MOORE TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN Moore Township Sanilac County, Michigan June 2012 MOORE TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN Moore Township Sanilac County, Michigan Moore Township Planning Commission Members: Jack Dorman, Chairman Randy Filkins, Vice Chairman Mark Thorley, Secretary James Brown Jr. Carl Gerstenberger Tonya Kaufman Lee Rich Moore Township Board of Trustees Members: Greg Dorman, Supervisor Ann Bradley, Clerk Cheryl Schultz, Treasurer James Brown Jr. William Pringle Prepared with the assistance of: George Lasecki (Moore Township Zoning Administrator) 1126 West Sanilac Ave. Sandusky, MI 48471-9712 (810) 648-2429 Adopted: June 6, 2012 i MOORE TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN Table of Contents 1 – INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1-1 Purpose and Planning Process ......................................................... 1-1 Location and Regional Setting ......................................................... 1-2 Status of Planning and Zoning ........................................................ 1-3 2 – SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ................................................ 2-1 Population ................................................................................... 2-1 Housing Characteristics ................................................................. 2-3 Households .................................................................................. 2-4 School Enrollment & Educational Attainment ..................................... 2-4 Age Distribution ............................................................................ 2-5 Disability Status ........................................................................... 2-5 Income and Poverty ...................................................................... 2-6 Employment ................................................................................. 2-7 Unemployment ............................................................................. 2-8 Agriculture ................................................................................... 2-9 3 – COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FACILITIES .............................................. 3-1 Water Supply and Sewage Disposal ................................................. 3-1 Solid Waste .................................................................................. 3-4 Recycling ..................................................................................... 3-4 Utility Services ............................................................................. 3-4 Postal Service............................................................................... 3-4 Schools ....................................................................................... 3-4 Libraries & Museums ..................................................................... 3-7 Medical Facilities ........................................................................... 3-7 Cemeteries .................................................................................. 3-8 Public Safety ................................................................................ 3-8 Roads ......................................................................................... 3-8 Transit ...................................................................................... 3-11 Air Service ................................................................................. 3-11 Media ........................................................................................ 3-11 4 – Natural Resources ............................................................................. 4-1 Introduction ................................................................................. 4-1 Geology ....................................................................................... 4-2 Climate ....................................................................................... 4-4 Soils ........................................................................................... 4-4 Watershed ................................................................................... 4-7 Prime Farmland ............................................................................ 4-7 Forests & Wetlands ....................................................................... 4-8 Sites of Environmental Contamination ............................................ 4-10 ii 5 – EXISTING LAND USE ......................................................................... 5-1 Land Division Patterns ................................................................... 5-1 Existing Land Cover / Use Characteristics ......................................... 5-2 Agricultural Residential Land Uses .......................................... 5-6 Commercial Land Uses ......................................................... 5-6 Industrial Land Uses / Utilities / Township Sewer Lagoon .......... 5-6 Township & Fire Hall / Cemetery / Parks / Churches / Post Office ................................................................ 5-6 6 – GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................... 6-1 Purpose ....................................................................................... 6-1 Assets ......................................................................................... 6-1 Issues ......................................................................................... 6-2 Goals & Objectives ........................................................................ 6-2 Goal 1: Roads and Streets .................................................... 6-2 Goal 2: Blight ..................................................................... 6-4 Goal 3: Community Character ............................................... 6-5 7 – FUTURE LAND USE ............................................................................ 7-1 Purpose ....................................................................................... 7-1 Land Use Planning Areas ................................................................ 7-1 High Density Residential Land Use ......................................... 7-4 Commercial Land Use ........................................................... 7-4 Industrial Land Use .............................................................. 7-4 Mobile Home Park Land Use .................................................. 7-5 Agricultural Residential Land Use ........................................... 7-5 Future Land Use Planning with Adjacent Jurisdiction ........................... 7-5 8 – IMPLEMENTATION AND ADOPTION ...................................................... 8-1 Plan Coordination & Review ............................................................ 8-1 Public Hearing .............................................................................. 8-1 Plan Adoption ............................................................................... 8-1 Plan Implementation ..................................................................... 8-1 Zoning Plan .................................................................................. 8-2 Grants and Capital Improvement Plan .............................................. 8-2 Transmittals: 1 – Copy of Notice of Intent to Prepare a Master Plan ......................... 8-3 2 – Affidavit of Notice of Intent to Prepare a Master Plan .................... 8-4 3 – Planning Commission Letter of Draft Plan to Township Board ........ .8-6 4 – Planning Commission Minutes: Transmit draft plan to Township Board for distribution to adjacent communities .......... 8-7 5 – Township Board Resolution Asserting the Right to Approve Final Plan ................................................................................... 8-8 6 – Township Board Minutes: Approval of Distribution of Draft Plan to Adjacent Communities and Asserting the Right to Approval Final Plan .............................................................. 8-9 7 – Copy of Draft Review Notice to Adjacent Communities ................ 8-11 8 – Affidavit of Mailing of Draft Plans to Adjacent Communities .......... 8-12 iii 9 – County Planning Commission Notice of Draft Review Notice to Adjacent Community .......................................................... 8-14 10 – Affidavit of April 11, 2012 Publication of Public Hearing ............. 8-16 11 – Affidavit of May 9, 2012 Publication of Public Hearing ................ 8-17 12 – Notice of Public Hearing – Adjacent Communities ..................... 8-18 13 – Affidavit of Public Hearing Notice to Adjacent Communities ........ 8-19 14 – Resolution of Adoption – Planning Commission ......................... 8-21 15 – Minutes of Meeting – Planning Commission .............................. 8-22 16 – Resolution of Adoption – Township Board ................................ 8-23 17 – Minutes of Meeting – Township Board ..................................... 8-25 APPENDIX ........................................................................................... 8-27 Public Input Session Materials and Results ...................................... 8-28 iv LIST OF MAPS & FIGURES Map 1-1: Sanilac County Location ............................................................. 1-2 Map 1-2: Sanilac County Base Map ........................................................... 1-2 Figure 2-1: Birthplace of Residents 2010 ................................................... 2-2 Figure 2-2: Population by Age Group 2010 ................................................