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development may require a community or centralized sewer system on site or connection to the Village of Bellaire Waste Water Treatment System.

 

The High Density Residential Area should provide affordable for shared open space, parks & playgrounds. Public buildings, schools, churches and public utility buildings may also be appropriate in this area.

 

Commercial and service uses on a small scale with few employees, such as home occupations and cottage industries, will be encouraged. They should be incidental to the residential use and should not be disruptive to the neighbors.

 

Home occupations may be conducted within the dwelling and may include dressmaking, bookkeeping, accounting, consulting and professional services.

 

Cottage industries may be conducted in an accessory building and may include farm markets, artist studios and woodworking shops.

 

Commercial uses that require large numbers of employees on site, attract large numbers of customers, require large structures or parking and storage areas are discouraged from locating in Forest Home Township. Lands well suited for intensive commercial uses exist within the "downtown" area of Bellaire, in the area of the industrial park on Derenzy Road northeast of Bellaire and in the area of Prevo's Market on M-88 southeast of Bellaire. Locating intensive commercial uses in these areas will strengthen the existing commercial activities already occurring there.

 

Industrial parks with vacant sites or vacant industrially zoned lands are currently located in Mancelona, Elk Rapids, Ellsworth, Bellaire, Central Lake Township and Kearney Township. Many of these properties have benefited from substantial investment in community infrastructure, which

has enabled these lands to be used for industrial purposes. It is not in the best interests of the future of the Township, or Antrim County as a whole, to attract industry to Forest Home Township. The topography and geology in Forest Home Township, and the fact that the Township is a peninsula surrounded by the highest quality water in the State of Michigan makes this Township best suited for residential, rather than industrial uses.


 

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