Glen Arbor Township Master Plan June 2017 Draft Glen Arbor Township FUTURE LAND USE PLAN Prepared Under the Direction of the Glen Arbor Township Planning and Zoning Commission Adopted by the Glen Arbor Township Board on XX xx, 2017 GLEN ARBOR TOWNSHIP PLANNING and ZONING COMMISSION Master Plan Update Lance Roman, Chairman Bob Ihme, Vice-Chairman John Peppler, Township Trustee Pamela Lysaght Mike Pessner William Stege Bill Thompson Dottie Thompson, Recording Secretary Timothy Cypher, Zoning Administrator GLEN ARBOR TOWNSHIP BOARD Peter Van Nort, Supervisor Terry Gretzema, Treasurer Bonnie Quick, Clerk Don Lewis John Peppler CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1-1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1-1 PLAN AND RELATIONSHIP TO ZONING ............................................................................................................................... 1-4 PUBLIC INPUT ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1-4 OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS ..................................................................................................................................................... 1-5 CHAPTER 2 PEOPLE AND ECONOMY ............................................................................................................ 2-1 POPULATION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2-1 Total Population ......................................................................................................................................................... 2-1 Age of Population ....................................................................................................................................................... 2-1 HOUSING ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2-2 Housing Units ............................................................................................................................................................... 2-2 Seasonal Housing ....................................................................................................................................................... 2-2 Household Size ............................................................................................................................................................ 2-3 Education ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2-3 Economic Characteristics ....................................................................................................................................... 2-4 Assessed Value ............................................................................................................................................................ 2-4 PLANNING IMPLICATIONS AND ISSUES ............................................................................................................................... 2-5 CHAPTER 3 THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................... 3-1 LAND ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3-1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3-1 Property Classifications........................................................................................................................................... 3-2 Topography ................................................................................................................................................................... 3-4 NATURAL FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................. 3-6 Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3-6 The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore .............................................................................................. 3-6 Glen Lake ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3-10 Crystal River .............................................................................................................................................................. 3-11 Soils with Limitations for Septics ..................................................................................................................... 3-12 Wetlands ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3-12 Impervious Surfaces .............................................................................................................................................. 3-14 COASTAL HAZARDS ............................................................................................................................................................ 3-16 Flooding ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3-16 High Risk Erosion Areas (HREA) ...................................................................................................................... 3-16 Critical Sand Dunes................................................................................................................................................. 3-16 DEVELOPMENT IN GLEN ARBOR TOWNSHIP ................................................................................................................. 3-17 Lakefront Development ........................................................................................................................................ 3-17 The Homestead Resort.......................................................................................................................................... 3-17 The Leelanau School .............................................................................................................................................. 3-17 Historic Sites .............................................................................................................................................................. 3-18 Glen Arbor Village ................................................................................................................................................... 3-18 PLANNING IMPLICATIONS AND ISSUES ............................................................................................................................ 3-20 CHAPTER 4 PUBLIC PLACES AND SERVICES .............................................................................................. 4-1 TOWNSHIP HALL ................................................................................................................................................................... 4-1 PUBLIC UTILITIES .................................................................................................................................................................. 4-2 FIRE, EMS, AND RESCUE SERVICES .................................................................................................................................... 4-3 PUBLIC SAFETY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4-4 PARKS AND RECREATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 4-4 Recreational facilities include: ............................................................................................................................. 4-5 Golf Courses .................................................................................................................................................................. 4-5 SCHOOL SYSTEM .................................................................................................................................................................... 4-5 LIBRARY .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4-7 HIGHWAYS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4-7 Traffic Counts 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