ZONING ORDINANCE - City of Gladwin

City of Gladwin2010 Zoning Ordinance-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Erected: Built, constructed, altered, reconstructed, moved upon, or any physicaloperations on the premises which are required for construction, excavation, fill, drainageand the like, shall be considered a part of erection.Essential Services: A public utility or municipal department utilizing underground,surface, or overhead gas, electrical, steam, fuel, or water transmission or distributionsystems, collection, communication, supply or disposal system, but not including buildings.Excavation: Any breaking of ground, except common household gardening and groundcare.FFamily: A single individual doing his own cooking, and living upon the premises as aseparate housekeeping unit, or a collective body of persons doing their own cooking, andliving together upon the premises or a separate housekeeping unit in a domesticrelationship based upon birth, marriage, or other domestic bonds distinguished from agroup occupying a boarding house, lodging house, club, fraternity, or hotel.Family Day-Care Home and Group Day-Care Home: Those terms defined in Section 1of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111, and only apply to the bona fide private residence of theoperator of the family or group day-care home.Fence: Any permanent partition, structure, or gate erected upon or near, but not limitedto, the dividing line between adjoining property owners, for the purpose of separating,screening, enclosing or protecting property. Hedges, ornamental shrubs, trees and bushesshall be considered fences when placed in a manner or position to serve as such.Floodplain (Flood Prone Area): Any land area susceptible to being inundated by waterfrom any source.Floor Area, Gross: The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of thebuilding measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline ofwalls separating two (2) buildings. The "floor area" of a building shall not include thebasement floor area except when more than one-half (1/2) of the basement height isabove grade. "Floor-area" shall include elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor, floorspace used for mechanical equipment (except equipment, open or enclosed, located onthe roof), attic space having headroom of seven feet, ten inches or more, interiorbalconies, and mezzanines. Any space devoted to off-street parking or loading shall notbe included in "floor area."Floor Area, Residential: For the purpose of computing the minimum allowable floor areain a residential dwelling unit, the sum of the horizontal areas of each story of the buildingshall be measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline ofwalls separating two (2) dwellings. The floor area measurement is exclusive of areas ofbasements, unfinished attics, attached garages, breezeways, and enclosed andunenclosed porches.Floor Space, Usable: That area used for or intended to be used for the sale ofmerchandise or services, or for the use to serve patrons, clients, or customers. Such floorarea which is used or intended to be used principally for the storage or processing ofmerchandise, hallways, or for utilities or sanitary facilities, shall be excluded from thiscomputation. Measurement of usable floor area shall be the sum of the horizontal areas ofthe several floors of the building, measured from the interior faces of the exterior walls.16