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Northville Township Today Report

Purpose – Provide policy guidance and a legally defensible basis
for effective and implementable land development
This report provides background information about regulations.
Northville Township as it is today. This information is – Provide a framework to enable local officials to make
presented in topic areas relevant to the Township’s better-informed decisions based upon a coordinated
physical growth and development. This report also plan to guide the orderly growth and development of
highlights key planning considerations for the years their community.
ahead, which will set the stage for the Future Township
phase of the Master Plan process in terms of community – Provide the umbrella for weaving together a series of
needs and desires for the next 20 years. This report small area plans, through which greater synergies can
content is based on initial background studies to date by be created.
the Township’s community planning consultant, Kendig Engaging in a local comprehensive planning process will
Keast Collaborative (of Sugar Land, Texas), as well as enable Northville Township to have a greater measure
leadership and community input received to this point. of control over its future and the opportunities and
The report also points readers to other sources for challenges that change will bring. Planning will enable
more detailed information to ensure the brevity of this the Township to proactively manage future growth and
document and to avoid duplication of available reports development / redevelopment as opposed to reacting to
and profiles of Northville. development proposals on a case-by-case basis without
adequate and necessary consideration of community-
Benefits wide issues. Northville Township’s last Master Plan was
completed in 2007.
As discussed, a master plan is a long-range, community-
based policy document that lays the groundwork for how Focus Areas
communities can take charge of, invest in, and realize
their future. Focus areas within the Master Plan provide direction

MASTER PLANS: when setting program and funding priorities to enhance
the quality of life in Northville Township. The five Focus
– Provide public officials with a greater understanding Areas for Northville Township’s new Master Plan will
of existing conditions in their community, and the include:
larger trends and forces that are impacting growth 1. Growth Capacity
and development (or lack thereof); and a long-term
outlook at the potential consequences of land use, 2. Land Use and Development
infrastructure, and other decisions. 3. Transportation
– Establish priorities for implementation strategies and 4. Economic Development
actions to achieve preferred outcomes. 5. Recreation and Amenities
– Place communities in more favorable positions when
pursuing and securing grants and capital project These focus areas were considered in preparing this
partnerships. Northville Township Today Report and will frame the
Future Township portion of the Master Plan.
– Offer an opportunity for constructive and meaningful
public input, education, and engagement through a
variety of forums; including one-on-one meetings,
focus groups, town hall-style community workshops,
and surveys.

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