The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
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! AN ORDINANCE 70 establish in
unincorporated areas Of Harrison
! Township. Macomb County. Michigan,
| zoninE districts in which the location
/ of trades and industries is regulated
| and restricted. and 20 regulate the use
Of land in the township, the location of
| buildings designed for specified uses,
! restrict and determine the areas with
| in which given forms Of land utliza-
ton shall be prohibited: 70 designate
| In said districts the use OF land for
| agriculture. recreation, residence, in
dustrieS. trade, soil conservation, wa
ter supply conservation and the uses
for which buildings and structures
shall or shall not be erected, altered,
| or moved, and designating the trades
and industries that shall be permitted
or excluded or subjected 20 special
regulations, and IN each OF said dis
tricts designating and limiting the loCa-
ton. the height, floor area. number Of
stories and SIZE Of dwellings. buildings
and structures hereafter erected, alter
ed, or moved; regulate and limit the
use Of tent and automobile traiIers and
trailer coaches for community dwelling
purposes; regulate and determine the
area OF yards, courts and other open
spaces; limit and restrict the number
Of persons and families which may be
housed in dwellings hereafter erected
or altered, and the sanitary. safety and
dwellings, buildings and structures. in
Guiding tents and trailer coaches; reg
ula'e and determine the areas 20 be
used for agriculture and recreation;
provide for amendments and supple
nents thereto: provide for the admin
iStration and enforcement Of this Ord-
nance; provide for = Board OF Appeal
and its powers and duties; provide pen
alties for the violation Of It's provisions
and the collection OF building permit
fees in benefited districts and Of taxes
therefor. and for amendments 70 this
Ordinance.
1T Is HEREBY ORDAINED BY
THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWNSHIP
OF HARRISON, MACOMB COUNTY,
MICHIGAN:
Section I: INTENT, PURPOSES
AND METHODS
The comprehensive plan of Tins Ordi-
nance IS for the purpose Of promoting
the public health, safety, morals and
general welfare Of the community. 70
encourage the use Of lands IN accord
ance with their character and adapta-
bilitv and 70 limit the improper use OF
land by having regulations and re-
strictions that increase the safety and
security Of home life. that increase and
create moro favorable environment
in which 20 rear Child-en' that develop
permanent good citizenship; that sta
DlllIP ana tNndNNf pIbptllF anu civic
values; that provide for a more un-
formly just land use, pattern and tax
assessment basis: that facilitate ads-
quate provisions for increased safety in
traffic and for transportation, vehicu-
lar parking, parks, parkWays, rcCrea-
ton, schools, public buildings, housing,
light air, water supply, sewage dis
posal, public sanitation, education and
other public requirements; that lessen
congestion. disorder and danger which
often inhere In unreEulated municipal
developments; that prevent overCrowd-
ing OF land and undue concentration of
population: and that provide more rea-
sonable and serviCeable means and
methods of protecting and safeguard
ing the economic structure upon which
the good OF all depends.
In order 20 more effectively protect
and promote the general welfare and
70 accomplish the aims and purposes of
this comprehensive plan, the Township
is divided into districts of such number.
shape and area and Of such community
OF purpose and adaptabll!ty OF use that
are deemed most suitable 20 provide for
the best general civic use. and by fur
ther regulations 10 limit the location.
uses and occupancy Of buildings, struc-
lures and land 70 be used for trade.
industry, residence or other purposes.
and also the location, height, number
Of stories, occupancy and uses OF build
ings and other structures, and regulate
and limit the use of tents and auto
trailers and trailer coaches, including
the percentage OF LOT occupancy and
coverage. street setback lines. sizes
of yards and other open spaces, and
70 regulate the size OF dwellings, build
ings and structures hereafter erected
or altered.
SECTION I (a): The Ordinance shall
be known and cited as THE coming
ORDINANCE"
SECTION ii: DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Ordinance.
certain terms used are herewith de-
fined. and are vital 10 the sense OF the
Ordinance.
When not inconsistent with the con-
text. words used in the present tense
include the future. words in the sIngu-
lar number include the plural number.
and words in the plural number in
clude the singular number. The word
"shalI' is always mandatory and not
merely directory.
I. Accessory Use: A use naturally
and normally incidental 20. subordinate
10, and devoted exclusively 20 the main
use OF the premises
2. Accessory Building: subordinate
building or structure on the same lot.
or part of such building, occupied or
devoted exclusively 10 an accessory
use.