The use of lands owned by Township, county, and state public agencies may preempt zoning determinations by the Township. The Township may, however, recognize the use of land, either of its own account, or by another governmental unit or agency, and may zone the land in the Public Land District.

The P-L District is established as a district in which the principal activity is primarily the extensive use of natural areas as essentially unimproved or undeveloped spaces, and public recreational uses. The intent of this chapter is to protect and preserve public open space, and to ensure the orderly transition to an appropriate use if the public or institutional use is abandoned.

Except as specifically preempted by state or federal law, no lot, principal building, or structure, nor the enlargement of any principal building or structure, shall be hereafter erected unless all of the following requirements are met and maintained in connection with the use of the lot, principal building, structure, or enlargement.

Parking. General parking requirements are listed in Article XV of this chapter. Certain special land uses may have separate parking requirements listed in Article XIII of this chapter. The following specific requirements shall apply to the P-L District:

This overlay district is intended to control the placement of buildings and structures and the use of land in areas subject to periodic inundation from floodwaters. It adds controls to the underlying zoning district but does not change the underlying zoning. When land is developed, the amount of water runoff is greatly increased from the replacement of open land covered in natural vegetation to land covered with roads and buildings. The purpose of this zoning district is to preserve drainage basins in the Township and to prevent building in areas subject to flooding and upon land which exhibits unstable soil characteristics.

The Floodplain Overlay District is located as designated as the one-hundred-year floodplain on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) as prepared by the Federal Insurance Administration.

All construction within the designated FPO areas shall comply with the floodplain development and management regulations of the Single State Construction Code Act (1972 PA 230), as amended, along with its authorization of the state construction code composed of the Michigan Residential Code and the Michigan Building Code (including any appendixes adopted by the Township and/or by Livingston County), that comply with the Federal Emergency Management Agency National Flood Insurance Program minimum floodplain management criteria for flood-prone areas, as detailed in Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR), Section 60.3.

Prior to issuance of any zoning compliance permit, building permit or construction within the FPO District, all permits required by other agencies necessary for development in floodplain areas shall have been issued, including a floodplain permit, approval, or letter of no authority from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality under the floodplain regulatory provisions of Part 31, Water Resources Protection, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended.