South Lyon, Michigan: Difference between revisions

| name = South Lyon, Michigan

| official_name = City of South Lyon

| settlement_type = [[City]]

| image_skyline = Downtown_South_Lyon_Pontiac_Trail.JPG

| imagesize = 275

| image_caption = Downtown South Lyon along Pontiac Trail

| image_seal =

| pushpin_map = Michigan#USA

| pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->

| pushpin_label = South Lyon

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States

| pushpin_mapsize =

| image_map = South Lyon, MI location.png

| mapsize = 250

| map_caption = Location within [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]]

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_name1 = [[Michigan]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland]]

| government_type = [[Council–manager government|Council–manager]]

| leader_title = [[Mayor]]

| leader_name = Daniel L.Steve PelchatKennedy

| leader_title1 = [[City manager|Manager]]

| leader_name1 = Paul C. Zelenak

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = 1832

| established_title1 = Incorporated

| established_date1 = 1873 (village)<br />1930 (city)

| area_magnitude =

| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_26.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 21, 2022}}</ref>

| area_total_km2 = 9.70

| area_total_sq_mi = 3.74

| area_land_km2 = 9.69

| area_land_sq_mi = 3.74

| area_water_km2 = 0.01

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

| elevation_ft = 928

| elevation_m = 283

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]

| population_metro = 4296250 ([[Metro Detroit]])

| timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]

| utc_offset = -5

| coordinates = {{coord|42|27|38|N|83|39|06|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.southlyonmi.org/|Official website}}

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]

| postal_code = 48178

| area_code = [[Area codes 248 and 947|248]]

| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]

| blank_info = 26-75100<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID

| blank1_info = 0638381<ref>{{gnis|0638381}}</ref>

| footnotes =

| unit_pref = Imperial

| pop_est_as_of =

| pop_est_footnotes =

| population_est =

| population_footnotes =

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.74|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|3.73|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (0.27%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf|format=PDF |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States Census]]| accessdate = May 1, 2020|page=37 Michigan}}</ref>

South Lyon has a council-manager style of governance. The current mayor is DanielSteve L. PelchatKennedy, anserving information technology specialist for South Lyon Communitysince Schools2023.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Ed|title=South Lyon's write-in mayor Pelchat anything but a career politician|url=https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/2018/07/26/south-lyons-write-mayor-excels/825954002/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Observer and Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to South Lyon, MI|url=https://www.southlyonmi.org/government/mayor_s_office/index.php|access-date=2022-01-10|website=www.southlyonmi.org|language=en}}</ref> The current city manager is Paul C. Zelenak, who has been serving since 2018, when he was hired from [[Linden, Michigan|Linden]], Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Ed|title=South Lyon council plucks Linden city manager Zelenak as its new city manager|url=https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/south-lyon/2018/08/24/south-lyon-hires-new-city-manager/1081993002/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Observer and Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to South Lyon, MI|url=https://www.southlyonmi.org/government/city_manager/index.php|access-date=2022-01-10|website=www.southlyonmi.org|language=en}}</ref> The city council convenes bimonthly at City Hall and is currently composed of Lisa Dilg, Alex Hansen, Stephen Kennedy ([[Mayor Pro-Tem]]), Alex Hansen, Glenn Kivell, Margaret Kurtzweil, and Lori Moiser, and Thad Bogert.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Lyon MI City Council List |url=https://www.southlyonmi.org/government/city_council/index.php |access-date=20222023-0112-1028 |website=www.southlyonmi.org |language=en}}</ref>