Our next planning commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 8:00 PM in the Township Hall Board Room.
Our next township board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 7:30 PM in the Township Hall Board Room.
See you there!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Editorial: Conditional Use Permit Was Injustice to Democracy
Read one resident's opinion on how our Planning Commission failed us miserably here .
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Are you just now finding out about the banquet hall?
If you pass by this property occasionally, and would have been at the January "public hearing" had the required signage been posted, your rights to speak out against this were violated. You may request signage be posted for 21 days and a new, valid public hearing be scheduled.
Per our existing ordinances, a 4 X 4 foot sign is required to inform the public residing in the vicinity of the property that a conditional use permit has been applied for. Signage has never been posted, and as a result, many residents are just now finding out about this conditional use permit application. Ordinance # 73 requires signage be posted in accordance with Section 19.03 D on page 159 . If this has not been complied with, it constitutes grounds for adjourning and rescheduling the public hearing. It was never done, and therefore, there has never been a proper public hearing. Only a handful of people were notified by mail, and even this was not done prior to the required 15 day notice.
If you fit the criteria above, attend the planning commission meeting tonight, March 1 at 7:30 PM, and DEMAND that an appropriate public hearing be held. They are trying to slide this under the radar of the public, and betting that we're not watching. There are lots of questions that must be answered - why are our representatives sanctioning a use that clearly does not fit in our zoning code, and why are they trying so desperately to keep you from finding out about it?
Per our existing ordinances, a 4 X 4 foot sign is required to inform the public residing in the vicinity of the property that a conditional use permit has been applied for. Signage has never been posted, and as a result, many residents are just now finding out about this conditional use permit application. Ordinance # 73 requires signage be posted in accordance with Section 19.03 D on page 159 . If this has not been complied with, it constitutes grounds for adjourning and rescheduling the public hearing. It was never done, and therefore, there has never been a proper public hearing. Only a handful of people were notified by mail, and even this was not done prior to the required 15 day notice.
If you fit the criteria above, attend the planning commission meeting tonight, March 1 at 7:30 PM, and DEMAND that an appropriate public hearing be held. They are trying to slide this under the radar of the public, and betting that we're not watching. There are lots of questions that must be answered - why are our representatives sanctioning a use that clearly does not fit in our zoning code, and why are they trying so desperately to keep you from finding out about it?
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