Cover, Resolution of Adoption,
Acknowledgements, Title Page, Table of Contents, List of Figures
and Tables, Future Land Use Map Changes; Chapter 1 - Executive
Summary, Chapter 2 - Introduction (10.7 MB)
On August 25, 2010, the City of Novi Planning Commission adopted
a set of 2010 Master Plan for Land Use amendments. This action marks
the end of the Master Plan review and amendment process started in
December of 2008.
Between December 2008 and April 2010, the Planning Commission’s
Master Plan and Zoning Committee, with assistance from the City’s
planning staff, reviewed the City’s Master Plan for Land Use
including a section-by-section review of the future land use
designations of all properties in the City and a review of the
Master Plan’s goals, objectives and implementation strategies. In
addition, three study areas (Special Planning Project Area 1, Eleven
Mile and Beck Roads and Grand River Avenue and Beck Road) were
identified and extensively reviewed. During this process, the Master
Plan and Zoning Committee and the planning staff produced a Master
Plan for Land Use Review document and a set of proposed Master Plan
Amendments. After recommendation from the Planning Commission, City
Council approved the distribution of the proposed Master Plan for
Land Use amendments for comments. After the close of the comment
period, the Master Plan and Zoning Committee and staff reviewed the
comments and recommended a few minor changes to the proposed
Amendments. On July 14, 2010 the Planning Commission held an
additional public hearing on the proposed amendments and on August
25th the Commission approved a resolution adopting the 2010 Master
Plan for Land Use Amendments.
The adopted Amendments includes guidelines and policies to help
the City to continue to make well thought out land use decisions.
The 2010 Master Plan amendments include the following major
components:
Replacing the current Office future land use definition with
three new office land use definitions,(1)
Community Office, (2) Office Commercial and (3) Office,
Research, Development and Technology and replacing
Office use areas on the Future Land Use Map City-wide with one
of the above new office designations generally
reflecting the current Office Service (OS-1), Office Service
Commercial (OSC) and Planned Office Service Technology (OST)
zoning of the properties to provide more attractive definitions
of the office uses and to reflect the types of office
developments the City desires in specific areas of the City;
Replacing the Light Industrial future land use definition
with a new Industrial, Research Development and
Technology land use definition and
replacing Light Industrial use areas on the Future Land
Use Map City-wide with the new Industrial, Research,
Development and Technology future land use designation
to provide a more attractive land use definition and reflect the
land uses desired in the areas;
Designating the western portion of Special
Planning Project Area 1 Study Area for Community Office
future land uses and designating the eastern portion for
Industrial, Research Development and Technology
future land uses to provide additional land available for office
and industrial uses similar to those located in the
neighborhood;
Creating a new Suburban Low Rise future
land use definition with a set supporting goals,
objectives and implementation strategies and designate a portion
of the Eleven Mile and Beck Roads Study Area that is located
between high intensity development along Grand River Avenue and
single family residential development south of the Study Area
for Suburban Low Rise uses that will provide a transition in
intensity, protect the residential character of the area and
provide additional development options;
Moderately increasing the maximum residential
density in the remaining portions of the Eleven Mile and Beck
Roads Study Area;
Creating a new Office, Research, Development and
Technology with Retail Overlay land use designation
and supporting goals, objectives and implementation strategies
and assigning this designation to two areas near the
intersection of Grand River Avenue and Beck Road to provide an
area to develop retail services to serve the employees and
visitors to the nearby office areas and provide an additional
basket of permitted uses provided access is limited to reduce
the impact that increased traffic that would result from retail
development;
Adding new City-wide goals, objectives and
implementation strategies to promote alternative transportation
modes healthy lifestyles, attractive and diverse housing,
“Green” building and the preservation of natural features in the
City;
Minor map changes City-wide; and
City-wide reference map changes.
Building on the City of Novi’s long history of land use planning,
the adopted 2010 Master Plan for Land Use includes additional goals
and objectives that will help the City of Novi’s elected and
appointed officials and staff make land use decisions that further
prosperity and quality of life in Novi in the 21st Century.
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