GALIEN TOWNSHIP – PUBLIC HEARING – SPECIAL USE PERMIT

GALIEN TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to PA 110 of 2006, the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (as amended) and the Galien Township Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby given that the Galien Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday August 9, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. at the Township Hall, 305 Kiley Dr., Galien, MI 49113, to consider a Special Use Permit for a 7.3 acre parcel, parcel number 11-09-0013-0001-01-3, with an address of 334 Buffalo Road, Galien, MI 49113, owned by William & Leslie Roundy (”Applicants”).

The Special Use Permit requested by Applicants is under Section 2.4B(25), Uses By Special Permit, specifically “Licensed Construction Trades, with Separate Approved Storage Area but No Retail or Sales on the Premises”. The Applicants are individuals of whom at least one is  licensed in the construction trades in the State of Michigan. Applicants travel to job sites to do work while parking their business vehicles on the property when they are not working, and they are asking to store plumbing and HVAC parts and related equipment at the premises in an outbuilding. There are no retail sales at the premises, and the property is not open to the public.

The property is currently zoned “Agricultural”, and if the Special Use Permit is granted, the property would remain “Agricultural”, subject to the terms and conditions of the Special Use Permit.

The SUP Application is available by contacting the Township Clerk, Jennifer Richter, at 269-545-8143 or by email at jen.galientwp@gmail.com. Any public comments concerning this Application will be heard at the public hearing, and written comments may be sent in advance to the Galien Township Hall at P.O. Box 246, Galien, MI 49113.

Individuals with disabilities or the need for auxiliary aids should contact the Township Clerk at 269-545-8143, or send correspondence to the Galien Township Hall, P.O. Box 246, Galien, MI 49113, not less than five days before the hearing.

Jennifer Richter, Galien Township Clerk