News
03-17-08
GOVERNOR SIGNS NEW PLANNING ENABLING ACT.
On March 13th Governor Granholm signed SB 206 into law as PA 33 of 2008. This act is the Michigan Planning Enabling Act. It repeals the Municipal Planning Act, the Township Planning Act and the County Planning Acts as of September 1, 2008.
A comprehensive training program and new Michigan Planning Guidebook will be presented at 29 new training programs beginning May 27 and running to June 26th. Also covered will be the recent amendments to the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act by PA 12 of 2008. Registration information will be posted in a few days. The tentative dates and locations of programs are listed below. Registration information will be mailed in a week and an online registration option will be posted here then as well.
Alpena, Alpena Community College, Granum Theater, 665 Johnson St., Wednesday, May 28th (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Building A, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd., Tuesday, June 3rd (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
Attica, Lapeer County Ed. Tech Center, 690 N. Lake Pleasant, Thursday, June 5th (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
Benton Harbor, Lake Michigan Comm. College, Mendel Center, 2755 E. Napier Ave., Wednesday, June 11th (trainer Brad Neumann)
Big Rapids, Holiday Inn, 1005 Perry Avenue, Tuesday, June 3rd (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Charlevoix, Charlevoix Public Library, 220 W. Clinton Street, Wednesday, June 25th (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Clinton Township, MSU Extn Assembly Room, Entrance E, 21885 Dunham Rd., Wednesday, May 28th (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
Dearborn, Henry Ford Community College, L14 Auditorium, 5101 Evergreen Road, Tuesday, June 24th (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
East Lansing, Kellogg Center, Auditorium, 55 S. Harrison Rd., Thursday, June 5th (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
East Tawas, Tawas Bay Beach Resort, 300 E. Bay Street, Tuesday, June 10th (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
Gladstone, Terrace Bay Resort & Conv. Center, 7146 P Road, Monday, June 9th (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Farmington Hills, Oakland Com. College, Orchard Ridge Campus, Bldg. J, 27055 Orchard Lake Road, Monday, June 9th (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
Frankenmuth, Bavarian Inn Lodge Conference Center, 1 Covered Bridge Lane, Thursday, May 29th (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
Gaylord, University Center, M-Tech, 80 Livingston Blvd., Tuesday, June 3rd (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
Grand Rapids, Grand Inn & Conference Center, 3221 Plainfield Ave., NE, Wednesday, June 4th (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
Houghton, Michigan Tech Univ., Noblet Forestry Building, 1400 Townsend Drive, Wednesday, June 11th (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Room 8570, 6767 West O Avenue, Tuesday, June 10th (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
Manistee, Ramsdell Theater Ballroom, 101 Maple Street, Tuesday, May 27th (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Marquette, NMU, The Don H. Bottum University Center, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Tuesday, June 10th (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Marshall, Calhoun County ISD, 17111 G Drive North, Thursday, June 26th (trainer Mark Wyckoff)
Monroe, Monroe Co. ISD, 1101 Raisenville Road, Thursday, June 12th (trainer Jasneet Sharma)
Mount Pleasant, Comfort Inn, 2424 S. Mission, Wednesday, June 25th (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
Muskegon, Muskegon Community College, Stevenson Center, 221 S. Quarterline Road, Monday, June 2nd (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Newberry, America’s Best Value Inn, 12956 State Highway M-28, Thursday, June 12th (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
Roscommon, Kirtland Community College, Center for the Performing Arts, 10775 N. Saint Helen Road, Tuesday, May 27th (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
Peck (S of Sandusky), Sanilac County Career Center, 175 E. Aitken Road, Wednesday, June 4th (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
St. Ignace, Little Bear East Arena and Community Center, 275 Marquette St., Wednesday, June 11th (trainer Mary Ann Heidemann)
Traverse City, Hagerty Center at NMC, 715 E. Front Street, Wednesday May 28th (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Watersmeet, Lac Vieux Desert Tribal Conference Center, 5384 U.S. Highway 45 N, Thursday, June 12th (trainer Kurt Schindler)
Note: Michigan State University reserves the right to substitute trainers as may be necessary.
02-29-07
MZEA AMENDED
Governor Granholm signed PA 12 of 2008 on Friday, February 29th. This Act amends the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and is immediately effective.
04-04-07
The Planning and Zoning Center at MSU website now offers an extensive compilation of web links to over 500 local government master plans and zoning ordinances from across Michigan and the United States. We encourage local planning officials to reference existing land use policies and regulations when creating, updating or amending community plans and ordinances. If your community has an official website that posts a master plan and/or zoning ordinance that is not shown on the list please forward the information to us at: pzc@pzcenter.msu.edu with the subject line “plan and ordinance list.” View the Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance Library.
02-20-07
Welcome to the launch of the new website for the Planning & Zoning Center at MSU. We hope to update this page once a week with information about important pending legislation, a key workshop or conference, a case study of interest or other newsworthy information. Please visit us often.