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Village of Nashville
Planning Commission Minutes
Tuesday March 4, 2008 at 7:05 PM
ROLL CALL Members in attendance: Jim Dunham as new member, Orvin Moore, Ron
Ohler, Ron Bracy and Melissa Strotheide. Absent were Patti Branham and Ben Page
although P. Branham came in late and left within a couple of minutes for family
reasons. Ben Page was in Florida.
MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS There was a misspelling of officer Shapley’s name
and that was corrected. Motion by Orvin Moore to accept the minutes with changes
with second by Ron Ohler and unanimous approval of members in attendance.
COMMUNICATIONS Pens memo with some discussion, DEQ letter on Floodplain training
was reviewed. Information on a meeting for renewable energy was reviewed.
NEW BUSINESS
D.D.A. information for review to include info about what he might have learned
in Washington. Presented by Orvin Moore DDA information was again discussed with
limitations and what it would mean for the village and ideas about the area
considered for the district.
DDA must work with the village Council and have the DDA goals, mission statement
and by-laws approved by the Village Council. They will be governed by the
policies and procedures agreed upon by the DDA and Village Council. There will
be a Grant Policy formulated by the DDA and approved by Village Council.
Info on update of Main Street. What can Planning Commission do to assist? No
further discussion at this time. This relates to the proposed work to be done by
MDOT to grind and resurface Main Street. This is proposed for 2009. DPW has not
seen plans for this work.
OLD BUSINESS
Skate Park Update and plans as currently developed. There are several different
sites placement of the considered skate park. The Skate Park Committee was given
an application for Site Plan Review. The charge for the application was waived
under authority of Mr. Bracy and a hearing will be required. The Skate Park is a
proposed community activity for youth and the fee was waived based on that
reason. The Skate Park Committee has not turned in the application and Officer
Shapley is encouraging the youths to do much of the development work toward the
plan.
Information from Events Committee about plans that could affect activities of
the Planning Commission. Cancelled
Proposed Fence Changes for portion of Zoning Ordinance (Review, P.K. Branhham)
Held over for possible action at future meeting.
Paving for Parking Areas in business areas (Cancelled for now to be considered
as part of Future Zoning Ordinance)
Proposed changes to Parking Reg’s of Zoning Ordinance (Cancelled for now to be
considered in future Zoning Ordinance)
Consider ordinance change for Temporary Special Use for Handicap Ramp (Review)
Ron Ohler? (No action at this time)
INPUT As a part of the meeting, the Planning Commission discussed some hopes for
a new ordinance and started discussion which is planned to continue over the
next few months in preparation for working with the contracting company on a new
zoning ordinance. Some ideas included:
Reality based zoning taking into consideration the existing lots and uses.
Deal with some problems of Non Conformance.
Consider setbacks as more controlling than lot size or house size.
Consider the idea of minimum core width when regarding lot size, setbacks and
house size.
Provide a requirement that homeowners provide for places to park vehicles and
that the village is not required to provide a place for the homeowner to park
their vehicles.
House minimum size and maximum size?
ADJOURNMENT Adjourned by Chairman at 9:00 PM
Prepared by R. Bracy on 3-4-2008
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VILLAGE
OF NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN