3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Wayne County, Michigan.
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Wayne County itself does not zone most land; the 33 cities and 9 townships in the county exercise zoning authority under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, with Detroit running its own form-based and overlay districts and outlying communities using conventional Euclidean zoning.
Density bonuses in Wayne County are city-specific rather than countywide; Detroit offers limited bonuses for affordable housing and historic-preservation projects, while suburban communities rarely use the tool, preferring conventional zoning and PUD overlays.
Wayne County lacks a dense regional rail network, so transit-oriented zoning is limited, with the QLINE streetcar serving Detroit's Woodward corridor and SMART buses running suburb-to-suburb without a county-level density bonus tied to transit access.
1 cities in Wayne County have their own zoning overlays & bonuses rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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