Friendship Township Planning Commission
Town Meeting Monday, September 27, 7:00PM
Friendship Township Hall
August 25, 2004
Dear Neighbor:
Friendship Township adopted its Master Plan last year. The Master Plan is not a regulating document, but rather a long-range vision for the direction of the township. If you were one of the many residents who participated in the creation of this Plan, thank you!
While working on this Plan, one of the comments we heard over and over again is that people want to retain the rural nature of the township. Density of housing is one of the factors that affect this. The density of housing is directly related to the size of lots allowable for parcel splits. Most of our township is zoned Farm-Forest-2 (FF-2), which requires two acres per lot and 200 feet of frontage. The corridor surrounding M-119 and Lower Shore Drive is zoned Scenic Resource-2 (SR-2), which requires 0.69 acres and 150 feet of frontage.
We have a third zoning district in our township which is Recreation Residential-2 (RR-2). It requires 0.5 acres per lot and 100 feet of frontage. There are several areas of RR-2 in the township, but the subject of this discussion is the RR-2 east of M-119, between the SR-2 and FF-2. Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting, but only property owners in this zone or next to it are receiving this letter.
One idea for helping to preserve the rural nature of the township is to require larger resulting lots from a split. What do you think of the idea of changing the RR-2 east of M-119 to FF-2 so that, in the event of a split, larger lots would be required? Please come to the Planning Commission meeting on September 27 to give us your thoughts, or write a letter to the address below.
We will be discussing the differences in the zoning districts at this meeting. The area and frontage requirements are just two of the differences. There are others as well, which will be presented at the meeting.
Please note that no action has been taken to initiate this change. We are only gathering residents’ opinions of this idea. Your input is very important. We hope to see you Monday, September 27!
Denise Simon, Chairperson
Friendship Township Planning Commission
2997 S Lakeshore Drive, Harbor Springs 49740
526-9302
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