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Peaine and St. James townships adopt 1980 zoning amendments, 1980

Also 1980 Beaver Island township zoning ordinance changes

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TypeEvent
Date1980-03-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1980-03-05
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Peaine Township Board of Trustees · Peaine Township Planning Commission · St. James Township Planning Commission
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Peaine and St. James Township Boards approved zoning amendments on March 5, 1980. The May Beacon summarized changes affecting accessory buildings, residential and agricultural floor areas, rear yards, signs, permits, and fees.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper summary, not the certified ordinance text.

Sources

  1. Summarizes amendments approved March 5, 1980, including accessory buildings and guesthouses, reduced residential floor-area and rear-yard requirements, agricultural floor area, off-premise signs, permit expiration, and filing fees. It is a newspaper summary, not the certified ordinance text. 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 · 1980-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fifteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the zoning summary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine and St. James townships adopt 1980 zoning amendments, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-township-zoning-amendments-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1980, “Zoning Ordinance Changes in Peaine and St. James Townships.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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