Regular Meeting                               October 23, 2012

Crow Wing Town Hall                     6:00 p.m.

Board Members Present: Chairman Mark Platta, Supervisors Greg Smith and Dave Schultz, Clerk Virginia Rogers and those on the attached public roster.

Mark called the meeting to order and the pledge to the flag was recited.

Bev Roscoe submitted 40 pair of gopher feet for bounty.

PLANNING & ZONING

Brad gave the Planning & Zoning Report. Kevin and Kelly Vogel were present to ask for the board’s thoughts on their proposed wildlife park which would be established on what is currently the Johnson Motocross property. Kevin addressed the board and Brad explained that a zoning amendment has been applied for by the Vogels and is the first step required in this process. The Vogels answered questions from the board and reviewed their licensing and inspection procedures. Brad mentioned having spoken with a few of the residents in that neighborhood and has heard no opposition at this point. Mark made a motion to accept the proposal for the Safari North Wildlife Park. The motion was seconded by Greg and passed unanimously.

The Planning Commission recommended adopting the new land use ordinance (Application 12-4137) as revised and the Land Use Map  (Applications 12-4139) also as revised. The amendments previously adopted by the township were recommended to be carried over into the new ordinance. It was also recommended that multi-family dwellings be allowed in commercial zoning districts only. The Ag/Forestry classification was also discussed. The county had previously had a minimum of 10 acres for this district, as did the township. The county has changed the minimum to 35 acres. The township, however, already has many parcels in Ag districts that are smaller than 35 acres. More explicit junk salvage language was recommended as well and reviewed by the town board. Greg made a motion to approve both applications as presented. The motion was seconded by Mark and passed unanimously.

The Anthony violation was discussed. Five calls were received last week about this particular violation. The fence posts are still up, the trees are still dying and have not been replaced and there is considerable debris that is viewable from the road. A 30 day deadline was given at the last meeting for satisfying the maps and plans requirement of ordinance. An inspection may need to be made after that deadline and the board is awaiting their decision on whether or not to continue the business.

A standard policy for processing land use violation complaints was considered. It was determined that once a complaint is received a Planning Commission member should drive by the property if the violation would be visible from the road if existing. Unless it is obvious that no such violation exists, the item will be placed on Planning Commission agenda, where a decision will be made on what the next step will be.

Mark gave an update on the cemetery project. Ginny was asked to check to see if we have to allow winter burials, due to the fact that some of them have encroached into adjacent sites due to marking and/or digging errors.

Payroll was reviewed and approved.

The meeting adjourned by general consent at  9:10 p.m.