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A planning and zoning commission is a local elected or appointed government board charged with recommending to the local town or city council the boundaries of the various original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and any proposed amendments thereto. In addition, the Planning and Zoning Commission collects ...
All Michigan residents who do not live in an incorporated city live in a township. As of May 2024, there were 1,240 civil townships, [ 14 ] divided into general law townships with the basic powers of local government, and charter townships with somewhat superior authority and privileges.
The Township Board adopted an interim zoning ordinance in early 1952, which contained five zoning districts. In 1965 an ordinance which contained 13 different zoning districts was adopted. Planning and zoning functions were coordinated with the adoption of the township's first Master Plan in 1972 and subsequently the adoption of an entirely new ...
The largest municipality by population in Michigan is Detroit with 639,111 residents; [1] the smallest municipality by population is Pointe Aux Barques Township with 15 residents. [3] The largest municipality by land area is McMillan Township which spans 588.78 sq mi (1,524.9 km 2 ), while Ahmeek is the smallest at 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km 2 ).
The township is composed of 31.2 square miles (80.8 km 2) of rolling hills with steep, wooded hillsides leading down to the Little Miami and Ohio rivers. As of 1990, 36% of Anderson Township had been developed into suburban communities for Cincinnati, 13% into farmland, and the remainder being left as woodland.
Zoning ordinances regulate land use, while many other “police power,” non-zoning ordinances control activities that protect the health, safety and general welfare of the community. A significant difference between townships and cities and villages in Michigan is the general lack of authority in townships to perform maintenance and ...
Independence Township is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 36,686 at the 2020 census. [2] Independence Township was first organized in 1834. The township surrounds the city of Clarkston, but the two are administered
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 6,210 people, 2,144 households, and 1,777 families residing in the township. The population density was 177.3 inhabitants per square mile (68.5/km 2 ). There were 2,277 housing units at an average density of 65.0 per square mile (25.1/km 2 ).