Planning Commission Minutes
CITY OF GRANDVILLE
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
JUNE 7, 2000
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Nicely in the Council
Chambers at 7:02 p.m.
PRESENT: Cheri Antozak, Virgil Leatherman, Steve Maas, Craig
Nicely, William Timmer, and David Zondervan.
ABSENT: Bob Poll
ALSO PRESENT: Ken Krombeen, City Manager
Dan Johnson, Assistant City Manager
Motion by Maas, seconded by Antozak to approve the agenda as
presented. The motion passed.
Motion by Zondervan, seconded by Timmer to approve the minutes
from the May 3, 2000 meeting. The motion passed.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Motion by Maas, seconded by Zondervan, to set the public
hearing for July 5, 2000 at 7:15 p.m. to consider the rezoning
request for 4180 44th Street from R-2, One-family Residential, to
OS-1, Office Service District. The motion carried.
2. Motion by Timmer, seconded by Antozak, to set at public
hearing for July 5, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. to consider the rezoning
request for 2919 Sanford, from RM-2, Two-family Residential, to C-3,
Commercial Highway District. The motion carried.
GENERAL BUSINESS
1. Request from JDN Development for approval of the special land
use permit, master site development plan, and site plan for the
Grandville Marketplace project to be located at 4545 Canal.
Assistant City Manager Johnson indicated the proposal is to
construct a 369,943 square foot retail development on a 66.73 acre
parcel located in the C-5, Commercial Freeway Interchange District;
the developer has been granted a variance in May from the Zoning
Board of Appeals to allow parking to be reduced from 6 parking
spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area to 5 parking spaces
per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. He also discussed the
adjacent zones, uses, Master Plan designations; and the comments
from the City of Grandville traffic consultant, Pete LaMourie of
Progressive Engineering, dated June 2, 2000; site plan comments from
Kathy Wyrosdick of Birchler Arroyo dated June 2, 2000; and
engineering comments from Bob Bruggink, of Moore and Bruggink dated
June 2, 2000.
Bob Lily and Gill Sallade, JDN Development, were in attendance
and discussed with the Planning Commission how the review comments
will change the site plan copies that were distributed to them prior
to the meeting. The developer agreed to incorporate the review
comments into the site plan.
Motion by Maas, seconded by Leatherman, to grant a special land
use permit for the retail development to be located at 4545 Canal.
The motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Timmer, seconded by Zondervan, to approve the master
site development plan for 4545 Canal. The motion carried
unanimously.
Motion by Leatherman, seconded by Antozak to approve the
Resolution Approving the Site Plan for Grandville Marketplace, which
was prepared prior to the meeting.
The Planning Commission discussed condition 4, relating to the
façade materials, of the resolution before them.
Motion by Leatherman, seconded by Antozak, to amend the
resolution before them to include the wording "…no more than 15% of
the non-glass portions of the exterior façade shall be..." under
condition 4 of the Resolution Approving the Site Plan for Grandville
Marketplace. The amended resolution was approved unanimously.
2. Request for site plan approval from Visser Plumbing for a
8,550 square foot plumbing showroom and warehouse to be located at
3500 Fairlanes. The Assistant City Manager indicated the .996 acre
site is located in the C-3, Commercial Highway District, and the use
is permitted. He also reviewed the adjacent zones, uses, and Master
Plan designations; parking requirements; setbacks; utilities; curb
cuts; and landscaping. He pointed out that the landscaping plan does
not meet requirements, and recommended the curb cut be moved to the
north so as to be aligned with the curb cut across the street.
Tom Fitzpatrick, Focus Engineering, Mitch Visser, Visser
Plumbing, and Steve Burman, Burman Masonry, were in attendance to
discuss the site plan including staff comments and the building
elevations.
Motion by Timmer, seconded by Maas, to approve the site plan for
3500 Fairlanes including conditions (1) utility connections subject
to Department of Public Works and City Engineer approval; (2)
separate sign permit to be acquired; (3) construction of sidewalk;
(4) realignment of curb cut to match cut across the street; (5)
provide landscaping as required by the Zoning Ordinance and to place
evergreens along the east property line; and (6) move the handicap
space to the parking space near the northwest corner of the
building. The motion carried unanimously.
3. Brian Francen was before the Planning Commission to indicate
Gymnastiks Unlimited would like to relocate to 3151 Dixie and that
they would apply for a change of use for this building.
4. Virgil Leatherman discussed the improvements to the parking
at South Elementary, Navaho Drive.
OTHER BUSINESS
1. Motion by Antozak, seconded by Maas, to recommend City
Council appoint Joe Valicevic to fill the vacancy on the Planning
Commission left by Cheri Antozak. The motion carried.
2. City Manager Krombeen shared a fax and sketches received from
Mark Harmsen, Rivertown Center, requesting comments from the
Planning Commission on an alternate drive location to 44th Street.
After informal review and discussion the Planning Commission did not
feel the alternate access point would be beneficial and recommended
conditions remain as approved in February 2000.
Motion by Leatherman, seconded by Zondervan to adjourn. The
motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 9:11 p.m.
Mary Meines
Recording Secretary
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