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. It is important to note that some areas on the ‘Prime Farmlands’ map identified as prime farmland have already been converted to an alternate form of land use. Land Cover The ‘USGS 1992 Land Cover’ or Map 27 represents land cover for Emmet and portions of Charlevoix counties for the year of 1992. The LTBB reservation boundary falls within this geographic extent. Land cover is often mistaken for the MIRIS (Michigan Resource Inventory System) land use classification system. A MIRIS land use is composed of a series of polygons (vector format), each of which is assigned a land use code according to the MIRIS land use classification system*. While similar, land cover is actually created from multi-spectral satellite imagery, and stored in multiple layers in a raster (image) format. Individual land uses reflect different wavelengths of color along the electromagnetic spectrum. By assigning different colors to each layer, it then becomes possible to differentiate varying land cover classifications. Analysis of land cover data can yield many different types of information which can be useful to tribal operations. Examples of this data would be vegetation type and density, or areas of high and low residential density, or wetland locations. This type of information is important from a tribal perspective as it can aid in developing a more complete natural resources management plan. For example, by comparing land use coverage’s from different time frames, a tribal forester could evaluate changing forest densities and more accurately plan a timber harvest. Also, a tribal planner could compare residential densities of a neighboring subdivision in relation to a planned tribal housing development. State Equalized Value Patterns ZONING The map labeled “State Equalized Value Patterns” (Map 28) depicts, for all of Emmet and part of Charlevoix County, the approximate State Equalized Value or SEV for each parcel of land. SEV is one end product of the assessment and equalization process that each county goes through in order to distribute property tax assessments more fairly. The SEV system assumes that the end value should be roughly one-half the market value of a piece of property at any given time. As can be seen from the map, the highest value parcels fall into two general categories. First, large inland parcels that might typically be associated with a seasonal land use, i.e. ski resorts or golf courses, or in some cases certain types of agricultural enterprises. Second, and perhaps most obviously, the large number of small but highly valued parcels along the Lake Michigan shoreline. The effect of having so much SEV concentrated in so little geographic area is hard to analyze unless we take into account the reason for the concentration. Essentially, people want to live along the lakeshore, and since no more lakeshore is being created any time soon, the resultant rise in demand over supply causes the price to rise and remain high. On the other hand, this does leave quite a bit of the county at the lower end of the SEV spectrum. Bear in mind, though, that a large portion of the land classed as having low or no SEV 25
actually is county, state, or federally owned. This is somewhat hard to differentiate, since there is so much land area on the map classed this way. Regardless, this does provide for substantial economic opportunity provided other minimum requirements for development are met, such as infrastructure. LTBB Uniform Zoni ng Classification System This section describes the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Geographic Information Systems Department methodology for the compilation of a digital county-wide zoning layer for Emmet County. Emmet County handles zoning classification for the county as a whole for all but the following jurisdictions: West Traverse Township, Little Traverse Township, Pleasantview Township, Resort Township, Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Mackinaw City, and the villages of Pellston and Alanson. LTBB GIS acquired a digital zoning layer from Emmet County Mapping and GIS for those jurisdictions that use county services for zoning purposes. This data is in the MI State Plane Coordinate system, NAD83, with units in feet. In addition, Resort Township has given LTBB a copy of their digital zoning layer, in shapefile format. The referenced coordinate system is the same as the Emmet County data, MI State Plane, NAD83, units in feet. The remainder of the jurisdictions were not in a digital format but were digitized individually in the ArcView environment, referencing hard copy zoning maps and zoning ordinance. Once complete, all digitized zoning layers were merged together to form a complete coverage for Emmet County. A separate column was created in the resultant zoning coverage database table, which contained an assigned LTBB zoning classification. This enables LTBB to represent all zoning as one contiguous layer. This was accomplished by adding a field in the Emmet County parcel database table, and keying in an LTBB zoning classification. Additionally, each municipality’s original zoning code classification is in the resultant database table for cross-reference. The result is graphically presented as Map 29. Transportation System An important part of the physical features encountered in any landscape is the network of roads, bridges, and paths that carry automobile and other traffic. This can be clearly seen in Map 30 for the LTBB Odawa Reservation area. The transportation system is often defined as the physical and operational infrastructure which accomplishes the movement of people and goods from place to place. As a practical matter, the total transportation system is broken into a number of subsystems known as modes (including, but not limited to: highway, transit, rail, air, pedestrian, waterborne, and pipeline) and involving different types of vehicles and routes. The total transportation system in our world is a complex one, not only due to its size, but also because of the mix of public and private ownership of various parts of the system. Highway transportation, for example, involves a combination of public ownership and maintenance of the roads and highways, and private ownership of the vehicles operated on those roads and highways. It has been stated that proper transportation planning clarifies the need for a better understanding of the interrelationship between transportation facilities and land use controls. Transportation facilities are very expensive to build and maintain, yet all too often they have become prematurely inadequate because of a failure to appreciate the relationship that exists between land use and transportation facilities, to plan accordingly, and to institute the necessary design of land use 26
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Page 11 and 12: LTBB RESERVATION AND COUNTY PROFILE
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