PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that at a regular meeting of the Charter Township of Independence Board of Trustees held on October 24, 2023, the Township Board approved the Second Reading and Adoption of the amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Chapter 50, Article 10, Section 10.03(E), Off-Street Drive-Through and Waiting Space and Article 12, Section 12.06(H), Miscellaneous Signs, as presented.

A true copy of the text amendments is on file in the Planning & Zoning Department office and the Township’s Clerk’s office and may be examined during normal business hours, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

STATE OF MICHIGAN

COUNTY OF OAKLAND

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE

ORDINANCE NO. 2023-50-002

ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE

(Text Amendments to Zoning Ordinance)

Amend Section 10.03 E. Drive-Through Facilities, subsection 1, as follows:

1. No more than one (1) drive-through servicing a pickup window shall be permitted for each individual building, regardless of the number of uses. Dual ordering stations associated with drive-through food service shall be permitted upon the approval of the Planning Commission.

Amend Section 12.06 Miscellaneous Signs, subsection H, Drive-Through Accessory Signs as follows:

2. Such signs, serving a single ordering station shall not exceed a total of seventy-two (72) square feet in area and six (6) feet in height from finished grade, provided no single sign shall exceed forty-eight (48) square feet in area. Signs serving dual ordering stations shall not exceed seventy-two (72) square feet in area per station and six (6) feet in height from finish grade, provided no single sign shall exceed forty-eight (48) square feet in area.

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF INDEPENDENCE

By: Cari J. Neubeck, Clerk