§ 40-7.02. Site Plan Required

A.

Site Plan Review. A site plan shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for approval of:

(1)

New single-family dwellings. For purposes of this section, a new single-family dwelling is a dwelling proposed for construction on a vacant lot or an existing dwelling where more than 50 percent of the existing floor area is being altered as determined by the City Building Official or his/her designee.

(2)

Additions to single-family dwellings except those additions which meet all of the following:

(a)

Are to the rear of the existing building;

(b)

Are no higher than the existing building;

(c)

Are no closer to the side lot lines than the existing building;

(d)

Are no larger than 50 percent of the floor area of the existing building;

(e)

Are of the same predominant exterior material and proportion as the existing building; and

(f)

Have windows on all elevations so that no elevation has a large expanse of blank wall.

(3)

Additions or alterations to nonconforming uses, buildings containing nonconforming uses and/or changes in the off-street parking connected therewith. Any addition or alteration to a nonconforming use or building containing a nonconforming use shall require approval of a variance by the Zoning Board of Appeals prior to submission of the site plan.

(4)

All residentially-related buildings and uses, such as, but not limited to: places of worship, schools, clubhouses, pubic facilities and additions thereto.

(5)

Nonresidential buildings and accessory buildings, and additions or alterations to nonresidential buildings and accessory buildings.

(6)

Off-street parking areas for three (3) or more vehicles in connection with subsections A(1) through (5) of this section.

(7)

Semicircular driveways.

(8)

Special land uses.

(9)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, site plan review by the Planning Commission shall not be required with respect to properties located within an historic district, or within a proposed historic district consistent with Public Act 169, as amended, MCL 399.214(3), but only if special land use approval is not required. The City Commission has provided that all applications for such properties be referred to the Historic District Commission.

(Ord. No. 600, § 1, 1-8-2018; Ord. No. 604, § 3, 4-10-2018)