- Dates
- 1985-01-22 – 1985-01-30
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Township of Saint James · Township of Peaine
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governmentpropertyinfrastructurecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On January 22, 1985, St. James and Peaine planning participants met with Charlevoix County Planner Larry Sullivan to discuss updating St. James Township’s zoning ordinance and coordinating island-wide planning.
The discussion covered state-law compliance, a possible master plan, shoreline planning, mobile-home regulation, and potential harbor and rural-residential districts. The commissions planned a January 30 follow-up meeting.
Evidence limits
The newspaper reports planning discussion and a scheduled follow-up, not an adopted zoning ordinance, master plan, or completed regulatory change.
Sources
- Reports a January 22 meeting with St. James and Peaine planning participants and County Planner Larry Sullivan about updating the St. James zoning ordinance, state-law compliance, a master plan, shoreline protection, mobile homes, harbor and rural-residential districts, and recurring joint meetings. It records planning discussion and a scheduled January 30 follow-up, not an adopted ordinance or completed master plan. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the joint planning meeting report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships begin coordinated zoning revision planning, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joint-township-planning-commission-zoning-meeting-1985/, accessed [date], citing Joint meeting of the township board and planning commission, Beaver Beacon, February 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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