Pleasant Plains Township

LAKE county, Michigan

(Ordinance No. ___)

At a ______meeting of the Township Board for Pleasant Plains Township held at the Township offices at 830 Michigan Avenue in Baldwin, Michigan 49304, on ______, 2017, beginning at ______p.m., Township Board Member ______made a motion to adopt this Ordinance/ordinance amendment, which motion was seconded by Township Board Member ______:

AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLEASANT PLAINS TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE TO AMEND SUBSECTION 10.03(A) REGARDING OUTDOOR STORAGE.

THE TOWNSHIP OF PLEASANT PLAINS (the “Township”) ORDAINS:

Article 1. Subsection 10.03(A) of the Pleasant Plains Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended to read in full as follows:

A.  The outdoor storage of goods and materials is prohibited in the required front yard unless the Planning Commission waives or modifies that requirement pursuant to site plan review and approval. Goods or materials stored in the side or rear yard shall be screened from the view from the street or from abutting properties.

Article 2. The balance of the Pleasant Plains Township Zoning Ordinance remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

Except as expressly amended by this Ordinance/ordinance amendment, the Pleasant Plains Township Zoning Ordinance shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

Article 3. Severability.

Should any portion of this Ordinance/ordinance amendment be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, that shall not affect the balance of this Ordinance/ordinance amendment, which shall remain in full force and effect.

Article 4. Effective Date.

This Ordinance/ordinance amendment shall become effective upon the expiration of seven (7) days after this Ordinance/ordinance amendment (or a summary thereof) appears in the newspaper as provided by law.

The vote to adopt this Ordinance/ordinance amendment was as follows:

YEAS:

NAYS:

ABSENT/ABSTAIN:

ORDINANCE/ORDINANCE AMENDMENT DECLARED ADOPTED.

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of an Ordinance/ordinance amendment adopted by the Township Board for Pleasant Plains Township at the time, date and place as specified above, pursuant to the required statutory procedures.

Respectfully submitted,
By ______
Elizabeth Knight
Pleasant Plains Township Clerk

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