Plan Commission – Page 46

Martin Township Board approves road paving projects

April 12, 2017

The Martin Township Board Wednesday evening approved paving projects for portions of Fifth Street, Third Street and Eleventh Street for a combined cost of $147,349. The money to pay for the project will be taken out of the road funding in the budget for fiscal year 2017-18. The contractor will...

Ethel Visser beginning 43rd year on Dorr Township ZBA

April 1, 2017

There aren’t many who can claim to have served in local public office for more than 40 years. Leighton Township Clerk Lydia Frey was famous for her longevity, as are Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner and Dorr Zoning Board of Appeals Secretary Ethel Visser. Visser last month was...

Moline residents still complain about noise from trains

March 23, 2017

Dorr Township Board members continue to field noise complaints from Moline area residents near the Green Valley agribusiness and now Trustee John Tuinstra has offered to send a letter to the company and to Grand Elk Railroad asking they operate only during daytime hours. Green Valley set up shop two...

McDonald Modular Solutions seeks location in Dorr

March 21, 2017

The Dorr Township Planning Commission will receive requests for site plan review, rezoning and a special use permit from McDonald Modular Solutions for a temporary office business. Hawkeye Properties Inc. developer, is seeking the three requests to accommodate a business that will rent out mobile homes as temporary outdoor offices....

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Robert Traxler re-elected chairman of Dorr Twp. ZBA

March 18, 2017

The Dorr Township Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) elected officers for 2017 at its March 16 quarterly meeting. Elected unanimously were Robert Traxler to serve a second term as Chairman, Jim Vote to be vice chairman, a new position this term, and re-elected Ethel Visser, who has served on the...

Plan Commission schedules Reno Drive zoning hearing

March 14, 2017

The Wayland City Planning Commission will have a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, on some zoning change recommendations along Reno Drive on the south and west end of town. Planner Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections made the recommendations after it was noted some properties in...

Wayland inventor to launch product, ‘Virgil’s Blends’

March 14, 2017

Virgil Gleason, a member of the Wayland Planning Commission and former co-owner of the Vibrant Grains Bakery and Restaurant, plans to launch his new invention, “Virgil’s Blends,” this June. “I have set up a Facebook page, ‘Virgil’s Blends,’ and I hope you find enough value in my project to like...

Developers withdraw request for Selkirk Lake campground

March 7, 2017

Developers of a proposed expanded campground at Selkirk Lake have withdrawn their request for rezoning. Members of the Wayland Township Board were informed of the decision Tuesday night at their board meeting. They were scheduled to take up the issue after a packed and contentious Planning Commission meeting Feb. 8,...

City action on East Maple assessment roll postponed

March 6, 2017

The Wayland City Council held a public hearing Monday night on the special assessments for sidewalks in the East Maple Street project, but had to postpone officially approving the assessment roll. The city’s street project for this summer is reconstructing and repaving East Maple from North Main to Steeby Elementary,...

Watson hears another request for marijuana dispensary

March 3, 2017

The marijuana issue was back at Thursday evening’s Watson Township Board meeting. This time attorney Brant Johnson of Lansing, representing a legal caregiver in the Martin area, made a presentation about the local planning commission and board perhaps adopting an ordinance permitting medical marijuana dispensaries. The bill passed by the...

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