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attracted kingfishers and has Lake Huron tansy growing on it,
especially on the bluff. The property is not an ideal habitat
for Lake Huron tansy or pitcher’s thistle, another threatened
species of plant, but the property, in its natural state, allows
for the creation or promotion of the habitat of those species as
well as the habitat of bald eagles and piping plovers.
E. Surroundings of the Property
The Lake Michigan shoreline from north of Harbor Springs to
Cross Village is generally developed only for residential and
related purposes. Most of that shoreline is privately owned with
single family vacation homes. Approximately one home is sited on
that shoreline every 250 feet in the half mile north of the
property and in the half mile south of the property; i.e.,
approximately 21 homes are in the immediate 1-mile vicinity of
the property.
The typical use of the land in the immediate vicinity of the
property is for single-family dwellings. Petitioners’ neighbors
to the north, for example, built a large home on two parcels of
land that cover approximately 400 feet of lakefront. A number of
high density developments with either lakefront or back lots are
also found on the land in the immediate vicinity of the property.
For example, the Sequoia Yacht Club, which is approximately 1 to
2 miles south of the property, is a platted subdivision which was
developed on 300 feet of lake frontage and 1,000 feet of depth
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