St. Clair Township, Michigan
Zoning Ordinance
 

Table of Contents

 

Article/Section                                                                                                                                                              

1.1        Title

1.2        Enabling Authority

1.3        Purpose

1.4        Interpretation

1.5        Validity and Severability Clause

1.6        Vested Right

1.7        Conflicting Revisions Repealed

 

2.0        DEFINITIONS

2.1        Rules Applying to Text

2.2        Meanings

 

3.0        ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

3.1        Enforcement

3.2        Duties of Zoning Administrator

3.3        Permits

3.4        Certificates of Occupancy

3.5        Performance Guarantees

3.6        Zoning Amendments

3.7        Fees

3.8        Records

 

4.0        ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS

4.1        District Established

4.2        Zoning District Map

4.3        Application of District Regulations

4.4        Intent of Districts

4.5        Schedule of Use Regulations

4.5.1.    Rural

4.5.2.    RS-1 Suburban Residential

4.5.3.    RS-2 Suburban Residential

4.5.4.    RM Multi-Family

4.5.5.    Mobile Home

4.5.6.    PUD Planned Unit Development

4.5.7.    CR Commercial Recreation

4.5.8.    B-1 Neighborhood Business

4.5.9.    B-2 General Business

4.5.10.  I-L Light Industrial

4.5.11.  I-L Heavy Industrial

4.6        Schedule of District Regulations

 

5.0        PLANNING COMMISSION

5.1        Authority

5.2        Site Plan Review

5.3        Special Use Approval Review

5.4        Special Approval Uses

5.5        Planned Unit Development     
                     Condominium Development Standards

5.7        Subdivision Plat Approval

5.8        Open Space Preservation

5.9        Range Road Corridor Overlay

 

6.0        GENERAL PROVISIONS

6.1        Purpose

6.2        Accessory Buildings and Uses

6.3        One Lot, One Building

6.4        Substandard Dwellings

6.5        Street Access

6.6        Moved Structures

6.7        Dwellings in Non-Residential Districts

6.8        Single Family Dwellings & Certain Mobile Homes

6.9        Home Occupations

6.10      Swimming Pools

6.11      Waterfront Lots

6.12      Livestock or Farm Animals

6.13      Visibility

6.14      Signs

6.15      Area, Height and Use Exceptions Permitted

6.16      Temporary Construction Trailers and Storage Trailers

 

7.0        SITE REGULATIONS

7.1        Flood Prevention Regulations

7.2        Buffer Strip Requirements

7.3        Landscape Design Standards

7.4        Maintenance

7.5        Exterior Lighting

7.6        Waste Receptacles

7.7        Repealed

7.8        Building Grades 4

7.9        Fences, Walls and Screens

7.10      Ponds and Retention

7.11      Reserved for Future Use

7.12      Intersection Visibility

 

8.0        OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS

8.1        Parking Requirements

8.2        Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements

8.3        Zoning Requirements

8.4        Parking Lot Layout, Construction and Maintenance

8.5        Truck and Equipment Parking

8.6        Handicap Requirements

8.7        Restrictions

8.8        Variances

 

9.0        ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

9.1        Purpose

9.2        Smoke 

9.3        Dust, Dirt, and Fly Ash

9.4        Glare and Radioactive Materials

9.5        Fire and Explosive Hazards

9.6        Odors

9.7        Noise

9.8        Waste and Rubbish Dumping

9.9        Excavations or Holes

9.10      Removal of Soil, Sand or Other Material

9.11      Restoring Unsafe Buildings

9.12      Structural Damage

 

 

10.0      NON-CONFORMING LOTS, USES, STRUCTURES

10.1      Applicability

10.2      Lawfully Existing Nonconforming Lots.

10.3      Nonconforming Uses, Buildings and Structures Jointly or Individually.

10.4      Definition and Classification of Nonconforming Uses, Buildings or Structures

10.5      Procedure for Obtaining Class A Designation Conditions.

10.6      Revocation of Class A Designation.

10.7      Regulations Pertaining to Class A Nonconforming Uses and Structures.

10.8      Regulations Pertaining to Class B Nonconforming Uses and Structures.

10.9      Record of Nonconformity

10.10    Nonconforming Characteristics of Use.

10.11    Certificate of Occupancy.

  

11 0      ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

11.1      Creation and Purpose

11.2      Procedure

11.3      Standards