Minutes of the regular meeting of the Georgetown Township Planning Commission, held Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Meeting
called to order by Chairman Honderd at
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.