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Cemetery Ordinance

Green Township, Alpena County Michigan administers two Township Cemeteries, Oak
Grove (Spratt) and Greely Cemetery within its jurisdiction. The Township has adopted rules and regulations for these cemeteries to provide maximum protection to burial space and best insure and preserve the beauty, orderly development, and care of the cemeteries. The Township reserves the right to make such changes or alterations of the rules and regulations as may from time to time be deemed necessary. These rules and regulations contained herein are subject to any and all ordinances of the Township, before, now, or hereafter placed in effect. Persons buying cemetery lots are buying human burial rights only.

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Master Plan For Green Township (Joint Plan 2021-2025)

The purpose of the Green Township Land Use Master Plan is to provide guidelines for future development within the community, while protecting the natural resources and rural township character. The Michigan Planning Enabling Act (PA 33 of 2008, as amended) authorizes townships to develop master plans. As stated in the enabling legislation.

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Nuisance Ordinance

A nuisance, in legal terms, refers to an unreasonable interference with a person’s use or enjoyment of their property. It can be any activity or condition that causes harm, annoyance, or inconvenience to individuals or communities. Nuisances can take many forms, such as noise pollution, offensive odors, property damage, pollution, or even excessive light.

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Prohibition of Marihuana Ordinance

An ordinance to provide a title for the ordinance; to define words; to prohibit marihuana establishments.
within the boundaries of Green Township pursuant to Initiated Law 1 of 2018, MCL 333.27951 et seq., as
may be amended; to provide penalties for violation of this ordinance; to provide for severability; to repeal all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith; and to provide an effective date.

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Recreation Plan (Joint Plan 2024-2028)

Strategic planning is an organization’s process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy.

This Recreation Plan addresses recreational facilities and plans within the boundaries of Alpena County. This is a joint planning process to provide for recreation planning for the County of Alpena as well as the townships of Alpena, Green, Ossineke, and Wilson. These townships chose to jointly plan for the future of their recreation assets. The plan will evaluate the surrounding recreational opportunities as well as the socio-economic status of Alpena County and the surrounding area in order to determine recreational needs of the population and to plan for improvements which fit those needs.

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Recycling

All collections of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW), Freon units and Electronics are held at 3495 M-32 West, Alpena, MI 49707, unless otherwise stated. Any questions please contact Manager Stan Mischley Email alpenarrt@gmail.com Recycling Center 989-354-2607 Cell 989-464-7066.

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Zoning Permit, Ordinance, & Additional Information

It is the purpose of this Ordinance to regulate and restrict the location of trades and industries, the location of buildings designed for specified uses, and for such purposes, to divide Green Township into zoning districts. Within each district, regulations shall be imposed designating the allowed uses for buildings and structures and designating the trades and industries that are permitted or excluded or subjected to special regulations.

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