Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Call to Order
Roll Call
✓ Nancy Strohschein (Chair), ✓ Joe Bollech, ✓ Bob Janda (Board Rep), Robert Lindert (Vice Chair & Secretary) – Absent with notice, ✓ Jay Loman (Board of Appeals Chair)
✓ Donna Preston, Buddy Sweeney (Zoning Admin) – Absent with notice
Pledge of Allegiance: Recited
Introductions/Guests: Jason McCarthy attended in person. No other guests.
Approval of Agenda: Motion: Joe, Second: Bob. All yes to approve without changes.
Approval of minutes of April 17, 2024 Work Session meeting: Motion: Bob, Second: Donna. All yes to approve without changes.
Agenda:
I. Chairman comments.
A. Comments from May 6 Board Meeting – Nancy updated the PC on highlights
from the most recent Township Board Meeting.
- Millage renewals in August (Fire, Ambulance, Road & School). Will be on the
November 2024 ballot. - Covid funds – Spend by Dec 2024. $32,000 allocated to recreation budget.
- Dumpster for metal – Bob Witz will put a dumpster at the Fire Hall for metal
only. He will handle all the responsibilities and will take items to the
scrapyard. - Nature Conservancy meeting with Jay Fish and Bab Janda – Update from Bob.
The NC will maintain the current tax revenue to the Township. Roads and
access will stay the same. - Mining project. Test drills and pulse testing underway.
B. PC report to Board. Nancy updated the board on the status of our ZO changes,
the conversation with Raymond and Marilyn Prill about their cemetery, and the
suggestion to use recreation budget funds for surveying the Township property near
Witz Marina.
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II. Recreation Committee/Plan
A. Jay Loman will contact Scott Lloyd to see what he plans to do to get going on
projects. Jason will send Lisa Marinich some information on uploading the Recreation
Plan to the state website.
III. Ordinance Update – Led by Jason
A. Review entire revised ZO with emphasis on Art 10 (previously Art 13) Schedule of
Regulations. Jason presented a copy of the almost final ordinance with any changes
from our current ZO highlighted. He walked the PC members through the entire
document. - Article 1: OK, no changes
- Article 2: OK, no changes
- Article 3: OK, no changes
- Article 4: OK, no changes
- Article 5: OK, no changes
- Article 6:
a) Page 39. Change “See Section 1203, D” to “See Section 1208, D” - Article 7: OK, no changes
- Article 8: OK, no changes
- Article 9: OK, no changes
- Article 10:
a) Page 48. Remove sections under 1001: B, C, D, F, I.
b) Jason stated setbacks should be derived from a set line. Jason will
add this as the last letter under section 1001. - Article 11: OK, no changes
- Article 12:
a) Page 68. Change agency name to EGLE
b) Page 90: Add elm as allowed tree
c) Page 101. Section 1211, item A3. Semi-trailers allowed only
during construction. - Articles 13 through 20: OK, no changes
B. Final steps for ZO update - Receive final compiled document – Jason to provide after PC review of entire
document before next meeting. Jason will update the table of contents and
make sure all hyperlinks work. - Publication on website – We need to provide at least 30 days access to the
updated version before the public hearing. - Notice in paper (verbiage from Jason) – target 45 days notice and include a
summary of major changes in paper. Possibly publish in early July. - Summary of changes – Jason will provide this for the public hearing.
- Print copies for public input session
3 - Schedule public hearing – Probably in August
- Jason to attend hearing and present to the public.
- Resolutions from Jason
IV. Next meetings
A. Wednesday, June 5 at 6 PM: Planning Commission work session. All PC
members to completely review the updated ZO provided by Jason. At this
meeting, we will consolidate changes into one copy to give back to Jason.
B. Wednesday, June 26 at 6 PM: Planning Commission work session. Expect to
have final copy from Jason at this meeting.
C. Township Board Meeting: Monday, June 3 at 6 PM
D. 2024 quarterly meetings - Thursday, July 11
- Thursday, October 10
V. Adjourn – Motion: Jay, Second: Donna. All yes to adjourn at 7:10 PM
From July 2023
Topic
1 Definitions (Included in each topic)
2 Seasonal vs Year-Round Dwellings
3 Shipping Containers as Accessory Structures
4 Outdoor Wood Boilers
5 Solar Energy Systems (SES) Residential vs Utility Grade Systems
6 Short-Term Rentals (Vacation, AirBnB, Vrbo)
7 Single & Multiple Family, & Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
8 Minimum Lot/Acreage Sizes (including Farm & Forest)
9 Alternative Designs (Tiny Homes, Domes, Yurts)
10 Zoning Map Adjustments
11 Erosion Control
12 Lighting to Support Dark Skies
13 Signs
14 Gravel Mining
15 Other Mining
16 Fences
17 Blight
18 Sanitary Code for RR Zone
19 Enforcement of Ordinance