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ESTATE RESIDENTIAL

This designation is for areas that, due to public service limitations and/or prevailing semi-rural character, should have
limited development activity other than large-lot residential. Such areas provide a transition between a Township’s rural
fringe and more urbanized in-city development patterns and intensities. Lots in this category are a minimum of one acre
in size, which provides substantial openness and separation between individual dwellings.
Primary Land Use Types
– Detached residential dwellings.

– Subdivisions planned with a clubhouse or country club component.
– Public/institutional uses (including certain public assembly uses such as places of worship).
– Parks and public spaces.

Estate Residential development east of Beck Road between Seven Mile Road (to the south) and Eight Mile Road (to the north), primarily split by West
Main Street.
Characteristics

– Transition between Suburban and Rural character areas, with further progression along the character spectrum
toward rural environments where the landscape is visually dominant over structures.
– Still in Suburban range of the character spectrum but with larger lots (typically one acre or larger), especially
where required by public health regulations to allow for both individual water wells and on-site septic systems on
properties where centralized water and/or wastewater service is not available or feasible.
– One-acre lots are usually adequate in wooded areas to achieve visual screening of homes from streets and adjacent
dwellings. Three- to five-acre lots may be needed to achieve and maintain true Estate character in more open areas
with less vegetation.

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