11656 Shaver Rd, Schoolcraft, MI 49087

Medium Density Residential District

This district is derived from the Medium Density Residential land use classification in the Schoolcraft Township Master Plan, and is intended for multiple family residential development, and the type of medium density two-family and single-family residential development allowed in the R-2 district, where such development has occurred or seems desirable to occur. Property situated in the R-3 district should be able to accommodate the increased traffic and other characteristics generated by such development, and will typically require municipal water and sanitary sewer service, or comparable private services. Limited areas of the Township are zoned R-3 because the municipal water and sewer services typically associated with this density of development are not generally available in the Township at this time, and also because the type of development contemplated by this district is readily available in both adjacent villages and in the City of Portage. As with the other Residential districts, non-residential uses are essentially excluded from this district, or severely restricted, to avoid disrupting the residential nature of the district. Development in areas of this district near lakes; streams;wetlands may be subject to certain overlay waterfront preservation and environmental protection requirements specified in Article 5 of this Ordinance.