Planning Commission Minutes

CITY OF GRANDVILLE
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Poll in the Council Chambers at 7:01 p.m.  

Present:                      Dave Zondervan, Bob Poll, William Timmer, Steve Maas and Craig Nicely.  

Also Present:              Dan Johnson, Assistant City Manager
                                    Ken Krombeen, City Manager

Motion by Maas, seconded by Nicely, to approve the agenda as presented.  The motion passed unanimously.  

Motion by Timmer, seconded by Zondervan, to approve the minutes of the May 5, 2004 meeting as presented.  The motion passed unanimously.  

PUBLIC HEARING  

1.  The public hearing for comment on the Zoning Ordinance Amendment was opened at 7:03 PM.  Dan reviewed the proposed changes to Section 4-4(B), Accessory Buildings that increases the horizontal dimension and the overall size of main accessory buildings.   

There was no public comment.  Motion by Zondervan, supported by Maas to close the public hearing at 7:07 PM.   

Motion by Maas, supported by Nicely to recommend the Council approve the changes to Section 4-4(B).  The motion was approved unanimously.  

NEW BUSINESS  

1.         The Planning Commission conducted a Preliminary Plan Review for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) application for 3040 Prairie Street SW, better known as the Northway Dental PUD.  

Dan reviewed the preliminary application.  The PUD is for the area north of Buck Creek and is over five acres in size.  The proposed project would have four office buildings on the site once complete.   

The Planning Commission had a variety of questions and comments.  Maas asked about why the applicant was pursuing a PUD instead of regular office development.  Poll asked about future buildings.  He liked the area that is being saved and the design of the first building.  He also mentioned that he would like to see larger trees along the west side of the property line.  Nicely asked how confident the applicant was that they can save as much of the natural area as possible.  He also had questions on the drainage and the size of the first building.   

There were more comments by the Commission on the status of the two existing buildings, who would develop the four buildings, a desire to have a consistent and cohesive development, the sanitary force mains and grinder pumps, setbacks and the bridge over Buck Creek.  The consensus of the Commission was to allow the applicant to proceed to the Final Plan submittal for the PUD, which includes a public hearing.  

2. A motion was made by Zondervan and supported by Nicely to recommend the Council reappoint Virgil Leatherman as the school liaison.  The motion was approved unanimously.  

The Commission discussed the two applicants, Randy Hartgerink and Jill Wendorf, for the other appointment.  The consensus was that Randy had an application in for a long period of time, but that they wanted to keep Jill’s application ready for a future appointment.  Motion by Zondervan and supported by Maas to recommend to Council to appoint Randy Hartgerink to the Planning Commission.  The motion was approved unanimously.  

3.  Dr. Kessel had returned to the Commission to request approval of an amended landscaping plan.  The landscaping installed was different than what was approved on the original plan and staff had required Dr. Kessel to return to the Commission to request approval of the changes.  Poll asked Dr. Kessel why the original landscaping plan was not followed.  Zondervan felt the changes were well done and the north side had not changed, which was the most important landscaping area.  

Motion by Zondervan and supported by Nicely to approve the amended landscaping plan.  The motion was approved unanimously.  

PUBLIC COMMENT

1.                  Chairperson Poll asked if there were any public comments to be made.  There were none.  

OTHER BUSINESS

1.      Dan updated the Commission on the DDA Master Plan status.  There was some discussion of how to approach mixed use development in the downtown.

2.      Chairperson Poll and the entire Commission thanked Bill Timmer for his years of service to the Planning Commission and the community.  

Motion by Timmer, seconded by Nicely to adjourn.  The motion passed.  The meeting adjourned at 7:55 pm.  

Dan Johnson
Acting Recording Secretary

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