The Planning Commission is hereby designated the commission
pursuant to Act 285, Public Acts of Michigan 1931, MCLA § 125.31
et seq., as amended, and shall perform the duties of said commission
as provided in said Act, together with such other powers and duties
as are given to the commission by the provisions of this chapter.
One member of the Planning Commission shall serve as a member of the
Board of Appeals.
Whenever in this chapter the lawful exercise or existence of
a use requires the approval of the Village Council, the Commission
is hereby authorized and directed to investigate the matter requiring
such approval, to conduct a hearing thereon, and to make a determination
and recommendation to the Board of Trustees, which shall then approve,
approve with modifications, or deny the requested use.
Upon receipt of an application for a special land use approval,
a conditional use approval, a planned development approval, a single-family
cluster approval or any other land use approval which requires a decision
on discretionary grounds, notice shall be provided pursuant to the
requirements of Public Act 110 of 2006, MCLA § 125.3101
et seq.
Where the Planning Commission is empowered to approve certain
uses of premises under the provisions of this chapter or in cases
where the Commission is required to make an investigation and recommendation
to the Village Council, the applicant shall furnish such surveys,
plans or other information as may be reasonably required by the Commission
for the proper evaluation and consideration of the matter.
Reasonable conditions may be required in conjunction with the
approval of a special land use, planned development district, single
family cluster development or other land uses or activities permitted
by discretionary decision. The conditions may include conditions necessary
to ensure that public services and facilities affected by a proposed
land use or activity will be capable of accommodating increased service
and facility loads caused by the land use or activity, to protect
the natural environment and conserve natural resources and energy,
to ensure compatibility with adjacent uses of land, and to promote
the use of land in a socially and economically desirable manner. Conditions
imposed shall do the following:
A. Be designed to protect natural resources, the health, safety and
welfare, as well as the social and economic well-being of those who
will use the land use or activity under consideration, residents and
landowners immediately adjacent to the proposed land use or activity,
and the Village as a whole.
B. Be reasonably compatible with the master plan for future land use.
C. Be related to the valid exercise of the police power and purposes
which are affected by the proposed use or activity.
D. Be necessary to meet the intent and purpose of the zoning requirements;
be related to the standards established in this chapter for the land
use or activity under consideration, and be necessary to insure compliance
with those standards.
E. The conditions imposed with respect to the approval of a land use
or activity shall be recorded in the record of the approval action
and shall remain unchanged except upon the mutual consent of the approving
authority and the landowner. The approving authority shall maintain
a record of changes granted in conditions.