Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Lakewood Club, Michigan

Village of Lakewood Club’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Lakewood Club village limits (village zoning ordinance, not Muskegon County zoning)

  • The copy of the zoning ordinance on the village site is the 2003 ordinance (adopted and effective September 22, 2003). The village adopted a restated code of ordinances effective December 6, 2025 that includes a zoning chapter; the restated zoning text was not opened and may differ.
  • Use is subject to district regulations, special use permits, and site plan review described in the ordinance.

  “section 301. division of the village. for the purposes of this ordinance, all land within the village of lakewood club excepting streets and alleys, is divided into the following zoning districts.”

• Minimum dwelling sizeSpecified

  Dwelling units on newly platted lots, in and out of subdivisions, inside Lakewood Club village

  • Applies to newly platted lots only.

  first-floor area minimum: >= 1400 sq ft (newly platted lots)

  “i. newly platted lots in and out of subdivisions must have a minimum of 30,000 s.f. in area and a dwelling unit a minimum of 1,400 s.f. on the first floor.”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Newly platted lots, in and out of subdivisions, inside Lakewood Club village

  • Applies to newly platted lots only; lots that predate the ordinance are not covered by this footnote.
  • The dimensions table lot-area row is garbled in the extracted PDF text and was not reliably assigned to R-1, R-2, or R-3 districts; see the unknown district claims.

  minimum lot area for newly platted lots: >= 30000 sq ft (newly platted lots in and out of subdivisions)

  “i. newly platted lots in and out of subdivisions must have a minimum of 30,000 s.f. in area and a dwelling unit a minimum of 1,400 s.f. on the first floor.”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Parcels of three acres or more in the B-1 and B-2 districts abutting a residential district inside Lakewood Club village

  • In B-1 and B-2 side yards are required only on sides abutting residential districts.
  • Off-street parking may be permitted in a side yard setback (footnote e).

  side and rear yard setback abutting residential district: >= 60 ft (parcels of three acres or more)

  “c. on a parcel of three (3) acres or more, side and rear yard setbacks shall be sixty (60') feet in depth when abutting a residential district. in the b-1 and b-2 districts, side yards are only required on sides abutting residential districts.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Detached accessory buildings and structures inside Lakewood Club village

    “h. no detached accessory building or structure shall be located closer than ten (10') feet to any main building. no accessory building shall be erected in any required yard except a rear yard.”

• Building heightSpecified

  Structures for uses permitted in Lakewood Club village zoning districts

  • Structures above 40 feet are allowed only if front, side and rear yard setbacks are increased one foot for each foot above 40 feet.
  • The table height row (24 ft for some districts, 40 ft for others) is garbled in the extracted text; per-district maxima not confirmed.

  height above which setbacks increase: > 40 ft (for uses permitted; setbacks increased one foot per foot above 40 ft)

  “b. for uses permitted, structures may be erected in excess of forty (40') feet provided front, side and rear yard setbacks are increased one (1') foot for each foot above forty (40') feet.”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Manufactured home parks in the R-3 manufactured home park district inside Lakewood Club village; no other district listed in the reviewed text

  • No manufactured home park may be established in the R-3 district unless it complies with the Mobile Home Commission rules.
  • Every mobile home must be connected to utilities and skirted and anchored per Manufactured Housing Commission Part 6 rules.
  • A 20-foot greenbelt buffer is required on side and rear lot lines abutting adjoining property.

  “(a) compliance with mobile home park commission. no manufactured home park shall be established within the r-3 district unless the park complies with the rules of the mobile home commission.”

• Mandatory utility hookupConditional

  Manufactured home parks inside Lakewood Club village (park water and sewer rule only; not a general rule for single-family homes)

  • Connection is required if village systems are available.
  • A private system may be used only where the property is more than 150 feet along a public right-of-way from municipal water or sewer lines, as approved by the county health department.

  distance from municipal water or sewer lines for private system: > 150 ft (property along a public right-of-way, as approved by the county health department)

  “when the property is more than one hundred fifty (150) feet along a public right-of-way from either municipal water or sewer supply lines or sewers, a private system may be installed as approved by the county health department. otherwise, each mobile home park shall be connected to the village water and/or sanitary sewage disposal systems, if available, and each mobile home site shall be connected.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permits for new homes inside Lakewood Club village
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder construction inside Lakewood Club village
• Building code adopted — Building code adopted for construction inside Lakewood Club village
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Lakewood Club village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside Lakewood Club 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.

Off-grid gear

Going off-grid in Village of Lakewood Club means bringing your own water and power. The kit we’d start with:

• Water Crystal Quest Filter any source — well, rain, or creek — to drinking-clean.
• Power Bluetti Solar generators and home battery backup for living off the grid.
• Septic Soil percolation test kit Run your own perc test before paying an engineer — the first thing a septic office asks about.
• Water Well water test kit Bacteria, nitrates, hardness — know what the well on a parcel is really pumping.

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