What's a Comprehensive Plan?

A Comprehensive Plan is:

  • A vision for the future
  • A decision-making guide
  • A basis for policy
  • A basis for zoning
  • A growth management tool
  • Flexible and adaptive to its setting place and time

A Comprehensive Plan is not:

  • A zoning ordinance
  • Rigid, unchanging policy
  • Specific in scope
  • The only planning tool used by a governing body

Who Uses the Comprehensive Plan?

  • Citizens (Residents, Business Owners, Developers) use the plan to submit development and zoning proposals to the Township Board
  • Township Staff (Planning and Development Services) use the plan to provide land use and zoning recommendations to the Township Board
  • Township Board use the plan to make decisions

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