LOCKE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
August 20, 2024 7:00 PM LOCKE TOWNSHIP HALL, 3805 BELL OAK RD, WMSTN
Members Present: Jordan Smith, Marcy Shepler, Ben Howard, Ty Hull
Members Absent: Cory Jorgensen
Also Present: Julie Moore-Zoning Administrator, Dorothy Hart, Bob Davis
Call to order by Chairperson Smith, Pledge of Allegiance.
Approval/Additions to agenda. Motion Hull, second Shepler to accept current agenda. PASSED.
Action on August 12, 2024 special meeting minutes. Minutes not yet ready. The PC approved the Morrison SLU Application. Motion Shepler, second Hull to move action on August 12, 2024 PC minutes to Sept. agenda. PASSED.
Public comment. None.
New Business
*Continued discussion/hand outs of 1st handful of Master Plan chapters.
*Items to bring up with Planner Brad include:
Solar Disposal same as Wind Ordinance page 12, section 21, 5th line.
Spell out component removal, highlight offsite removal, citing Pinckney email concerns.
Ask Brad for solar rules-state and local for CREO [Compatible Renewable Energy Ordinance].
Would like to get through the Master Plan and get to updating the Zoning Ordinance.
Unfinished business. None.
Public comment/communications [3 minute limitation]
*Question about meeting well and septic requirements for proposed 1 acre lots, as proposed,
on Shaftsburg Road.
*Hart stated that Locke Township is on the 3rd Solar Ordinance, there seems to be items not
in the 3rd Ordinance that are in the other two. Questioned if the Planning Commission is
willing to do the Zoning Ordinance update after the Master Plan is done.
Concern/comments of PC members, Zoning Administrator and Consultants
*Observation by Howard that Township is changing. Tree lines removed, soil erosion more
prominent. Less trees-more housing & more trees-less farming – just an observation.
Meeting adjournment. Motion Hull, second Shepler to adjourn at 8:05 pm. PASSED.
Respectfully submitted,
Ben Howard, PC secretary
