Plan Commission – Page 36

Wayland schools give Plan Commission courtesy call

June 12, 2018

Rebecca Page, senior project manager for Holland Engineering, showed commissioners sketches of the planned 12 new tennis courts. Representatives from the Wayland Union Schools Tuesday evening presented the City of Wayland Planning Commission with a courtesy explanation of work being done on the tennis courts behind the high school and...

Jeff Salisbury seeks open seat on Wayland City Council

May 29, 2018

Jeff Salisbury The City of Wayland is accepting applications to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Wayland City Council. Councilwoman Tracy Bivins last month announced she is resigning her seat, effective June 18. Any persons interested in being appointed to fill the remainder of Bivins' term may do so by...

Circuit Court rules twice against Leighton airstrip foes

May 23, 2018

Kate Scheltema Opponents of the proposed airstrip in Leighton Township were dealt two blows in Allegan County Circuit Court earlier this month. New Circuit Judge Roberts Kengis, who just began duties earlier this year, ruled twice against neighbors of the proposed Galloway Landings airstrip near the corner of Kalamazoo Avenue...

Moving away from city: You can run, but you can’t hide

May 20, 2018

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. "You can run, but you can't hide." — Attributed to American boxer Joe Louis. Last Tuesday night's Dorr Township Planning Commission meeting that probably set records with 75 in attendance left a message that...

Rural events barns decision postponed by Dorr Twp.

May 15, 2018

About 75 people crammed into the township hall with standing room only for the public hearing. About 75 local citizens appeared at a normally sparsely attended Dorr Township Planning Commission meeting Tuesday evening to object to a proposal to allow wedding barns near residential neighborhoods. The citizens' opposition was so...

County, Hopkins Twp. to file comments on tribe land

May 14, 2018

Allegan County and Hopkins Township have until next month to file comments with the U.S. Department of the Interior on the Gun Lake Tribe's request to take into trust a parcel along 12th Street close to the expressway. The Tribe has purchased a 130-acre parcel near the corner of 12th...

Leighton approves 21-unit residential complex off Dahlia

May 10, 2018

Jeff VanLaar explains the proposed 21-unit residential complex north of Dahlia Street to the Leighton Township Board. A proposed 21-unit residential complex on the north side of Dahlia Street east of Mill Street was approved without comment of opposition Thursday evening by the Leighton Township Board. The project, which includes...

Martin Twp, Hall expansion will be to the north, not east

May 9, 2018

The township hall expansion will be to the north, or to the right in this photo. The Martin Township Board Wednesday evening continued to work on expanding the township hall to make more room for offices of the clerk, treasurer and assessor. However, the expansion is likely to be to...

Proposed airstrip developer presents his side of issue

May 5, 2018

Clark Galloway, co-developer of a proposed airstrip near 144th Avenue and Kalamazoo Avenue, has fired the first salvo in the public relations battle on the issue that will be settled in the Aug. 7 primary. In a letter to all Leighton Township voting residents, purported to be from him and...

Watson officials worry about minimum width ordinance

May 4, 2018

Watson Township Hall's parking lot is chock full of trash receptacles awaiting residents for the Spring Cleanup Day, in which they will dump a lot of their refuse Saturday morning. The Watson Township Planning Commission is grappling with a possible ordinance requiring a minimum width for all dwellings, which Commissioner...

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