A proposed zoning ordinance amendment to create a cultural overlay district for three parcels in the village will be discussed and voted on at Leland Township’s regular meeting in January.
In October and November, both Leland Township and Leelanau County Planning Commissions reviewed and approved of the proposed zoning amendment application submitted by the three applicants which include the Old Art Building (OAB), Leland Township Public Library, and the Leelanau Historical Society (LHS). The cultural overlay district will provide new zoning standards for cultural and community uses on the three subject parcels, all of which are currently zoned R-2. The applicants see the amendment “as a way to formalize the continuation of these ongoing, historic, legally non-conforming uses within the overlay and to reduce use non-conformity within this specific area of the township.”
According to the application, two of the parcels have been historically used for cultural, educational, and institutional purposes and are home to the OAB, township library, and LHS museum and archives. The third is the adjacent parcel at 204 E. Cedar Street that’s been historically used as a singlefamily residence, but was recently purchased by OAB.
