Jan 15, 2026
Taken from the Transcript of January 5, 2026 – The Summary of the Zoning Code presented to the City Council Members – on the night they approved the New Code. By Beckett & Raeder’s John Iacoangeli “The proposed zoning code is structured...
Jan 8, 2026
January 8, 2026 A Wrap-Up on the Zoning Vote At the January 5, 2026 City Council meeting, the motion to approve the proposed zoning code dated October 21, 2025 was approved with several conditions by a 3–2 vote. We believed that a brief delay of several weeks,...
Jan 8, 2026
Zoning Update The following is a Zoning Update from Karin Offield who has participated in nearly every planning commission meeting since February of 2024, ever since concerns on the zoning emerged. Nov 20, 2025 My joy comes from knowing that, instead of reverting to...
Dec 29, 2025
Dear Readers – Hope this is helpful to all who asked….”How did the Meeting go?” December 18, 2025 We took a few pieces of the transcript about the Admin Review Committee to help us clarity our position on the Administrative Review Discussion...
Dec 29, 2025
Why should the City Council send the proposed zoning back to you? It is far easier to fix these issues now than to live with their consequences later. We hope you’ll consider taking the proposed zoning code back into 2026 meetings, and finish what is almost...
Dec 26, 2025
Planned Development – Strong enough for Harbor Springs? In a meeting in early May 2025, when the Planning Commissioners discussed standards and property rights, Mark Rondel spoke regarding a variance request for a garage, noting that while the proposal met...
