Township of Buchanan, MI
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2022-09-29
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 300 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 22 Fiscal Year
- Ch 55 Pension Plan
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 80 Communication Towers
- Ch 85 Construction Codes
- Ch 101 Entertainment, Public
- Ch 117 Facilities for Water, Trash and Sewage
- Ch 142 Land Division
- Ch 153 Marihuana Establishments
- Ch 181 Property Maintenance
- Ch 200 Sewers
- Ch 228 Stormwater Management
- Ch 233 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 260 Water
- Ch 272 Watercraft Regulations
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Ch 300 Art I Scope; Title; Construction
- § 300-1.01 Short title.
- § 300-1.02 Conflicting regulations.
- § 300-1.03 Scope.
- § 300-1.04 Use regulations.
- § 300-1.05 Unclassified uses.
- § 300-1.06 Land required to satisfy regulations.
- § 300-1.07 Public utility facilities.
- Ch 300 Art II Zoning Definitions
- § 300-2.01 Interpretation of language.
- § 300-2.02 Definitions.
- Ch 300 Art III Zoning Districts and Map
- § 300-3.01 Establishment of districts.
- § 300-3.02 Creation of zoning districts.
- § 300-3.03 Zoning Map.
- § 300-3.04 Application of this chapter.
- § 300-3.05 Interpretation of district boundaries.
- § 300-3.06 Permissive zoning.
- § 300-3.07 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-3.08 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- § 300-3.09 Zoning of vacated areas.
- § 300-3.10 Areas not included within a district.
- Ch 300 Art IV AG Agricultural District
- § 300-4.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-4.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-4.03 Permitted uses by special use permit.
- § 300-4.04 Development standards.
- Ch 300 Art V R-1 Low Density (Rural) Residential District
- § 300-5.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-5.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-5.03 Permitted uses by special use permit.
- § 300-5.04 Development standards.
- Ch 300 Art VI R-2 Medium Density (Suburban) Residential District
- § 300-6.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-6.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-6.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- § 300-6.04 Development standards.
- Ch 300 Art VII R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District
- § 300-7.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-7.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-7.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- § 300-7.04 Development standards.
- Ch 300 Art VIII R-4L Lakefront Residential District; R-4R Riverfront Residential District
- § 300-8.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-8.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-8.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- § 300-8.04 Development standards in R-4L Lakefront Residential District.
- § 300-8.05 Development standards in R-4R Riverfront Residential District.
- Ch 300 Art IX R-5 Manufactured Housing Community District
- § 300-9.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-9.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-9.03 Permitted accessory uses.
- § 300-9.04 Development standards and requirements.
- Ch 300 Art X RE Recreational District
- § 300-10.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-10.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-10.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- § 300-10.04 Parking areas.
- § 300-10.05 Development standards.
- Ch 300 Art XI RS Rural Salvage District
- § 300-11.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-11.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-11.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- § 300-11.04 Development standards.
- Ch 300 Art XIA MU Municipal District
- § 300-11A.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-11A.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-11A.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- Ch 300 Art XII CS Commercial/Service District
- § 300-12.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-12.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-12.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- § 300-12.04 Development standards.
- Ch 300 Art XIII IND Industrial District
- § 300-13.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-13.02 Uses permitted by right.
- § 300-13.03 Uses permitted by special use permit.
- § 300-13.04 Development standards.
- Ch 300 Art XIV PUD Planned Unit Development
- § 300-14.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-14.02 General requirements.
- § 300-14.03 Informal preliminary conferences.
- § 300-14.04 Public hearing and preliminary approval procedures.
- § 300-14.05 Final approval procedures.
- § 300-14.06 Application fee and escrow requirements.
- § 300-14.07 Construction compliance.
- § 300-14.08 Amendments and revisions; approval of minor changes.
- § 300-14.09 Expiration and extension of approval period.
- Ch 300 Art XV Open Space Preservation Option
- § 300-15.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-15.02 Eligibility criteria.
- § 300-15.03 Application and review requirements.
- § 300-15.04 Density calculation.
- § 300-15.05 Design requirements.
- § 300-15.06 Open space maintenance and preservation.
- Ch 300 Art XVI Site Condominiums
- § 300-16.01 Condominium development standards.
- Ch 300 Art XVII (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XVIII General Provisions and Exceptions
- § 300-18.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-18.02 General exceptions.
- § 300-18.03 Easements.
- § 300-18.04 Spatial relationships, grades and retaining walls.
- § 300-18.05 Obstructions to vision on corner lots.
- § 300-18.06 Fence, wall and privacy screen regulations.
- § 300-18.07 Winery, brewery or distillery.
- § 300-18.08 Storage of obnoxious matter in open containers prohibited.
- § 300-18.09 Climate-controlled storage facilities.
- § 300-18.10 Outdoor storage of unlicensed recreational and other vehicles and equipment in residential and agricultural districts.
- § 300-18.11 Farm regulations; migrant conditions.
- § 300-18.12 Dumpsters or outdoor trash receptacles.
- § 300-18.13 Swimming pool regulations.
- § 300-18.14 Home occupations.
- § 300-18.15 Temporary and portable buildings, uses, and structures.
- § 300-18.16 Building permits issued prior to effective date.
- § 300-18.17 Restoration of unsafe buildings.
- § 300-18.18 Moving of buildings.
- § 300-18.19 Exceptions to area and width requirements.
- § 300-18.20 One principal use on a lot.
- § 300-18.21 Illegal dwellings.
- § 300-18.22 Projections into yards.
- § 300-18.23 Access through yards.
- § 300-18.24 Accessory buildings and structures.
- § 300-18.25 Adult regulated uses and sexually oriented businesses.
- § 300-18.26 Automobile fueling stations and service stations.
- § 300-18.27 Junkyards and salvage operations.
- § 300-18.28 Guesthouse.
- § 300-18.29 Refuse and dumping.
- § 300-18.30 Removal and processing of sand, gravel and topsoil.
- § 300-18.31 Building permit and zoning compliance permit required.
- § 300-18.32 (Reserved)
- § 300-18.33 Single-family dwellings.
- § 300-18.34 Access management.
- § 300-18.35 Keeping, raising, or breeding of animals.
- § 300-18.36 Docks, boathouses, and mooring facilities.
- § 300-18.37 Spas and wellness centers.
- § 300-18.38 Accessory uses.
- § 300-18.39 Event venues.
- § 300-18.40 Wireless communication towers, commercial.
- Ch 300 Art XIX Parking and Loading Standards
- § 300-19.01 Off-street parking required.
- § 300-19.02 General requirements.
- § 300-19.03 Table of off-street parking requirements.
- § 300-19.04 Barrier-free off-street parking.
- § 300-19.05 Off-street waiting area and stacking spaces for drive-through facilities.
- § 300-19.06 Off-street parking lot layout, construction and maintenance.
- § 300-19.07 Off-street loading space requirements.
- § 300-19.08 Permitted reductions in required parking and loading spaces.
- Ch 300 Art XX Landscaping Standards
- § 300-20.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-20.02 Requirements and timing of landscaping.
- § 300-20.03 Special provisions for existing sites.
- § 300-20.04 Parking lot landscaping.
- § 300-20.05 Waste receptacle and mechanical equipment screening.
- § 300-20.06 General layout and design standards.
- § 300-20.07 Incentives to preserve existing trees.
- § 300-20.08 Walls and buffer strips between uses.
- § 300-20.09 Waiver or modification of standards for special situations.
- Ch 300 Art XXI Signage
- § 300-21.01 Purpose.
- § 300-21.02 General provisions for all signs.
- § 300-21.03 Exempt signs.
- § 300-21.04 Prohibited signs.
- § 300-21.05 Permitted signs.
- § 300-21.06 Permit process.
- Ch 300 Art XXII Performance Guarantees
- § 300-22.01 Purpose.
- § 300-22.02 Scope of requirement.
- § 300-22.03 General requirements.
- § 300-22.04 General conditions.
- § 300-22.05 Unsatisfactory completion of improvements.
- Ch 300 Art XXIIA Private Roads and Shared Driveways
- § 300-22A.01 Purpose and applicability.
- § 300-22A.02 Definitions.
- § 300-22A.03 General requirements.
- § 300-22A.04 Application requirements.
- § 300-22A.05 Private road application review procedures.
- § 300-22A.06 Shared driveway design and construction requirements.
- § 300-22A.07 Private road design and construction requirements.
- § 300-22A.08 Private road or shared driveway easement.
- § 300-22A.09 Easement maintenance agreements.
- § 300-22A.10 Extension and/or improvements of an existing private road.
- § 300-22A.11 Commercial access.
- § 300-22A.12 Existing private roads; appropriate remedies.
- § 300-22A.13 Construction of shared driveways or private roads for land divisions.
- § 300-22A.14 Exemptions.
- Ch 300 Art XXIII Site Plan Review and Approval Procedures
- § 300-23.01 Purpose.
- § 300-23.02 When site plan and review by Planning Commission is required.
- § 300-23.03 Application process.
- § 300-23.04 Criteria for granting site plan approval.
- § 300-23.05 Review and approval.
- § 300-23.06 Issuance of building permit after site plan approval.
- § 300-23.07 Modification of an approved site plan.
- § 300-23.08 Conformity to approved site plan required.
- Ch 300 Art XXIV Special Use Permit
- § 300-24.01 Special use permit review.
- § 300-24.02 Statement of intent.
- § 300-24.03 Application.
- § 300-24.04 Notice of public hearing.
- § 300-24.05 Planning Commission recommendation.
- § 300-24.06 Township Board approval.
- § 300-24.07 Standards for granting special use approval.
- § 300-24.08 Recording of Township Board action.
- § 300-24.09 Amendments to special uses.
- § 300-24.10 Revocation of special use approval.
- Ch 300 Art XXV Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- § 300-25.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-25.02 Nonconforming uses of land.
- § 300-25.03 Continuance of nonconforming use or structure.
- § 300-25.04 Alterations, repairs and maintenance.
- § 300-25.05 Township removal of nonconforming uses and structures.
- § 300-25.06 Change in tenancy or ownership.
- § 300-25.07 Encumbering land required to satisfy regulations.
- § 300-25.08 Unlawful nonconformities.
- § 300-25.09 Recording of nonconforming uses and structures.
- § 300-25.10 Plans already filed.
- Ch 300 Art XXVI Zoning Board of Appeals
- § 300-26.01 Creation.
- § 300-26.02 Intent.
- § 300-26.03 Adoption of rules and procedures.
- § 300-26.04 Jurisdiction of Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 300-26.05 Application and notices.
- § 300-26.06 Disposition and duration of approval.
- Ch 300 Art XXVII Zoning Administration
- § 300-27.01 Responsibilities.
- § 300-27.02 Township Board.
- § 300-27.03 Township Planning Commission.
- § 300-27.04 Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 300-27.05 Zoning enforcement officials.
- Ch 300 Art XXVIII Amendments to Zoning Chapter and Map
- § 300-28.01 Description and purpose.
- § 300-28.02 Amendment, notice and hearing procedures.
- § 300-28.03 Protests.
- § 300-28.04 Conformance to court decree.
- § 300-28.05 Rezoning review criteria.
- § 300-28.06 Conditional rezoning.
- Ch 300 Art XXIX Violations and Penalties
- § 300-29.01 Public nuisance.
- § 300-29.02 Violation defined.
- § 300-29.03 Enforcement; municipal civil infraction.
- § 300-29.04 Other remedies.
- § 300-29.05 Rights and remedies preserved.
- § 300-29.06 Records of violations and remedies.
- Appendixes
- Ch A315 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A323 Gas System Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Township of
Buchanan 10-21-2010, as amended
through 12-7-2017 by Ord. No. 110-2017. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
