Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Quincy, Michigan

Village of Quincy’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside the Village of Quincy limits (Branch County, MI). Zoning is the village's own ordinance, not the Quincy Township ordinance that surrounds it.

  • Ordinance adopted October 29, 2019, effective November 23, 2019, amended October 20, 2020 (effective November 10, 2020) by Ordinance 239 (section 7.08, keeping of animals).
  • The village zoning web page says the village adopted its latest zoning ordinance in 2000 and that staff are reviewing it for possible updates; this conflicts with the 2019 ordinance cover and is recorded as a limitation, not resolved.
  • Quincy Township zoning documents hosted on the village site (ART01/ART02 PDFs) govern the township, not the village, and were not used.

  “for the purpose of this ordinance, all of the area within the village of quincy is hereby divided into the following zoning districts”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside the Village of Quincy: R residential, MF multi-family, RLB residential-limited business, MP manufactured housing community, C commercial, CBD central business, MU mixed use, I industrial.

  • Official zoning districts map is Article 1 of the village ordinance (village zoning map PDF DocumentCenter/View/131, not opened).
  • No agricultural or rural-residential district is listed in the village ordinance.

  “r residential district mf multi-family district rlb residential-limited business district mp manufactured housing community district c commercial district cbd central business district mu mixed use district i industrial district”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Principal structures in the village R residential district (inside Quincy village limits only)

  • Column is minimum lot area (sq. ft.) per Article 4 schedule of regulations; the MF row is on the same line and is not part of this claim.
  • Table values were read from a flattened PDF; the column order follows the header row.

  minimum lot area: >= 7500 sq ft · minimum lot width: >= 50 ft

  “r 7,500 50 2.5 30 25(h) 10(e) 10 50% mf 7,500 50 4 50 25 10 20 60%”

• SetbacksDistrict specific

  Principal structures in the village R residential district (inside Quincy village limits only)

  • Table minimum setbacks: front 25 ft (footnote h), each side 10 ft (footnote e), rear 10 ft.
  • Footnotes (h) and (e) were not captured in full. A front-setback averaging rule (90% to 135% of the average front setback of dwellings within 300 feet on the same side of the street) is stated for the R and RLB districts and is said to supersede the chart; it appears to be the footnote (h) rule but this was not confirmed.
  • Accessory-structure setbacks were not checked.

  minimum front yard: >= 25 ft (footnote (h); front setback averaging rule applies in R and RLB) · minimum each side yard: >= 10 ft (footnote (e)) · minimum rear yard: >= 10 ft

  “r 7,500 50 2.5 30 25(h) 10(e) 10 50% mf 7,500 50 4 50 25 10 20 60%”

• Lot coverageSpecified

  Principal structures on lots in the village R residential district

  • Maximum coverage of lot is 50% in the R district (MF is 60%, same row, not part of this claim).
  • Other lot-coverage rules (accessory structures, impervious surface) were not checked.

  maximum lot coverage: <= 50 %

  “r 7,500 50 2.5 30 25(h) 10(e) 10 50% mf 7,500 50 4 50 25 10 20 60%”

• Building heightSpecified

  Principal structures in the village R residential district

  • Maximum structure height: 2.5 stories and 30 feet in the R district.
  • Height exceptions were not checked.

  maximum structure height: <= 30 ft · maximum stories: <= 2.5 stories

  “r 7,500 50 2.5 30 25(h) 10(e) 10 50% mf 7,500 50 4 50 25 10 20 60%”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Recreational vehicles parked or stored by the owner on residentially used property in Quincy village residential districts

  • No more than one RV on a residential lot, or two on lots over one-half acre.
  • RVs may not be connected to electricity, water, gas, or sanitary sewer.
  • RVs may not be used for living or housekeeping purposes in residential districts.
  • Side-yard parking needs a six-foot setback on one side and six-foot screening fence; otherwise rear yard.
  • Section 7.23(a)(5) lot coverage text was truncated in capture.

  RVs per residential lot: <= 1 count (two RVs on lots exceeding one-half acre)

  “at no time shall recreational vehicles parked or stored in residential districts be used for living or housekeeping purposes.”

• Agricultural exemptionConditional

  Keeping of farm animals under village zoning section 7.08 only; this is not a general agricultural exemption from land-use or building rules

  • Properties meeting Michigan GAAMPs and protected by the Right to Farm Act are exempt from section 7.08 only.

  “properties that meet the state of michigan's generally accepted agriculture and management practices (gaamps), and are thus protected by the michigan right to farm act (public act 93 of 1981), shall be exempt from the provisions of section 7.08.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Quincy or Branch County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits for new homes inside Quincy village
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for homes inside Quincy village
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption for construction inside Quincy village
• Inspections — Building inspections for construction inside Quincy village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy for new homes inside Quincy village

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.