Minutes of the
regular meeting of the Georgetown Township Planning Commission, held Wednesday,
February 16, 2005
Meeting called to order by
Chairman Honderd at 7:30 p.m.
Present: Honderd, Huizinga, Poskey, South,
DeGood, Pearson, Stasiak
Absent: none
#050216-01 - Agenda for February 16, 2005
Moved by DeGood,
seconded by Stasiak, to approve the agenda for February 16, 2005, as presented.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050216-02 - Minutes of the January 19, 2005 regular
meeting and the February 2, 2005
work session meeting
Moved
by South, seconded by Pearson, to approve the minutes of the January 19, 2005
regular meeting, as submitted.
MOTION
CARRIED.
Moved
by South, seconded by DeGood, to approve the minutes of the February 2, 2005
work session meeting, as submitted.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050216-03 - Unfinished Business Preliminary Plat of
Cedar Lake Estates No. 11
It
was noted that a representative from Exxel Engineering and the Township
Supervisor had stated to the zoning administrator that issues with the agreement
still had to be worked out between the developer and the Township. No new information was available. The item was left tabled.
#050216-04 – Unfinished Business - Preliminary Plat of
Lowing Woods Phase One and
Preliminary Plat of Lowing Woods Phase
Two
Rick
Pulaski, Nederveld Associates, represented the applicant and presented the
request. There are 38 lots in phase one
and 16 lots in phase 2, and roads are public.
The issues raised at the work session have been addressed by the
applicant and a revised plan submitted.
Two stub roads have been added to access parcels to the east.
The
planner presented a review and said that the bump-out should be shown on a
future phase.
The
zoning administrator said that minutes from the Road Commission regarding the
plats had been distributed to Planning Commission members.
Poskey
abstained from discussion and voting.
The
chairman opened the floor to public comments and no one was present to speak on
this topic. He closed the floor to
public comments.
Moved
by Huizinga, seconded by DeGood, to recommend to the Township Board approval of
the Preliminary Plat of Lowing Woods and Phase One and Phase Two, as shown on
the drawing dated February 4, 2005.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050216-05 - Planned Unit Development (PUD0501) Eastbrook Development (Lowing Woods)-
Final Development Plan
Rick
Pulaski, Nederveld Associates, represented the applicant and presented the
request.
The
planner presented a review and noted that the maximum height of the sign should
be 3 feet on sign A and not four feet.
The
chairman opened the floor to public comments.
No one was present to speak on this topic. The chairman closed the floor to public
comments.
Moved
by DeGood, seconded by Stasiak, to approve the Final Planned Unit Development
Plan for PUD0501 for Eastbrook Development as shown
on the revised plans dated February 4, 2005, with the condition that the signs
meet the ordinance requirements.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050216-06 – Special Use Permit (SUP0501) Georgetown United Methodist Church (Dan Vos
Construction), 2766 Baldwin
Arne
Larsen, Dreisenga and Associates, and Denise Hopkins,
Dan Vos Construction, represented the applicant and
presented the request. A letter had been
submitted addressing issues raised at the work session. The applicant stated that the church plans to
complete resealing the parking lot in 2006 and would add the correct striping
at that time. The applicant also stated
that he had conversations with the Road Commission regarding the location of
the proposed sidewalk on 28th Ave.
It was also noted that the church would not be building the additional
parking lot at this time.
The
planner presented a review. He said that
a letter of agreement should be submitted for the parking lot striping and the
sidewalk issue should be worked out with the Township. He said that the dumpster should be screened
on all sides.
No
one was present to speak at the public hearing.
Moved
by Huizinga, seconded by Poskey, to recommend to the Township Board approval of
Special Use Permit (SUP0501) Georgetown United Methodist Church (Dan Vos
Construction), 2766 Baldwin, to have a church (addition to existing church),
under Sec. 8.3(A), on a parcel of land described as P.P.# 70-14-16-400-001,
located at 2766 Baldwin St., in a (LDR) Low Density Residential district,
Georgetown Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, with the following conditions:
1.
The placement and installation of sidewalks along 28th Ave.
be coordinated with the Township;
2.
A letter of agreement be submitted by the applicant that specifies a
timeline to re-stripe the existing parking lot to conform with parking space
dimension requirements;
3.
The dumpster be fully screened from adjoining properties and streets by
a sight-obscuring fence, wall or landscaping.
MOTION
CARIED.
Moved
by Huizinga, seconded by Poskey, to approve the site plan dated 2/9/05, as
submitted, with the following conditions:
1.
The placement and installation of sidewalks along 28th Ave.
be coordinated with the Township;
2.
A letter of agreement be submitted by the applicant that specifies a
timeline to re-stripe the existing parking lot to conform with parking space
dimension requirements;
3.
The dumpster be fully screened from adjoining properties and streets by
a sight-obscuring fence, wall or landscaping.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050216-07 – Other Business-Change Meeting Date
Moved
by Honderd, seconded by Stasiak, to change the Planning Commission meeting date
from April 6, 2005 to March 30, 2005 due to the fact that some Planning
Commissioners and the planner were unable to attend on April 6, 2005.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#050216-08 – State Law Change to Permit Contract
Zoning
Information
was presented regarding the new State Law pertaining to contract zoning. The consensus was to not amend the ordinance
to allow for contract zoning at this time to wait for some issues to be
resolved; however, if any applicant wants to pursue it, contract zoning would
be reviewed at that time.
#050216-09 – Adjournment
The
chairman adjourned the meeting at 8:12 p.m.