PUBLIC NOTICES

VERGENNES TOWNSHIP
PLANNING COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing before the Vergennes Township Planning Commission will be held on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM, at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Drive, Lowell, MI to consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance as summarized below:

Amendments are proposed in Chapter 3, the Flat River District, Section 201.307 (B), (b) and (c) to add wording “and a building permit” for river access stairs and boardwalks, which is required by building code. In the Industrial District, Section 201.309 (E) (1) change part of sentence “202.005 (e) to (d)” to correct a reference letter error. In the Private Road Ordinance, Section 202.004 (f), remove the word “residential” in the last sentence and in section 201.005 (d), change reference letter of “subsection (d) to (c)” in middle of paragraph for reference letter correction.

The complete ordinance amendments can be reviewed at the Vergennes Township Hall, 10381 Bailey Drive, PO Box 208, Lowell, MI 49331 - Phone: (616) 897-5671 [fax 897-5674] or on the website at www.vergennestwp.org. Written and oral comments will be received from any interested party until the conclusion of the public hearing. Written comments may be addressed to the Planning Commission Chairman or the Planning Coordinator at the Township Offices. Comments may be emailed to the Planning Commission at: zoning@vergennestwp.org

Vergennes Township Planning Commission

VERGENNES TOWNSHIP
NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING CANCELLATION

March 29, 2010 (April Meeting)

VERGENNES TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION

The regular scheduled March 29, 2010 (April Meeting)
Planning Commission meeting has been cancelled. The next meeting is scheduled for May 3, 2010.

All meetings are open to the public.

VERGENNES TOWNSHIP
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
PUBLIC NOTICE

There will be a meeting of the Vergennes Township Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Vergennes Township offices located at 10381 Bailey Dr. PO Box 208, Lowell to hear the following business:

Applicant Bill Harrison is requesting a lot area variance from section 201.304 (E) and 201.501 (A) to split off a small portion of land from an adjacent existing nonconforming parcel and combine it with his property (11904 4 Mile Rd, pp# 41-16-04-226-013). The existing nonconforming parcel is less than the required lot area of 3 acres. The parent parcel is located at 11914 4 Mile Rd (part of along the south side of the private road portion west of the intersection of Alden Nash NE and 4 Mile Rd, pp# 41-16-04-226-012).

Residents and property owners within 300 feet of the application parcel will receive this notice by mail.

The members may review any other business that may come before them as permitted by the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and Vergennes Township Zoning Ordinance.

The complete application can be reviewed at the Vergennes Township Hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Public comment will be heard at the meeting. Written comments received by mail, in person or in the mail slot located at the office entrance will also be considered if received at the Township office prior to 7:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Comments may also be emailed to: zoning@vergennestwp.org

There will be a meeting of the Vergennes Township Zoning Board of Appeals on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Vergennes Township offices located at 10381 Bailey Dr. PO Box 208, Lowell to hear the following business:

Applicant Frank Southwell is requesting a lot area variance from section 201.304 (E) to split an existing parcel into 2 parcels of which one parcel will be less than the required lot area of 3 acres (2.5). The parcel is located at 1794 Fallasburg Park Dr, which is on a private road off Ike Rd along the Flat River in the NE ¼ of section 13.

The members may review any other business that may come before them as permitted by the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and Vergennes Township Zoning Ordinance.

Property owners and residents within 300 feet of the application property will receive this notice by mail.

VERGENNES TOWNSHIP
NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING CANCELLATION

The regular scheduled December 7, 2009 Planning Commission meeting has been cancelled. The next meeting is scheduled for January 5, 2010.

Two Public Hearings will be held at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Vergennes Township Board on November 16, 2009, at 7:00 pm at the township offices located at 10381 Bailey Dr., Lowell.

Michael Harding, 12880 Jordan Meadows NE., Lowell, is applying for a special exception use permit under section 201.402 (B)"Accessory building on a vacant adjoining parcel of a dwelling parcel" to build a detached accessory building. The vacant parcel is lot 3 at 12895 Jordan Meadows Ct.

Dennis Heffron, 7724 Ashley Ave., Belding, MI, is applying for a special exception use permit under section 201.304 (C) (10) "Free-standing farm buildings" to split a parcel that will contain farm buildings without a dwelling. The new parcel is located at 2821 Parnell and is north and west of the house area.

Copies of the applications are available for public inspection at the township offices located at 10381 Bailey Drive, Lowell, 616-897-5671, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Public comment will be taken at the meeting, or if received by the Clerk in writing or by e-mail at clerk@vergennestwp.org by 7:00 pm November 16, 2009.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing before the Vergennes Township Planning Commission will be held on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM, at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Drive, Lowell, MI to consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance as summarized below:

Amendments are proposed in Section 201.202 to add definitions of commercial recreation establishment, rural recreation facility, country club, golf course, improved park and unimproved park. In the R-A, R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts, rural recreation facilities will be special exception uses with standards for approval. In the R-A, R-1, F-R, R-L, C and I District, improved and unimproved parks are added permitted uses. In the C District, commercial recreation establishments will be a special exception use with standards for approval. Section 201.417 will add parking standards and formulas for commercial recreation establishments and rural recreation facilities.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing before the Vergennes Township Planning Commission will be held on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM, at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Drive, Lowell, MI to consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance Text and Map as summarized below:

The Planning Commission is proposing to amend a portion of the zoning ordinance map from R-1 to R-2 that is planned for and described in the Master Plan. The area is in section 33, between Cumberland and Alden Nash along the north side of Foreman St, going north up to the Kent County Gravel Pit property including Foreman Farms and north up to the High School parcel including all of Pheasant Valley parcels, and from the south edge of the High School east driveway parcel and south along the west side parcels of Alden Nash to Foreman. The Alden Nash West development is already zoned R-2 within this proposed area. See enclosed map.

The Planning Commission is proposing to add new language to section 201.402 Accessory Buildings, allowing an accessory building on an adjacent lot owned by the same owner of a parcel with a dwelling on it for developments such as site condo or a plat that does not permit lots to be combined. The language would require a special use permit except that minor storage buildings may be a permitted use. Standards, conditions and process are included.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing before the Vergennes Township Planning Commission will be held on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 7:00 PM, (Moved September Meeting) at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Drive, Lowell, MI to consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance as summarized below:

Amendments are proposed for Section 201.413A Residential Lighting Ordinance, to clarify permitted lighting types and location, change maximum heights and setback, add lighting exceptions and add definitions of fully shielded, recessed, partially shielded, bulb and floodlighting. Also amendments are proposed for section 201.308 (F) Commercial District and 201.309 (F) Industrial District for lighting heights.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing before the Vergennes Township Planning Commission will be held on Monday, August 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM, at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Drive, Lowell, MI to consider amendments to the Private Road Ordinance Section 202.000 as summarized below:

The amendments are to clarify and add more definitions, make all terms diameter instead of radius, allows the Twp. Engineer to recommend improved surfaces where erosion conditions exist as an approval condition, add details on boulevard entrance requirements, created cross section illustrations of road construction standards, update recording requirements of maintenance agreements and drainage easements, Twp Board may require upkeep of a private road, add a financial guarantee requirement submitted for road improvement costs and insurance, add a method for road construction plan deviations, add a section outlining the developer’s engineer road completion certification, add testing standards, outlining final approval by Twp. Board, add section on building houses before the road is completed, add new section regarding shared driveways and updating fees, penalties and indemnification parts.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at a regularly held meeting on Monday, July 21, 2008, the Vergennes Township Board adopted Ordinance 2008-1, amending section 201.427 – Historic Districts Commission, of the Vergennes Township Zoning Ordinance.

Ordinance 2008-1 deletes the Historic Districts Commission Ordinance, Section 201.427 from the zoning ordinance.

The complete text of the ordinance amendment can be reviewed at the Vergennes Township Hall, 10381 Bailey Drive, PO Box 208, Lowell, MI 49331 - Phone: (616) 897-5671 [fax 897-5674] or on the website at www.vergennestwp.org.

There will be a meeting of the Vergennes Township Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Vergennes Township offices located at 10381 Bailey Dr. PO Box 208, Lowell to hear the following business:

Applicant Craig Veldman has requested a variance from the front setback distance described in section 201.304 (F) (1) to construct a new house closer to the road than permitted on his property located at 11800 Alden Ct, Lot 22, Carlson Farms, Lowell. The request is due to the grade slope of the lot.

The members may review any other business that may come before them as permitted by the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and Vergennes Township Zoning Ordinance.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing before the Vergennes Township Planning Commission will be held on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 7:00 PM, at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Drive, Lowell, MI to consider the following proposed private road extension application:

Hidden Acre Development Co. Inc is requesting to extend the existing private road within Alden Nash West development to the north into the additional 3 acres they are purchasing. There will be 5 new lots served by the private road extension. The 3 acres is adjacent to the Alden Nash West housing development on the north side off Alden Nash Ave north of Foreman, rear property area of 681 Alden Nash and just south of the high school’s east driveway. The additional property will meet all development restrictions of the Alden Nash West housing development.

The complete application can be reviewed at the Vergennes Township Hall, 10381 Bailey Drive, PO Box 208, Lowell, MI 49331 - Phone: (616) 897-5671 [fax 897-5674]. Written and oral comments will be received until the conclusion of the public hearing. Written comments may be addressed to the Planning Commission Chairman or the Planning Coordinator at the Township Offices. Comments may be emailed to the Planning Commission at: zoning@vergennestwp.org.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing before the Vergennes Township Planning Commission will be held on Monday January 7, 2008 at 7:00 PM, at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Drive, Lowell, MI to consider the following proposed conditional rezoning application:

The application is from Hidden Acres Development Co. Inc to offer a conditional rezoning from R-1 to R-2. The property is adjacent on the north side of the Alden Nash West housing development off Alden Nash Ave north of Foreman, will be about 3 acres, rear property area of 681 Alden Nash and just south of the high school’s east driveway. The private road will be extended to serve 5 new lots within this additional property and will meet all development restrictions of the Alden Nash West housing development.

VERGENNES TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF
ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS
ADOPTION
ORDINANCE No. 2007-2

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Vergennes Township Board has adopted Ordinance 2007-2, an ordinance to amend the zoning ordinance as summarized below. The amendments were adopted at a regular meeting of the Township Board on Monday, October 15, 2007 at 7:00 pm at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Dr, Lowell, MI.

Amend Chapter 2 Definitions, adding definitions of boat slip, marina, key street segment, neighborhood local business, wind energy conversion system (wind turbine) and wind energy conversion systems, small (windmill, small). Amend Chapter 3 Zoning Districts, section 201.304 (C) (17), adding the neighborhood local business use and section 201.304 (H) Key Street Segments area description. Amend section 201.3075 (C) (2) (3) adding marina and neighborhood local business uses. Amend section 201.3075 “G” adding the key street segments area description. Amend Chapter 4 adding section 201.437 Marinas with regulations and standards for this use allowed in the Lake Residential and Rural Agricultural districts in the key street segment areas. Amend Chapter 4 adding section 201.438 Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems/Wind Turbines as a new use with regulations and standards. Amend Chapter 4 adding section 201.439 Neighborhood Local Business with description, regulations and standards. Amend Chapter 4 adding section 201.440 Key Street Segments with a description.

The complete text of the ordinance amendments can be reviewed at the Vergennes Township Hall, 10381 Bailey Drive, PO Box 208, Lowell, MI 49331 - Phone: (616) 897-5671 [fax 897-5674]. This ordinance takes effect 8 days after publication.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Vergennes Township Board has adopted Ordinance 2007-1, an ordinance to amend the zoning ordinance to comply with the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and to clarify and update other sections as summarized below. The amendments were adopted at a regular meeting of the Township Board on Monday, May 21, 2007 at 7:00 pm at the Vergennes Township Hall, located at 10381 Bailey Dr, Lowell, MI.

Amend Chapter 1 Title and Purpose, to change the old Rural Township Zoning Act name to the new Michigan Zoning Enabling Act name. Amend Chapter 2 Definitions, to change Act name, adding definition of where a front lot line is located on a back lot and change section number reference in the variance definition. Amend Chapter 4 General and Special Regulations, section 201.426 Subdivision of Property, to update, correct typos and add all of the Land Division Act requirements.

Amend Chapter 5 Special Exception Uses and Variances, to put in the new Michigan Zoning Enabling Act noticing and publishing requirements, clarify the approval time limit for a SEU permit and site plan and move the variance section to the Zoning Board of Appeals area (chapter 7). Amend Chapter 6 Administration and Enforcement, to specify the relevant duties and responsibilities of the zoning administrator and building inspector.

Amend Chapter 7 Zoning Board of Appeals, to move and add the variance section from chapter 5, add noticing and publishing requirements as required by the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, add membership details, describe the appeal process and time limit including Circuit Court and the Court of Appeals. Amend Private Roads Part 202.000, of the list of relevant State Act names to reflect the new Michigan Zoning Enabling Act name.

The complete text of the ordinance amendments can be reviewed at the Vergennes Township Hall, 10381 Bailey Drive, PO Box 208, Lowell, MI 49331 - Phone: (616) 897-5671 [fax 897-5674]. This ordinance takes effect 8 days after publication.