MSU Extension Planning

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  Administrative decisions require careful application to ordinance standards: Part 2

  Published on March 21, 2023
  Base decisions only on explicit standards in the ordinance to avoid a challenge of being unreasonable, arbitrary or capricious.

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  Administrative decisions require careful application to ordinance standards: Part 1

  Published on March 21, 2023
  Base decisions only on explicit standards in the ordinance to avoid a challenge of being unreasonable, arbitrary or capricious.

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  Critical training for Zoning Board of Appeals members

  Published on March 17, 2023
  Acting properly, a community's Zoning Board of Appeals protects the interests of all parties and upholds due process, but when poorly trained, the board can be a serious legal risk to the community.

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  The importance of your Zoning Board of Appeals

  Published on March 17, 2023
  Maintaining a properly organized and functioning Zoning Board of Appeals is critical to ensure the integrity of the board’s decisions and to avoid potentially serious and costly legal issues.

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  How to remove restrictive covenants from a deed in Michigan

  Published on January 13, 2023
  The 2022 Discharge of Prohibited Restrictive Covenants Act allows for the discharge of racist and other discriminatory language from recorded deeds.

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  Local government has an important role for water quality protection: Part 3

  Published on December 21, 2022
  Local governments have a very important role to play in the protection of surface water, ground water, drinking water and wetlands; often filling the gaps in state and federal regulations.

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  Local government has an important role for water quality protection: Part 2

  Published on December 21, 2022
  State and federal regulations help protect water resources but does not do the whole job. Local government has an important role also – key to retaining important habitat on lake’s and river’s edge.

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  Getting enclosure right: Creating a comfortable public room

  Published on December 2, 2022
  Creating public spaces that pedestrians want to occupy and feel comfortable in.

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  MSU Extension’s Zoning Administrator Certificate Program returns to in-person format for 2023

  Published on November 3, 2022
  Participants in the ZAC Program will receive a wealth of training, resources, and learning activities to understand all parts of their role as a Zoning Administrator.

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  NCI partners with MSU’s Toolbox Dialogue Initiative Center to build capacity for collaboration

  Published on September 14, 2022
  NCI’s September Newsletter