zoning enabling actamortizationnonconforming usesMichiganThis article suggests that the Michigan legislature should amend the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act in order to explicitly allow state and local government to amortize nonconforming property uses under limited circumstances. While the current prohibition ...
This article suggests that the Michigan legislature should amend the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act in order to explicitly allow state and local government to amortize nonconforming property uses under limited circumstances. While the current prohibition on amortization protects individual rights and is thus...
food market; farmers market; municipal charter; municipal code; zoning ordinance; local food policy; food planning1. Introduction Public food marketplaces have been central to civic life and food procurement since the earliest human settlements [1,2]. These public places are signified by multiple,...
Reports from leading health, planning, and food organizations assert that farmers markets—the dominant form of public retail food markets in the US today—should be explicitly included in zoning and other municipal codes to ensure that they can be created and sustained. Despite their popularity as...
Given the global significance of groundwater, considerable attention is being paid to the need for sustainable management of this resource, including managed aquifer recharge [8], integrated management planning [9], and a greater emphasis on conservation [10]. Given the ubiquity and visibility of ...