Committee to Stop Houghton City Ordinance 2020-314
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Houghton City Ordinance 2020-314 re-zoned the Canal Cole's Creek Estates from R-1 (Single Family Homes) to B-2 (Community Business) permitting the construction of a major 5 story hotel, restaurants, taverns, and bars. The extensive excavation of the Cole's Creek Sands necessary for this type of large scale construction would expose the hazardous materials from the Michigan Smelter capped at the site by the EPA Torch Lake Superfund.
The Michigan Smelter was the largest copper smelter in Michigan producing over 300,000 pounds of copper per day. The hazardous byproducts from the Smelter include arsenic and heavy metals along with poisonous organic compounds.
The Michigan Smelter is the only Torch Lake Superfund Site with an UNACCEPTBLE cancer risk - EPA Record of Decision (ROD), 1994.
In addition, this area is shoreline of Lake Superior, contains a T-1 Trout Stream and is protected under Michigan NREPA. The Michigan Smelter area is also protected from discharges suspected to contain toxic pollutants or hazardous substances by the Federal Clean Water Act, Section 404.
In addition to potential air and water pollution, major construction in this area would add sound and light pollution along with the probability of up to 300 more vehicles PER DAY on Canal Road and in the Canal Road to M-26 intersection.
The area has been zoned R-1 for the past 15 years. There are R-1 residences in the area being re-zoned and surrounding the area being re-zoned. The Hancock City Park and Beach along with R-1 residences are directly across the Portage Canal. Increased use of the Portage Canal in this area would endanger the fishing in the Cole's Creek area. Cole's Creek is a Type 1 Trout Stream.
This area was correctly zoned and should not have beeen changed. We must pursue legal action to force a Referendum or Injunction on Ordinance 2020-314 for the health and benefit of everyone living in the area...
The Michigan Smelter was the largest copper smelter in Michigan producing over 300,000 pounds of copper per day. The hazardous byproducts from the Smelter include arsenic and heavy metals along with poisonous organic compounds.
The Michigan Smelter is the only Torch Lake Superfund Site with an UNACCEPTBLE cancer risk - EPA Record of Decision (ROD), 1994.
In addition, this area is shoreline of Lake Superior, contains a T-1 Trout Stream and is protected under Michigan NREPA. The Michigan Smelter area is also protected from discharges suspected to contain toxic pollutants or hazardous substances by the Federal Clean Water Act, Section 404.
In addition to potential air and water pollution, major construction in this area would add sound and light pollution along with the probability of up to 300 more vehicles PER DAY on Canal Road and in the Canal Road to M-26 intersection.
The area has been zoned R-1 for the past 15 years. There are R-1 residences in the area being re-zoned and surrounding the area being re-zoned. The Hancock City Park and Beach along with R-1 residences are directly across the Portage Canal. Increased use of the Portage Canal in this area would endanger the fishing in the Cole's Creek area. Cole's Creek is a Type 1 Trout Stream.
This area was correctly zoned and should not have beeen changed. We must pursue legal action to force a Referendum or Injunction on Ordinance 2020-314 for the health and benefit of everyone living in the area...
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Houghton, MI
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