- Date
- 2003-06
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governanceland-useconservationcommunityhousingtransportation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Peaine Township’s master-plan process reported that residents generally favored keeping the island rural and wooded, ranked environmental protection first among the issues, and supported continued public participation. Other findings addressed minimum lot sizes, state-land access, road surfaces and dust control, fire-station and EMS space, and the future of the township airport. The same June account describes a draft Environmental Protection section, sample ordinance, and color-coded maps ranking twenty-four areas by danger.
Evidence limits
The April and June articles present summarized preferences from study groups, not a final adopted master plan, binding zoning rules, or a statistically documented survey.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Surprising Consensus.”Reports Judy Lanier’s presentation of findings from 13 meetings attended by 135 Peaine residents, including support for a peaceful wooded character, environmental protection, improved planning and zoning, better access and signage, and restrained taxation. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the April planning-consensus report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, June 2003, “About the Master Plan.”Summarizes resident preferences for a rural and wooded island, environmental protection, larger minimum lots, improved state-land access and signage, dirt roads with dust control, fire-station and EMS space, and continued public voice in planning; it also describes a draft Environmental Protection section, a sample ordinance, and color-coded maps ranking twenty-four target areas by danger. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the June 2003 planning report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-06_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township publishes early findings from its Beaver Island master-plan process”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peaine-master-plan-survey-findings-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Surprising Consensus.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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