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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA AND MINUTES July 24, 2012 CALL TO
ORDER: PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE: APPROVAL
OF AGENDA FOR: July
24, 2012 Regular Meeting INTRODUCTION
OF MEMBERS: CALL TO
THE PUBLIC: Agenda Items only – 3
minute limit APPROVAL
OF MINUTES FROM: February
28, 2012 Regular Meeting OLD
BUSINESS: NEW
BUSINESS:
CALL
TO THE PUBLIC: ADJOURNMENT: MINUTES MEMBERS PRESENT:
JOHN LOWE, CHAIRPERSON
JERRY SIDLAR, VICE-CHAIR JEAN ROOT, SECRETARY BOB HANVEY CHARLIE MUSSON MEMBERS ABSENT:
NONE OTHERS PRESENT:
SALLY ELMIGER, CARLISLE/WORTMAN & ASSOCIATES ANNETTE MCNAMARA, ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR ****************************************************************** CALL TO ORDER John Lowe called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVAL OF AGENDA Jean Root motioned to approve the July 24, 2012 regular
meeting agenda. Jerry Sidlar seconded.Motion
Carried 5-0. INTRODUCTION OF MEMBERS The members of the Planning Commission introduced
themselves. All were present.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC John Lowe opened the call to the public. Sally Reynolds, John Lowe closed the call to
the public. APPROVAL OF MINUTES February
21, 2012 Regular meeting minutes Jean Root motioned to approve the February 21, 2012
regular meeting minutes as presented. Jerry
Sidler seconded. Motion Carried 5-0. NEW
BUSINESS Amendment
to The
Planning Commission members reviewed the proposed amendment to vacate units
16 thru 43 and units 49 thru 54 totaling 43.06 acres from the Georgetown
Site Condominium. A review and
comment letter was submitted by Mike Kehoe, Marion Township Attorney stating
the proposed amendments were in order. Jean
Root motioned to recommend approval to the Board of Trustees for the
Georgetown Site Condominium Master Deed third amendment; site plan dated
June 26, 2012. Jerry Sidler
seconded. Roll
Call – all yes. Scott
Reinacher, 3434 High Hillcrest Drive asked for clarification on the
amendment. Ken
Tyler, Developer, 5200 Richardson; clarified the amendment is to combine
thirty four units into one parcel. Discussion
on State of Sally
Elminger reiterated the information in her memo dated June 8, 1012.
Explaining how the City of John
Lowe suggested strengthen the definition of family to the Planning
Commission. His suggestion is to
add ‘occupying a dwelling unit as a single non-profit house keeping, plus
no more than two additional persons such as “roomers” or “boarders.” Bob
Hanvey stated that Sally
Elminger read from Public Act # 110, Zoning Enabling Act; Section 2.06 items
#1 and #2. Essentially it states
a township does not have to allow adult foster care facilities licensed by a
State agency for the care and treatment of prisoners. Jean
Root researched the definition of a half-way house prior to the meeting and
shared the information with the Planning Commission. Scott
Reinacher, John
Lowe answered no, not if language is amended. Jean
Root suggested keeping our current definition and adding language, it would
read; Family:
A group of individuals not necessarily related by blood, marriage,
adoption or guardianship living together in a dwelling unit as single
housekeeping unit and having intentionally structured relationship providing
organization and stability; and shall not include a group of individuals
whose association is temporary in character or nature. Jean
Root motioned to send the above definition to Mike Kehoe for review and
comment along. Annette McNamara
is to find if the proposed amendment in Senate Bill #1225 was included with
an existing law. Jerry
Sidlar seconded. Motion
carried 5-0. Charlie
Musson would like the response from Catherine Kaufman included with the
package being sent to Mike Kehoe. TXT#
04-12 Amendments per PA 143 of 2012 Wireless Communication Antenna John Lowe spoke
with an attorney from Foster Swift to clarify amendments to the Zoning
Enabling Act. John Lowe
discussed his concerns with the limited timeline for approving a new cell
tower. If by chance an applicant
wants to install a tower that exceeds 200’ the application would require
approval from State and Federal agencies.
That approval may take longer than the prescribed time stated in the
new language. The attorney John
Lowe spoke with said that was something the Legislators did not take into
consideration.
Another
change is to classify Wireless Communication Antennas as a permitted
accessory use. This can be
listed under each district which allows To
encourage co-location and to minimize the number of WCSF within the
Township, WCAs shall be considered a permitted accessory use when placed on
or attached to any structure, which constitutes a principal use located in a non-residential zoning district or in the RR, Rural
Residential District, including existing WCSFs. The
Planning Commission members would like Mike Kehoe to review and comment on
the necessity of listing this in each district or just rely on the text in
Section 17.10 B #1. Jean
Root motioned to ask Mike Kehoe if the paragraph in Section 17.10 B #1 fills
the requirements of the newly adopted language.
Jerry Sidlar seconded. Motion
carried 5-0. TXT#
05-12 Amending criteria for Hobby Kennel Permit Annette
McNamara is concerned with the residents who own more than three dogs yet do
not meet the criteria for Hobby Kennels.
Meeting the criteria can place a hardship on these residents.
The Livingston County Animal Controls determines whether it is a
Hobby Kennel or not by asking if it is an establishment wherein or whereon
more than three but less than eleven dogs are confined and kept for sale,
boarding, breeding or training purposes for remuneration.
If the answer is no, then it is not classified as a Hobby Kennel.
As the Zoning Ordinance reads now if a resident has more than three
dogs and does not have a Hobby Kennel license they are not able to have more
than three of their dogs licensed. John
Lowe does not want to take away Jean
Root can see the logic in both concerns and asked if this could be tabled
for additional time for research. The
Planning Commission members agreed. Jean
Root motioned to postpone proposed text amendment # 05-12 Hobby Kennels to
the next regularly scheduled meeting. Jerry
Sidlar seconded. Motion carried 5-0. OLD
BUSINESS No
old business. CALL TO THE PUBLIC John Lowe opened the call to the public. Les Anderson, Jean Root would like the Board of Trustees to consider
changing our Township Engineer and ask Phil Westmoreland to act as the
Township Engineer. She would
like to know if the minutes from this meeting would suffice as a request or
should it be a separate memo/letter. John Lowe said that he has spoke with Phil Westmoreland and
he said he would attend all meetings and the company he works for would be
cost competitive. Bob Hanvey brought up the fact that Phil Westmoreland has
been employed by two different engineering companies since leaving Orchard,
Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. Les Anderson, Scott Lloyd, John Lowe closed the call to the public. ADJOURNMENT Jean Root motioned
to adjourn the meeting at 8:56 p.m. Jerry
Sidlar seconded. Motion
Carried 5-0. |
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