Plan Commission – Page 43

Time has come to to put Leighton’s air park issue to rest

August 11, 2017

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. "Eighty percent of the people who show up at public meetings are there to bitch." — David T. Young, writing on the newsroom chalkboard in 1985 at the Ypsilanti Press. I've learned two very...

Old Smith Lumber & Coal building to become event center

August 8, 2017

The former Smith Lumber & Coal business that was started in 1898 and closed in 2005, now will become a venue for banquets, wedding receptions and and reunions, including a dance hall. Marty and Mark Shepard, owners of the Lumberyard Event Center, appeared before the Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday...

New ordinance may be in order for hill climb, dirt bikes

August 4, 2017

Corey Smith of Otsego, who was running a twice yearly charity fund-raiser with a hill climb on his 60-acre property at 120th Avenue and 16th Street, has agreed not to have the event again this year. The Watson Township Board has agreed in the meantime to try to come up...

Watson approves crafting an ordinance for marijuana grow

August 4, 2017

Watson Township appears to be on track to be the first municipality in this area to have an ordinance to allow growing medical marijuana. After turning down or taking no action on three previous requests for an ordinance earlier this year, board members Thursday night voted 5-0 to direct the...

Reconstruction of Dorr road to cost less than $500,000

July 27, 2017

The reconstruction of 1.29 miles on 144th Avenue will be the first order of business for the Dorr Township Roads Committee and work is expected to commence in August and be completed in November. The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening voted 6-0 to approve the low bid of Langlois &...

All Dorr Twp. Planning Commision officers re-elected

July 19, 2017

The Dorr Township Planning Commission is back back to business as usual after a bit of turbulence over its membership in the last month. The commission, at its July 18 regular meeting, re-elected all officers, including Chairman Bob Wagner, Vice Chairman Robert Traxler, Recording Secretary Rich Osbun and Dan Beute...

City studying chicken, cost recovery ordinances

July 19, 2017

The Wayland City Council is examining two potential local ordinances, one that would permit chickens in the city limits, another that would establish cost recovery for emergency services. City Manager Tim McLean explained that chickens are only allowed as a special land use in areas zoned Residential Agricultural (RA). He...

Bob Wagner back as chairman of Dorr Plan Commission

July 13, 2017

Bob Wagner was appointed to another three-year term on the Dorr Township Planning Commission Thursday night in a special meeting. Wagner, who has been chairman of the commission since 1975 and a member since 1968, was chosen on a 4-3 vote of the Township Board. Voting in the affirmative were...

Watson Twp. to consider minimum house size ordinance

July 6, 2017

The Watson Township Planning Commission next month may have a public hearing on a minimum size home ordinance. Watson Township Trustee and Planning Commissioner Chuck Andrysiak told colleagues Thursday the proposed new rules would effectively no longer permit single-wide mobile homes because they would insist all homes be at least...

Watson Twp. gets tough in 2 ordinance violation incidents

July 6, 2017

At least three people are likely to be facing fines as a result of Watson Township officials' actions over the last couple of weeks. Two were ticketed by Professional Code Inspections late last month for violating local ordinances by putting on a hill climb, selling tickets for attendance and illegally...

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