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11-15-2017 Northfield Township Planning Commission meeting LiveAgenda [CC]
Meeting Documents:
- 11-15-2017 Northfield Township Planning Commission Meeting Agenda
- 11-15-2017 Northfield Township Planning Commission Meeting Packet
- 11-15-2017 Public Hearing Notice: Ann Arbor Dog Club Building Plans
- AADTC Application, 2017-03-13
- AADTC Application, 2017-03-22
- AADTC FireDepartment Review Dry Hydrant objection, 2017-10-30
- AADTC OHM Site Review No 1, dated 2017-04-14
- AADTC OHM Site Review No 2, dated 2017-06-23
- AADTC Site Plans bundled prints, dated 2017-10-12
- AADTC Water Resources Commission review, dated 2017-11-01
- North Village Park Master Plan, 3-23-2017
- Poster Board: 10-12-2017, North Village / Downtown Synthesis Plan
- Poster Board, 10-12-2017, North Village Park Synthesis Plan
- Downtown and Village Park plan FAQ, McKenna, 2017-10-09
- North Village Site and Park RFP, McKenna, 2017-10-12
- Downtown Strategic Action Plan and Design Framework, McKenna, 2017-09-25 [5.2MB]
Background on local issues
Sign Ordinances and protected speech:
- Supreme Court Reaffirms Prohibition on Content-Based Speech Restrictions in Sign Regulations, by Lisa Hamameh, Foster Swift, November 24, 2015
- Reed v Town of Gilbert discussed
- a discussion of Commercial Speech vs Expressive Speech
Medical Marijuana:
- Nuts and Bolts of the New Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act, by Leslie Dickinson, Foster Swift, April 14, 2017
- Michigan roadside drug testing device and procedures explained, by Brad Devereaux, MLive, 11-7-2017
Dark Box Stores and local property taxes:
- Bringing Light to Michigan’s “Dark Stores,” by Jack L. Van Coevering, Foster Swift, May 31, 2016
- on the ethics of taxing freshly built Big Box stores as if they were bankrupted empty buildings
- Court of Appeals Issues Critical Decision on "Big Box" Store Property Tax Appeals, by Jack L. Van Coevering, Foster Swift, May 27, 2016
- the May 26, 2016 Court of Appeals decision in the Menards Inc v City of Escanaba discussed
- The Impacts of Menards Inc. v City of Escanaba by Jack L. Van Coevering, Foster Swift, June 30, 2017
- State of Michigan discovers yet another way to be unfriendly to Big Box Retail
Results: The Dogs and the Dog Training Club won approval.
Hearing: The Ann Arbor Dog Training Club on Territorial Road want to build an auxiliary building. Due to Township Regulations, which the Contract Zoning consultant admits are irrelevant, the Dog Training facility has waited 16 months to reach even this point in the approval process.
"We're down this direction because we came to the Township early on and said we are a club. This is where we are. And Vidlya directed us to similar to a kennel. Because the Planning Commission had done that with the G.I. [General Industrial zoning] This property was originally L.I. [Light Industrial] and then go t changed when Bloom came in - it was upgraded to G.I. So um, which is probably 25 years ago or 20 years ago. But we followed the Township's directions all the way down. So that's why we're here. We're following the directions the Township has given us so that we can dot all the 'i's and cross all the 't's and make sure everything is done correctly. We want to work with you guys. We want to create a nice training facility that will bring in revenue for the Township."
2017-10-16 Northfield Township Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing LiveAgenda
- 2017-10-16 Northfield Township Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing Agenda
- 2016-06-09 AADTC Zoning Compliance application-certification
- 2016-12-12 AADTC Zoning Administrator Conditional Approval [OCR]
- 2017-06-05 AADTC Engineering Site Plan
- 2017-09-06 AADTC ZBA Hearing application
- 2017-10-01 Notice of ZBA Public Hearing
- 2017-10-04 McKenna AADTC Variance Review No1
- 2017-10-10 Mckenna Zoning Administrator Quarterly Report 7-1-17 through 9-30-17
- 2017-09-18 Northfield Township Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing minutes [OCR]
- 2017-10-16 Northfield Township Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing Packet [4.3MB]
Take a long look at the changes to our new sign ordinance. What are we paying McKenna for? Font changes. Making the text pretty.
But that's not fair is it? We're also paying for making almost all of Northfield Township's current signs illegal because they're not fireproof. They can't withstand 1200° F heat. But, hey! Whoops! At the last PC meeting, Commissioners objected.
Planning Commissioner Amy Steffens, 9-20-2017 @46 minutes, 19 seconds into the meeting.
So now, we've also paid McKenna to remove this pointless and invasive ordinance cut-n-paste pastiche. They bill over $90/hour for both sides of that brilliance and we pay for every minute of it.
That particular provision also made all the recently regulated Little Libraries illegal. Books burn at Fahrentheit 451.
Read the ordinance. Enjoy the formatting and font revisions. You paid for them.
Watch the meeting with the 10-18-2017 Northfield Township Planning Commission meeting LiveAgenda [Close Captioned!]
Meeting Documents, extracted from the packet:
- Sign Ordinance draft, McKenna, dated 2017-08-01, delivered 2017-10-18
- Mckenna: Zoning Amendments and Project Approval Procedures, 2017-10-11
- McKenna: Zoning Administrator Quarterly Report July-September, 2017-10-10
- McKenna: Site Plan Review 3: Bobber Down report, 2017-10-06
- 2017-09-20 Northfield Township Planning Commission meeting minutes, draft
- 2017-10-18 Northfield Township Planning Commission meeting Packet
10-10-2017 Northfield Township Board of Trustees LiveAgenda
2017-10-10 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting Agenda
2017-10-10 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting Packet - OCR (converted to text) 7.6MB download
2017-10-10 Northfield Township Board of Trustees meeting Packet 13.4MB download
The packet labled 'OCR' has been converted from the board provided format into editable text. The resulting packet is about half the size. What's the difference to those on rural wireless internet? Time and Money.
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