R1- Single Family Residential District

Single-family Residential and Agricultural Zoning From City of East Jordan

The R1 Single Family Residential District is intended to accommodate primarily single family residential uses.

Zoning Status
RecommendationThis DistrictNotes
Defined High Water Elevation/OHWMLegally established surface water level
Setback from OHWM35'
Maximum Impervious Surface Lot Coverage30%
Conditions for Issuance of Zoning PermitsNo
Formal Planning Commission Site Plan ReviewNo
Engineered Stormwater Control SystemsNo
Number and Use of DocksNo
Keyhole or Funneling standardsNo
Shoreline Protection StructuresNo
Greenbelt/Vegetated Buffer StripsNo
Specific prohibition of lawn in greenbeltNo
Native vegetation requirement in greenbeltNo
Prohibition of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers in greenbeltNo
Requirement of trees and woody plants in greenbeltNo
Limited cutting or pruning of greenbelt vegetationNo
Spacing requirements for new plantings in greenbeltNo
Viewing platforms in greenbeltNo
Paths through greenbelt to waterNo
Maintenance of existing natural shoreline buffersNo
Prohibition of beach sandingNo
Prohibition of alteration of area between water's edge and high water elevationNo

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Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
426 Bay Street
Petoskey, MI 49770

Phone: 231-347-1181
Fax:      231-347-5928

Project Goals

The overall goal of this work has been to collaborate with local officials to understand, accept, and adopt common shoreline protection zoning standards around Lake Charlevoix with the intent of keeping the lake clean.

About the Project

Learn more about our work in 2022. The 2016 project was made possible through Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Nonpoint Source Program 319 grant funding secured by the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council. LIAA has been contracted to facilitate the project steering committee, analyze the recommendations of previous shoreline protection studies, provide consolidated recommendations from previous studies to the jurisdictions around the Lake, and support the adoption of these standards.

The 10 jurisdictions surrounding Lake Charlevoix are the City of Charlevoix, Boyne City, East Jordan, Bay Township, Charlevoix Township, Eveline Township, Evangeline Township, Hayes Township, Marion Township, and South Arm Township.

  • A project for the protection of Lake Charlevoix water quality

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