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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes — July 19, 2016

2 pages in the original

The Planning Commission approved the agenda and May 3 minutes, recommended the Sign and Resource Extraction Ordinance changes to the Township Board, and approved XRM, Inc.'s storage building request as amended. It also reviewed a used car lot site plan request at 3090 N Meridian Road and scheduled the Master Plan review to begin September 20.

Summary written automatically. The full text below is the record.

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Called to order
6:50 pm
Adjourned
7:40 pm
Presiding
Chairperson Sheila Mesler
Present
Sue Ensign, Reid Duford, Sheila Mesler
Absent
Mark Thornton, Chris Clark
Decisions in these minutes (4)

Lincoln Township – Midland County

Planning Commission

Sheila Mesler - Chairperson, Susan Ensign - Vice Chairperson

Reid Duford – Secretary

Members - Chris Clark, Mark Thornton

July 19, 2016

The meeting of the Lincoln Township Planning Commission was called to order by Chairperson Sheila Mesler at 6:50 pm.

Roll call was taken: Sue Ensign, Reid Duford, and Sheila Mesler were present. Mark Thornton and Chris Clark were absent.

Motion: Carried unanimously

A motion was made by Sue Ensign to approve the agenda and supported by Reid Duford. Motion approved 3-0.

Motion: Carried unanimously

Motion by Reid Duford and supported by Sue Ensign to approve the minutes of the May 3, 2016 meeting. Motion approved 3-0.

Commission Comments: None

Public Comments: None

Public Hearing:

The Commission reviewed the final changes and held discussion of the completed Sign Ordinance and Resource Extraction Ordinance with Rob Eggers from Spicer Group.

Motion: Carried unanimously

A motion was made by Reid Duford, and supported by Sue Ensign, for the Planning Commission to adopt the ordinance changes and make a recommendation to the Township Board for final approval of said changes. Motion approved 3-0.

New Business:

Russell Scholtz for Scholtz Auto, LLC, has requested a Site Plan Review for Operation of a Used Car Lot at 3090 N Meridian Road. The commission reviewed and approved the request.

Gene Franek for XRM, Inc, has requested a Site Plan Review for Additional Storage Building (30X60) at 66 Price Road. The commission reviewed the request.

Motion: Carried

A motion was made by Reid Duford, and supported by Sue Ensign, to approve the request as amended by moving the proposed location of the new 30' x 60' storage building and attaching the new structure to the south end of the existing 30' x 60' storage building on the west side of the parcel – as seen in attached diagram.

Master Plan - has funding in place to begin the review and updating process by the Planning Commission. This process has been scheduled to begin at the September 20 meeting.

Old Business: None

The next meeting is scheduled for September 20, 2016

The meeting adjourned at 7:40 pm

Signature line for Reid Duford

Secretary, Lincoln Township Planning Commission, Midland County

Survey site plan of the XRM Inc. parcel at Price Road and N. Meridian Road showing the amended location of the new 30x60 building. (opens the full-size site plan in a new tab)
Attached diagram
Read a text description of this site plan
Survey drawing of Parcel 1 (2.44 acres) and Parcel 2 (1.37 acres), part of the north 10 acres of the N. 1/2 of the W. fractional 1/2 of the SW fractional 1/4 of Section 28, T15N-R1E, Lincoln Twp., Midland Co., Michigan. Price Rd runs along the top (N.89°22'22"E., 915.91') and N. Meridian Rd (M-30) along the left. The W. 1/4 corner and the center of Section 28 are marked at the ends of Price Rd. Parcel 1's sides measure 475.52' and its south line 265.19'; Parcel 2 is the 85' strip to its east. On Parcel 1: a drive off Price Rd, a tree, a 3-bedroom house, a 4-unit apartment building with parking, an existing 30'x110' building (1998) and a second building (2006) south of it. A new 30'x60' building is drawn south of the 2006 building, with a handwritten blue note 'Amended Building Location'; an earlier location for it, near the drive in the middle of the parcel, is crossed out. A new 1 1/4" city water line (CW) is noted. Handwritten notes: (10) 11'x30' stalls, 2 stalls split up, 30'x110' building, north end has office and 5'x6' restroom with electric heat, elec. panel; 'From XRM Inc 6-16-16'; Mr. Gene Franek, 3573 N Sunset Way, Sanford, MI 48657, 989 859-3733. Legend: tree (no door this stall), P parking, x 38' tube 12" dia., 3BR 3 bedroom house 1216, 4 plex 4 unit apartment building, CW 1 1/4" city water, light pole; government corner, set iron pipe, found iron. Scale 1"=100'. Bearings used were taken from recorded surveys. Signed and stamped by B.D. Ferguson, Licensed Land Surveyor No. 26454, certifying a ratio of closure of 1 in 5000 and compliance with Act 132, P.A. 1970.

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