Planning Commission: Planning Commission, Thursday, March 13, 2025 (Latest Working Copy of Consultant Master Plan Draft)

Leelanau Planning Commission

Event Date: 2025-03-13

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This Executive Summary outlines the key elements of the Leelanau Township Master Plan, a comprehensive document designed to guide the community’s future. The plan addresses critical aspects like demographics, housing, natural features, coastal resiliency, community services, open space, transportation, economic development, and land use.

The Master Plan identifies community priorities and provides recommendations for policy and zoning updates, aimed at promoting efficient resource use, public well-being, environmental quality, and informed zoning decisions. It emphasizes the long-term vision of the community, addressing challenges such as climate change impacts and the need for a balanced approach to land use. The plan’s goals include fostering cohesive land use patterns, protecting natural resources, preserving agricultural lands, increasing housing variety, supporting economic development, promoting tourism, providing recreational opportunities, improving transportation systems, and maintaining quality of life.

Key issues addressed in the plan include housing affordability and availability, protection of natural resources and the shoreline, and the need for economic development. The plan also highlights the importance of non-motorized transportation, dark sky preservation, and intergovernmental cooperation. The plan provides specific actions like zoning changes to increase housing density and quality of life, policy implementation for public-private partnerships, zoning adjustments, and promotion of conservation.

Implementation of the Master Plan involves zoning ordinance amendments and policy actions. The plan recommends the changes to regulations like reduced minimum lot sizes, allowing for co-housing, refining guest house regulations, and adopting micro-unit community regulations. Policy implementations also include joining the Leelanau County Land Bank to maximize opportunities to improve and develop affordable housing. These efforts are designed to ensure the long-term prosperity and well-being of Leelanau Township.

Internal document reference #:1938

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