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The Committee has now completed the public meetings and recommended approval for the Draft 2025 Master Plan for Land Use to move forward to the Planning Commission and the City Council
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What is the Master Plan?
The purpose of the Master Plan is to guide the future development of Novi - identifying the type and intensity of future development, while balancing the preservation of open space and natural features, and insuring the sustainability of the City over the long-term through the establishment of a diversified tax base. The thoroughfare plan is intended to help to identify roadway improvements and technology advances that can assist with traffic flow, ensure that the City plans for proper access management, and identify transit and non-motorized improvements that will be needed or desirable.
What is the status of this Master Plan review?
The Draft 2025 Master Plan for Land Use was developed and reviewed by the Master Plan Steering Committee and was presented to the Planning Commission on February 26, 2025. At that time, the Planning Commission made a recommendation to the City Council for approval to distribute the plan for comment. On April 7, 2025, the City Council approved a resolution for the Draft Master Plan to be distributed to surrounding communities and other public and private agencies for a sixty-three-day review and comment period. Following this review period, all comments received were shared and a public hearing was held on June 25, 2025 by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission adopted the 2025 Master Plan at that time.
How was the Plan developed and what are some of the Key Components of the Draft Plan
Beckett and Raeder, the City’s Planning Consultant for the Master Plan started the process by providing an analysis of demographics, natural features, the real estate market, economic development, and land use. As part of the work with the Committee, the total number of land use categories is reduced from twenty-two to seventeen categories. Additionally, new mixed-use categories are introduced in response to market trends that favor a variety of uses and walkability. As part of the zoning plan, the draft plan recommends an amendment to include a Planned Unit Development (PUD) option to achieve some of the mixed use the City is envisioning.
Hubbell, Roth, and Clark, the consulting engineering firm for the Master Plan, worked to develop the traffic and transportation components focusing on growth rates and crash data throughout the City, and the city’s efforts to complete sidewalks and non-motorized connections. The recently adopted Active Mobility Plan was reviewed, and certain recommendations from that plan were incorporated into the Action Plan in the 2025 Master Plan.
Found in Chapter 11, the Action Plan identifies the Guiding Principles of the Master Plan, as well as actions for Novi to consider moving forward. The Guiding Principles are as follows:
Novi is…
- A community that builds on its assets.
- A community that celebrates the diversity of its residents.
- A city that demands quality real estate development.
- A place where the built and natural environment coexists for the benefit of its residents.
- A city that embraces the transformation of its existing commercial activity centers.
- A community that promotes welfare, health, and safety for its residents.
- A community that strives to connect neighborhoods and activity centers with nonmotorized access.
- A city that uses fiscal resources wisely to advance the community master plan and associated capital improvements program.
The approved plan carries over several actions recommended in the previous Master Plan, as well as new actions to reflect the findings and recommendations identified in the updated 2025 Master Plan.
Check back here for updates on the status of the Master Plan for Land Use.
Resource documents
Master Plan for Land Use 2017 Future Land Use Map Zoning Map Development Projects Map
Active Mobility Plan 2023 Thoroughfare Master Plan
(Thoroughfare Master Plan - (calameo.com)) Roads Committee Discoveries Non-Motorized Prioritizaton Update (Part 1) Non-Motorized Prioritizaton Update (Part 2)
Capital Improvement Plan Economic Development Strategy 2022