Chocolay Township

Acreage and Setback Requirements

District Minimum Acreage

Frontage Minimum

Setbacks (in feet)

Front

Side

Rear

2 acres

75 feet

30

10

30

Permitted Uses

Note   The following uses are mandated under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, section 125.3206:

·         Adult foster care facility

·         Child care center

·         Family child care home

·         Group child care home

·         Qualified residential treatment program

·         State licensed residential facility

Legend

P

permitted use

P *

permitted use – 20 acres or more

 

Use

Category

Accessory residential home occupation – tier 1

Examples

·   computer programming

·   massage therapy

·   consulting service

·   medical records processing

·   fine arts and writing

·   phone answering / solicitation service

·   home office

·   web design

·   mail order business

 

 

P

Accessory residential home occupation – tier 2

Examples

·   small scale assembly operation

·   hair stylist

·   catering or food preparation

·   nail or personal care salon

·   daycare

·   pet grooming

·   electronic or equipment repair

 

 

P

Accessory structure

Examples

·   garage

·   shed

·   pole barn

·   storage container

 

P

Adult foster care facility

P

Agriculture – residential

Examples

·   bee keeping

·   greenhouse

·   cold frame greenhouse

·   hoop house

·   garden

·   small grow sales

 

P

Boarding stable

Example

·   horse boarding

P *

Child care center

P

Community garden as a principal use on a lot

P

Electric vehicle charging station for private use

P

Family child care home

P

Farmer’s market  as the accessory use of a lot

P

Mobile processing facility

Examples

·   food

·   game processing

·   meat processing

P

Outdoor wood boiler

P

Public utility

Examples

·   gas and water line

·   sanitary sewer

·   Internet service

·   telephone, cable, and electrical lines

 

P

Qualified residential treatment program, 10 or fewer individuals

P

Registered rental dwelling

Examples

·   bed and breakfast – single rental

·   vacation rental

·   single family rental

·   similar rental with four units or less

·   tourist home

 

 

P

Single family residential

P

Site condominiums

P

Solar energy system (SES) –  accessory ground mounted

P

Solar energy system (SES) –  roof mounted

P

State licensed residential facility

P

Temporary street / road sale

Examples

·   garage sale

·   lemonade stand

·   yard sale

P

Wildlife management

P

Conditional Uses

Legend

C

conditional use

C *

conditional use – 20 acres or more

C **

conditional use – 40 acres or more

C ***

conditional use – 60 acres or more

 

Use

Category

Accessory dwelling unit

C

Agricultural – commercial product sales

Examples

·   agriculture / farm equipment sales

·   plant nursery

·   animal feed

·   rental and small equipment repair

·   garden center

 

C

Agricultural – commercial soil modifications sales

Examples

fertilizer

herbicide

pesticide

C

Agriculture – commercial

Examples

·   agriculture equipment repair

·   greenhouse

·   bee keeping

·   herb farm

·   cold frame greenhouse

·   hobby farm

·   garden

·   hoop house

C

Agriculture – on-premise sales

Examples

·   Christmas trees

·   maple syrup

·   creamery

·   on-premise bakery

·   dairy

·   on- premise restaurant or café

·   flower, herb, and spice store

·   produce, flowers, syrups, honey, etc. grown / harvested on the premises

·   food truck

·   winery

C

Agriculture – on-site agritourism

Examples

·   agriculture-related event

·   library

·   cider mill

·   museum

·   corn maze

·   petting farm

·   farm museum

·   pumpkin patch

·   farmer’s market

·   roadside market or stand

·   farm-stay

·   U-pick operation

·   farm visits

·   wedding barn

C

Animal services – indoor facility

Examples

·   animal hospital

·   animal shelter

·   veterinary services

C

Animal services – outdoor facility

Examples

·   animal hospital

·   animal shelter

·   veterinary services

C

Campground

C *

Cemetery

C

Contractor shop

C

Contractor yard

C

Craft brewery / micro-brewery / nano-brewery sales

C

Electric vehicle charging station for public use

C

Farmer’s market  as the principal use of a lot

C

Food truck or other mobile vendor as principal use of a lot

C

Group child care home

C

Hunting or shooting preserve

C **

Indoor sport shooting range

C

Kennel – indoor

C *

Kennel – outdoor

C *

Light intensity processing with accessory storage

Examples

·   commercial kitchen

·   kitchen incubator

·   small craft bottling facility

C

Medical clinic

C

Medical or social care

Examples

·   assisted living facility

·   nursing or convalescent home

·   halfway house

·   orphanage

·   homeless shelter

·   sanitarium

·   home for the aged

·   spouse abuse shelter

C

Mining and / or mineral extraction and the incidental activities associated with such use

C

Multi-family residential

C

On-site composting accessory to a non-residential use

C

Outdoor drive-in theatre

C

Outdoor food and beverage service

C

Outdoor food preparation

C

Outdoor storage – not accessory to a business

C

Place of worship

Examples

·   church

·   synagogue

·   mosque

·   temple

C

Planned Unit Development (PUD)

C

Private club

C

Private park

C

Public offices and related buildings

Examples

·   government office and service

·   publicly owned tourist information center

C

Public park

Examples

·   neighborhood park

·   public garden

C

Riding stable or animal breeding facility accessory to a residence

C *

Recycling drop off site

C

Resort

C

Rural Cluster Development

C

Sawmill

C

School

Examples

·   art

·   K-20

·   associated education research

·   music

·   dance

·   vocational

·   driver’s training

 

C

Solar energy system (SES) –  large commercial arrays

C

Trail

Examples

·   non-motorized trail

·   snowmobile trail

·   trail easement

C

Wind energy conservation system (WECS), ground mounted

C

Wind energy conservation system (WECS), roof mounted

C

Wireless communication facility

C