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Sterling Heights council adopts 2025 master land use plan after 17-month public process
Summary
The Sterling Heights City Council voted to approve a rewritten master land use plan that updates future land-use categories, adds measurable goals and starts an implementation program after extensive public outreach.
Sterling Heights — The City Council voted to adopt a new master land use plan on a voice vote following a 17-month drafting and public-engagement process, city planner Dr. Jake Parcel said at the meeting.
The plan rewrites the 2017 document, simplifies future land-use categories and adds an implementation chapter and measurable objectives, officials said. "We are now here at the finish line," Parcel told the council, noting that the planning commission had held the required public hearing and adopted the plan the week before.
Why it matters: The master land use plan sets the city’s policy direction for zoning, transportation, housing and economic development and is the basis for a zoning ordinance rewrite that staff has budgeted for this year. Parcel and the…
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