3 rules for unincorporated Ottawa County, Michigan.
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Ottawa County does not zone, so setbacks come from your city or township (MCL 125.3201). Georgetown Township's Low Density Residential district requires roughly a 30-foot front, 10-foot side and 40-foot rear yard, with accessory buildings kept 5 feet off side and rear lot lines.
Georgetown Charter Township Zoning Ordinance §3.4(C)
No detached accessory building or use shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to any main building ... nor shall the eave line ... be located closer than five (5) feet to any side or rear lot line.
Ottawa County does not zone height; townships and cities do. Georgetown Township's Chapter 24 schedule limits residential buildings to a maximum of about 35 feet (two-and-one-half stories), measured from established grade to the highest roof point.
Georgetown Charter Township Zoning Ordinance §2.15
The building height is the vertical distance measured from the established grade to the highest point of the roof surface if a flat roof; to the deck of mansard roofs; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge of gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
Ottawa County does not zone, and Georgetown Township's residential districts set no single lot-coverage percentage. Coverage is limited indirectly through minimum yards, minimum lot size, and a 600-square-foot cap on detached accessory buildings in LDR, LMR, MDR and MHR.
Georgetown Charter Township Zoning Ordinance §3.4(E)(2)
The maximum floor area of all accessory buildings, excluding attached garages, which are accessory to primary residential uses, shall be six hundred (600) square feet ... in the following districts: LDR, LMR, MDR, MHR.
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