Benzie County Zoning was in effect. This map was the Future Land Use Map.
RP10- Rural Preservation 10 acres
RP5- Rural Preservation 5 acres
RP25- Rural Preservation 25 acres
C-1 Commercial District
During the Master Plan process, the Planning Commission has held their public input meetings/vision sessions, etc, and have a idea of what they believe residents of the township desire for future development.
The Planning Commission has taken stock of what land uses are occurring in the township, according to how it LOOKS like it's being used. In Joyfield township, each Planning Commissioner had a section of the township to drive through, examine and label what land uses they saw. This information is all put together on one map. That is the Existing Land Use Map and Definitions-draft form.(not finalized)
The Planning Commission will use that Existing Land Use Map, to develop a Future Land Use Map. This is a map of what the planning commission members decide the best use of land in the future should be. They decide what zoning districts the township should have according to what current land uses are and what public input they have received as to what township residents want for future development. Typically, basic zoning districts are: Agricultural, Residential, Commericial, Industrial. These zoning districts will have ordinances written to regulate land use within them. But a Planning Commission can make any district and name it anything they like. It can be as simple or as complicated as a Planning Commission chooses it to be.
Below is the Joyfield Township Planning Commission draft form of the Future Land Use Map.
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