§ 9-5. Rural farm housing.

In A-U districts, within the unincorporated areas of Berrien County, there shall be permitted, as a matter of right, to any owner of property as many as five residential uses on any parcel of land under single ownership where the following conditions can be met:

9-5.1 Occupants of nonprincipal residential uses shall be related by blood ties to the owner of the property and said blood relationships shall extend to but not beyond the second descending and ascending generation. This shall not apply to occupants that are full time employees of the property owner and are responsible for the agricultural production of the property.

9-5.2 Each such nonprincipal residential use shall occupy a land area not less than two acres in size and shall be clearly marked by corner markers.

9-5.3 Each such land area shall be given a numerical address and location designation.

9-5.4 Each such land area shall receive approval from established county health authorities as to its suitability as a site for an effective sanitary sewage disposal system designed to accommodate wastes generated by the user of that land site.

9-5.5 An acceptable domestic water supply shall be available to each satellite user of this special provision and such water supply shall meet local public requirements as administered by county health authorities.

9-5.6 No commercial use of this special provision will be allowed and no rental charge can be placed on the nonprincipal uses.

9-5.7 Each such use shall be accessible, either by private drive or public roadway, to the public thoroughfare system.

9-5.8 Individual power supply sources shall be provided to each user under this special provision and each utility installation shall meet such standards as have been adopted by Berrien County.

9-5.9 Facilities established under this special provision for residential use shall meet the requirements of local construction codes established by the Berrien County Commission.

9-5.10 Permits for construction will not be issued prior to the approval of each of the aforementioned conditions by the land development administrator. In addition, any change in use or occupancy must be approved by the land development administrator.

(Ord. No. 08100401, § 2, 8-10-2004)