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Board reinstates private‑streets and subdivision rules after referendum notice
Summary
Faced with a filed referendum notice, the township board introduced and voted to reinstate a private‑streets ordinance (No. 9 of 2002) and a subdivision ordinance (No. 5 of 2003) to prevent a regulatory gap; roll‑call votes passed the measures (5–2).
The Cascade Charter Township Board moved to reinstate two previously rescinded ordinances — the private streets ordinance and the subdivision ordinance — after staff and legal counsel warned that a filed notice of intent for a referendum created a temporary regulatory gap.
Manager Smith and township legal counsel explained that language from the recently adopted zoning ordinance had incorporated private‑streets and subdivision rules; because a notice of intent to seek a referendum was filed, those provisions were…
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