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Planning	Zoning, Adoption and Amendment	Zoning, Special Use & PUD	Zoning, Open Space	Zoning, Agriculture	Zoning, Other
Terms of Office    Residency, property ownership   Conflict of Interest Ethics with a possible conflict of interest Appointing yourself to Planning Commission Incompatible Office    Voting Twice on the Same Issue  No Ex parte contact Why Coordinated Planning Adopting Plan Under New Acts    Deadline to Complete "old" plan Planning Library    What is in a Plan    What is in a Plan Part II What does a plan cost Land Use and Land Cover   Capital Improvement Planning    Housing    Zoning Amendments and Plan Frequently asked questions on the Michigan Planning Enabling Act of 2008	Size of Zoning Ordinance Land Patents & Zoning Jurisdiction Public Notices for zoning Amendments Undue Influence by elected officials Elected Body Acts, even if Planning Commission Recommends Denial    Conditions on Zoning Amendment    Amending the Zoning Map Have an area with out a zoning district One-to-One relationship between zoning text and zoning map.     Amending Zoning, downzone    Adopt Part of a Zoning Ord. Petition Zoning to a vote   Permit Approval based on What Zoning Says on Date Application is Received. Amendment & Permit at same time Conditional Rezoning	Deadlines for zoning decisions. Conditional Uses (compared to Special Uses & Permitted Uses) Special Use Permit Special Use Permit and Variance Zoning Permit Issued by Mistake Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)	Open Space Sample Zoning    Open Space Administration    Open Space;  Which census is used.   Open Space; Adopt Open Space provisions even if not meeting requirements   Open Space in Agriculture Districts	Agriculture subject to zoning? READ THIS QUESTION FIRST, it trumps all those below. Agriculture Buildings Subject to Zoning? Exempt from Construction Code Permits Changing an Existing   Right to Farm Act    Limiting Number of Animal Units Right to Farm Act, Exotic Animals   Riding Stables   Definition of Agriculture	Bed and Breakfast Home Occupatin: employees Cottage Industry   Mobile Homes   Signs Oil & Gas Processing Plant    Mining and mine reclamation Setbacks Waterfront Zoning Keyhole development Boat Docks, Boat Houses & Enclosed Docks    Wetland Buffers    Airport Zoning    Model Airplanes (Do not try to write zoning for every possible use)  Windmills, Radio Towers (Do not try to write zoning for every possible use)
Zoning Administrator	Zoning Appeals	Nonconforming Issues	Land Divisions	Subdivisions and Site Condominiums	Other
What Zoning Applies for a Particular Zoning Permit Application. Taking Minutes    Back-up Zoning Administrator   Coordination with Construction Code Enforcement; Use of Site Plans, Follow up Inspections If you disagree with a decision	Conflict of Interest Ethics with a possible conflict of interest Cross membership on Appeals Board Voting Twice on the Same Issue   No Ex parte contact Dimensional Variances    Use Variances and County/Township    Effective Date of an Appeals Board Decision    Variance Expiration/Temporary Variances    Variances do not go away   How to Appeal and Appeal . Appeals are public record . How it Influence an Appeal Decision	What is nonconforming? Must allow expansion of nonconforming uses    Lots in a subdivision    Replacing building destroyed by an act of God	Divisions can never be divided again    Property Line Adjustment Dividing a lot in a subdivision  Property Line boundary alternation/correction    Requiring Land Surveys    Zoning, Construction Code, and Land Division Act	Lot in a subdivision is too small Splitting a Lot    Site Condos Site Condo v. Subdivision	Open Meeting Act  Addressing, Change Road Name Nuisance Ordinance, County Authority County Enforcement of Township Ordinances County Junk Ordinance Junk Ordinance Rental Housing, county authority    Dry Wells

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2001 Planning & Zoning Amendments | 2004 Land Use Legislation | 2006 Michigan Zoning Enabling Act | 2008 Michigan Planning Enabling Act | |Kurt Schindler
Kurt H. Schindler, Land Use Educator, MSU Extension, Benzie County; 448 Court Place, Beulah, Michigan 49617-9518 | (231)882-0026 | SCHINDL9@anr.msu.edu | fax(231)882-9605 | Coordinates: N 44° 37' 31.2636", W -86° 5' 34.875" | Map of office location