Mich. Admin. Code R. 125.1941 - Required distances between homes and other structures
Rule 941.
(1) A
home shall be in compliance with all of the following minimum distances, as
measured from the wall/support line or foundation line, whichever provides the
greater distance:
(a) For a home not sited
parallel to an internal road, 20 feet from an adjacent home, including an
attached structure that may be used for living purposes for the entire
year.
(b) For a home sited parallel
to an internal road, 15 feet from an adjacent home, including an attached
structure that may be used for living purposes for the entire year if the
adjacent home is sited next to the home on and parallel to the same internal
road or an intersecting internal road.
(c) Ten feet from an attached or detached
structure or accessory of an adjacent home that may not be used for living
purposes for the entire year.
(d)
Fifty feet from permanent community-owned structures, such as either of the
following:
(i) Clubhouses.
(ii) Maintenance and storage
facilities.
(e) One
hundred feet from a baseball or softball field.
(f) Twenty-five feet from the fence of a
swimming pool.
(g) Attached or
detached structures or accessories that may not be used for living purposes for
the entire year shall be a minimum distance of 10 feet from an adjacent home or
its adjacent attached or detached structures.
(2) A home, including an accessory, shall be
set back all the following minimum distances, where applicable:
(a) Seven feet from the edge of the back of
the curb or the edge of an internal road paving surface.
(b) Seven feet from a parking space on an
adjacent home site or parking bay off a home site.
(c) Seven feet from a common
sidewalk.
(d) Twenty-five feet from
a natural or man-made lake or waterway.
(3) A carport shall be in compliance with
both of the following setbacks if it is completely open, at a minimum, on the 2
long sides and the entrance side:
(a) Support
pillars that are installed adjacent to the edge of an internal road shall be
set back 4 feet or more from the closest edge of the internal road and 2 feet
or more from the closest edge of a common sidewalk, if provided.
(b) Roof overhang shall be set back 2 feet or
more from the edge of the internal road.
(4) Steps and their attachments shall not
encroach into parking areas more than 3 1/2 feet.
(5) A home sited on one side of the dividing
line between a community constructed under a previous act and an expansion of
the community constructed in compliance with the requirements of the act shall
be a minimum of 13 feet from a home sited on the other side of the dividing
line.
Notes
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