Allendale Charter Township board approves revised zoning code ordinance

The Allendale Charter Township Board of Trustees approved Ordinance 2026-06 at its May 26, 2026 meeting, authorizing the Clerk and Supervisor to sign a revised zoning code meant to codify and amend previously adopted zoning ordinances. Mr. Zeinstra moved to approve the ordinance, with support from Mr. MacDonald; the motion passed as recorded in the minutes.

The ordinance was described in the minutes as an effort “to codify and revise the zoning ordinances previously adopted by Allendale Charter Township; making certain changes in previously adopted ordinances; and provide for an effective date.” The township minutes do not specify which provisions were changed, nor do they record a roll-call vote tally or the ordinance’s effective date in the meeting record.

The approval came during a routine action portion of the meeting that also included consent items: the board approved the May 11, 2026 meeting minutes and general claims totaling $2,219,561.10 plus interim payments of $199,925.26. The minutes list public comments from Gail Roelofs, Joel Roelofs and Marcia Hoekstra but do not include the substance of those remarks.

The ordinance authorization directs the Clerk and Supervisor to sign the document; next procedural steps (such as publication requirements, an explicit effective-on date, or a subsequent second reading) were not detailed in the minutes and are listed as “not specified” in the record. The township will likely publish the ordinance text and effective date per standard procedure, but the transcript does not record those steps.