Antrim County

Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and Stormwater Runoff Control Ordinance Sub-committee

of the
Planning Commission

 

October 19, 2006

Minutes

Members Present:

John Peal, Jim Gurr, Barb Bradford and Alan Martel

Members Absent:

Stan Moore, Dean Crandall, Pepper Bromelmeier, Heidi Lang, Mark Stone and Steve Drenth

Staff Present:

Joe Meyers

Public Present:

None

Al Martel called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m.

 

Public Comment

None.

 

Minutes

The Committee reviewed and approved the minutes of October 11, 2006.

 

Soil Erosion Ordinance

The Committee continued review of the ordinance starting with Section 6-101.

 

The Committee also reviewed and discussed a letter from Heidi Lang.   

 

The Committee also discussed the usage of one acre of disturbance to require a soil erosion permit. 

 

After thoroughly reviewing Heidi’s notes, the committee decided to discuss some of the changes with her before changing anything.

 

The Committee discussed and indicated that they would like to replace sections 6.500 thru 6.502 with state law.  

 

John Peal indicated that he received a letter from Rob Crandall, from Double D Excavating, stating that he is against an ordinance making the rules more restrictive but for an ordinance to help explain the law more accurately. 

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.

The next meeting will be at the Antrim County Board of Commissioners Room on

Monday, October 30, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.