Community Survey

1. Which best describes you?

A resident of the village or township

A seasonal resident of the village or township

A non-resident property owner of land in the village or township

2. Which local government do you own land or reside in?

Village of Suttons Bay

Township of Suttons Bay, residing outside of the village

I am not a resident in the village or township

I am not a land owner in the village or township

3. Should the Suttons Bay area be a community where employed residents mainly commute to Traverse City to work?

4. Should a priority be to attract new businesses and jobs to Suttons Bay township and village?

5. If so, what kind of new businesses and jobs should be targeted?

6. Should the Suttons Bay area have as a priority expanding agricultural activities and agricultural employment?

7. What type of non-traditional agriculture activities would you support that are next to where people live or have homes?

Farm markets and similar retail sales

Places where weddings, receptions, parties, and similar events take place

Tasting rooms (such as wine tasting)

Farm product processing (packing plants, food processing, etc.) and other similar agricultural-related businesses

Tourist attractions such as corn maze, pick your own operations, bed and breakfasts

Other

None of the above

8. Where should commercial development take place in Suttons Bay Village and Township?

9. Should commercial development be allowed near the new Leelanau County Government Center along M-204?

10. To help provide for such development in certain areas, and to discourage development in other areas, should the village public water system and sewer system:

Be expanded to areas where development is wanted

Be restricted and not constructed where development is not wanted

Both should be done

Neither

11. An issue in the Grand Traverse region and in Suttons Bay is the ability for people to be able to afford to purchase or rent a home. This includes individuals such as those just married, just starting out in their career, senior citizens on fixed incomes, people working in our community, and so on. Should Suttons Bay Village and Township take measures to provide for this type of housing?

12. Which of the following means should be used to provide for low to mid-income housing?

Allow residential in commercial areas (upstairs of a store, mixed residential and commercial uses in the same building)

Allow a homeowner to construct a small apartment (such as above a garage, upstairs in the home)

Regulate so that any development includes a certain percentage of new homes to be offered in the affordable price range

Include various financial incentives for developers (Michigan Housing Development Authority programs, tax incentives)

Allow greater density (larger number of dwellings per acre) with homes on a single parcel with shared lawn/green space

Allow a greater density (larger number of dwellings per acre) with homes in smaller individual lots

Support publically funded mechanisms to assist with low to mid income housing

Allow zero lot line (building setback from the property line of zero feet)

None of the above

13. Should measures be taken to protect surface and ground water (drinking water, when the water comes from a well) in Suttons Bay Village and Township?

14. Are you willing to have a restriction or regulation on your property which:

Requires buildings be at least 50 feet away, and sources of nutrients (such as septic drain fields) to be at least 100 feet away, from the water's edge to protect surface water?

Requires vegetation belt that is at least 20 feet wide of trees and bushes (trimmed and filtered for a view of the water) to protect surface water?

Restricts the use of certain fertilizers to protect surface and ground water?

Requires inspection of septic tanks and drain fields (periodic, or upon sale of the property)?

Require storm water management to control water from flowing off of your property?

None of the above

15. Are you satisfied with Suttons Bay Village and Township's character in terms of how it looks, feels, and its small town/rural atmosphere?

16. Should measures be taken to retain or enhance the character of Suttons Bay Village and Township in terms of how it looks, feels, and its small town/rural atmosphere?

17. Are you willing to have a restriction or regulation on your property concerning maximum amount of nuisance noise allowed?

18. Are you willing to have a restriction or regulation on your property concerning removal of trees in developed areas?

19. A property owner has the right to rent his/her single family home for long and short term rentals. However there is not a clear line between "short" and "long term" rental. Please check each of the following which in your mind is "short" term rental.

20. Are you willing to have a restriction or regulation on your single family residential property which prevents short term rental of the property?

21. Are you willing to have a restriction or regulation on your property concerning the types of building materials that are used on the exterior, colors used, and other architectural standards?

22. Should development and maintenance of more land for recreation, public use, and open space take place in Suttons Bay Village and Township?

23. If development of more land for parks takes place, which of these should it be for?

24. How much of an increase in millage for development and maintenance of land for parks and open space would you be willing to support?

No millage at all

0.25 mills ($0.25 for each $1,000 of taxable value, or about $12.50 per year for a home with a taxable value of $50,000)

0.33 mills ($0.33 for each $1,000 of taxable value, or about $16.50 per year for a home with a taxable value of $50,000)

0.5 mills ($0.50 for each $1,000 of taxable value, or about $25.00 per year for a home with a taxable value of $50,000)

25. Is there adequate parking for purposes of your shopping in downtown Suttons Bay?

26. Should sidewalks, crosswalks, crossing lights, bike trails, bike lanes along existing roads, and similar items be expanded in Suttons Bay Village and Township?

27. If the expansion of sidewalks, crosswalks, crossing lights, bike trails, bike lanes along existing roads, and similar items means a voted increase in property tax millage would you still support such expansion?

28. How much of an increase in millage for expansion of the above non-motorized facilities would you be willing to support?

No millage at all

0.25 mills ($0.25 for each $1,000 of taxable value, or about $12.50 per year for a home with a taxable value of $50,000)

0.33 mills ($0.33 for each $1,000 of taxable value, or about $16.50 per year for a home with a taxable value of $50,000)

0.5 mills ($0.50 for each $1,000 of taxable value, or about $25.00 per year for a home with a taxable value of $50,000)

29. Do you think M-22 traffic in downtown Suttons Bay should be slowed?

30. If traffic on M-22 is slowed down, how should it be done?

31. Should Suttons Bay Village and Township take steps to further cooperate with their planning and zoning activities?

32. If further cooperation occurs, how should it be done?

A single Master Plan for both the village and township

A single recreation plan for both

Regularly having both planning commissions meeting together

Sharing ownership and operation of infrastructure (water, sewer, parks, etc.)

Greater county involvement

33. Should further cooperation include creation of a single planning commission, zoning board of appeals, and one zoning ordinance for both Suttons Bay Township and Village?

34. Should further cooperation include the creation of a "growth area" around the Suttons Bay Village in which commercial and dense residential development would be accommodated and encouraged, and outside of which commercial and dense residential development would be discouraged through regulation?

35. It is possible in Michigan to set up a system of Transfer of Development Rights. This would be a system where certain areas of a community are designated as low density, rural, agricultural and other areas are designated as high density commercial, and residential development. To compensate landowners in the low density areas, a developer may purchase their development rights (so those landowners are paid for not developing their land) and in return the developer receives the ability to develop with higher than normal density in high density areas. Should further cooperation include a system of Transfer of Development Rights?

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