Why did the Township change the zoning along the coast to R-4?
Given the uniqueness of the lands between the Saugatuck Dunes State Park and Oval Beach Park, our Tri-Community Comprehensive Plan has planned for nearly ten years for stronger protections within this landscape. The Tri Community Comprehensive Plan recognizes the economic importance of this landscape and waterscape on our regional economy. In May of 2006, the Saugatuck Township Planning Committee passed the R-4 Open Space Zoned District that allows for one home for every five acres.