Land Use Leadership Council Recommendations

The Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce has reviewed the recommendations to the Land Use Leadership Council put forth by the Ann Arbor City Council(R-309-7-03) and the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners(Res. No. 03-0109).  
We support the recommendations made by the City of Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, including the following: 

• Create a statewide plan including goals that reflect a consensus vision for Michigan’s future to serve as a framework for making state related public investments
  
• Consolidate the numerous planning, zoning, subdivision and land development acts into one unified Act and add provisions that require development to be consistent with a local unit of government’s master plan, zoning ordinances and land development regulations
  
• Promote agricultural operations by assessing farmland at its current use
  
• Allow local government units to transfer development rights across and within jurisdictional boundaries where the receiving zone represents infill development in an already urbanized area