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Little Traverse Township Zoning Board September 10, 2007 7:30 P.M. At the Township Hall The meeting was called to order by chairman Chattaway. Roll call: Jean Beckley, present Joe Chattaway, present John Johnson, present Ed Shepherd, absent Marty Van Berlo, present Also present were Bill Dohm, Randy Frykberg, Kristina Hughes, Gary Lewinski, and Jane Taylor. Minutes: Van Berlo motioned and was supported by Beckley ,to approve the minutes with one correction ( 2nd. Paragraph, fist sentence to read “John Johnson questioned the benefit to the land owner and was told the land owner ( changed from “own”) ---). Approved by voice vote. Approve agenda: There was no objection to the agenda as presented. Case#B-8-2007 Site Plan review for a storage building for Emmet Brick and Block at 8738 M-119. Randy Frykberg said Emmet Brick and Block (L&C Investments) have requested permission to build a 120’X60’ detached cold storage building on one of their lots behind the Emmet Brick & Block building to store building materials sold by them. The building parcel is 2.88 acres in the I-1 Light Industrial Zoning District. All the setbacks required are exceeded. The proposed 60’X120’ storage building will cover about 5.6% of the lot. An additional lot (parcel # --15-400-040) to the south and west is also used for the Emmet Brick & Block operation. Storm water will be handled on site by natural drainage and there will be no water or sanitary were service for this cold storage building. There will be no additional employees nor changes to the existing driveways. The gravel surface of the two parcels will not be altered by this storage building. The proposed building does meet the standards of the Airport Protection Plan, including height, location and use. Jean Beckley asked how much more of the bricks and blocks will be stacked outside. She felt there was excess now. Gary Lewinski, owner of the property, stated the purpose of the proposed building was to get some of the material inside. He thought the materials outside are more visible because of the trees removed for the airport. Bill Dohm suggested perhaps a berm or some screening on the M-119 corridor would be appropriate. Mr. Lewinski thought maybe some small trees in an area would work. John Johnson felt that even 4’ tall trees would be effective. Johnson motioned to accept the site plan for Emmet Brick & Block (L&C Investments), parcel # 08-16-15-400-049, at 9737 M-119 for a 120’X60’ cold storage building as presented. It meets all the criteria required in the Zoning Ordinance. Beckley supported the motion. Roll call vote: Beckley, yes; Van Berlo, yes; Johnson, yes, Chattaway, yes; Shepherd, absent. Motion carried. Receive and discuss amended Airport Approach Plan for the H.S. Airport. The Zoning Board received the Airport Approach Plan for the Harbor Springs Airport. Bill Dohm told the Board this plan needs to be referenced when reviewing underlying developments with other plans. It will be incorporated into our Master Plan when it is next opened, and referenced when underlying rezoning requests occur. Discuss option on an amendment to address sexually oriented businesses. Randy Frykberg told the board the Emmet County regulations were recently tested by an adult entertainment business and as a result the County has a rather visible Sexually Oriented Business on US 131. Subsequent to the opening of this business, the County spent a lot of money and a great deal of time to develop regulations to better control this type of business, utilizing a legal expert. The Courts have clearly held that local units of government can not discriminate against any lawful business nor can they have exclusionary zoning. We do not presently have any regulations regarding Sexually Oriented Businesses and therefore it is very unclear how a request for one would legally be handled. The Board agreed the Township does need to proceed with a Zoning Amendment regarding Sexually Oriented Businesses to minimize negative secondary effects in the Township. The Board members were given a sample ordinance to review before the next meeting. Bill Dohm said we can refine this sample ordinance to suit our needs. He suggested we have Tammy Doernenberg come to our next meeting to work with us on this amendment. Open discussion for issues not on the agenda.a. Correspondence received. The Board received the latest issues of the Zoning Bulletin.b. Zoning Board Members. The Board changed the October meeting date to October 8, 2007at 7:30 P.M. because both Marty Van Berlo and Randy Frykberg would be out of town on October 1st.c. Public Comment. There was none. Adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Date Approved_____________________ Jane Taylor, Admin. Assistant Secretary___________________________
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