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County of Antrim |
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PLANNING COMMISSION |
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Minutes |
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July 7, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
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Antrim County Building - Board of Commissioners Room |
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Members Present: |
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Al Luurtsema, Jill Barnard, Joe Allen, Jim Gurr, Alan Martel, Barb Bradford, Laura Stanek, Shirley Klunzinger, and Marshall Wright |
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Members Absent: |
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None |
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Advisory Present: |
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None |
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Staff and Others: |
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Joe Meyers and Pete Garwood |
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Audience Present: |
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1. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Al Luurtsema. |
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2. Public Comment |
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None. |
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3. Minutes |
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Motion by Jim Gurr, supported by Barb Bradford, to approve the June 2, 2009 minutes as presented. Motion carried – unanimous. |
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4. Banks Township Zoning Ordinance Amendment |
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Joe Meyers gave his explanation of the Zoning Ordinance Amendments and indicated that he felt that it was just going into further explanation on items that were currently in the ordinance.
Barb Bradford spoke on airport airspace right-of-ways. She wondered if towers could be built in the ROW.
Discussion ensued over Section 4.06 #1. The Commission indicated that it was worded strangely and would ask that the first five words of the first sentence be deleted so the sentence would read clearer.
Al Luurtsema spoke regarding his concern of reducing the setback of the wind generator to ˝ the height of the tower height.
Discussion ensued over the height of wind towers.
Al Luurtsema handed out a newspaper article from the Grand Rapids Press regarding wind generation.
Motion by Barb Bradford, supported by Alan Martel, to thank Banks Township for moving forward with an energy saving application/Green Energy application and to recommend approval of the Banks Township Zoning Amendment, with the condition that the first five words of Section 4.06 #1 be removed to read: “Towers erected prior to a noncommercial wind turbine generator any district…”.
Also that Section 4.06 #4 should be altered to read: “the owners of abutting lots may jointly apply for a permit to construct an anemometer tower or a noncommercial wind turbine generator serving lots. If the anemometer tower or a noncommercial wind turbine will not meet the setback requirements of subsection 1…”.
In addition to the grammatical changes, the Planning Commission would like Banks Township to rethink having the ability of reducing the setback of half of the tower. Motion carried – unanimous. |
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5. Elk Rapids Zoning Ordinance Amendment |
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Joe Meyers indicated that the Elk Rapids Zoning Ordinance Amendment was short, to the point, and that it added some clarification to the ordinance. Discussion commenced about the ordinance.
Motion by Marshall Wright, supported by Laura Stanek, to recommend Elk Rapids Township approve of the Zoning Ordinance Amendment as presented. Motion carried – unanimous. |
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6. Rules for the Business |
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Motion by Shirley Klunzinger, supported by Joe Allen, to recommend Charlie Koop review the Rules for the Transaction of Business. Motion carried – unanimous. |
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7. Various Matters |
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Discussions ensued over recycling, Phragmites, and the USAID. |
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8. Public/Member Comment |
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Alan Martel spoke on zoning and private roads, non-conformity, and subdivision lines.
A further discussion ensued over Phragmites.
Barb Bradford thanked the Commissioners for the recycling program. |
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Meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
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