Planning Docs
Community Master Plan
The Township updated the Community Master Plan in 2024. This document guides the vision and direction of Cascade’s land use and development. We heard from you during the development and adoption of the Township’s most recent
Strategic Plan, and the Master Plan reflect the voice of the community. This long-term guide focuses on land preservation; revitalization of the village core; proper land use; and smart development that will maintain Cascade's distinctiveness.
Background
Cascade’s previous plan – created under previous leadership in 2019 – leaves some residential areas and open spaces vulnerable to development pressure, lacks preservation standards and ignores the standards desired in the Village area.
Left unchanged, the 2019 plans encourage growth that could drastically change Cascade – particularly the neighborhoods and open spaces immediately south and east of the airport. Protecting and buffering that part of Cascade is a crucial component of this process. Additionally, the current plan fails to address the vision and direction for the Township’s core – "The Village" – centered around the Thornapple River, Cascade Road and 28th Street.
2024 Future Land Use Map
View the Township's current
Future Land Use Map.This map was adopted by the Board of Trustees on July 10, 2024.
What is it? A Future Land Use Map is a document that provides generalized guidance for future development/redevelopment in the Township. It is
not a zoning map. The Township's
Zoning Map is parcel-specific, and establishes requirements and development standards for how parcels are zoned currently.
Centennial Park Overlay District
The
Centennial Park Overlay Zoning District is intended to implement land use and urban design policies as established in the Centennial Park Land Use and Design Plan adopted by the Township Board on August 27, 2008.
Specifically, the purposes of the this district is to specify provisions which will guide the development and redevelopment of Centennial Park, promote and encourage a growing local economy, protect the natural and existing environment within Centennial Park, provide new business and employment opportunities, and develop, maintain and enhance the existing commercial, office, residential and aesthetic features of Centennial Park.