9.135. - Manufacture of corrosive acid or alkali, cement, lime, gypsum, or plaster of Paris.
- Sec. 9.136. - Medical equipment loan and re-use suppliers not in a church or school.
- Sec. 9.137. - Medical offices and buildings used for medical purposes.
- Sec. 9.138. - Metal plating, buffing, and polishing.
- Sec. 9.138.05. - Nonprofit bus and van transportation companies.
- Sec. 9.139. - Off-street parking lots.
- Sec. 9.140. - Open air businesses.
- Sec. 9.141. - Outdoor storage, display area, and sale of farm implements and commercial construction equipment.
- Sec. 9.142. - Outside storage yards which are accessory to a permitted use as listed in Section 3.1601.
- Sec. 9.143. - Overnight lodging programs and care providers.
- Sec. 9.144. - Planned industrial parks (PIPs).
- Sec. 9.145. - Planned unit developments (PUDs).
- Sec. 9.146. - Private and public social services agencies and counselors.
- Sec. 9.147. - Private noncommercial recreation areas and institutional or community recreation centers.
- Sec. 9.148. - Production, refining, or storage of petroleum or other inflammable liquids.
- Sec. 9.149. - Recycling centers.
- Sec. 9.149.05. - Redevelopment of existing buildings.
- Sec. 9.150. - Restaurants, exclusive of drive-through facilities.
- Sec. 9.151. - Restaurants, with drive-through facilities.
- Sec. 9.152. - Retail sales incidental to construction contractor's establishments which require a workshop and retail outlet or showroom.
- Sec. 9.153. - Roominghouses.
- Sec. 9.154. - Salvage yards, junkyards.
- Sec. 9.155. - Senior citizen centers not in a church or a school.
- Sec. 9.156. - Signs.
- Sec. 9.157. - Site plan condominiums.
- Sec. 9.158. - Skill coaches, teachers, and personal trainers not in a church or school.
- Sec. 9.159. - Theaters and concert halls (not in the PF district).
- Sec. 9.160. - Theaters, concert halls, and other places for public assemblies in the PF district.
- Sec. 9.161. - Therapy clinics.
- Sec. 9.162. - Thrift stores and distribution centers for the needy.
- Sec. 9.163. - Truck terminals.
- Sec. 9.164. - Utility and public service buildings, without storage yards, but not including essential public services such as poles, wires, and underground utility systems.
- Sec. 9.165. - Vehicle service stations, excluding body shops.
- Sec. 9.166. - Vehicle wash establishment, either self-serve or automatic.
- Sec. 9.167. - Veterinary hospitals, veterinary clinics, and commercial kennels.
- Sec. 9.167.05 - Commercial kennels.
- Sec. 9.168. - Youth centers not in a church or a school.
- Sec. 9.169. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 9.170. - Temporary land uses.