Plan Commission – Page 54

New Ace Hardware owners outline plans to remodel old Dick’s Market

December 16, 2015

The new owners of the future Ace Hardware to be located in the former Dick’s Market on 142nd Avenue appeared at the Dorr Township Planning Committee to provide information about their project. No action was requested or taken at the meeting. A remodeling, not renovation, of the old market...

Moline Elementary building, property sale in a holding pattern

December 14, 2015

Stephen Austin, potential buyer of the old Moline Elementary School building, is still working to make the final sale happen, but indicates he has challenges ahead. Austin said he has every intention to buy the mothballed old elementary and turn it into a recreational vehicle repair business and eventually move...

Public hearing on pot exchange re-set for Jan. 4 in Martin Twp.

December 14, 2015

The special public hearing on a new zoning ordinance for Martin Township has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4. The meeting, originally announced as being scheduled for Monday, Dec. 14, was moved at first to Thursday, Dec. 17, but another conflict arose and it had to be postponed...

Leighton Twp. hires attorney for purchase agreement for new hall

December 10, 2015

The Leighton Township Board Thursday night gave the green light to hiring attorney Roger Swets to draw up an installment purchase agreement for building a new township hall next to the District Library on the northern edge of Moline. Plans for a new hall and offices have been in the...

Martin Twp. Board public hearing to take up medical marijuana issue

December 9, 2015

The Martin Township Board will have a special meeting either at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, or next Thursday, Dec. 17, for a public hearing on a local medical marijuana ordinance. The Martin Township Planning Commission two months ago recommended on a 4-2 vote the board not adopt the ordinance,...

Wayland City Council takes care of ‘housekeeping’ matters

December 7, 2015

Monday’s Wayland City Council meeting served as a sort of reorganizational session, as the august body took up setting meeting dates and making appointments. Only two of the actions prompted some opposition — the election of mayor pro tem and the increase in hours for the billing clerk. Mayor pro...

Mark Sisson steps down as planner for many area municipalties

December 3, 2015

Longtime area planner Mark Sisson has announced his resignation from his position with area townships and the City of Wayland to concentrate on duties as full-time planner for Gaines Township. Kirk Scharphorn of Professional Code Inspections of Dorr Thursday night told the Watson Township Board that PCI could handle much...

Growing Leighton Twp. approves condos, rezoning request

November 12, 2015

Leighton Township continues to grow, particularly in residential units, and the Township Board Thursday night gave final approval to an eight-unit condo site off 144th Avenue. Developer Ron Van Singel of the Merestone Group of Byron Center outlined the Summit Pointe Condos site of 20 acres before final play approval...

Marijuana exchange attorney proposes Martin alternative ordinance

November 11, 2015

The continuing saga of a medical marijuana exchange in downtown Shelbyville is in a holding pattern again. Thomas Lavigne of Cannabis Counsel, attorney for CDXX Boutique owners Jerry Dan Patrick and Lisa Edwards, has proposed an ordinance for Martin Township to replace the ordinance the Planning Commission did not recommend...

If we like free market, we must accept quality people leaving us

November 10, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The recent news about the Belding Library trying to lure Natalie Bazan away from Hopkins and Dorr libraries and the departure next week of Wayland City Manager Mike Selden demonstrate a trend too many...

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