Mary Aitken Reilly, MS, AICP
Mary Reilly is a land use educator with Michigan State University Extension. She serves northwest lower Michigan but also travels statewide to provide specialized training programs on request. Mary has over 20 years of experience in planning and zoning. She served as the Mason County Zoning and Building Director for 14 years as staff to the Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Municipal Junk Authority, and Access Management Advisory Committee. Several other matters ran through Mary’s desk including all aspects of zoning and building permitting, floodplain verification, enforcement, airport zoning, and Michigan Natural River zoning. Ms. Reilly has extensive experience with wind turbine issues, particularly shadow flicker and wind turbine noise.
Prior to moving back to Michigan, Mary was a tribal planner for Jicarilla Apache Nation in Dulce, New Mexico and also worked in the private and non-profit sectors as a planner. Mary holds a master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor of science in Natural Resources and Ecology from the University of Michigan.
Related Work
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Planning and Zoning Primer
Published on February 16, 2024
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How to Influence Zoning Decisions
Published on February 16, 2024
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Zoning related to adult foster care (AFC) homes
Published on December 15, 2023
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Cómo participar en el proceso de zonificación para enmiendas de zonificación (incluido el DUP legislativo)
Published on September 21, 2023
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Cómo participar en el proceso de zonificación para apelaciones y variaciones
Published on September 21, 2023
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Zoning and police power ordinances are not the same, and should not be mixed together
Published on September 15, 2023
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Overlay zoning districts can be a valuable tool
Published on September 15, 2023
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Michigan Compiled Law may be the preferred way to cite state law
Published on September 15, 2023
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Selected 2022-2023 Planning and Zoning Cases
Published on August 9, 2023