TABLE OF CONTENTS Preamble How To Use This Ordinance Article / Section Page Article 1 Administration and Enforcement... 1-1 Sec. 1.01 Short Title... 1-1 Sec. 1.02 Intent... 1-1 Sec. 1.03 Scope... 1-1 Sec. 1.04 Withholding of Approval... 1-1 Sec. 1.05 Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Expenses... 1-1 Sec. 1.06 Performance Guarantees... 1-2 Sec. 1.07 Permits... 1-3 Sec. 1.08 Buildings Under Construction... 1-5 Sec. 1.09 Buildings to be Moved... 1-5 Sec. 1.10 Restoring Unsafe Buildings... 1-5 Sec. 1.11 Public Hearing Procedures... 1-5 Sec. 1.12 Impact Assessments... 1-7 Sec. 1.13 Compliance Required... 1-9 Sec. 1.14 Enforcement... 1-9 Sec. 1.15 Violations and Penalties... 1-9 Article 2 Zoning Districts and Maps... 2-1 CHAPTER 1 DISTRICTS...2 1 Sec. 2.101 Zoning Districts... 2-1 Sec. 2.102 Zoning Map... 2-1 Sec. 2.103 Agriculture (A) District... 2-1 Sec. 2.104 Lakeside Residential (R-1) District... 2-2 Sec. 2.105 Medium Density Residential (R-2) District... 2-2 Sec. 2.106 Manufactured Housing Park (MHP) District... 2-2 Sec. 2.107 Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) District... 2-3 Sec. 2.108 General Commercial (C-2) District... 2-3 Sec. 2.109 Industrial (I) District... 2-4 Page i
CHAPTER 2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS...2 5 Sec. 2.201 Principal Uses and Special Land Uses... 2-5 Sec. 2.202 Prohibited Uses... 2-5 Sec. 2.203 Design and Development Requirements... 2-5 Sec. 2.204 District Boundaries... 2-5 Sec. 2.205 Roads, Streets, Alleys, and Railroad Rights-of-way... 2-5 Article 3 Reserved... 3-1 Article 4 Permitted and Special Land Use Tables... 4-1 Sec. 4.01 Key to Designations in Table... 4-1 Sec. 4.02 Table of Permitted Uses and Special Land Uses by District... 4-1 Article 5 Dimensional Standards... 5-1 CHAPTER 1 TABLES OF DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS BY DISTRICT... 5-1 Sec. 5.101 Table of Dimensional Standards by District... 5-1 CHAPTER 2 SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS... 5-3 Sec. 5.201 Front Yards... 5-3 Sec. 5.202 Waterfront Yards... 5-3 Sec. 5.203 Rear Yards... 5-4 Sec. 5.204 Height Exceptions... 5-4 Sec. 5.205 Permitted Yard Encroachments... 5-4 Sec. 5.206 Continued Conformity with Yard and Bulk Regulations... 5-5 Sec. 5.207 Lotsize in Agricultural (A) District... 5-5 Sec. 5.208 Dwellings Per Lot, Parcel, or Building Site... 5-5 CHAPTER 3 GENERAL DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS...5 6 Sec. 5.301 Standard Methods of Measurement... 5-6 Sec. 5.302 Area and Yard Regulations... 5-7 Sec. 5.303 Frontage and Access Required... 5-7 Sec. 5.304 Building Grades... 5-7 Article 6 Standards for Specific Uses... 6 1 CHAPTER 1 AGRICULTURAL AND ANIMAL-ORIENTED USES...6 1 Sec. 6.101 Animal uses... 6-1 Sec. 6.102 Milling and Processing of Agriculture & Forestry Products... 6-2 Sec. 6.103 Riding Arena and Boarding Stables... 6-2 Sec. 6.104 Kennels and Animal Shelters... 6-2 Sec. 6.105 Veterinary Clinics... 6-2 Page ii
CHAPTER 2 RESIDENTIAL USES...6 4 Sec. 6.201 Accessory Apartments... 6-4 Sec. 6.202 Bed and Breakfast Inns... 6-4 Sec. 6.203 Farm Labor Housing... 6-5 Sec. 6.204 Family and Group Child Day Care Homes... 6-5 Sec. 6.205 Home Occupations... 6-5 Sec. 6.206 Manufactured Housing Parks... 6-7 Sec. 6.207 Multiple-Family Dwellings and Developments... 6-12 Sec. 6.208 Single-Family Dwelling, Detached... 6-13 Sec. 6.209 Open Space Preservation Option... 6-14 Sec. 6.210 Townhouses and Stacked Flats... 6-23 Sec. 6.211 Two-Family Dwellings (Duplexes)... 6-24 Sec. 6.212 Manufactured Dwellings Outside Manufactured Housing Parks... 6-24 Sec. 6.213 State Licensed Residential Facilities... 6-26 CHAPTER 3 OFFICE AND SERVICE USES... 6-27 Sec. 6.301 Funeral Homes, Mortuaries, and Crematoriums... 6-27 Sec. 6.302 Hospitals... 6-27 Sec. 6.303 Massage Therapists... 6-27 Sec. 6.304 Nursing and Convalescent Homes, Foster Care Group Homes, Assisted Living Facilities and Senior Housing... 6-27 Sec. 6.305 Tatoo Parlors and Body Piercing Studios... 6-28 Sec. 6.306 Video Rental Establishments... 6-28 CHAPTER 4 COMMUNITY USES...6 29 Sec. 6.401 Cemeteries... 6-29 Sec. 6.402 Churches, Temples and Other Places or Worship... 6-29 Sec. 6.403 Public Utility and Essential Service Structures and Uses... 6-29 Sec. 6.404 Recreation, Indoor and Outdoor (Excluding Public Parks)... 6-30 CHAPTER 5 COMMERCIAL USES...6 31 Sec. 6.501 Automobile, Truck and other Motor Vehicle Service Centers (Minor Repair), Repair Stations (Major Repair) and Fueling (Gas) Stations.... 6-32 Sec. 6.502 Car Washes... 6-32 Sec. 6.503 Drive-in or Drive-through Lanes, Facilities or Establishments... 6-32 Sec. 6.504 Golf Courses, County Clubs, and Driving Ranges... 6-32 Sec. 6.505 Hotels and Motels... 6-33 Sec. 6.506 Outdoor Eating Areas and Sidewalk Cafes... 6-33 Sec. 6.507 Outdoor Sales or Display Area for Sales or Rentals of Goods, Products, Farm Equipment, Machinery, Automobiles and Other Page iii
Motor Vehicles, Recreational Vehicles, Boats, Building Supplies, Hardware, and Other Items.... 6-33 Sec. 6.508 Package Liquor Stores... 6-34 Sec. 6.509 Pawnshops and Dealers of Second Hand Merchandise (except for Used or Vintage Clothing and Children s Goods)... 6-34 Sec. 6.510 Recording Studios... 6-35 Sec. 6.511 Retail Stores and Commercial Uses with 40,000 square feet or more of Gross Floor Area... 6-35 Sec. 6.512 Tavern, Pub, Brewpub, Cocktail Lounge, Night Club, or Billiard and Pool Hall... 6-35 Sec. 6.513 Theatres (Indoor), Motion Picture Cinemas, Auditoriums, Concert Halls and Playhouses... 6-36 Sec. 6.514 Tobacconists and Cigar/Cigarette Shops... 6-36 CHAPTER 6 INDUSTRIAL, RESEARCH AND LABORATORY USES...6 37 Sec. 6.601 Hazardous Materials Storage... 6-37 Sec. 6.602 Intensive Industrial Operations (including, but not limited to metal foundry or fabrication, casting, plating, buffing, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching, and similar uses, automatic screw machines and other machines)... 6-37 Sec. 6.603 Outdoor Storage of Goods, Products, Equipment, Machinery, Lumber, Landscaping and Building Supplies or Similar Items... 6-38 Sec. 6.604 Outdoor Storage, Dismantling or Recycling or Automobiles, Trucks, Recreational Vehicles, Boats and other Motor Vehicles, Manufactured Houses and Similar Items... 6-38 Sec. 6.605 Recycling Collection Facilities and Composting Centers... 6-39 Sec. 6.606 Self-Storage Warehouses... 6-40 Sec. 6.607 Slaughter Houses, Rendering Plants, Tanneries, Stock Yards, Glue Factories, Soap Factories, Oil Refineries or Other Similar Factories... 6-40 Sec. 6.608 Warehouses and Other Storage Facilities, Distribution Plants, Freezers and Lockers, Truck Terminals, and Distribution Facilities... 6-41 Sec. 6.609 Quarrying, Gravel Processing, Mining and Extraction Uses... 6-41 Sec. 6.610 Junkyards or Salvage Yards... 6-43 Sec. 6.611 Landfills, Dumping and Sewage Disposal facilities... 6-44 CHAPTER 7 TEMPORARY, SPECIAL EVENT AND OTHER USES...6 48 Sec. 6.701 Adult Uses and Sexually-Oriented Businesses... 6-48 Sec. 6.702 Circuses, Fairs, Carnivals, and Similar Uses... 6-49 Sec. 6.703 Garages for Commercial Vehicles... 6-49 Sec. 6.704 Temporary Structures and Uses... 6-49 Article 7 Accessory Structures and Uses... 7-1 Sec. 7.01 Purpose... 7-1 Sec. 7.02 Exceptions for Accessory Farm Buildings... 7-1 Page iv
Sec. 7.03 Standards for Accessory Structures... 7-1 Sec. 7.04 Standards for Waterfront Yards... 7-2 Sec. 7.05 Standards for Accessory Uses... 7-3 Sec. 7.06 Swimming Pools... 7-3 Sec. 7.07 Temporary Accessory Structures and Uses... 7-4 Article 8 General Provisions... 8 1 Sec. 8.101 Fences... 8-1 Sec. 8.102 Sidewalks and Pedestrian Facilities... 8-4 Sec. 8.103 Maintenance of Commonly-Owned Private Facilities... 8-5 Sec. 8.104 Protection of Woodlands... 8-5 Sec. 8.105 Grading, Removal and Filling of Land... 8-6 Sec. 8.106 Excavation and Holes... 8-6 Sec. 8.107 Performance Standards... 8-6 Sec. 8.108 Property Maintenance... 8-8 Sec. 8.109 Property Between Lot Line and Street Edge... 8-8 Sec. 8.110 Voting Place... 8-8 Sec. 8.111 Essential Public Services and Required Utilities... 8-8 Sec. 8.112 Water Supply and Sanitary Sewers... 8-8 Sec. 8.113 Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS)... 8-9 Article 9 Off-street Parking and Loading... 9 1 Sec. 9.01 Purpose... 9-1 Sec. 9.02 Scope... 9-1 Sec. 9.03 General Requirements... 9-1 Sec. 9.04 Schedule of Required Parking by Use... 9-2 Sec. 9.05 Design Requirements... 9-9 Sec. 9.06 Off-Street Loading... 9-11 Sec. 9.07 Modification of Standards... 9-12 Sec. 9.08 Maintenance... 9-12 Article 10 Reserved... 10 1 Article 11 Landscaping, Screening and Buffering... 11 1 Sec. 11.01 Purpose... 11-1 Sec. 11.02 Objectives... 11-1 Sec. 11.03 Scope... 11-2 Sec. 11.04 Methods of Screening or Buffering... 11-2 Sec. 11.05 Standards for Specific Areas... 11-3 Sec. 11.06 Landscape Material Standards... 11-5 Sec. 11.07 Prohibited Plant Material... 11-7 Sec. 11.08 Installation... 11-7 Sec. 11.09 Maintenance... 11-8 Sec. 11.10 Exceptions and Alternatives... 11-8 Page v
Article 12 Signs... 12 1 Sec. 12.01 Purpose... 12-1 Sec. 12.02 Definitions... 12-1 Sec. 12.03 Sign Permits... 12-2 Sec. 12.04 District Regulations... 12-3 Sec. 12.05 Exemptions from Sign Regulations... 12-5 Sec. 12.06 Temporary Signs... 12-6 Sec. 12.07 Political Signs... 12-6 Sec. 12.08 Non-conforming Signs... 12-6 Sec. 12.09 General Sign Provisions... 12-7 Sec. 12.10 Off-Premises Signs... 12-8 Sec. 12.11 Sign Removal by Township Action... 12-9 Article 13 Exterior Lighting... 13 1 Sec. 13.01 Purpose... 13-1 Sec. 13.02 Submittal Requirements... 13-1 Sec. 13.03 General Provisions... 13-1 Sec. 13.04 Standards by Type of Fixture... 13-2 Sec. 13.05 Lamp or Fixture Substitutions... 13-3 Sec. 13.06 Exempt Lighting... 13-3 Sec. 13.07 Exceptions... 13-4 Article 14 Wireless Communications Facilities... 14 1 Sec. 14.01 Purpose... 14-1 Sec. 14.02 Application... 14-1 Sec. 14.03 Type of Review Required... 14-3 Sec. 14.04 Review Procedure... 14-4 Sec. 14.05 General Requirements... 14-5 Sec. 14.06 Site Requirements by Situation or Use... 14-5 Sec. 14.07 Criteria for Approval... 14-7 Sec. 14.08 Existing Towers and Antennas... 14-7 Sec. 14.09 Rescinding Approval of Wireless Communication Facilities... 14-8 Sec. 14.10 Removal of Wireless Communication Facilities... 14-8 Article 15 Reserved... 15 1 Article 16 Special Land Uses... 16 1 Sec. 16.01 Purpose... 16-1 Sec. 16.02 Application Requirements... 16-1 Sec. 16.03 Review Procedure... 16-1 Sec. 16.04 Special Land Use Resubmission, Appeals, Expiration or Revocation.. 16-4 Sec. 16.05 Special Land Use Standards... 16-4 Sec. 16.06 Operation and Maintenance... 16-5 Page vi
Article 17 Site Plan Approval... 17 1 Sec. 17.01 Purpose... 17-1 Sec. 17.02 Type of Site Plan Review Required... 17-1 Sec. 17.03 Informal Review of Conceptual Plans... 17-3 Sec. 17.04 Site Plan and Sketch Plan Review Procedure... 17-3 Sec. 17.05 Administrative Review... 17-4 Sec. 17.06 Approval of Phase Developments... 17-5 Sec. 17.07 Site Plan or Sketch Plan Resubmission, Appeals, Expiration, or Revocation... 17-6 Sec. 17.08 Revisions to Approved Site and Sketch Plans... 17-7 Sec. 17.09 Required Information for All Plans... 17-8 Sec. 17.10 Required Information for Sketch Plans... 17-9 Sec. 17.11 Additional Required Information for Site Plans... 17-10 Sec. 17.12 Additional Information for Large-scale and Residential Site Plans... 17-11 Sec. 17.13 Standards for Site Plan and Sketch Plan Approval... 17-13 Sec. 17.14 Development and Maintenance in Accordance with an Approved Site Plan... 17-14 Article 18 Site Condominiums... 18 1 Sec. 18.01 Purpose... 18-1 Sec. 18.02 General Requirements... 18-1 Sec. 18.03 Condominium Site Plan Review... 18-2 Sec. 18.04 Development Agreement... 18-3 Sec. 18.05 Required Improvements... 18-3 Sec. 18.06 Development and Maintenance in Accordance with an Approved Site Plan... 18-4 Sec. 18.07 Revision of Condominium Site Plans and Amendments to Condominium Documents... 18-4 Sec. 18.08 Relocation of Boundaries and Subdivision of Condominium Lots... 18-4 Article 19 Planned Unit Developments... 19 1 Sec. 19.01 Purpose... 19-1 Sec. 19.02 Qualification Requirements... 19-1 Sec. 19.03 Development Standards... 19-3 Sec. 19.04 Residential Development Standards... 19-4 Sec. 19.05 Coordination with Subdivision Plat or Site Condominium Review... 19-6 Sec. 19.06 Informal Review of Conceptual PD Plans... 19-6 Sec. 19.07 Preliminary PD Plan Review Procedure... 19-7 Sec. 19.08 Outside Agency Permits or Approvals... 19-8 Sec. 19.09 Final PUD Plan Review Procedure... 19-8 Sec. 19.10 Planned Development Agreement... 19-9 Sec. 19.11 Phase Developments... 19-10 Page vii
Sec. 19.12 Amendments... 19-10 Sec. 19.13 Appeals... 19-10 Sec. 19.14 Violations... 19-10 Article 20 Reserved... 20-1 Article 21 Nonconformities... 21-1 Sec. 21.01 Intent and Purpose... 21-1 Sec. 21.02 Definitions... 21-2 Sec. 21.03 General Requirements... 21-2 Sec. 21.04 Nonconforming Lots of Record... 21-4 Sec. 21.05 Modification to Nonconforming Uses or Structures... 21-4 Sec. 21.06 Nonconforming Uses Determination... 21-6 Article 22 Township Planning Commission... 22 1 Sec. 22.01 Creation... 22-1 Sec. 22.02 Composition and Appointments... 22-1 Sec. 22.03 Removal... 22-1 Sec. 22.04 Organization, Meetings, Records and rules... 22-1 Sec. 22.05 Powers and Duties... 22-1 Article 23 Zoning Board of Appeals... 23 1 Sec. 23.01 Authority... 23-1 Sec. 23.02 Membership... 23-1 Sec. 23.03 Alternates and Removal... 23-1 Sec. 23.04 Organization and Procedures... 23-2 Sec. 23.05 Applications... 23-2 Sec. 23.06 Appeals of Administrative Decisions... 23-3 Sec. 23.07 Interpretation of Zoning District Boundaries... 23-3 Sec. 23.08 Interpretation of Zoning Ordinance Provisions... 23-4 Sec. 23.09 Nonconforming Determinations... 23-4 Sec. 23.10 Variances... 23-4 Sec. 23.11 Conditions... 23-5 Sec. 23.12 Hearings and Decisions... 23-6 Sec. 23.13 Fees... 23-6 Sec. 23.14 Limits of Authority... 23-6 Page viii
Article 24 Establishment and Amendment of the Zoning Ordinance... 24-1 Sec. 24.01 Enabling Authority... 24-1 Sec. 24.02 Confliction Provisions Repealed... 24-1 Sec. 24.03 Amendments... 24-1 Sec. 24.04 Conditional Rezoning... 24-3 Sec. 24.05 Validity and Severability... 24-9 Article 25 Definitions... 25-1 Sec. 25.01 Rules of Construction... 25-1 Sec. 25.02 Definitions... 25-2 Page ix