Publications Prepared in Cooperation with the Michigan Society of Planning Officials and Available from: MSU Extension Service Michigan State University Bulletin Office, P.O. Box 231 East Lansing, MI 48823-0231 Ph (517) 355-0240 Each of these guidebooks covers the basic zoning techniques authorized under Michigan Zoning Enabling Acts and the processes that should be followed in reviewing specific requests. The guidebooks are written in an easy to use format with step-by-step instruction.
City and Village Zoning: A Basic Guide for Citizens and Local Officials	City and Village Zoning: A Basic Guide for Citizens and Local Officials 2nd Edition. Bulletin Number E-1740. Cost $2.50 plus p & h. Administering Township Zoning: A Basic Guide for Citizens and Local Officials 2nd Edition. Bulletin Number E-1408. Cost $2:00 plus p & h. Administering County Zoning: A Basic Guide for Citizens and Local Officials. Bulletin E-1739. Cost $1.00 plus p & h. |Go Back to Menu| PREPARED FOR AND AVAILABLE FROM: The Grand Traverse County Planning Department Government Center 400 Boardman, P.O. Box 552 Traverse City, MI 49685 (616) 922-4676 Grand Traverse Bay Region Development Guidebook Communities in the five counties surrounding the picturesque Grand Traverse Bay now rely on the ideas presented in this Guidebook in planning and designing new development. The Guidebook presents preferred design approaches so that new development occurs that protects the unique visual and natural resources of the area. Guidelines are provided in different development categories, such as housing, commercial and resort, and deal with access, water quality, visual character and utilities. The Guidebook has proved so helpful that an awards program was initiated to recognize projects that best exemplify the Guidebook. The Traverse City Chamber of Commerce has designed a program called New Designs for Growth to help promote implementation of the Guidebook. |Go Back to Menu| PREPARED FOR AND AVAILABLE FROM Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Land and Water Management Division Inland Lakes Management Unit P.O. Box 30028 Lansing MI 48909 ph (517) 373-8000 fax (517) 335-4381 Inland Lakes Management Guidebook Protecting Inland Lakes is a comprehensive guide to watershed management focused on protecting inland lake water quality. The guidebook explains how lake water quality can be threatened by improper management of the land in the watershed and the tools available to counter those threats. The guidebook also deals with lake safety issues. Protecting Inland Lakes includes a unique lake classification system that helps explain the extent to which a lake is threatened. Three case studies explore the opportunities and constraints communities have faced in developing management plans for inland lakes. |Go Back to Menu| PREPARED FOR AND AVAILABLE FROM: Michigan United Conservation Clubs 2101 Wood Street Lansing MI 48912 ph (517) 371-1041 Email:mucc@mucc.org Saginaw Bay Watershed Land Use and Zoning Study Planning & Zoning Center, Inc. recognizes that the most effective environmental quality management programs are often implemented at the watershed level. In an effort to implement that philosophy, PZC collaborated with other interested parties in a Saginaw Basin project funded by the National Watershed Initiative. The thrust of the study was to evaluate the impact of land use on surface and groundwater resources. The Saginaw Basin covers some 8,200 square miles and encompasses urbanized, suburbanized and rural communities, unique environments, extensive river systems and several hundred units of government. A wide variety of complicated issues were raised and addressed in this report. Local planning and regulatory programs were analyzed and evaluated, as were State and Federal programs; planning and zoning tools to address water quality were outlined (many of them not currently used); and potential future actions were introduced to improve and protect watershed functions in the Basin. |Go Back to Menu| PREPARED FOR The Clean Michigan Community Project Waste Management Division Michigan Department of Natural Resources AVAILABLE FROM The Planning & Zoning Center, Inc. 715 N. Cedar Street Lansing MI 48906-5206 ph (517) 886-0555 fax (517) 886-0564
Clean Michigan Community Starter Kit	Clean Michigan Community Starter Kit The Clean Michigan Communities program helped establish municipal recycling, composting and education programs in six Michigan communities of different sizes and in different geographic areas. The Starter Kit reviews the experiences of these six communities and provides general information and resources about municipal recycling and composting. The Kit is intended for communities either beginning or expanding recycling and composting programs. It contains fact sheets, case studies on each of the six demonstration communities, a general program summary, and a resource notebook of national and state agencies and organizations, list of reference documents, equipment sources, end market list, sample recycling and yard waste reduction ordinance provisions, and definitions. The Kit is free. Cost is $5.00 for postage and handling. Click Here to order this publication from PZC via e-mail |Go Back to Menu| PREPARED BY A CONSORTIUM OF: Interested Organizations, Counties, Townships, Lake Associations, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources AVAILABLE FROM The Planning & Zoning Center, Inc. 715 N. Cedar Street Lansing MI 48906-5206 ph (517) 886-0555 fax (517) 886-0564 REGULATING KEYHOLE DEVELOPMENT: CARRYING CAPACITY ANALYSIS & ORDINANCES PROVIDING LAKE ACCESS REGULATIONS "Keyhole" development (also known as "funnel" development) is the use of a waterfront lot as common open space for waterfront access for a larger number of users than are typical for a single family, lake front lot. These users could reside or temporarily stay in dwellings, tents, or travel trailers away from the waterfront (on a beach lot or adjoining parcel) or could park and launch a boat as at a public access site. If unchecked, a proliferation of keyhole developments could dramatically alter both the surface use characteristics and appearance of a lake. There is much that can be done to protect inland lakes from the negative impacts of keyhole development. This guidebook explains what and how. Model ordinance language (written by noted land use attorney Gerald Fisher) to regulate boat access is included as a part of this report. An essential step in the process of adopting ordinances to regulate boat access, is, however, the preparation of a carrying capacity analysis of the lake to be regulated. The carrying capacity analysis explained in the report, takes the reader through a step-by-step process to establish a maximum number of boats for a particular lake that can be accommodated under normal peak conditions before water quality and recreational safety are seriously threatened. This maximum use level needs to be allocated to riparians and non-riparians who have lawful access through reasonable regulations on the number of boats or docks per riparian property and a community decision on reasonable multi-boat access. Carrying Capacity Analysis and Ordinances Providing Lake Access Regulations are available in hard copy for $40.00 or on computer disk for $20.00. Click Here to order this publication from PZC via e-mail |Go Back to Menu| PREPARED FOR AND AVAILABLE FROM: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Michigan Coastal Management Program P.O. Box 30028 Lansing, MI 48909 ph (517) 373-1950 fax (517) 335-3451 Growth Management Tools & Techniques Growth management refers to the systematic attempt by a community to guide the type, rate, location, timing, public cost of, and often the quality and character of land (re)development. With increasing attention being placed on the destructive effects of urban sprawl on both land based industries and the character of our communities, growth management offers approaches to wisely direct development. This publication describes the concept of growth management, the issue of property rights, and a series of eight growth management tools and techniques. These tools and techniques are: Purchase of Development Rights, Transfer of Development Rights, Concurrency, Urban and General Services Districts, Official Maps, Development Agreements, Regional Impact Coordination and Interjurisdictional Growth Management. While all of these tools are not explicitly included in Michigan’s planning and zoning enabling laws, bills are being considered to make them so, and several have potential for application under existing laws. 16 pages. Cost: $ No charge. |Go Back to Menu| If you have questions regarding usage of this website or would like to report troubles, please send them via email to Control Room Technologies.