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Encourage the use of current infrastructures. Transportation development projects take into account local land use planning and minimize impacts to farmland. Transportation infrastructure placement is a primary influence of land development patterns.
Enable local communities to use the statutory authority of “concurrency” when negotiating new development approval. Concurrency establishes a pay-as you-go approach which ensures public facilities and services are available at the same time as the impacts of development.
Michigan State University and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) should provide technical assistance, education and research to local officials and property owners. Encourage local communities to utilize existing zoning tools, when appropriate, to help protect farmland and farm operations including cluster housing, buffer areas, fencing, planted tree setbacks, and site density zoning.
Encourage local units of government to utilize brownfield redevelopment authorities.
Amend the Land Division Act to:
The sale of state and federally owned land suitable for residential or industrial use would preserve our farmland and increase local revenue. This development should only be considered on vacant sites with existing or nearby utilities that fit the local land use plan.
Urban agriculture, where viable, and assisting urban agriculture entrepreneurs.
The creation of a statewide township zoning appeals commission to help protect the Right to Farm Act against infringement by local government.
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Change the platting process to reduce cost, time and bureaucracy in platting.
Create density in communities by revisiting the 10-year redivision requirement.
Allow local units of government to utilize the entire Zoning Enabling Act to locally govern the Land Division Act.
Require site condominiums, manufactured housing developments and mobile home parks to comply with land division and/or the platting process in the Land Division Act.
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When land is divided, local governments should consider alternatives to minimize the adverse impacts to farms within one mile. We oppose rezoning agricultural zones if the use has not changed and the
