Page "Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan" Paragraph 11

Out of concern for the residential growth during the 1970s and its effects on the entire township, the Planning Commission embarked on a comprehensive review of the Master Plan and the Zoning Map in the early 1980s.

As a result, the revised Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance incorporated natural resource protection information and standards.

This slowed the growth of Springfield Township during the decade, growing to 9, 927 in 1990.

Additional comprehensive reviews and updates were done in the early 1990s and again in 2002.

The primary basis for the township ’ s planning, zoning and land use decisions for at least the last 20 years has been the protection and preservation of their abundant and very special natural resources.