What is a Comprehensive Plan?
It is a document that is shaped by the municipal community as a whole that establishes the community’s vision and values; guides future physical, social, and economic development; and, identifies policies and actions needed to achieve the vision within the realm of current municipal resources and capabilities. It basically sizes up where the township is in its entirety and then sets goals for where the township’s residents, business owners, and property owners want it to be in the future.
The Comprehensive Plan will be used as a foundation for land use regulations and is often followed by the implementation of zoning changes to ensure consistency between the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map. Furthermore, the updated Plan will be the basis for rendering subsequent updates to other linked planning documents.