Township of Northville, MI
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2023-10-19
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 170 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 8 Constables
- Ch 12 Economic Development Corporation
- Ch 16 Employee Benefits
- Ch 28 Parking Violations Bureau Ordinance
- Ch 32 Public Safety, Department of
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Township Superintendent/Manager
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Alarm Systems
- Ch 51 Amusement Devices, Coin-Operated
- Ch 53 Animals
- Ch 58 Building Construction
- Ch 60 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 61 Business Registration
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 67 Criminal Code
- Ch 69 Cruising
- Ch 72 Design and Construction Standards
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Fire Prevention
- Ch 82 Floodplain Regulation
- Ch 85 Grading and Drainage
- Ch 90 Hazardous Waste Cleanup
- Ch 91 Historic District
- Ch 93 Hunting
- Ch 101 Landfills
- Ch 104 Liquor
- Ch 106 Littering
- Ch 110 Mining and Quarrying
- Ch 113 Motor Vehicles
- Ch 117 Noise
- Ch 122 Oil and Gas Operations
- Ch 125 Open Occupancy
- Ch 128 Outdoor Gatherings
- Ch 133 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 139 Sewer and Water
- Ch 142 Sewer Use
- Ch 143 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 145 Signs
- Ch 149 Solid Waste
- Ch 151 Stormwater Detention Basin Maintenance
- Ch 152 Subdivision Control
- Ch 155 Swimming
- Ch 159 Taxation
- Ch 162 Telecommunications
- Ch 166 Uniform Traffic Code
- Ch 170 Zoning
- Ch 170 Art 1 Introduction and Applicability
- § 170-1.1 Long title.
- § 170-1.2 Short title.
- § 170-1.3 Purpose.
- § 170-1.4 Interpretation and application.
- § 170-1.5 Compliance required.
- § 170-1.6 Severability.
- § 170-1.7 Effect on prior violations.
- § 170-1.8 Repealer.
- Ch 170 Art 2 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Art 3 General Use Provisions
- § 170-3.1 Regulations regarding uses of land or buildings.
- § 170-3.2 Accessory structures and uses.
- Ch 170 Art 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Art 5 Zoning Districts, Maps and Requirements
- § 170-5.1 Districts established.
- § 170-5.2 Zoning Map.
- § 170-5.3 Interpretation of district boundaries.
- § 170-5.4 District regulations.
- § 170-5.5 Zoning of vacated areas.
- Ch 170 Art 6 Single Family Residential Districts (R-1 through R-4)
- § 170-6.1 Intent.
- Ch 170 Art 7 Multiple-Family Residential District (MF)
- § 170-7.1 Intent.
- § 170-7.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 8 Senior Housing District (SH)
- § 170-8.1 Intent.
- § 170-8.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 9 Public Recreation and Open Space District (PROS)
- § 170-9.1 Intent.
- § 170-9.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 10 Office Service District (OS)
- § 170-10.1 Intent.
- § 170-10.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 11 Northville Road Mixed Use District (NRMU)
- § 170-11.1 Intent.
- § 170-11.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 12 Local Business District (B-1)
- § 170-12.1 Intent.
- § 170-12.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 13 General Business District (B-3)
- § 170-13.1 Intent.
- § 170-13.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 14 Commercial Recreation District (CR)
- § 170-14.1 Intent.
- § 170-14.2 Required conditions.
- § 170-14.3 Prohibited uses.
- Ch 170 Art 15 Office, Research and Technology District (ORT)
- § 170-15.1 Intent.
- § 170-15.2 Required conditions.
- § 170-15.3 Prohibited uses.
- Ch 170 Art 16 Industrial District (I)
- § 170-16.1 Intent.
- § 170-16.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 17 Consumer Industrial District (CI)
- § 170-17.1 Intent.
- § 170-17.2 Required conditions.
- Ch 170 Art 18 Schedule of Regulations
- § 170-18.1 Schedule of regulations limiting height, bulk, density and area by land use.
- § 170-18.2 Notes to schedule.
- Ch 170 Art 19 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Art 20 Development Options
- § 170-20.1 Intent.
- § 170-20.2 PUD options.
- § 170-20.3 Qualifications.
- § 170-20.4 Design standards for AACs, OSCs and PUDs.
- § 170-20.5 Supplemental standards for active adult community projects (AAC).
- § 170-20.6 Supplemental standards for open space community projects (OSC).
- § 170-20.7 Supplemental standards for mixed-use planned unit development (PUD).
- § 170-20.8 Approval procedures for AACs, OSCs and PUDs.
- Ch 170 Art 21 Lighting Standards
- § 170-21.1 Intent.
- § 170-21.2 General provisions.
- § 170-21.3 Residential lighting.
- § 170-21.4 Nonresidential lighting.
- § 170-21.5 Submittal requirements.
- § 170-21.6 Administration.
- Ch 170 Art 22 Nonconforming Uses, Buildings and Structures
- § 170-22.1 Intent.
- § 170-22.2 Applicability.
- § 170-22.3 Nonconforming lots.
- § 170-22.4 Nonconforming uses.
- § 170-22.5 Nonconforming structures.
- § 170-22.6 Nonconforming sites.
- § 170-22.7 Right-of-way changes.
- § 170-22.8 Purchase or condemnation.
- Ch 170 Art 23 Tree and Woodlands Replacement
- § 170-23.1 Intent.
- § 170-23.2 Applicability.
- § 170-23.3 Health/condition ranking.
- § 170-23.4 Tree survey.
- § 170-23.5 Tree replacement requirements.
- § 170-23.6 Exemptions.
- § 170-23.7 Review standards.
- § 170-23.8 Tree transplanting.
- § 170-23.9 Tree protection procedures.
- § 170-23.10 Replacement of trees damaged during construction.
- Ch 170 Art 24 Landscape Standards
- § 170-24.1 Intent.
- § 170-24.2 Applicability.
- § 170-24.3 Incentive for preserving existing trees.
- § 170-24.4 Greenbelt.
- § 170-24.5 Buffer zones.
- § 170-24.6 Parking lots.
- § 170-24.7 Building fronts and interior grounds.
- § 170-24.8 Detention ponds, retention ponds and sedimentation basins.
- § 170-24.9 Street trees, medians, culs-de-sac and driveway entrances.
- § 170-24.10 General requirements.
- § 170-24.11 Inspection and maintenance.
- § 170-24.12 Waiver or modification of requirements.
- Ch 170 Art 25 Use-Specific Standards
- § 170-25.1 Intent.
- § 170-25.2 Uses.
- Ch 170 Art 26 Off-Street Parking and Loading/Unloading
- § 170-26.1 General requirements.
- § 170-26.2 Method of measuring off-street parking.
- § 170-26.3 Modifications of parking requirements.
- § 170-26.4 Off-street parking requirements by use.
- § 170-26.5 Off-street parking design standards.
- § 170-26.6 Off-street parking construction and maintenance.
- § 170-26.7 Off-street loading and unloading.
- Ch 170 Art 27 Access Management
- § 170-27.1 Intent.
- § 170-27.2 Applicability.
- § 170-27.3 Driveway location.
- § 170-27.4 Driveway spacing.
- § 170-27.5 Alignment of driveways.
- § 170-27.6 Number of driveways.
- § 170-27.7 Shared driveways and service roads.
- § 170-27.8 Driveway design.
- Ch 170 Art 28 Private Roads
- § 170-28.1 Intent.
- § 170-28.2 Applicability.
- § 170-28.3 Submittal requirements.
- § 170-28.4 Design standards.
- § 170-28.5 Shared residential driveways.
- § 170-28.6 Gated entranceways.
- § 170-28.7 Maintenance agreement.
- § 170-28.8 Requirements for building permit.
- § 170-28.9 Nonconforming private roads and access easements.
- Ch 170 Art 29 Wireless Communications
- § 170-29.1 Intent.
- § 170-29.2 Definitions.
- § 170-29.3 Zoning districts and approval process for wireless communications facilities.
- § 170-29.4 Sketch plan requirements.
- § 170-29.5 Design standards applicable to all facilities.
- § 170-29.6 Removal.
- § 170-29.7 Co-location.
- § 170-29.8 Nonconforming facilities; penalties for not permitting co-location.
- Ch 170 Art 30 Special Land Uses
- § 170-30.1 Intent.
- § 170-30.2 Procedure.
- § 170-30.3 Special land use submittal requirements.
- § 170-30.4 Standards.
- § 170-30.5 Amendments, expansions or change in use.
- § 170-30.6 Variances.
- § 170-30.7 Effect of approval.
- § 170-30.8 Extensions.
- § 170-30.9 Investigations.
- § 170-30.10 Maintenance.
- § 170-30.11 Revocation.
- § 170-30.12 Discontinuance.
- Ch 170 Art 31 Fences
- § 170-31.1 General standards applying to all fences.
- § 170-31.2 Swimming pools, spas, hot tubs and other similar facilities.
- § 170-31.3 Parks, schools, playgrounds or other public areas.
- § 170-31.4 Utilities, communications and other similar facilities.
- § 170-31.5 Fences in residential zoning districts.
- § 170-31.6 Fences in nonresidential zoning districts.
- § 170-31.7 Enforcement.
- Ch 170 Art 32 Impact Assessment
- § 170-32.1 Intent.
- § 170-32.2 Applicability.
- § 170-32.3 Written impact assessment requirements.
- § 170-32.4 Traffic study requirements.
- Ch 170 Art 33 Site Plan Review
- § 170-33.1 Intent.
- § 170-33.2 Applicability.
- § 170-33.3 Procedures.
- § 170-33.4 Site plan submittal requirements
- § 170-33.5 Sketch plan submittal requirements.
- § 170-33.6 Building design requirements.
- § 170-33.7 Standards for approval.
- § 170-33.8 Engineering requirements.
- § 170-33.9 Building requirements.
- § 170-33.10 Performance guarantee.
- § 170-33.11 Use and property maintenance in accordance with an approved plan.
- § 170-33.12 General provisions.
- § 170-33.13 Landfill permit.
- Ch 170 Art 34 Land Division, Combination or Reconfiguration
- § 170-34.1 Intent.
- § 170-34.2 Applicability.
- § 170-34.3 Submittal requirements.
- § 170-34.4 Review standards.
- Ch 170 Art 35 Site Condominiums
- § 170-35.1 Intent.
- § 170-35.2 Applicability of regulations.
- § 170-35.3 Utilities.
- § 170-35.4 Review procedures.
- § 170-35.5 General site condominium submittal requirements.
- § 170-35.6 Boundary relocation.
- § 170-35.7 Subdivision of unit sites.
- § 170-35.8 Water and wastewater.
- § 170-35.9 Master deed and bylaws.
- § 170-35.10 As-built plan and occupancy.
- § 170-35.11 Consolidated master deed and final site plan.
- § 170-35.12 Survey and monument requirements for site condominiums.
- § 170-35.13 Compliance with other statutes and ordinances.
- Ch 170 Art 36 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Art 37 Temporary Uses, Events, Structures and Buildings
- § 170-37.1 Intent.
- § 170-37.2 Submittal requirements.
- § 170-37.3 Seasonal sales on sidewalks.
- § 170-37.4 Temporary sales within parking lots.
- § 170-37.5 Grand openings.
- § 170-37.6 Outdoor cafes and eating areas.
- § 170-37.7 Temporary construction buildings or structures.
- § 170-37.8 Temporary sales office.
- § 170-37.9 Garage sales, estate sales, auctions and other similar events.
- § 170-37.10 Portable moving and storage containers and roll-off dumpsters.
- § 170-37.11 Membrane structures (tents, canopies and other similar structures).
- Ch 170 Art 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Art 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Art 40 Administration and Public Notice
- § 170-40.1 Intent.
- § 170-40.2 Withholding of approval.
- § 170-40.3 Board of Trustees.
- § 170-40.4 Township Planning Commission.
- § 170-40.5 Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 170-40.6 Zoning enforcement officials.
- § 170-40.7 Public notice.
- § 170-40.8 Fees.
- § 170-40.9 Penalties.
- § 170-40.10 Declaration of public nuisance.
- Ch 170 Art 41 Zoning Board of Appeals
- § 170-41.1 Intent.
- § 170-41.2 Public notice and approvals.
- § 170-41.3 Appeals.
- § 170-41.4 Variances.
- § 170-41.5 Conditions.
- § 170-41.6 Limits on authority.
- § 170-41.7 Expiration of approvals.
- Ch 170 Art 42 Building Permits
- § 170-42.1 Building permits and compliance permits.
- § 170-42.2 Change in use.
- § 170-42.3 Building requirements.
- § 170-42.4 Application requirements.
- § 170-42.5 Final inspection.
- § 170-42.6 Certificates of occupancy.
- § 170-42.7 Stop-work orders.
- Ch 170 Art 43 Amendments
- § 170-43.1 Intent.
- § 170-43.2 Initiation of amendments.
- § 170-43.3 Applications.
- § 170-43.4 Procedure.
- § 170-43.5 Criteria for amendment of Zoning Map.
- § 170-43.6 Criteria for text amendments.
- § 170-43.7 Amendments required to conform to court decree.
- § 170-43.8 Conditional zoning agreement.
- Ch 170 Art 44 Definitions
- § 170-44.1 Terms defined.
- Appendix
- Ch A175 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A176 Gas Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Charter Township of Northville 5-17-2007.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 58.
Design and construction standards — See Ch. 72.
Fences — See Ch. 77.
Floodplain regulation — See Ch. 82.
Grading and drainage — See Ch. 85.
Historic District — See Ch. 91.
Landfills — See Ch. 101.
Mining and quarrying — See Ch. 110.
Oil and gas operations — See Ch. 122.
Signs — See Ch. 145.
Stormwater detention basins — See Ch. 151.
Subdivision control — See Ch. 152
Telecommunications — See Ch. 162.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table of Use Regulations
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Ch. 170, Zoning, adopted 3-21-2002, as amended.
