LOCKE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES

September 17, 2024   7:00 PM     LOCKE TOWNSHIP HALL, 3805 BELL OAK RD, WMSTN

Members Present:  Jordan Smith, Ben Howard, Cory Jorgensen, Ty Hull, Marcy Shepler.

Members Absent:  none.

Also Present:  Julie Moore-Zoning Administrator, Bradley Kotrba-Williams & Works planner,

Fletcher Reed.

Call to order at 7 PM by Chairperson Smith, Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion Shepler, second Jorgensen to approve the August 12, 2024 special meeting minutes.  PASSED.

Motion Shepler, second Hull to approve the August 20, 2024 minutes.  PASSED.

Approval/Additions to agenda.  Motion Shepler, second Hull to add Dietz Rd, Scotty’s residence.  PASSED.

Public comment.  None.

New Business

*Bradley Kotrba, continue discussion from meeting 2 months ago, then put everything together, have it ready for Oct to be reviewed.

Discussed future plan with 1 acre lots along Shaftsburg Rd.

Discussed B-1 Commercial future zoning designations.

Discussed Industrial land designations.

Discussed CREO [Compatible Renewable Energy Ordinance] or ‘workable’ ordinances and how our current solar and wind ordinances line up.

*Discussion of the land use of an individual operating a business in a district with no approval.  Discussion of next steps and what the township had already put into place.

Unfinished business.  None.

Public comment/communications.  None.

Motion Hull, second Jorgensen to adjourn.  PASSED.  Meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Ben Howard

PC secretary