Minutes of the
regular meeting of the Georgetown Township Planning Commission, held Wednesday,
January 17, 2007
Meeting called to order by
Chairman Honderd at 7:30 p.m.
Present: Honderd, Pearson, Poskey, DeGood,
South, Stasiak, Huizinga
Absent: none
#070117-01 - Agenda for January 17, 2007
Moved by
DeGood, seconded by Pearson, to approve the agenda for January 17, 2007, as
presented.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#070117-02 - Minutes of
the November 1, 2006 regular
meeting
Moved
by Stasiak, seconded by DeGood, to approve the minutes of the November 1, 2006 meeting,
as submitted.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#070117-03 - Unfinished Business Preliminary Plat of Crosswinds
No
new information was available at this time, but a revised plan will be
presented at the next meeting. The
request was left tabled.
#070117-04 - Site Plan (ST0701) Jenison
Bible Church-6360 14th
Ave.
Roger
Lamer, W.L. Perry, represented the applicant and presented the request.
The
zoning administrator presented a review as follows.
REQUEST
The proposal is to construct a 21,257 square foot
multipurpose/worship center addition to an existing 12,540 square foot church
building. A special use permit for a
church was obtained for the existing church building on January 13, 2003. After several pre-application meetings, the
site plan appears to meet all relevant Township ordinances.
The following is documentation demonstrating
compliance with ordinance requirements.
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ST0701 |
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Date |
12-13-06 |
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Name |
Jenison
Bible Church |
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Address |
6360 14th
Ave. |
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Use |
Church |
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SUP
required |
SUP0215
(obtained) |
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REQUIREMENT |
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PROVIDED |
Needs or Comments |
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Date, north
arrow, scale |
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Name,
address of preparer |
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Name,
address of property owner or petitioner |
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Location
sketch |
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Legal
description |
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Size in
acres of the property |
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Property
lines and required setbacks shown and dimensioned |
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Location of
existing structures, drives, parking areas within 100 ft of boundary |
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Location
and dimensions of existing and proposed structures |
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Location of
existing and proposed drives (dimensions and radii), circulation |
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Sidewalks,
non-motorized paths-select streets, accel, decel lanes |
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Signs,
exterior lighting |
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X |
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Curbing,
parking areas, dimensions of typical space, number of parking spaces |
X |
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Calculations
of parking spaces, unloading areas |
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Location,
pavement width, ROW of all abutting roads, easements |
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Existing
zoning, and zoning and use of abutting property |
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Location
of existing vegetation-parkway
association |
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Location,
type, size of proposed landscaping, streetscape, greenbelt |
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Location,
height, type of existing and proposed fences and walls |
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Size,
location of proposed, existing utilities, connections to water/sewer |
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Location,
size of surface water drainage facilities |
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Existing,
proposed topo contours, max 5 ft intervals |
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Rec/common
areas, floodplain areas |
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Special Use
Standards, general and specific |
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Residential
development extra requirements-attached garages |
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Additional Comments
The number of parking spaces meets ordinances
requirements in Chapter 26 for one space per each three seats. For 600 seats, 200 spaces are required and
202 are provided. The minimum size is 9
by 20 feet. Elevations are provided and
a note on the plan states that the addition will be constructed of similar and
compatible material, design and architectural quality. The streetscape along 44th St. and
along 14th Ave. meets ordinance requirements. The greenbelt along the north and east
property lines meets ordinance requirements.
Dumpster details are shown.
The
proposal meets the special use standards for the previously approved special
use permit under Sec. 20.4(E) as follows:
(1)
Minimum lot
area shall be 2 acres, plus an additional 15,000 square feet for each 100 seating
capacity or fraction thereof in excess of 100.
The minimum acreage requirement
is 4.07 acres for 600 seats and the site is 9.7 acres.
(2)
The property
location shall be such that at least one property line with a minimum lot width
of 200 feet abuts and has access to a collector, major arterial, or minor
arterial street. The site has 860.65 feet of frontage on 44th St. and 511.12
feet of frontage on 14th Ave.
Greg
Honderd stated that in the past the Planning Commission has permitted
evergreens of less than 5 feet when the greenbelt is adjacent to vacant
residential land, as per the ordinance.
He said that it was up to the Planning Commission.
The
chairman opened the floor to public comments.
No one was present to make comments on this topic. The chairman closed the floor to public
comments.
It
was noted that section 26.3(D) allows the Planning Commission to permit
evergreens of less than five feet but more than two feet in the event that the
greenbelt is adjacent to vacant residential land.
Moved
by Stasiak, seconded by South, to approve the site plan dated 12-15-06, as
submitted, because the proposed plan meets the applicable standards of the
ordinance with the condition that a Storm Water Drain permit be obtained and
submitted at the time a building permit application is submitted and with the
allowance that the trees in the greenbelt adjacent to the vacant residential
land are permitted to be less than five feet in height but must be at least two
feet in height.
MOTION
CARRIED.
#070117-05 – Election of Officers
Moved
by Pearson, seconded by South, to continue to have the officers the same which
is Honderd-chairman, Stasiak-vice chairman and Huizinga-secretary.
MOTION CARRIED.
#070117-06 – Adjournment
The
chairman adjourned the meeting at 7:55 p.m.