153 Farmington Rd, Westland, MI 48186

Garden Apartment Residential District

It is the intent of this article to provide for multiple-family housing of a variety of types and densities consistent with the existing and desirable future pattern of development in the city. Provision is made for townhouse, garden apartment and mid-rise multiple-family districts. Provision is also made for mobile home parks at multiple-family densities. These residential types will provide a range of housing options for current and future residents. The townhouse, garden apartment, mid-rise, and mobile home districts should be located in areas which are large enough to create a substantial multiple-family environment. In general, the townhouse and garden apartment districts should be mapped on parcels which alone or together with other contiguous townhouse or garden apartment parcels contain at least 80,000 sq ft and constitute an entire block face or more. The mid-rise districts should, in general, be mapped on individual parcels which are at least 200,000 sq ft. The mobile home district should be mapped on parcels which are located in close proximity to amenities such as public parks and open space areas, and established shopping facilities. The regulations in this article protect townhouse, garden apartment, and mid-rise residential districts from the encroachment of incompatible land uses. Regulations for these districts do not permit the wide range of nonresidential special land uses permitted in single-family residential districts because these districts are intended for selective mapping at limited locations which should be preserved for multiple-family use. Office and low-intensity commercial uses are permitted as special accessory land uses in the mid-rise residential district.