The Berrien Township Planning Commission met on January 19, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the township hall. Vice-Chairman Ron Harner called the meeting to order and opened the meeting with the pledge to the flag.
Roll call: Vice-Chairman Ron Harner, Secretary Doug Shelton, Dave Riedlinger, Ross Rogien. Absent were Chairman Dale Sherwood, Robert Norris, and Edwin Kerlikowske Jr.
Also present were: Building Inspector Jim Hoover and recording secretary Teri Jenks
Ross Rogien made a motion seconded by Dave Riedlinger to approve the December 15, 2008 minutes as written. All ayes. None opposed. MOTION CARRIED.
Jim Hoover presented the building permit report. December had 3 permits with building costs of $32,500 and fees of $186.50. An annual comparison follows:
YEARCOSTSFEES
2007$6,343,589$26,482.00
2008$4,698,284$17,541.50
The year end total for electrical permits was $9887 down from 2007’s $12,584.
There was discussion on if the public hearing for the new zoning ordinance should be postponed until March.Members have not received a revised copy with the changes from the last meeting.Everyone was comfortable with receiving the revisions later and still having the public hearing in February.A question was then raised on if the same public hearing would include the changes to the penalty portions of the ordinance book that are being made or if that would be a separate hearing.Clarification of this will be requested through the office.More discussion followed with point being made that Chairman Sherwood would still be out of town during the February meeting.Riedlinger made a motion seconded by Rogien to have both public hearings in March.All Ayes; None Opposed. MOTION CARRIED.
Question from Rogien; where are we on the PUD ordinance?Have we seen application and pre-approval documents?Discussion followed.Members have questions and problems with some portions of what was done previously.I.e. survey regulations and why would you require hard surface roads, a developer should only be required to meet county specs.We need to revisit this and verify current changes.
Motion to adjourn by Riedlinger; seconded by Shelton.All Ayes; None Opposed.MOTION CARRIED. Meeting adjourned at 7:46 p.m.
Minutes as recorded by Teri Jenks, Planning Commission Recording Secretary and approved by:
