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MC MEDICAL CARE DISTRICTS [amended 2/03]
PREAMBLE
The MC Health Care districts are established to accommodate and direct the development of
hospitals to serve as the nucleus of health care campuses. The uses permitted within these
districts are intended to provide a convenient and efficient health care delivery system for the
City and surrounding region. In addition to hospitals, MC districts permit development of
closely related services such as medical offices, housing for the elderly and special needs groups;
and, limited retail and various types of health care related services ancillary to principal district
uses. It is the further intent of MC districts to assist and encourage the development of medical
institutional land uses in a campus setting which includes not only the primary buildings and
structures, but also, campus support systems involving pedestrian and vehicular circulation,
parking, signs, exterior lighting, loading and materials handling, support facilities,
interconnecting systems of above and below ground corridors, and related facilities. The
districts are intended to support uses providing human care.
SECTION 904: PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED
In an MC Medical Care District no building or land shall be used and no building shall be
erected, structurally altered, or occupied except for one (1) or more of the following specified
uses, unless otherwise provided for in this Ordinance:
1. General medical, surgical hospitals and specialty hospitals, but not including animal
hospitals.
2. Outpatient diagnostic and treatment centers, day surgery centers, rehabilitation clinics,
and urgent care facilities.
3. Professional medical offices intended primarily for health care related professions or
activities or hospital support services.
4. Offices for non-profit organizations related to or providing health care services.
5. Diagnostic and medical laboratories or research facilities.
6. Pharmacies without drive-up window service.
7. Medical appliance sales and servicing.
8. Educational facilities for the training of interns, nurses, and allied health care personnel.
9. Specialized congregate housing for the disabled and senior housing for the elderly at a
density not to exceed the density standards of the RM-3, High Density Multiple Family
Zone District. The density to be based on the area encompassed by the housing
structure(s) and parking and open spaces specifically assigned to the specialized housing.
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10. Conference facilities for events and activities related to the permitted MC district uses.
11. Ambulance services and associated maintenance facilities.
12. Parking decks (associated with uses permitted in the MC district) of up to two (2) levels
above grade (roof parking is not counted as a deck) provided the setbacks for principal
buildings are met.
13. Private, indoor, recreational facilities and fitness centers located within a hospital,
provided such facilities are for employees and patients and not available to the general
public.
14. Chapels, churches, places of worship, and related facilities, when located within a
hospital building.
15. Accessory mobile medical technology units which will be stationed on the grounds of a
hospital campus.
16. Establishments engaged in providing diagnostic services, extensive medical treatment
(including surgical services) and other hospital services, as well as continuous nursing
service.
17. Establishments primarily engaged in providing intermediate or long term nursing and
health related care to individuals, typically classified as nursing homes, elder care
facilities, and other such operations.
18. Dwellings affiliated with a hospital providing shelter and services for the elderly, which
may include meals, housekeeping, personal care assistance and medical services.
19. Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily incidental to the above Principal
Permitted Uses.
20. Uses similar to the above Principal Permitted Uses.
SECTION 905: SPECIAL LAND USES PERMITTED
The following uses, and their accessory buildings and accessory uses, shall be permitted under
the purview of Section 2332 after review and approval of the use (and a site plan, if required) by
the Planning Commission, after Public Hearing, subject to the applicable conditions, and any
other reasonable conditions imposed by the Planning Commission:
1. Any permitted use, which includes provision for drive-up window services.
2. Pharmacies with drive-up window service.
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3. Parking decks (associated with uses permitted in the HC district) exceeding two (2)
levels above grade (roof parking is not counted as a deck) provided the setbacks for
principal buildings are met.
4. Specialized lodging facilities, including those with accessory conference centers and
restaurants used for visitors and patients of hospitals.
5. Accessory mobile medical technology units which will be stationed outside the grounds
of a hospital campus.
6. Interconnected systems of above and below ground corridors when traversing a public
right-of-way.
7. Helipads, heliports, and helistops, under the following conditions:
a. Helicopter access must be used for emergency transportation only.
b. All helipads must be located within the boundaries of the hospital campus and
shall be isolated from residential uses and screened from the street or adjoining
residential uses.
c. A specific hospital campus shall have only one primary functioning helipad,
however, a back-up or secondary helipad may exist subject to Planning
Commission approval.
d. There must be demonstrated compliance with the standards of the Michigan
Bureau of Aeronautics and the Federal Aviation Administration.
e. All landing and take-off sites (pads) shall be located not less than 100 feet from
all property lines, unless a lesser distance is approved by the Planning
Commission.
f. The landing and take-off site shall contain perimeter landscape, fencing, and/or
other facilities or structures, or combinations thereof.
g. The site shall be designed to ensure adequate separation between pedestrian
circulation routes and the landing pad.
8. Power Plants for hospital or medical facilities provided they are screened from off-site
view of residential areas by use of walls, berms, landscaping, and/or other approved
structures. Plants shall blend with the overall architectural character of attached and
surrounding structures and the hospital campus as a whole.
9. Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily incidental to the above Special Land
Uses Permitted.
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SECTION 906: PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS
Planned developments may be allowed by the Planning Commission under the procedural
guidelines of Section 2101. The intent of Planned Unit Developments in the MC Health Care
Districts is to allow mixed land uses, which are compatible to each other, while prohibiting
nonresidential uses which would not be compatible or harmonious with residential dwellings.
SECTION 707: AREA AND BULK REQUIREMENTS
1. Minimum lot size: 10,890 sq. feet.
2. Maximum lot coverage:
Buildings: 70 %
Pavement: 25 %
3. Lot width: 100 feet (shall be measured at road frontage unless a cul-de-sac, then
measured from setback).
4. Width to depth ratios: The depth of any lot(s) or parcel(s) shall not be more than three
(3) times longer its width.
5. Height Limit:
Maximum height: 3 stores or 100 feet, provided, however, buildings of greater
height may be approved by the Planning Commission subject to a Special Use
Permit.
Height measurement: In the case of a principal building, the vertical distance measured
from the average finished grade to the highest point of the roof surface where the
building line abuts the front yard, except as follows: to the deck line of mansard roofs,
and the average height between eaves and the ridge of gable, hip, and gambrel roofs (see
Figure 2-2). If the ground is not entirely level, the grade shall be determined by
averaging the elevation of the ground for each face of the building (see Figure 2-3).
6. Front Setbacks:
Minimum:
Expressway, Arterial Street or Major Street: 30 feet
Collector Street: 20 feet
Minor Street or campus access drive: 10 feet
Maximum:
Expressway, Arterial Street or Major Street: 50 feet
Collector Street: 40 feet
Minor Street or campus access drive: 30 feet
7. Rear setback: 10 feet
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8. Setback from the ordinary high water mark or wetland: 75 feet (principal structures
only).
9. Side setbacks:
1-story: 8 feet and 12 feet
2-story: 10 feet and 14 feet
Note, setback measurement: The required front yard shall be measured from the right-of-
way line to the nearest foundation or building wall of the building or structure. The
required rear yard shall be measured from the property line to the nearest foundation or
building wall of the building or structure. Side yard setbacks shall be measured from the
property line to the determined drip line of buildings.
10. Zero lot line option: New principal buildings may be erected on the rear lot line and/or
one side yard line provided:
a. The building has an approved fire rating for zero-lot line development under the
building code.
b. The building has adequate fire access preserved pursuant to fire code
requirements.
c. The zero lot line side is not adjacent to a street.
d. A maintenance access easement is granted by the adjacent property owner and
recorded with the County Register of Deeds and provided to the zoning
administrator with the site plan or plot plan.
e. It is not adjacent to wetlands, or waterfront.
11. All required side and rear setbacks shall be landscaped, greenbelt buffers, unless zero-lot-
line is employed for a structure or fire access. At least fifty percent of the required front
yard setback shall be landscaped and adjacent to the road right-of-way. An average
minimum greenbelt of 10 feet shall be maintained.
12. Pedestrian Circulation:
a. Pedestrian systems connecting visitor and employee parking to building entrances
shall be provided.
b. Whenever a hospital campus, or portion thereof, is located adjacent to public
sidewalks or non-motorized pathways under the control of the City, the hospital's
pedestrian and vehicular circulation systems shall be designed to link with these
public systems in a safe and efficient manner.
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