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Master Plan for Land Use Review and Amendment
Process 2009/2010
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Master Plan Feedback
Comments can be dropped off in the Community Development Department or
sent to Mark Spencer via email.
Your comments
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Master Plan Amendments
April 28, 2010 |
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Future Land Use Map
July 9, 2010 |
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Master Plan for Land Use Review
March 26, 2010 |
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Current Agenda and Supporting Documents |
July 7, 2010
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Tentative 2010 Meeting Schedule
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May 5 - cancelled
June 2
July 7
Aug 4
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Sept 1
Oct 13
Nov 3
Dec 1
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Master Plan for Land Use Amendment Process Update
At its March 24, 2010 meeting, the Planning Commission approved
the February 26, 2010 Master Plan for Land Use Review drafted by the
Master Plan and Zoning Committee and the City’s planning staff as
its review of the Master Plan for Land Use. The Review included a
set of proposed Master Plan for Land Use amendments. On April 28,
2010, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed
amendments and approved them for distribution. The Planning
Commission then forwarded the proposed amendments to City Council
for distribution approval.
The Michigan Planning Enabling Act requires local legislative
approval of the distribution of any proposed master plan amendments
to neighboring communities, the County, regional government
councils, utilities and railroads for comments before the
municipality adopts the proposed master plan amendments. At its May
17, 2010 meeting, the Novi City Council adopted a resolution
approving the distribution of the Planning Commission’s proposed
Master Plan for Land Use amendments.
On May 18th, the planning staff sent 26 entities CD copies of the
proposed Master Plan for Land Use Amendments and the complete Master
Plan for Land Use Review along with an introduction letter
soliciting their comments.
After the close of the required 42-day comment period on June
29th, the Planning Commission may schedule a public hearing and take
action to adopt the proposed amendments with or without any changes
the Commission deems appropriate after receiving comments. During
this comment period, the Planning Commission will continue to
welcome public comments.
Master Plan for Land Use
The City of Novi’s Master Plan for Land Use is a long range,
broad based policy document used to guide City decisions related to
land use and community development. The City has a strong tradition
of maintaining a Master Plan which has been reviewed and updated on
a regular basis since 1967. Periodically, the Planning Commission
undertakes a review of the Master Plan for potential changes to
recommended future land uses, goals, objectives and implementation
strategies. While the Master Plan for Land Use was reviewed and
amended in 2008 for three key areas of the City, the Master Plan as
a whole was last approved in 2004.
Since it was incorporated 41 years ago, the City of Novi has
experienced extraordinary change. The City has evolved from a small
commercial center with many farms to a premier full service suburban
center in Metropolitan Detroit. The City of Novi’s quality
residential neighborhoods, dynamic high-tech businesses, diversified
shopping experiences, award winning schools, outstanding recreation
facilities and beautifully preserved natural areas all make the City
a great place to live, work and conduct business. The City of Novi’s
location along several of the region’s major transportation
corridors and the previous planning and zoning decisions of the
City’s leaders have helped propel the City’s tremendous growth and
development. The City’s long history of land use planning has helped
the community communicate its ever-evolving vision of the future and
helped make the City of Novi what it is today.
The Master Plan for Land Use is the shared vision of how the City
of Novi should make land use decisions to ensure that the City
remains a highly sought-after destination for residents and
businesses. The Master Plan for Land Use as a policy document,
rather than an ordinance, is a set land use policies that further
the following:
- Providing areas for a sustainable mix of land uses that will
provide a diversified tax base to adequately support public
facilities and services;
- Ensuring adequate infrastructure to serve the residents and
businesses of the City and to facilitate future development;
- Establishing, preserving and enhancing community character;
- Conserving energy, preserving natural features and providing
adequate open space; and
- Ensuring that the City continues to be a desirable
place to conduct business.
These policies can all help the City of Novi’s elected and
appointed officials and staff make land use decisions that further
the prosperity of the City and the quality of life in the City.
Master Plan Review
The State of Michigan Planning Act requires municipalities to
review their Master Plan at least every five years. Although a
review and update of selected portions of the Master Plan for Land
Use was completed in 2007 and 2008, the last comprehensive review
and update of the City of Novi’s Master Plan for Land Use occurred
in 2004. In December 2008, the Planning Commission formally opened
the Master Plan review and amendment process. The Planning
Commission requested that its Master Plan and Zoning Committee, with
assistance from the City of Novi Planning staff, prepare a review of
the City’s Master Plan for Land Use.
The Master Plan and Zoning Committee undertook an extensive
review of the future land use designations of all properties in the
City to identify any areas for a more detailed study and the
Committee discussed the goals, objectives and implementation
strategies in the current Master Plan for Land Use adopted in 2004
and amended in 2008.
The Committee also reviewed in more detail land use definitions,
goals, objectives, and implementation strategies pertaining to
office uses, industrial uses, housing, transportation and the
environment and conducted an in depth review of three study areas:
- Special Planning Project Area 1 Study Area;
- Eleven Mile and Beck Roads Study Area; and
- Grand River Avenue and Beck Road Study Area.
Based on these reviews, public comments and Committee
discussions, the Master Plan and Zoning Committee recommended to the
Planning Commission a set of Master Plan for Land Use amendments for
adoption. With these amendments, the Committee also concluded that
balance of the Master Plan for Land Use, including the amendments
made in 2008, continues to reflect the recommended City of Novi’s
land use policies.
Recommended Master Plan for Land Use Amendments
The proposed amendments reflect the Master Plan and Zoning
Committee’s desire to:
- Enhance the office and industrial land use definitions to
make those areas more attractive to developers;
- Provide a set of sustainable future land uses for each of
the three study areas that promote development, enhance the
character of the City and protect the environment and
neighboring properties;
- Include minor changes to the future land use map that
reflect historic use, current City of Novi Park and Recreation
plans and ownership of the properties where these changes
complement the overall goals of the Master Plan;
- Provide a set of goals, objectives and implementation
strategies that promote and encourage housing options,
non-automobile transportation and a “Green” Novi; and
- Provide updated reference maps to help make more informed
land use decisions.
The proposed amendments recommended by this review include the
following components:
- Replacing the current Office future land use definition with
three new office land use definitions, (1) Community Office,
(2) Office Commercial and (3) Office, Research, Development and
Technology and replacing Office use areas on the Future Land Use
Map City-wide with one of the above new office designations
generally reflecting the current Office Service (OS-1), Office
Service Commercial (OSC) and Planned Office Service Technology
(OST) zoning of the properties. These changes were proposed to
provide more attractive definitions of the office uses and to
reflect the types of office developments the City desires in
specific areas of the City;
- Replacing the Light Industrial future land use
definition with a new Industrial, Research Development and
Technology land use definition and replacing Light
Industrial use areas on the Future Land Use Map City-wide with
the new Industrial, Research, Development and Technology future
land use designation to provide a more attractive land use
definition and reflect the land uses desired in the areas;
- Designating the western portion of Special Planning
Project Area 1 Study Area for Community Office future land
uses and designating the eastern portion for Industrial,
Research Development and Technology future land uses to
provide additional land available for office and industrial uses
similar to those located in the neighborhood;
- Creating a new Suburban Low Rise future land use
definition with a set supporting goals, objectives and
implementation strategies and designate a portion of the Eleven
Mile and Beck Roads Study Area that is located between high
intensity development along Grand River Avenue and single family
residential development south of the Study Area for Suburban Low
Rise uses that will provide a transition in intensity, protect
the residential character of the area and provide additional
development options that can add to the City’s tax base;
- Moderately increasing the maximum residential density
in the remaining portions of the Eleven Mile and Beck Roads
Study Area;
- Creating a new Office, Research, Development and
Technology with Retail Overlay land use designation and
supporting goals, objectives and implementation strategies and
assigning this designation to two areas near the intersection of
Grand River Avenue and Beck Road to provide an area to
develop retail services to serve the employees and visitors to
the nearby office areas and provide an additional basket of
permitted uses provided access is limited to reduce the impact
that increased traffic that would result from retail
development;
- Adding new City-wide goals, objectives and
implementation strategies to promote alternative transportation
modes healthy lifestyles, attractive and diverse housing,
“Green” building and the preservation of natural features in the
City;
- Minor map changes City-wide; and
- City-wide reference map changes.
Input Opportunities
Public input is a key component of the Master Plan review process
and the City of Novi welcomes public participation. As part of this
review process we would like to receive input from the City’s
residents and businesses.
Your comments
are appreciated.
- Invite City staff to attend your Homeowner Association Meeting.
Please contact Community Relations at 248-735-5628.
- Visit the Community Development counter at the Civic Center,
Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, and talk with City staff.
Ask for Planner Mark Spencer, project coordinator for the Master
Plan review, or send
to Mark Spencer via email.
- Mail or drop off your written comments to the City’s Community
Development Department.
- Attend one of two public hearings to be conducted by the
Planning Commission if amendments are proposed – Dates to be
announced.
- Provide comments directly from the City’s web site.
Click here
to submit comments and suggestions using our submittal form.
Our thanks go out ahead of time to the citizens and business
owners of Novi for all of the support and input during this review
process.
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