According to this story in the Leelanau Enterprise, a flaw in the drafting of the Leland Township zoning ordinance may allow unrestricted development of the lakeshore within the township.

At stake is the practice of "keyholing," whereby property owners are deeded rights to use a lakeshore beach even though they do not have full ownership of the associated property. The ordinance provision was originally intended to deal with those cases where a parcel may be split by a road, with beachfront on one side and an associated residence on the other. But it appears that the Leland ordinance could allow for the construction of multi-family condos, etc on the lakeshore with unlimited docks and boats.

As beachfront property becomes ever more valuable in Leelanau, we will find ourselves dealing with ever greater pressures to exploit it to the maximum, including keyholing schemes.