The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday night set a public hearing on a proposed marijuana zoning ordinance and conditionally approved a residential townhouse project on 133rd Avenue.
The public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at City Hall council chambers. If the ordinance is approved, it will be sent to the City Council for final action.
The commission heard a detailed proposal for a townhouse project at 1065 133rd Ave., next door to the Great Lake Energy building on the south border of the city.
Conditional approval was granted to the multi-family facility because of a number of unresolved issues, particularly the project being granted an easement from Great Lakes Energy for pond detention.
Rob Lamer, engineer with Excel Engineering, told the commission Great Lakes officials are fully in support of granting the easement, but attorneys for both parties are going over the agreement.
Commissioners also expressed reservations about allowing for only 1.75 parking spaces per two-bedroom unit when it is customary for have two. They also said they’d prefer the site include two rather than one dumpster for refuse collection.
Lamer told them collection could be arranged for twoice a week and if it is determined later that it still isn’t adequate, another dumpster could be installed.
Lamer presented commissioners with a sketch of a 16-unit townhouse facility and discussed other issues such as water and sewer, lighting, signage, the addition of a storage building and open green space use.
Commission Chairman JD Gonzales said, “This (project) just needs more work and shaping and there’s a lot of conditions.”
The site was approved for rezoning last fall from light industrial to multi-family residential.
COVER PHOTO: Engineer Rob Lamer shows an artist’s rendition of the appearance of the proposed townhouse at 1065 133rd Ave.
My opinion. That’s just what Wayland needs…. a bunch of Potheads on a promenade. Take a drive to Bangor and see the results of pot stores. You will not see societies best.
Shame on you David! Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.”
As of we don’t have enough access to mind altering drugs and alcohol. But our city leaders will open the welcome wagon to these folks because of the almighty dollar and because the foolish state voters have approved it legally.
I’ve known many pot smokers and most of them are unmotivated, mostly unproductive folks among us. Let’s make prostitution legal too because of the cash it brings in. Yeah, I agree, pretty stupid, but the city leaders would see dollar signs.
Life isn’t all about money. Please do the respectable thing and keep this demon gateway drug out of our city.
DTOM,
Well said. Indeed, its a gateway drug. I have seen many go from dope to the caverns of hell.
Holy cow. These comments. Is that what Wayland is about?