Building setbacks in the City of Wyoming, MI are set by Chapter 90 of the City Code (Zoning) and, in designated corridors, by the City's Form Based Code (Wyoming [re]Imagined and Division United initiatives). Setbacks are the minimum horizontal distances required from front, side and rear lot lines as specified district-by-district in the Zoning Ordinance. The statewide enabling authority is the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (Act 110 of 2006, MCL 125.3201 et seq.), which establishes Zoning Board of Appeals variance authority.
The Wyoming Chapter 90 Zoning Ordinance establishes the dimensional standards - including minimum front, side and rear setbacks - for each zoning district in the City. The City uses traditional zoning districts (R-1, R-2, R-3 residential; B, I and other non-residential) under Chapter 90, with Form Based Code districts layered into targeted corridors as part of the City's Wyoming [re]Imagined planning effort and the Division United initiative for the Division Avenue corridor. Setback compliance is verified at building-permit application via site plan and again at final inspection by the Wyoming Building Inspections office. The City has recently amended R-2 and R-3 standards (referenced on the City Planning and Zoning page); current rules should be confirmed with the Wyoming Planning and Zoning Division at 616.530.7285. The Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (Act 110 of 2006, MCL 125.3201+) is the statewide statute authorizing the Wyoming Zoning Ordinance and the Wyoming Zoning Board of Appeals to grant nonuse (dimensional) variances from setback, height and area standards on a showing of practical difficulty unique to the property. Variance applications go through the Department of Community and Economic Development.
Building within a required yard or otherwise violating the dimensional standards in the Chapter 90 Zoning Ordinance (or the Form Based Code where it applies) is a zoning violation. The Wyoming building official will not issue a Certificate of Occupancy until the structure is brought into compliance, and the Planning and Zoning Division can issue notices of violation as municipal civil infractions with daily continuing-violation tickets. Variance relief is available only by application to the Wyoming Zoning Board of Appeals on a showing of practical difficulty under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act.
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