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

• Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI)(400 KB pdf)
  • Highlands ERI Exhibits (7.73 MB pdf)
• Master Plan Highlands Element (33.7 MB pdf))
• Reexamination Report & Master Plan Amendment (5.16 MB pdf)
• Highlands Referral Ordinance (4.57 MB PDF)
• Highlands Land Use Ordinance (1 MB pdf) [Vernon Township incorporated its Municipal Exemption authorization procedures into section 9.1.2 of this Land Use Ordinance and is authorized to issue certain Highlands Exemptions.]
• Zoning Map Amendments (1.11 MB pdf)
• Sustainable Economic Development Plan (1.4 MB pdf)

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.

• Vernon Township Highlands Implementation Grant Status – March 2015

Vernon Township's Petition for Plan Conformance was considered and approved by the Highlands Council at its Thursday, May 17, 2012 meeting.

Council Approved Documents

All documents listed below as one compressed file:  Highlands Council Approved Documents (48.4 MB zip)

Individual files:

• Highlands Council Resolution 2012-15 Approval of the Vernon Township Petition for Plan Conformance (119 KB pdf)
• Highlands Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (366 KB pdf)
• Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (199 KB pdf)
• Highlands Municipal Buildout Report (1.73 MB pdf)
• Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (1.23 MB pdf)
• Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) (401 KB pdf)
  
  • Highlands ERI Exhibits (7.73 MB pdf)
• Highlands Master Plan Element (621 KB pdf)
  
  • Highlands Master Plan Highlands Element Exhibits (7.57 MB pdf)
• Highlands Land Use Ordinance (1.01 MB pdf)
  
  • Highlands Land Use Ordinance Exhibits (31.4 MB pdf)

Materials from Public Hearing

• Meeting Agenda (pdf)
• Executive Director's Presentation (Vernon) (pdf)
• Resolution (pdf)
• Photos of Vernon Township and the Meeting (pdf)

The PDF archive below contains links to all previously posted documents related to Vernon Township’s Plan Conformance process prior to Highlands Council approval on May 17, 2012. PLEASE NOTE: The documents above are the most recent and any documents accessed through the archive are provided for reference only.

• Vernon Township Archived Plan Conformance Documents (130 KB pdf)