Lot coverage in Wyoming, MI is regulated by Chapter 90 of the City Code (Zoning) and, in designated corridors, by the City's Form Based Code. Each zoning district has its own maximum lot coverage by buildings set in the dimensional standards of the Zoning Ordinance. Impervious-surface and stormwater controls are administered separately under Michigan's NPDES Phase II MS4 program (Part 31 of NREPA, 1994 PA 451) by the Kent County Drain Commissioner's Office and the Wyoming Public Works Engineering Division.
The Wyoming Chapter 90 Zoning Ordinance sets maximum lot coverage by buildings for each zoning district as part of its dimensional standards. Low-density residential districts (R-1) impose stricter coverage limits than the higher-density R-2 and R-3 districts, with downtown and commercial districts allowing the highest coverage consistent with their intended urban form. Recent R-2 and R-3 amendments referenced on the City Planning and Zoning page may also affect coverage limits in those districts; current rules should be confirmed with the Wyoming Planning and Zoning Division at 616.530.7285. The Form Based Code areas (Wyoming [re]Imagined and Division United corridors) regulate building form and coverage by sub-area. Stormwater controls for earth-disturbance projects are reviewed under Michigan's NPDES Phase II MS4 program administered by EGLE under Part 31 of NREPA (1994 PA 451); larger projects require a soil erosion and sedimentation control (SESC) permit from the Kent County Drain Commissioner's Office. Lot-coverage compliance is verified at building-permit application via site plan and again at field inspection by the Wyoming Building Inspections office; site-plan review for larger projects goes through the Wyoming Planning Commission under Chapter 90.
Exceeding the lot-coverage maximum in the Chapter 90 Zoning Ordinance is a zoning violation; the Wyoming building official will not issue a Certificate of Occupancy until the parcel is brought into compliance. The Planning and Zoning Division can issue notices of violation as municipal civil infractions with daily continuing-violation tickets. Failure to comply with the Michigan NPDES Phase II MS4 stormwater requirements or with Kent County SESC standards is separately enforceable by the Kent County Drain Commissioner and EGLE.
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