ST MICHAEL'S
St Michael's is zoned CS -Community Service   (click here)  and R1 Residential  (this page) and the new building is being proposed in a Flood Plain Conservation District ( click here )
The Community Service District runs from the point nearly in the middle of Pond View Rd straight back to a point nearly in the middle of 1078 Kipling's backyard line.  The side with the parking lot and the log church is  Community Service / the side with the old parish hall, the current dwelling and the new planned dining between them  is R1. The floodplain area is listed as R1 . 

From the Zoning Codebook : R1 Residential  zoning is:

SECTION 301. RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY (R-I) DISTRICT

Section 301.1. Purpose: The R-1 residential zoning district is intended to provide low density,

single-family, neigllborhoods.

Section 301.2. Use Regulations: A building may be erected, altered or used, and a iot may be

occupied o r used, in wl~oleo r in part, for any of the following uses and no other, provided that

sucli uses shall comply with the district regulations established in this Article, and all othcr

applicable sections of this Ordinance:

A. Uses by Right:

1. B-1 Agriculture

2. B-3 Livestock

3. H-8 Single Family Detached

4, 1-1 ConservationiRecreation Preserve

5. The following uses in conjuction with the Land Preservation District Overlay are

mandated:

a. H-5 Estate Dwelling

b. H-9 S i ~ g l eF anlily Cluster

c. H-10 Townhouse

d. H-12 Village House

6. The iollowing accessory uses are permitted:

a. A-I Residential Accessory Building

h. A-3 Recrealional Vehicles

c. A-5 Amenna Syslem

d. A-6 Fences/Walls

e. A-7 Home Occupation

i. A-9 Swimming Pool

g. A-10 TennisiSport Court

h. A-12 Play Structures

B. Use by Special Exception:

1. B-2 Kennel

2. B-4 Riding Academy

3. E-8 Municipal Complex

4. G-6 Outdoor Recreation

5. 3-2 Emergency Services

6. 3-3 Utility Facility

Section 301.3. Dimensional Regulations: The following din~ensional regulations are the

district standards which must be achieved for any use, addition or alreralion:

Dimensional Chart

Note: Residential Buffer requirements may change minimum yard size

I . All principal detached structures and uses must be separated by a minimum distance of

forty (40) feet from one another.

2 . See Land Preservarion Dislricl Overla)! for LPD dilnensional standards pf 1st H-5: H-9,

1-1-10, and Use H-12.

S e c f i o ~3 01.4. Special District Regulations:

1. The front ):ad oc one side of a corner lot may be reduced to a depth of not less than

i o i t ~(4 0) feet.

2. For every pernitted use o t h e ~th an a dwelling unit, there shall be a minimum ol' two (2)

side yards, neither of which shall be less than :hirty (30) feet in width.

3. Outside storage oi!unk, debris, other materials, and outdoor vehicle repairs shall not br

permitted.

4. Abarldoned or unlicensed cars, trucks, other vehiclcs, or parts thereof, are not permitted

outside of legal and approved structures.

5. Commercial and recreational vehicles and boats greater than twenty-five (25) feet in

length are i ~ opte rmitted to be parked or stored in residential districts, except in approved

structures. Trucks, tractors, trailers, and flat beds more than eighteen (IS) feet in length,

eighty (SO) inches in width, or more than 8,200 poundsin groos vehicle weight shall not

be permitted.

6. Commercial vehicles less than twenty-five (25) feet in length are not permitted to contain

business advertisement unless parked in approved sfructures.

7, In-fill of dwelling uiiits on vacant lots shall meet the topology and chtracter of the

existing community.

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The above is found in
The Township's  Zoning Portion of Codebook
http://www.e-codes.generalcode.com/codes/0569_A/Zoning.pdf#xml=http://www.e-codes.generalcode.com/searchresults.asp?cmd=pdfhits&index=0569_A&filename=zoning.pdf&fn=C:/siteinfo/ecodes/codebooks/0569_A/Zoning.pdf
 

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