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MARION TOWNSHIP AGENDA & DRAFT MINUTES November 15, 2004 CALL
TO ORDER: MEMBERS
PRESENT: APPROVAL OF AGENDA: November 15, 2004 CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Agenda Items Only – 3 minute limit APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR: None OLD BUSINESS: Comprehensive Plan – Set date for adoption & discussion on Existing Residential
Subdivision District #2 (ERS-2)
NEW BUSINESS: Proposed
Text Amendment – Section 6.30 Private Sewage/Waste Water Treatment
Facilities
Proposed Text Amendment – Section 3.02 Private Sewage/Waste
Water Treatment Facilities Set date for Special Meeting Reschedule December 28, 2004 meeting CALL
TO PUBLIC: ADJOURNMENT: MEMBERS
PRESENT: JOHN
LOWE, JEAN ROOT
DAVE HAMANN and DEBRA WIEDMAN-CLAWSON OTHERS PRESENT:
ROBERT W. HANVEY, SUPERVISOR
KRISTEEN LUNDEEN, ORCHARD, HILTZ & McCLIMENT, INC.
ANNETTE MCNAMARA, ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
MIKE KEHOE, MILLER KEHOE & ASSOCIATES
JOHN ENOS, CARLISLE/WORTMAN, ASSOCIATES, INC. ************************************************************************* CALL TO ORDER The
meeting was called to order at APPROVAL OF AGENDA John Lowe presented the agenda. Jean Root suggested that setting a date for a December workshop be added to the agenda. John Lowe suggested that discussion of the 425 agreement be added to the
agenda. Jean Root moved to
approve the agenda as amended. supported the motion. Motion
Carried 5-0. CALL TO THE PUBLIC John
Lowe made a call to the public. There was no response. APPROVAL OF MINUTES None OLD BUSINESS Existing Residential Subdivision-1 (ERS 1) and Existing Residential Subdivision-2 (ERS-2). Mike Kehoe stated that he would not recommend making changes resulting in non-conforming situations. 1996. Mike Kehoe stated that if these districts were inadvertently left off of the map, the map needs to be amended.
No public hearing was necessary. his opinion was on this issue. John Enos concurred with Mike Kehoe. John Lowe stated that the existing districts should be put on the map and state that these are existing districts only, no future ERS districts are proposed. John Lowe stated that he would have Kathleen Kline-Hudson correct
the map and have her check for corresponding language. Jean Root moved to set
the adoption date for the Comprehensive Plan for November 23, 2004
at NEW BUSINESS John Lowe asked Mike Kehoe and John Enos about proposed text amendments Sections 6.30 Private Sewage/Waste Water Treatment Facilities and Section 3.02 definition of Private Sewage/ Waste Water Treatment Facilities. John Lowe asked if there had been any changes in State regulations as a result of any lawsuits and if the proposed language is adequate. Mike Kehoe said as if this date there has not been any changes. He stated that it would not be known if the language is adequate until someone challenges the ordinance in court. John Enos stated that he agrees with Mike Kehoe in that the township can continue with the adopted language as it is now. That is how the township can regulate the densities based on the Master Plan. The Planning Commission discussed this topic at length. John Enos stated that he would recommend language in the Comprehensive Plan stating that community wide septic systems although potentially permitted
must meet underlying zoning district density as a policy statement. John Lowe asked Mike Kehoe about the proposed 425 agreements in relationship to the having an area for manufactured homes in the township. Mike Kehoe stated that a developer would have to demonstrate a need for manufactured housing. John Lowe asked if the 425 agreement is still in effect. Mike Kehoe believed that is was. Mike Kehoe asked if there was an area in the township appropriate to designate for future manufactured housing. John Lowe stated that the current mobile home park in the township is requesting rezoning. He stated that this property is
eventually going to be annexed by the City of discussed possible future locations for manufactured housing at length. Mike Kehoe stated that he would look into this issue and get back with the Planning Commission in a couple of weeks. Mike Kehoe wanted the meeting minutes to state that the Planning Commission has been discussing the potential of other locations for manufactured housing in addition to the one already located in the
township. Set
Date for Special Meeting The Planning Commission set a date for a workshop to discuss any possible amendments to the Comprehensive
Plan, for Reschedule
The Planning Commission changed the date for the regularly scheduled meeting to CALL TO THE PUBLIC John Lowe made a call
to the public. performance standards
on non-conforming lots. John
Lowe stated that it is not. ADJOURNMENT Motion
Carried 5-0.
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