February 6, 2007

The meeting of the Planning Commission of Franklin Township, held in the 
Township office, was called to order at 1900 hours.  Present were Hugh Crandall, 
Dwight Miller, Dennis Howard and Joe Szymanowicz.

VISITORS/PUBLIC COMMENT
No visitors were present.

MINUTES
Howard moved to approve the minutes of 1/2/07 as presented.  Szymanowicz 
seconded.  Carried.

OLD BUSINESS
Zoning Ordinance Amendment/Storage Trailers, Ground-Level Storage – on 
hold.

NEW BUSINESS
Terry and Nancy Rea SFTF – M/M Rea purchased property on the northwest 
corner of Mohawk and Clair Wright and has applied for a permit from DEP to 
install a small flow treatment facility.  The paperwork was reviewed.  Crandall 
moved to accept the Rea SFTF paperwork as presented.  Miller seconded.  
Carried.

Wetland Deed Restrictions – a letter was received from the Erie County 
Conservation District saying that all subdivisions will be required to also have a 
PASPGP-3, a federal Clean Water Act, Section 404 Permit.  The letter states 
that, “as of July 1, 2007, any activity either constructing or expanding a 
residential, commercial, or institutional subdivision or development, where 
greater than 0.25 acres of wetland, in addition to those being impacted by the 
proposed project, are located on the property boundary, the application should 
include a proposed deed restriction, conservation easement, or deed restricted to 
open space area, that protects such wetland from activities such as filling, 
draining, mowing, placement of structures, cutting of vegetation, clearing or 
plowing of natural vegetation.  If a deed restriction is not included within the 
application, federal authorization would need to be obtained through separate 
review by the Army Corp of Engineers.”  Discussion was held on the additional 
cost for a subdivision that this regulation will create.

Nuisance Ordinance Rewrite – the draft from the January meeting was 
presented and reviewed.  Szymanowicz moved to approve the draft and forward 
it to the Board of Supervisors.  Crandall seconded.  Carried.

ADJOURN
Howard moved to adjourn, Miller seconded.  Meeting adjourned at 1934 hours.

Bonnie J. Bernhardt, Secretary