Riparian Buffer Ordinance, Zoning Rewrite, Public Outreach Among 2026 City Planning Goals
By Beth Milligan | Jan. 6, 2026
At their first meeting of the year tonight (Tuesday), Traverse City planning commissioners will discuss several goals for 2026 – including finishing a long-discussed riparian buffer ordinance, rewriting and reorganizing the city’s zoning ordinance, and improving public communications. Planning commissioners, who will meet at 6pm at the Governmental Center, will also elect new officers and complete an annual bylaw review.
Several board goals for 2026 will carry over from 2025, most notably finishing a new riparian buffer ordinance. Riparian properties are those with “frontage on an inland lake, river, stream, or Great Lakes,” according to the city’s website. “Riparian buffer is the naturalized area upland of the water’s …
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