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The Michigan Constitution and state statutes limit the amount of property tax millage that townships can levy for general township operations. General law townships are allocated at least 1 mill from the constitutionally limited 15/18 mills allocated among townships, the county, public schools and the intermediate school district.
A unique form of civil township in Michigan is the charter township, a status created by act of the state legislature in 1947, which grants additional powers and streamlined administration of townships. Charter townships that meet certain criteria are also provided greater protection against annexation by a city or village.
Oakland Township is less densely populated than neighboring townships to the west, south, and east; and retains many elements of a rural, wooded residential bedroom community. Local ordinances and zoning laws are aimed at limiting commercial and industrial development while maintaining a cap on population density by way of a master plan. [5] [6]
A charter township is a form of local government in the U.S. state of Michigan.While all townships in Michigan are organized governments, a charter township has been granted a charter, which allows it certain rights and responsibilities of home rule that are generally intermediate between those of a city (a semi-autonomous jurisdiction in Michigan) and a village.
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 ).
Canton is an unincorporated community within the township, although the name often refers to the whole township itself. It is located just south of M-153 (Ford Road) at The Canton post office, first established in 1852, serves an area conterminous with the township itself—using the 48187 ZIP Code north of Cherry Hill Road and the 48188 ZIP Code to the south.
As Michigan struggles with updating the 2015 Michigan Residential Code now in place, a new model code, the 2024 International Residential Code, will be available in electronic format sometime ...
The ZIP code is 48006, which serves all of Kenockee Township, as well as all of Greenwood Township to the north and small portions of Emmett Township to the west and Clyde Township to the east. [8] Avoca is home to a grain elevator, it is a trail head of the Wadhams to Avoca Trail and holds the Saint Clair County Road Commission Garage for the ...