article i- clay township（我-泥条乡）（228页）.docVIP

ARTICLE I Title, Purposes and Legal Clauses Section 1.01 Short Title. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Clay Township Zoning Ordinance No. 126. Section 1.02 Adoption and Repeal of Ordinance. This Zoning Ordinance, is adopted, in accordance with the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (ZEA), Public Act 110 of 2006, MCL 125.3101 et seq., as amended, and repeals Clay Township Zoning Ordinance #123, effective September 3, 2002, and all amendments thereto, effective coincident with the effective date of this Ordinance. Section 1.03 Purposes. The purpose of this Ordinance is to promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare; to encourage the use of lands in accordance with their character and adaptability; and to limit the improper use of land; to avoid the overcrowding of population; to provide adequate light and air; to lessen congestion on the public roads and streets; to reduce hazards to life and property; to facilitate adequate provisions for a system of transportation, sewage disposal, safe and adequate water supply, education, recreation and other public requirements; and to conserve the expenditure of funds for public improvements and services to conform with the most advantageous uses of land, resources and properties, and with reasonable consideration among other things, to the character of each district, its peculiar suitability for particular uses, the conservation of property values and natural resources, and the general and appropriate trend and character of land, building, and population development, as studied and recommended within a master plan by the Clay Township Planning Commission, and endorsed, and regulations adopted, therefore, by the Township Board. Section 1.04 Scope. No building or structure or part thereof, shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed or altered and no building, structure, or land, or part thereof, shall be used except in conformity with the provis