Plan Commission – Page 33

Watson Township wants better zoning enforcement

September 6, 2018

EDITOR'S NOTE: Watson Township Trustee Chuck Andrysiak has reported he has located the legal notice, so the gravel mining issue will be taken up at the Planning Commission meeting later this month. The Watson Township Board will ask a representative from Professional Code Inspections to attend its next meeting Thursday,...

Editorial

Former Townbroadcast reporter endorses Garnet Lewis

August 31, 2018

To the editor: In case you haven't heard the news, I've been working on a political campaign this summer. My newest friend and mentor, Garnet Lewis is running for the 26th District State Senate seat currently held by term-limited Tonya Schuitmaker. This is the first time in years that we...

Dorr Twp. Board refers rezoning request to attorney

August 31, 2018

Township Trustee and Planning Commissioner Terri Rios points to the area in question for a rezoning. It isn't often when a township board overturns or sends back a recommendation to a planning commission, but that prospect is very real in Dorr Township. The Township Board Thursday night decided to send...

The paradox of growth can create awkward decisions

August 25, 2018

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The modern paradox of growth was the elephant in the room at last Tuesday night's Dorr Township Planning Commission meeting. This paradox is a two-stage process, the first being local government's encouragement of...

Dorr Twp. rezoning may have future implications

August 21, 2018

Eric Thompson of PCI explains land use issues and the master plan to the Planning Commission. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening made an agonizing 4-3 decision on rezoning a parcel that may have implications for the future of land use. Commissioners narrowly approved a request from Tyler Wustman...

City Council will take up chickens issue once again

August 20, 2018

Chickens are back in the news for the City of Wayland. After nearly a one-year hiatus, the City Council has agreed to revisit a proposal to craft a local ordinance permitting the keeping of a small number of chickens at residences within the city limits. No decision was made on...

City revokes special use permit for Lumberyard center

August 20, 2018

Mark and Marty Shepard at a City Council meeting earlier this year. The Wayland City Council Monday night almost unanimously voted to revoke a special use permit for the Lumberyard Events Center at the corner of Maple and Railroad streets. The decision came after co-owners Mark and Marty Shepard missed...

Yes It Is, It’s True: I fear passive or silent consent

August 18, 2018

Phil Ochs "Look outside my window, there's a woman being grabbed. They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's bring stabbed. Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain. But Monopoly is so so much fun and I'd hate the blow the game. And it...

Wayland Plan Commission helps 3 proposals go 3-for-3

August 14, 2018

Kari and Tim Kennedy Three proposals that came before the City of Wayland Planning Commission went 3-for-3 Tuesday night, two of them involving businesses on Reno Drive. The winning proposals were a rezoning from Planned Enterprise and Culster Development (PECD) to light industrial for a parcel between Logistics and the...

Zoning enforcement is necessary, but it’s unpopular

August 12, 2018

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Zoning is the function of government that doesn't seem to get much respect. That means too many people, agencies and institutions lack respect for the law. This conclusion can be made easily just...

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