Plan Commission – Page 45

Prospects for 2 new developments add to Dorr traffic worries

May 16, 2017

Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner said former Planner Tim Johnson said several years ago that Dorr should be careful in the future or it might become another 28th Street in Grand Rapids. It hasn't happened quite yet, but it's looking more like Johnson might have had a crystal...

Public hearing on Leighton air park postponed until July

May 11, 2017

The public hearing on the proposed air park in Leighton Township has had to be postponed until the second week of July. Leighton Township Clerk Mary Lou Nieuwenhuis said Thursday evening the original date of May 23 had to be moved to May 31 and then finally into July because of...

Martin Twp. officials getting ready again for B-93 Bash

May 10, 2017

Martin Township officials and are public safety representatives will have a special planning meeting Tuesday, May 23, at the township hall to make preparations for the 25th anniversary B-93 Birthday Bash. The annual country music festival will return for its sixth straight year at the Martin Motor Speedway June 17...

City Plan Commision to have hearing on PERC designation

May 9, 2017

The Wayland City Planning Commission will have a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, on the zoning designation of Planned Enterprise Residential Cluster (PERC). The hearing will take up whether or not PERC zoning should be eliminated or kept. Planner Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections recommended...

Carpenters, millwrights training school coming to Wayland

May 9, 2017

If everything goes as planned, the West Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters will have a new training center up and running at 700 Reno Drive by August 2018. The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday night voted 5-0 to approve the submitted site plan with some revisions for a training school...

Watson residents split on recycling, oppose medical marijuana

May 4, 2017

Watson Township Supervisor Kevin Travis Thursday reported to his colleagues that about 50 surveys have been returned, with the recycling question running at about 50-50 by the marijuana issue “losing by 80 percent plus.” Watson officials included the survey on two questions in a newsletter circulated to residents. Questions about...

Dorr Plan Commission delays trailer business site plans

April 18, 2017

Requests for site plan review and a special use permit from McDonald Modular Solutions for a temporary office business in Dorr are in a temporary holding pattern. A request for rezoning a small part of the 10.16-acre parcel from agricultural to business was recommended for approval 6-1 by the Dorr...

Flurry of economic activity in the works on Reno Drive?

April 18, 2017

The City Council Monday night agreed to sell a 25.11-acre city-owned parcel to developers Keith Nickels and Josh Otto. The parcel has frontage on both Reno Drive and 133rd Avenue. The purchase price is $20,000. "The sale will be contingent on a successful rezoning by the purchasers," said City Manager...

Medical marijuana dispensary issues won’t go away

April 16, 2017

Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections of Dorr, told the Wayland City Planning Commission last week he has been receiving a record number of inquiries about the possibility of locating medical marijuana grow, processing and distribution centers. Indeed, local township boards and the City of Wayland have been approached...

Leighton air park issue to go to public hearing in May

April 13, 2017

The Leighton Township Planning Commission has recommended denial for a request for an ar strip, but the issue now will go before the Township Board May 22 or 23 in a special public hearing. The Planning Commission was reported to be deadlocked on its vote in February, but Wednesday evening...

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