What the Macomb Township zoning ordinance says about lot coverage, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
All structures together may cover at most 30 percent of the lot. Decks and swimming pools, above ground or in ground, are exempt from the 30 percent coverage cap (Sec. 10.0404.E). Buildings on the same parcel keep 70 feet between them (Sec. 10.0404.F).
All structures together may cover at most 30 percent of the lot; decks and swimming pools are exempt from the cap (Sec. 10.0504.F).
All structures together may cover at most 30 percent of the lot; decks and swimming pools are exempt (Sec. 10.0604.F).
All structures together may cover at most 35 percent of the lot in R-1 (Sec. 10.0704.E). The exemption sentence still says decks and swimming pools are exempt from the thirty percent coverage requirement, a leftover from an older cap; the operative R-1 number is 35 percent and decks and pools are exempt from it.
Maximum lot coverage is 25 percent (Sec. 10.0806.E).
Maximum lot coverage is 25 percent (Sec. 10.0906.E).
Maximum lot coverage is 15 percent (Sec. 10.1006.E).
Maximum lot coverage is 30 percent, with buildings at least 25 feet apart (Sec. 10.1205.E-F).
Maximum lot coverage is 30 percent (Sec. 10.1305.E).
Maximum lot coverage is 30 percent (Sec. 10.1405.E).
C-1 has no numeric coverage percentage. Coverage is governed by meeting the required setbacks plus the structure, parking, servicing, and driveway areas, and no parking area may throw headlight glare into an adjacent residential district that planting or fencing cannot correct (Sec. 10.1505.E).
No numeric coverage percentage; lot coverage is governed by the required setbacks plus structure, parking, servicing, and driveway areas, with the headlight glare limitation toward residential districts (Sec. 10.1605.E).
No numeric coverage percentage; coverage is governed by required setbacks plus structure, parking, servicing, and driveway areas, with the headlight glare limitation toward residential districts (Sec. 10.1705.E). Outdoor storage and display of merchandise is prohibited except minor day-to-day display behind all setback lines (Sec. 10.1705.K.8).
No numeric coverage percentage; coverage is governed by required setbacks plus structure, parking, servicing, and driveway areas, with the headlight glare limitation (Sec. 10.1805.E). Outdoor storage and display of merchandise is prohibited except minor day-to-day display behind setback lines (Sec. 10.1805.K.6).
Maximum lot coverage is 50 percent (Sec. 10.1906.E).
Maximum lot coverage is 50 percent (Sec. 10.2007.E). Performance standards cap noise at 60 decibels at the site line, restrict smoke to Ringelmann No. 2, limit vibration to 0.003 inch displacement at the site line, and prohibit explosives storage (Sec. 10.2007.L).
The 2019 rewrite of Article XXI (Ord. No. 10-66) includes no maximum lot coverage line for M-1; the site is controlled by setbacks, the 30 foot residential buffer, parking, and storm water standards instead (Sec. 10.2106). Performance standards cap noise at 65 decibels at any property line, restrict smoke to Ringelmann No. 2, and require all activity indoors except delivery vehicles and approved outdoor storage (Sec. 10.2106.H).
Like M-1, the 2019 rewrite of Article XXII includes no maximum lot coverage line for M-2; setbacks, the residential buffer, outdoor storage rules, and performance standards control the site instead (Sec. 10.2204). Outdoor storage above 1,000 square feet needs special land use approval and a 6 to 8 foot enclosure (Sec. 10.2204.G.7).
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