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Instead, House Bills 5120 and 5121 would give ultimate authority for approving such projects to the Michigan Public Service Commission, a three-member body whose members are appointed by the ...
Since the early 1900s, U.S. states and municipalities have regulated housing through zoning laws. These laws restrict builders on things like lot size, maximum structure size and much more.
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 .
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.
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 Catholic group will be allowed to post religious displays along a privately owned “prayer trail” depicting the last day of Jesus, after a zoning fight with a local government in southeastern ...
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.
Zoning.It’s an intimidating word, I know. But it's arguably the hottest topic in Cincinnati right now. Let me tell you why. Sydney Franklin here. I worked with city government reporter Sherry ...