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The Planning Commission has the
statutory authority to regulate
and control the development and
use of property within their
jurisdictions to promote public
health, safety and welfare.
Portage Township has a Master
Plan that ensures that the
development within the Township
is coordinated, harmonious,
efficient, and economical; it
considers the character of the
Township and its land uses;
promotes public health, safety,
morals, order, convenience,
prosperity, and the general
welfare.
Portage Township is zoned. This
zoning ordinance regulates the
use of the land and structures
to meet the needs of the State's
citizens for food, fiber, energy
and other natural resources,
places of residence, recreation,
industry, trade, service and
other land uses of the land; to
ensure the use of the land is
situated in appropriate
locations and relationships; to
limit the inappropriate
overcrowding of the land and
congestion of the population,
transportation systems and other
public facilities; and to
facilitate adequate and
efficient transportation
systems, sewage dispersal,
water, energy, education,
recreation, and other public
service and facility
requirements.
Membership on the Planning
Commission is appointed by the
Township Supervisor, subject to
the approval of the majority of
the Township Board, and consists
of between five and nine
members. The terms of the
members are for three years,
except when appointed, they may
be for one, two or three years
to affect staggered terms. One
member of the Township Board
must be a member of the Planning
Commission. Planning Commission
members must be qualified
electors of the Township, except
for one may be a non-elector.
All meetings of the Commission
are subject to the Michigan Open
Meetings Act and to the Michigan
Freedom of Information Act.
If a Commission member has a
conflict of interest concerning
and issue before the Commission,
the member must disclose the
conflict to the Commission for
resolution of the member's right
to further participate on the
issue.
The Planning Commission id
required to meet at least four
times per year. The Commission
determines the time and place of
any and all meetings.
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