September 4, 2007

The meeting of the Planning Commission of Franklin Township, held in the Township 
office, was called to order at 1930 hours.  Present were Hugh Crandall, Joe 
Szymanowicz, Dennis Howard and David Knight.

VISITORS/PUBLIC COMMENT
No visitors were present.

MINUTES
Crandall moved to approve the minutes of 8/7/07 as presented.  Knight seconded.  
Carried.

OLD BUSINESS
Carl Nelson Mylar – the Mylar is to come back to be re-initialed after some changes 
were made.  It is not back as yet.

Rewrite of Nuisance Ordinance – discussion on the rewrite; broad language vs. 
specific language.

Howard – there is a problem in not being specific, you can’t defend it if it’s not listed as a 
nuisance.

Discussion was held on airports within the Township.  Szymanowicz said that his airport 
is registered with the Federal and State government as a privately-owned airport with 
restricted use.

NEW BUSINESS
Rewrite of Zoning Ordinance – discussion on the various options/costs available 
through Graney and Associates and on the Growing Greener concept for land 
development.

Knight – I don’t see Growing Greener as a necessity for the Township.  People move out 
here to go to the country, not to cluster housing.

Crandall – if you had wetlands on your property, you could put 3 or 4 houses on high 
ground and put the rest in Growing Greener.

Szymanowicz – leave it as a conditional use.  There is no call for it and the cost to write 
an ordinance for it is too high.

After reviewing the various options the Commission was unanimous in feeling that the 
best choice was option 1 on both SALDO and Zoning.  They felt that there was no need 
for Growing Greener as a separate ordinance; it should be kept as a conditional use.

Knight – if we get a Growing Greener application, it would need to be brought before the 
Commission.  We would then figure out what configuration looks best.

ADJOURN
Howard moved to adjourn, Crandall seconded.  Meeting adjourned at 2013 hours.

Bonnie J. Bernhardt, Secretary