Plan Commission – Page 60

Summit Pointe residential project preliminary plans OK’d

April 10, 2015

The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening awarded preliminary plat approval to the Merstone Group of Byron Center for an eight-lot single-family residential development on 144th Avenue west of Kalamazoo Avenue. The eight lots making up the Summit Pointe development will include a private road with common ownership of residents, said...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 160

April 8, 2015

25 Years Ago — April 11, 1990 The Allegan County Board of Commissioners voted 8-5 to table a request for a $25 per household annual recycling fee as a surcharge for the service. Coordinator Mary Jones urged the board to make a decision soon or she would consider resigning her...

Watson Township adopts $216,000 budget for FY 2015-16

April 2, 2015

The Watson Township Board Thursday night adopted a general fund budget of $216,000 in revenue and expenditures, with a fund balance estimated $224,376.29. The township's greatest revenue source for the coming fiscal year (April 1 to March 31, 2016) is state aid support, expected to come in at $149,200. Local...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area history, Part 158

March 25, 2015

25 Years Ago — March 28, 1990 The Wayland Township Planning Commission told petitioner Ron Heilman that it cannot grant tax property relief for his 40-acre “wildlife preserve” site on 127th Avenue and First Street. Mayor Linden Anderson and council members Mike DeWerd, David Miller and Marie Hall all were...

Dorr Ranch residents bring complaints about developer

March 17, 2015

Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner Tuesday evening agreed to ask Professional Code Inspections to look into complaints by residents of the Dorr Ranch development off 12th Street. Several members of the neighborhood association appeared before the Planning Commission to talk about what they called unacceptable conditions of the...

Verizon cell phone communications tower OK’d in Dorr Twp.

March 17, 2015

The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a special use request from Verizon Wireless to construct a communications cell tower on 20th Street. Approval was granted after a public hearing and a presentation by Verizon vendor Judd Chaille. The 2,200-foot high tower on a 100x100-foot site will be placed...

John Sloan to fill vacancy on Wayland City Council

March 16, 2015

John Sloan, recently retired counselor at Wayland High School and former assistant varsity football coach, has been appointed to the Wayland City Council seat vacated earlier this month by Ron Kobish. Sloan is a graduate of Hope College and he served on the Wayland High School staff for many years...

Wayland Christian Reformed Church expansion plans OK’d

March 10, 2015

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved, with several conditions, a proposed site plan from Wayland Christian Reformed Church for expansion of its current building near the corner of Forrest and Elm streets. The church now has a special land use as a church located in a residential neighborhood....

Watson Township finally adopts outdoor furnace ordinance

March 6, 2015

The Watson Township Board Thursday evening finally adopted a new wood stove, or outdoor furnace, ordinance. The 4-1 vote on the proposed local law “to regulate installation of use and outdoor furnaces” came after it was turned down by a 3-2 vote last November. Treasurer Sue Jones cast the dissenting...

Ron Kobish resigns City Council seat, to move to Auburn Hills

March 2, 2015

The on-again, off-again relationship between Ron Kobish and Wayland city government is off again. Kobish, in a statement read Monday night by Mayor Tim Bala, announced his resignation as a member of the City Council. Kobish started his local public service on the Planning Commission in 2006 and was elected...

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