The Highlands Implementation Grant Status (HIGS) provides a high-level summary of funded Plan Conformance tasks. The HIGS is an updated, condensed version of the Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (IPS) approved by the Highlands Council with the complete petition.

• Sparta Township Highlands Implementation Grant Status – March 2015

This section contains documents approved by Sparta Township that effectuate the Township's conformance with the Highlands Regional Master Plan.

• Highlands Area Exemption Ordinance (82.4 KB pdf) [Municipality is authorized to issue certain Highlands Exemptions]
• Highlands Referral Ordinance (73.7 KB pdf)
• Reexamination Report and Resolution (1.13 MB pdf)
• Highlands Master Plan Element (3.62 MB pdf)

Sparta Township's Petition for Plan Conformance and Highlands Center was approved by the Highlands Council on 15, 2011.

Council Approved Documents

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Highlands Council Approved Documents ( 51 MB zip) 
• Individual files:
  • Highlands Council Resolution 2011-30 Approval of SpartaTownship Petition for Plan Conformance (160 KB pdf) (posted previously)
    • Highlands Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (292 KB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)
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    • Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (189 KB pdf)  (posted 11/29/11)
  • Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report (1.73 MB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)
  • Adopted Housing Element & Fair Share Plan (7.53MB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)
  • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory September 2011 (394 KB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)
    • Environmental Resource Inventory Exhibits August 2011 (11 MB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)
  • Master Plan Highlands Element September 2011 (503 KB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)
    • Highlands Element Exhibits August 2011 (11MB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)
  • Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance September 2011 (996 KB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)
    • Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance Exhibits September 2011 (19 MB pdf) (posted 11/29/11)   

Materials from Public Hearing

• Highlands Council Resolution (pdf)
• Town of Sparta Presentation (pdf)
• Press Release (pdf)
• Pictures (pdf)
• Public Hearing: September 15, 2011
• Town of Sparta Movie

*** PETITION ARCHIVE ***

**PLEASE NOTE: The documents provided on this page include a complete history of the municipality’s Petition for Plan Conformance.  The most current versions of Plan Conformance documents are at the top of the page, with prior drafts included below.  Documents below this line are included for reference only and should be considered ARCHIVED material.

The documents below include all edits made prior to Highlands Council consideration of Sparta Township’s Petition for Plan Conformance.

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Final Posting Prior to Public Hearing (535 KB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (395 KB pdf)
  • Public Comments/Highlands Council Responses (186 KB pdf)

A public comment period was held from August 12 – 30, 2011and announced by public notice. Comments received and Highlands Council responses are included in the Comment/Response document in the section above. The following documents constitute the municipality's final submission to the Highlands Council and include the Final Draft Consistency Review and Recommendations Report prepared by Highlands Council staff for Highlands Council consideration of the full Petition.

The following documents comprise all required components of the municipal Petition for Plan Conformance, which was deemed administratively complete by the Highlands Council on June 23, 2010.

• Administrative Completeness Letters:
  • Completeness Letter dated June 23, 2010 (524 KB pdf)
  • Completeness Letter dated February 8, 2010 (687 KB pdf)

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Municipal Petition for Plan Conformance (72 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Petition Cover Letter (62 KB pdf)
  • Petition Submittal Checklist (104 KB pdf)
  • Preservation Area Resolution (198 KB pdf)
  • General Correspondence - Letter from David Manhardt, GIS Specialist, dated June 11, 2010 (120 KB pdf)
  • Record of Public Involvement (3.2 MB pdf)
  • Current List of Planning/Regulatory Documents (36 KB pdf)
  • Modules 1 and 2: See Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report below
  • Module 3:
    • Affordable Housing Summary (297 KB pdf)
    • Adopted Housing Plan and Fair Share Plan (14.8 MB pdf)
  • Module 4 Highlands ERI (15.6 MB pdf)
  • Module 5 Master Plan Highlands Element (15.0 MB pdf)
  • Module 6 Highlands Land Use Ordinance - Mark-Up Version (9.8 MB pdf)
  • Module 6 Highlands Land Use Ordinance - Clean Version (16.8 MB pdf)
  • Module 7:
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Report (70 KB pdf)
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Checklist (280 KB pdf)
    • Implementation Plan and Schedule (312 KB pdf)
  • RMP Updates (35 KB pdf)

• Municipal Resolution: Notice of Intent (pdf)
• Municipal Resolution: COAH extension (pdf)
• Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report (pdf)
  • Supporting Documents (62 MB zip)