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Lake Township Master Plan 1999-2020

Table of Contents  

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1.1    Location and Regional Context ..........................................................................................

1.2    Purpose of the Plan ..........................................................................................................

1.3    Public participation Process ..............................................................................................

1.4    Plan Organization .............................................................................................................

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2.1    Socioeconomic Profile .....................................................................................................

2.2    Existing Land Use ............................................................................................................

2.3    Natural Features ...............................................................................................................

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3.1    Population .......................................................................................................................

3.2    Seasonal Population ........................................................................................................

3.3    Population Trends.............................................................................................................

3.4    1998 Population Estimate ..................................................................................................

3.5    Age Distribution, Racial Make-Up, and Disability Status ......................................................

3.6    Households .....................................................................................................................

3.7    Income and Wealth ...........................................................................................................

3.8    Education ........................................................................................................................

3.9    Employment ....................................................................................................................

3.10  State Equalization Value ...................................................................................................

3.11  Recent Building Activity ....................................................................................................

3.12  Total House Stock ............................................................................................................

3.13  Housing Tenure ................................................................................................................

3.14  Age of Structures ..............................................................................................................

3.15  Housing Values and Rent ..................................................................................................

4.1    Survey Methodology ........................................................................................................

4.2    Land Use Analysis ...........................................................................................................

4.3    Land Use Considerations ..................................................................................................

5.1    Topography......................................................................................................................

5.2    Geology ..........................................................................................................................

5.3    Woodlands ......................................................................................................................

5.4    Wetlands .........................................................................................................................

5.5    Soil Conditions .................................................................................................................

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6.1    Introduction .......................................................................................................................

6.2    Community-Wide Goals .....................................................................................................

6.3    Residential Goal and Objectives ........................................................................................

6.4    Commercial Goal and Objectives ......................................................................................

6.5    Industrial Goal and Objectives ...........................................................................................

6.6    Transportation Goal and Objectives ...................................................................................

6.7    Park and Recreation goal and Objectives ..........................................................................

6.8    Natural Environment Goal and Objectives ...........................................................................

6.9    Infrastructure Goal and Objectives ......................................................................................

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7.1    Introduction .......................................................................................................................

7.2    Plan Recommendations ....................................................................................................

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8.1    Introduction .......................................................................................................................

8.2    Public Support for Long-Range Plan ..................................................................................

8.3    Land Development Codes ................................................................................................

8.4    Capital Improvements Program ..........................................................................................

8.5    Government Assistance ....................................................................................................

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List of Tables

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1.    Population Trends, Township and Surrounding Communities, 1970-1990 .......................................

2.    Age Distribution, Township, County, and State, 1990 ....................................................................

3.    Racial Make Up, Township, County, State, 1990 ...........................................................................

4.    Comparative Household Characteristics, Township, County, State, and United States, 1990 ............

5.    Family, Household, and Per Capita Income, Township, County, and State, 1989 ............................

6     Educational Attainment, Township, County, State, 1990 .................................................................

7.    Employment by Selected Industry, Township, and County, 1990....................................................

8.    Employment by Selected Occupation, Township and County, 1990 ...............................................

9.    Distribution of State Equalized Value (SEV), Township and County, 1997 .......................................

10.  Type of Housing Structures, Township and County, 1990...............................................................

11.  Housing Occupancy Characteristics, Township and County,1990 ...................................................

12.  Comparative Age of Structures, Township, County, and State ........................................................

13.  Comparative Distribution of Housing Values and Rent, Township, County, and State, 1990 ..............

14.  Existing land Use Acreage, 1998..................................................................................................

15.  Future Land Use Acreage ...........................................................................................................

16.  Plan Implementation Resources...................................................................................................

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1.    Existing Land Use ......................................................................................................................

2     Environmental Resources ...........................................................................................................

3     Soil Conditions ...........................................................................................................................

4.    Future Land Use .........................................................................................................................

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