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1971
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County Board to Michigan State Extension: ìHow do we do it?î |
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1972
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WUPPDR meets on zoning. Three firms submit programs for zoning ordinances for counties in their jurisdiction. |
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1973
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George R. Justus, Chicago, is apparently chosen to write a zoning ordinance draft, perhaps based on Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Adoption (without public hearing or formation Zoning Board) of WUPRPC (Western Upper Peninsula Region Planning Commission) land use plan as basis for zoning districts. No copy of
this plan was filed with minutes. |
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1974
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First Planning Commission (illegally formed) replaced by new Keweenaw County Planning Committee.
Mr. Grasseschi of Universal Oil Co. makes presentation of Lac La Belle and Bete Gris area.
August 6: changes to zoning maps. These changes followed by many more in winter months without hearings. |
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1975
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Zoning Ordinance (still sold today) adapted and approved by DNR. No public notice or hearings. |
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1976
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Public Hearings to change Zoning maps. No minutes available. |
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1978
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Public Hearing with Delaware Development Corp. and Robert Grasseschi, who recommended more disputed changes. Notice of a public hearing, which was called insufficient. |
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1979
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Specific plat zoning; ìresolution for WUPPDR.î |
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1980
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Zoning Commission has final approval of zoning, but County Board can appeal (opposite of present situation). Ordinance may not be current to countyís needs. |
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1981
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Keweenaw County ìis withdrawing from active participation in WUPPDR. This withdrawal necessitates the institution and implementation of a comprehensive development plan for the county.î
Mr. Kitchen (Zoning Director/Tax Assessor) and his staff directed discussion of major points in achieving such a plan.
Fluidity, communication and ìactive participationî by the entire Keweenaw County Community is important to success.
SOMEONE WAS FINALLY ON THE BALL |
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1982
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Began with a bang (meetings and hearings with the DNR) and ended with a whimper (motion to proceed no further). |
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1983
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Word on mapping leading to planning. Sundberg, Carlson & Associates, MSU Extension, DNR. |
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1984
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Rejoined WUPPDR? Almost Ö UP Engineers & Architects, Inc., working on plan. |
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1985
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February: Sundberg, Carlson
June: Zoning Commission recommends WUPPDR.
October: Accept Comprehensive Development Plan of UP Engineers & Architects. |
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1986
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Pat Coleman (of UP Engineers & Architects) and Robert Grasseschi bring up ski hill and other areas desirable for development. |
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1987
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February: Public Hearing but no record of Notice or Minutes. ((Iím not being critical. Iím saying the boards were trying to find someone to help with planning.)
Coleman Recreation Plan approved, but Grasseschi postpones finalization of Land Use Map to September. |
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1988
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Approve Mr. Grasseschiís requested changes from Resort Residential zoning to Resort Services for Lac La Belle/Bete Gris area.
Tabled map until changes made. |
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1989
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December: Zoning Board approves Comprehensive Land Use Map. |
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1990
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May: Submit map and plan to County Board of Commissioners but
November: Revision of Land Use Map (no minutes).
December: No decision. |
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1991
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Robert Grasseschi helping with 1987 plan by U.P. Engineers and Architects
September: Public Hearing undocumented. ìBufferî of 1,000 ft. added to map (Resort Residential zoning along shoreline?)
October: Map adopted as originally presented.
October-December: Citizens try referendum but unsuccessful. |
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1992
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January14: Land Use Map rescinded by Board of Commissioners; called ìan advising tool, not zoning.î
February: Keweenaw County Zoning and Planning Commission Supervisor John Hodges (now deceased) called for people to serve on an Advisory Committee to provide input to the
commission, whose duty is to ìdevelop and maintain a Growth Management Plan (including) the Comprehensive Plan, the Zoning Ordinance, the Legal Authority, Project Grants and Loans, along
with Official Land Use and Zoning Maps.î (The Daily Mining Gazette, Feb. 25, 1992)
(He was able to get the rare help of the local paper.) |
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1993
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April 27: ìdelete Land Use Advisory Committee.î Boards will work on new land use map.
October: Keweenaw County carried motion to ìaccept and developî Mt. Bohemia, as offered by Lake Superior Land Co.
(but Ö)
November: New owner for LSLC.
December 28: (often referred to as ìthe dead of nightî) in a brief, unadvertised, so-called Public Hearing, County Zoning Board approved same old Land Use Map. |
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1994
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January 24: Map adopted by County Board. Study zoningóstill no comprehensive land use plan. |
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1995
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Back to WUPPDR. Year spent trying to print map, which appears to be the one approved in 1993. |
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1996
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Commissioners have copies (of map); others for sale. (This Land Use Map is available on the Keweenaw Liberty Library. Click on
County Land Use Planning and then County Land Use Map.)
Reprinting of Zoning Ordinance (no changes). |
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1997
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No approved Recreation Plan on file, but UP Engineers will do another one; Northern Consultants mentioned.
November, December: Ask Planning Center (Mark Wyckoff) and Michigan Department of Commerce for help in upgrading ìout-of-date and cumbersomeî Zoning Ordinance. |
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1998
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January 13: Recreation Plan approved.
Wyckoff suggests WUPPDR for help on Zoning Ordinance. |
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1999
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January: Commissioners say no active work on Zoning Ordinance or Plan. |
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2000
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Mt. Bohemia, Bete Gris controversy.
September: WUPPDR gives formal presentation to Zoning/Planning Commission to update Keweenaw County Comprehensive Development Plan. |
