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Stronach Township is the oldest non-native settlement in Manistee County. [citation needed] In 1840 Joseph Stronach cleared a site to establish a sawmill in the township.In 1841 Joseph Stronach's brother David Stronach and his son Adam Stronach arrived by schooner with machinery and approximately 15 men to begin construction of the sawmill.
Stronach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stronach Township, Manistee County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 170 as of the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The community is located at the southeast end of Manistee Lake .
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.
The constitutionality of zoning ordinances was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. in 1926. The zoning ordinance of Euclid, Ohio was challenged in court by a local land owner on the basis that restricting use of property violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Ambler ...
The Granville Township Trustees on Wednesday approved an overlay zoning district, which would create stricter zoning regulations than the regular zoning code within defined areas of the township.
The county board of commissioners controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.
A development company that partners with the giant retailer is looking at the feasibility of building a distribution facility along I-90 in McKean.
Generally, zoning is a constitutional exercise of a state's police power [4] to protect public health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, spot zoning (or any zoning enactment) would be unconstitutional to the extent that it contradicts or fails to advance a legitimate public purpose, such as promotion of community welfare or protection of other properties.