Updates to Neighborhoods
The resident volunteers over at the Planning Commission have just about completed their work on recommended zoning code updates for our city.
𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲:
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 – 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 – 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀. – 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁’𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝟭𝗕 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝟭𝗖 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗖 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘀. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘀 (𝗔𝗗𝗨𝘀) 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 “𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲” 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹.
⦁ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝗽-𝘁𝗼-𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
As a homeowner in Harbor Springs, all this sounds smart and reasonable. If the City Council doesn't update the zoning code later this fall...we get none of these benefits.
What the Planning Commission has done, with tons of public input, is to suggest common sense ways to preserve the character that we love while fixing a bunch of problems with the current code (which was the goal of the update process).
You can review the entire proposed update at: https://harborspringsworkingtogether.org/.../Harbor...
And all the Planning Commission meetings are available for review online: https://www.cityofharborsprings.com/.../planning-commission/
The planning commission is holding one more public hearing on November 13, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at city hall where you can comment.
Let’s help get these updates to our zoning code approved when it goes to city council later this year.
It is time to move forward Harbor Springs! Be sure to take a moment to "Share" this post so more of our neighbors can learn about these important code updates! Thank you!!!