Agritourism | Food Systems

This series of staff reports and meeting minutes from a Michigan township details discussions about a request to allow special events at a barn on a property within the A-1 Agricultural zoning district. The final outcome was a zoning amendment that added a wide range of “Agricultural Tourism” as uses permitted by right or by special permit to the district.

Planning Commission meetings:

• August 22, 2011, memo and minutes.
• October 24, 2011, memo and minutes.  
• December 19, 2011, memo and minutes.
• January 30, 2012, memo and minutes.  
• February 20, 2012, memo and minutes.  
• March 26, 2012, memo and minutes.  Planning commission recommended approval.

Board of Trustees meeting, May 1, 2012, final packet. The ordinance was approved.