Minutes of the regular meeting of the Georgetown Township Planning Commission, held Wednesday, November 19, 2003

 

Meeting called to order by Chairman Honderd at 7:30 p.m.

 

Present:            Jansma, Huizinga, DeGood, Stasiak, Poskey, Honderd, South

Absent: none

 

#031119-01 - Agenda for November 19, 2003

 

Moved by Jansma, seconded by DeGood, to approve the agenda for November 19, 2003, as presented.

 

MOTION CARRIED.

 

#031119-02 - Minutes of the October 29, 2003 regular meeting and the November 5, 2003

work session meeting

 

Moved by DeGood, seconded by South, to approve the minutes of the October 29, 2003 regular meeting, as submitted.

 

MOTION CARRIED.

 

Moved by Jansma, seconded by DeGood, to approve the minutes of the November 5, 2003 work session meeting, as submitted.

 

MOTION CARRIED.

 

#031119-03 – Unfinished Business Special Use Permit (SUP0311) Taco Bell (Chicago

Diversified Foods Corp), Richland, MI, is requesting to have a drive-in restaurant, under Sec. 15.3(A), on part of a parcel of land described as P.P.# 70-14-13-400-052, located at 174 Chicago Dr., in a (CS) Community Service Commercial district

 

Moved by Jansma, seconded by DeGood, to remove the item from the table.

 

MOTION CARRIED.

 

Roger Lamer, W. L. Perry, represented the applicant and presented the request.  He stated that the legal description and parking space numbers had been added as requested.

 

The chairman opened the public hearing.  No one was present to speak on this topic.

 

 


 

Moved by South, seconded by Poskey, to recommend to the Township Board approval of Special Use Permit (SUP0311) Taco Bell (Chicago Diversified Foods Corp), Richland, MI, is requesting to have a drive-in restaurant, under Sec. 15.3(A), on part of a parcel of land described as P.P.# 70-14-13-400-052, located at 174 Chicago Dr., in a (CS) Community Service Commercial district.

 

MOTION CARRIED.

 

Moved by Huizinga, seconded by Stasiak, to approve the site plan November 7, 2003 on the basis that it meets all applicable ordinance provisions, and conditioned upon special use approval from the Board.

 

MOTION CARRIED.

 

#031119-04 - (PUD0303) Arena Development LLC, 2551 VanOmmen Dr., Holland, is requesting a

Planned Unit Development for a mixed use development with various types of residential housing and various commercial uses, under Chapter 22, on a parcel of land described as PP#70-14-07-100-012, located at 8658 48th Ave.

 

No new information is available.

 

#031119-05 - Site Plan (ST0313) Randy Rottschafer (Mani’s Photo Studio)- 612 Baldwin

 

The item was left tabled because the applicant is waiting for an agreement with Meijer for a curb cut.

 

#031119-06 - Ordinance Amendments-Sec. 28.2(A)

 

No one was present to speak at the public hearing.  The Zoning Ordinance amendment was initiated by the Township Board.

 

Moved by Jansma, seconded by DeGood, to recommend to the Township Board approval of the ordinance amendment, as follows:

 

Sec. 28.2         MEMBERSHIP – TERMS OF OFFICE – ALTERNATE MEMBERS.

 

(A)  The Township Board of Appeals shall consist of five (5) members. The first member of such Board of Appeals shall be a member of the Township Planning Commission; the second member shall may be a member of the Township Board; the additional three (3) members shall be selected from the electors residing in the Township.  All members shall be appointed by the Township Board.  None of the additional three (3) members shall be elected officers of the Township or employees of the Township Board; Members shall be appointed for three (3) year terms, except the Planning Commission and Township Board representatives who shall only serve while holding membership on those respective bodies.

 

MOTION CARRIED.

 

#031119-07 - Other Business-Master Plan

 

The Master Plan text and Future Land Use Map were discussed.  Greg Honderd abstained and left the room during discussion of the SE corner of 48th Ave. and Port Sheldon, the NE corner of 48th and Port Sheldon, and the area around Baldwin and 48th Ave.

 

#031119-08 – Adjournment

 

The chairman adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.