A Quick Tour Of Mullett Township
Mullett Township News & Views-Promoting Open Government in Mullett Township
There is also the Mullett Township Party Line or you make drink the Kool-Aid from the Topinabee Development Association "Artesian" Well
Mullett Township is a general law township in Cheboygan County, Michigan. The population was 1312 in the 2010 US census. The township and Mullett Lake are named for John Mullett, who with William Burt, surveyed much of the area between 1840 and 1843.The commercial center of the Township is the quiet unincorporated Village of Topinabee located on the west shore of Mullett Lake on M27 highway. The village is a trailhead for the DNR Trail with off-street parking and restrooms.The village has a Post Office, Convenience Store with gas pumps, Public Library with 24 hour outdoor WiFi, an artisan-owned woodwork shop, a breakfast cafe and a bar and grille. Township owned buildings include the Library, Township Hall and Fire Hall, and an unused former school building on Lea St.Recreation needs are served with a beachfront park and covered picnic area, free public boat launch at the north end of the village, a small public access to Mullett Lake across from the Nokia Cafe and tennis court, ball-field, and playground equipment at a public park located up the hill on Lea St.The east side of Mullett Township is largely rural, with no commercial development. Township services include a Fire Hall and volunteer East Mullett Lake Fire Department.
Haslock's Pole Barn Fairy Tale-Great Fiction
Once upon a time, way back in 2005, Mr James Haslock brought his Davis Street fairy tale to the Cheboygan County Planning and Zoning Appeal Board. We refer to Mr Haslock's statements as a fairy tale because in hindsight, they have all proven to be fictional.
Here is the first Chapter of his fairy tale:
The number one issue with James Haslock's initial variance application was the fact, pure and simple, that the residential zoning in effect in 2005 allowed garages or pole barns only as an accessory use on the same lot as a residence.
The variance request for an addition to James Haslock's one existing pole barn on Davis St , probably legitimately "grandfathered" in before zoning laws were in place, was perhaps within the law.
The approval by the Cheboygan County Planning and Zoning appeal Board to construct 2 additional barns, irregardless of Mr James Haslock's proposed use, and approve two future pole barns was beyond their powers. Under Michigan law, they can grant size variances (setbacks), but not use variances.
Now, with his illegally approved variances in hand. James Haslock set out on his fairy tale journey by completing his addition on one barn and construction of two more new pole barns. All of this without any attempt, real or imagined, to construct, as he had proposed, "(four), Modular or Stick-Built residences on those "Wooded" lots 1-8". What happened James? Did you forget?
Less than 1 year later, James Haslock sells one of his new pole barns, ostensibly built for "storage of my personal recreational vehicles" to a Gary Nordberg for $45,000. Clearly, Mr Nordberg, a lake shore property owner, would have NO need for a "Modular or Stick-Built residence".
Chapter Two of James Haslock's Fairy Tale is Coming Soon
