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

Village of Breckenridge’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  All land inside Breckenridge village limits (Village of Breckenridge, Gratiot County), administered by the Village under its own zoning ordinance

  • Village zoning ordinance is effective 10-16-06 and was found on the Village's own website; it governs use, dimensional and special-use approvals inside village limits.
  • Text extraction of the PDF is partly scrambled in the dimensions table; see dimensional claims.

  “for the purposes of this ordinance, all land within the village of breckenridge except streets are divided into the following zoning districts”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning districts inside Breckenridge village: A-1 agriculture, R-1 residential single and two family, R-2 multiple family, R-3 manufactured home development, C-1 and C-2 business, and I industrial

  • Districts are listed in the Village zoning ordinance intent section; use and dimension rules are set per district in Chapter 3.

  “a-1 r-1 r-2 r-3 c-1 c-2 i agriculture residential: single and two family residential: multiple family residential: manufactured home development business business industrial”

• Minimum dwelling sizeSpecified

  Multiple-unit dwellings inside Breckenridge village; no single-family minimum dwelling size was located

  • Footnote c applies to the minimum floor area per unit by unit type in the dimensions table; the district where this applies is not stated in the passage found.

  minimum floor area, efficiency unit: >= 500 sq ft (efficiency unit, one room plus sanitary facilities) · minimum floor area, one bedroom unit: >= 640 sq ft (one bedroom unit)

  “efficiency unit - is a dwelling unit containing a minimum floor area of five hundred (500') square feet per unit, consisting of not more than one room and sanitary facilities.”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds inside Breckenridge village; occupancy of an RV on a private lot was not addressed in the text reviewed

  • The zoning ordinance lists recreational vehicle (rv) park, campground under special use permit requirements, so a park needs special use approval.

  “recreational vehicle (rv) park, campground 90 sexually oriented businesses and adult media stores 92”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Manufactured home developments in the R-3 district inside Breckenridge village only

  • Outside the R-3 district, the zoning text reviewed did not locate a rule allowing manufactured homes on individual lots; that question is unresolved.

  “r-3 district - manufactured home/mobile home park a. permitted uses. manufactured home parks, subject to the requirements established and regulated by the mobile home commission rules, and the provisions of this article.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permits for new construction inside Breckenridge village
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for permits inside Breckenridge village
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Breckenridge village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside Breckenridge village
• Minimum lot size — Minimum lot area in Breckenridge village districts

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.