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ARTICLE XVII - OSR OPEN SPACE RECREATION DISTRICTS
PREAMBLE
The OSR Open Space Recreation Districts are intended to provide for permanent open spaces in
the City and are designed to provide recreational activities that are limited to country clubs,
marinas, and the like. These Districts are further intended to safeguard the natural features of the
City, and the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Muskegon and the adjacent area by
limiting developments to locations where police and fire protection, or protection against
flooding by high water table or storm water, or dangers from excessive erosion are not possible
without excessive costs to the City.
SECTION 1700: PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED
In the OSR Open Space Recreation Districts, 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 used, unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance:
1. Fishing docks and piers.
2. Hiking, bicycling, jogging, or ski trails.
3. Wildlife preserves or refuge structures.
4. Watershed or erosion protection facilities.
5. Parks, playgrounds, and playfields.
6. Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above Principal Uses Permitted.
7. Uses similar to the above Principal Uses Permitted.
SECTION 1701: 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. Country clubs.
2. Marinas for the berthing and servicing of boats, but without major repair or storage
facilities.
3. Public and private utilities and services.
4. Seasonal, recreational, campers and trailer parks, and facilities.
5. Amusement facilities excepting outdoor theaters, adult theaters, and adult bookstores.
6. Seasonal or year-round craft shops.
7. Conference and reception auditoriums.
8. Galleries and museums.
9. Open air amphitheaters.
10. Restaurants and cocktail lounges.
11. Any other similar uses or activity requiring buildings or structures.
12. Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily incidental to the above Special Land
Uses Permitted.
13. Uses similar to the above Special Land Uses Permitted.
SECTION 1702: PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT [amended 10/98]
Planned developments may be allowed by the Planning Commission under the procedural
guidelines of Section 2101. The intent of Planned Unit Developments in the OSR Open Space
Recreation Districts is to allow mixed land uses which are compatible to each other, while
prohibiting uses which would not be compatible or harmonious with permitted uses.
SECTION 1703: AREA AND BULK REQUIREMENTS [amended 4/00]
1. Minimum lot size: 21,780 sq. feet.
2. Maximum lot coverage:
Buildings: 20%
Pavement: 15%
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: 2 stories or 35 feet.
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: 10 feet
7. Rear setback: 10 feet
8. Setback from the ordinary high water mark or wetland: 75 feet (principal structures
only).
9. Side setbacks:
1-story: 6 feet and 10 feet
2-story: 8 feet and 12 feet
Note, setback measurement: All required setbacks shall be measured from the right-of-
way line to the nearest point of the determined drip line of buildings. [amended 10/02]
10. Zero lot line option: New principal buildings may be erected on the rear lot line and/or
one side lot line provided: [amended 10/02]
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 all required front
setbacks shall be landscaped and adjacent to the road right-of-way. An average
minimum greenbelt of 10 feet shall be maintained along each street frontage. [amended
12/01, amended 10/02]