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Applications

  • Election Inspector Application

Board of Review

  • Petition to Board of Review – Form L-4035 – [ Fillable ]

Employment Applications

  • Emergency Services Employment Application

FAQs

  • Conditional Rescission of Principal Residence Exemption FAQ (PRE)
  • Disabled Veterans Exemptions Information (FAQ)

Fee Schedules

  • Cemetery Operation Pricing Rules (2024)
  • Sewer Tips & Charges

FOIA

  • FOIA Procedures & Guidelines
  • FOIA Request for Public Records

Land Division / Re-Zoning

  • 2018-2019 Land Division Procedural Explanation
  • Application for Land Division
  • Petition to Rezone Land (With Conditions) Application
  • Petition to Rezone Land Application
  • Private Road & Land Division Ordinance Standards

Land Special Uses

  • Application for Approval of Special Land Use
  • Special Land Use Application Procedures
  • Special Land Use Application- MAJOR Home Based Business
  • Special Land Use Application/Criteria- MINOR Home Based Business

Maps

  • Map of Mt. Hope

New Residents

  • Middleville Rotary Directory
  • New Resident Welcome Packet

Ordinances

  • 1 – Zoning Ordinance – Table of Contents
  • Appendix 1-5
  • Article I – Title, Purpose and Scope
  • Article II – Establishment of Zoning Districts
  • Article III – Agricultural Zoning District
  • Article IV – Agricultural-Residential Zoning District
  • Article IX – Multiple Family Residential Zoning District
  • Article V- Rural-Residential Zoning District
  • Article VI – Residential Estates Zoning District
  • Article VII – Low Density Residential Zoning District
  • Article VIII – Medium Density Residential Zoning District
  • Article X – Manufact. Home Commun. Res. Zoning District
  • Article XI – Office Zoning District
  • Article XII – General Commercial Zoning District
  • Article XIII – Industrial Zoning District
  • Article XIV – Natural River & Shorelands Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XIX – Special Land Uses
  • Article XV – Wellhead Protection Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XVI – Access Management Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XVII – Planned Unit Development Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XVIII – Non-Contig. PUD Dev. Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XX – Site Plan Review
  • Article XXI – General Provisions
  • Article XXII – Supplemental Provisions
  • Article XXIII – Parking and Loading Standards
  • Article XXIV – Sign Regulations
  • Article XXIX – Zoning Ord. Amendment & Procedure
  • Article XXV – landscape Standards
  • Article XXVI – Nonconforming Lots, Buildings, Structures and Uses
  • Article XXVII – Zoning Board of Appeals
  • Article XXVIII – Administration, Enforcement and Fees
  • Article XXX – Penalties for Violation of Zoning Ordinance
  • Article XXXI – Savings Clause, Misc. Prov. & Effective Date
  • Article XXXII – Definitions
  • Cemetery Ordinance – No. 95-8

Permits

  • Application for Zoning Compliance Permit
  • Sign Permit Application
  • Zoning Permit Checklist

Private Roads

  • Preliminary Private Road Permit Application (Serving 1 Parcel)
  • Preliminary Private Road Permit Application (Serving 2-4 New Parcels)
  • Preliminary Private Road Permit Application (Serving 5 or More Parcels)
  • Preliminary Private Road Procedural Explanation
  • Private Road & Land Division Ordinance Standards
  • Private Road Maintenance Agreement

Professional Code Inspections

  • Professional Code Inspections (PCIMI)

Property Data

  • 2025 ECF Data
  • 2025 Land Data

Property Forms

  • Personal Property Statement
  • Property Transfer Affidavit

Reports

  • Fire Dept. Annual Report 2023
  • Fire Dept. Annual Report 2024

Select Township Ordinances

  • Cemetery Ordinance – No. 95-8

Sewer

  • Sewer Tips & Charges

Site Planning

  • Application for Site Plan Review
  • Site Plan Procedure Explanation

Tax Exemption (Agricultural)

  • Affidavit of Qualified Agricultural Property
  • Notice of Intent to Rescind Agricultural Property Exemption
  • Qualified Agricultural Exemption

Tax Exemption (Hardship)

  • Hardship Exemption Application 2025 [ Includes All Forms Found Below ]
  • Hardship Exemption Form 5737 [ Fillable ]
  • Hardship Exemption Form 5739 [ Fillable ]
  • Poverty Exemption Taxpayer Fact Sheet
  • Poverty Income and Asset Test Guidelines

Tax Exemption (Manufacturing)

  • 2023 EMPP Form 5278
  • 2024 EMPP Form 5278

Tax Exemption (Military/Veteran)

  • Active Duty Military Affidavit (PRE)
  • Disabled Veteran Exemption Affidavit – Form 5107 – [ FILLABLE ]
  • Disabled Veterans Exemptions Information (FAQ)
  • Request to Rescind Disabled Veterans Exemption

Tax Exemption (Principal Residence)

  • Active Duty Military Affidavit (PRE)
  • Conditional Rescission of Principal Residence Exemption (PRE)
  • Conditional Rescission of Principal Residence Exemption FAQ (PRE)
  • Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit (PRE)
  • Rescind Principal Residence Exemption (PRE)
  • Test 2
  • Test 3

Tax Exemption (Small Business)

  • Small Business Tax Exemption Form

Tax Forms

  • Application for Deferrment of Summer Taxes

Variances

  • Application for Dimensional Variance

Voter Forms

  • Election Inspector Application
  • Solicitud de Registro de Votante Del Estado de Michigan
  • Voter Registration Form (English)

Zoning Compliance Permits

  • Application for Zoning Compliance Permit
  • Planning & Zoning Fees and Charges
  • Zoning Permit Checklist

Zoning Ordinances

  • 1 – Zoning Ordinance – Table of Contents
  • Appendix 1-5
  • Article I – Title, Purpose and Scope
  • Article II – Establishment of Zoning Districts
  • Article III – Agricultural Zoning District
  • Article IV – Agricultural-Residential Zoning District
  • Article IX – Multiple Family Residential Zoning District
  • Article V- Rural-Residential Zoning District
  • Article VI – Residential Estates Zoning District
  • Article VII – Low Density Residential Zoning District
  • Article VIII – Medium Density Residential Zoning District
  • Article X – Manufact. Home Commun. Res. Zoning District
  • Article XI – Office Zoning District
  • Article XII – General Commercial Zoning District
  • Article XIII – Industrial Zoning District
  • Article XIV – Natural River & Shorelands Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XIX – Special Land Uses
  • Article XV – Wellhead Protection Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XVI – Access Management Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XVII – Planned Unit Development Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XVIII – Non-Contig. PUD Dev. Overlay Zoning District
  • Article XX – Site Plan Review
  • Article XXI – General Provisions
  • Article XXII – Supplemental Provisions
  • Article XXIII – Parking and Loading Standards
  • Article XXIV – Sign Regulations
  • Article XXIX – Zoning Ord. Amendment & Procedure
  • Article XXV – landscape Standards
  • Article XXVI – Nonconforming Lots, Buildings, Structures and Uses
  • Article XXVII – Zoning Board of Appeals
  • Article XXVIII – Administration, Enforcement and Fees
  • Article XXX – Penalties for Violation of Zoning Ordinance
  • Article XXXI – Savings Clause, Misc. Prov. & Effective Date
  • Article XXXII – Definitions
Thornapple Township

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200 E. Main Street
Middleville, MI 49333

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