The Yates Township Planning Commission has completed updating the current Zoning Ordinance. Below are the text and map adopted by the board with an effective date of 5/23/2024.
Yates Township is a zoned community. Zoning approval is needed BEFORE for any major structural and property renovations or additions are completed.
Contact the Yates Township Zoning Administrator
- Zoning.admin@yatestownship.com
- 231-745-3940 ext: 5
The Yates Township Zoning Ordinances are in the process of being amended. As soon as they are complete, we will have them available here for viewing, downloading, etc.
- Unsafe Structures Dilapidated and Unsafe Structures are a violation of the township ordinances. Property owners must either obtain the necessary permits and remove the unsafe structure or be ticketed. Residents are requested to report any such structures to the township board or Planning/Zoning Commission. The Zoning Administrator will investigate and take action.
Zoning FAQs
A minimum of 840 square feet is required for each new one-story single family dwelling erected, other than mobile homes. Any two levels of bi-level, tri level or split-level single family dwelling shall be considered as one-story dwellings. The combined levels shall be not less than 1,200 square feet.
A minimum property size of 10,000 square feet is required to build, camp, or put a structure of any kind on the parcel.