The Multiple-Family Residential District is
intended to provide areas for multiple-family residential dwellings.
Uses provided in the MF District are often considered to be good transition
areas between single-family residential and higher-intensity nonresidential
land uses.
In the Multiple-Family Residential District,
no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected
except for one or more of the following uses:
A. Two-family dwellings in accordance with Article
XVII and §
515-86.
B. Multiple-family dwellings in accordance with Article
XVII and §
515-86.
C. Congregate elderly housing.
D. Independent elderly housing.
E. Public buildings and uses without storage yards, excluding
post offices, public museums, and public libraries.
G. State-licensed family day-care homes.
H. State-licensed residential facility [except as for
those excluded in Section 206.(2) of Act 110 of the Public Acts of
Michigan 2006, as amended].
I. Uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission
after finding of fact, are similar to the above principal permitted
uses.
The following special land uses may be permitted only after review and approval by the Planning Commission, subject to the requirements and standards of Article
XX and the submission of a site plan conforming with the requirements of §
515-100:
B. Convalescent or rest homes, and assisted living (§
515-135).
C. Public educational institutions (§
515-137).
D. Nursery and child-care centers (§
515-149).
F. Public buildings and uses with outdoor storage yards (§
515-154).
H. Single-family dwellings in accordance with (§
515-86), and provided:
(1) The location of the proposed single-family dwelling
shall be in an area conducive to single-family development and appropriately
buffered from more intensive uses permitted in the district.
(2) All single-family structures shall be set back at
least 30 feet from any property line shared with a multiple-family
or nonresidential use.
(3) Lot dimensions and development shall conform with
the SF-2 District standards.
I. State-licensed group day-care homes (§
515-142).
J. Adult foster care small group home and adult foster care large group home (§
515-167).
K. Uses which the Planning Commission determines are similar to and compatible with the intent of this section and the special land uses in Article
XX.
Accessory buildings, structures and uses shall be permitted in accordance with §
515-78. In addition, the following accessory structures and uses may also be permitted, subject to the provisions of this section:
A. Garage and yard sales in accordance with §
515-110.
B. Home occupations in accordance with §
515-105.