Minutes of the April 8, 2009 Special Meeting
Present: Bill Geiger, President
Bob
Lewis, Vice President
Gerald
McArdle, Secretary
Chris
Folland
George
Schenkel
Rick
Behnfeldt
Absent: Sue Williams
Others Present:
Neal Blythe,
Town Attorney
Brad Johnson,
Ground Rules
Laura
Farquhar, Record the Minutes of the Meeting
Visitors: 37 people signed the guest register.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Bill Geiger, President.
Jerry McArdle, Plan Commission Secretary, read the Minutes for the March 9, 2009
meeting.
A motion was made by George Schenkel to approve the March 9, 2009 Minutes with
minor changes to be made. Chris Folland seconded the motion. All was in favor of
the motion, so the motion carried.
Neal Blythe, Town Attorney, gave an explanation of how Publication and recessing
the Public Hearing can proceed from first publication.
President Bill Geiger recognized letters of concerns from patrons, which are
attached to these minutes.
President Geiger gave a brief explanation on the UDO process and procedures.
Bill also explained how the zoning maps work on the Steuben County GIS website.
Bradley Johnson of Ground Rules explained to the audience, the development that
has taken place for the UDO to this point in time.
A motion was made by Bob Lewis to re-open the Public Hearing. George Schenkel
seconded the motion. With all in favor of the motion the Public Hearing was
reconvened from the March 9, 2009 recess.
President Bill Geiger asked if there were any questions or concerns from the
audience members. There was a brief discussion with each question and/or
concern.
A motion was made by Gerald McArdle to recess the Public Hearing until May 4,
2009 at 7 p.m. Rick Behnfeldt seconded the motion. All was in favor of the
motion, so the motion carried.
President Bill Geiger called the Plan Commission Meeting to order at 9:30 p.m.
Old Business:
A motion was made by Bob Lewis to approve verbiage change for Lake Accessory.
Chris Folland seconded the motion. All in favor of the motion, so the motion
carried.
A motion was made by Rick Behnfeldt to revisit the Lake Accessory portion of the
UDO. Gerald McArdle seconded the motion. There was a brief discussion and with a
vote of
3-3 it was decided that this issue will be added to the list of concerns. Those
that were in favor of revisiting Lake Accessory were Bill Geiger, Gerald McArdle
and Rick Behnfeldt. Those opposed were Chris Folland, Bob Lewis and George
Schenkel.
A motion was made by Bob Lewis to accept the changes to Certification and
Adoption pages. Chris Folland seconded the motion. All in favor of the motion so
the motion carried.
A motion was made by Chris Folland to accept the verbiage changes to Lake
Accessory, 2.16. Bob Lewis seconded the motion. Gerald McArdle abstained. With a
5-0 vote the motion carried.
A motion was made by Bob Lewis to accept the changes to the Landscaping
Standards, 5.35. Chris Folland seconded the motion. All in favor of the motion
so the motion carried.
A motion was made by George Schenkel to accept the changes to Administrative
Appeal, 9.07. Bob Lewis seconded the motion. All in favor of the motion so the
motion carried.
A motion was made by Chris Folland to accept the changes to Special Exceptions,
9.13. George Schenkel seconded the motion. All in favor of the motion so the
motion carried.
A motion was made by Bob Lewis to accept the changes to Variance Procedures,
9.17. George Schenkel seconded the motion. All in favor of the motion so the
motion carried.
The next scheduled meeting of the Plan Commission will be held May 4, 2009 at
7:00 p.m.
A motion was made by Bob Lewis to adjourn the meeting. Gerald McArdle seconded
the motion. All was in favor of the motion so the meeting was adjourned.
Attested:
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Gerald McArdle, Secretary of Plan Commission
Attachments: Agenda
UDO Letters of Concerns
Copy of purposed changes to the Unified Development Ordinance.
Sign-in Sheet
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