Revised application to be reviewed next month
Leland Township Planning Commission will return next month to review the application for a proposed zoning ordinance amendment for the cultural district overlay to allow for the applicants to make further revisions following a lengthy public hearing on Aug. 6.
The hearing was to consider a revised version of the proposed amendment to the language of the Leland Township zoning ordinance. Commissioners received a presentation from the applicants involved which included representatives from the Old Art Building (OAB), the Leland Township Public Library, and the Leelanau Historical Society (LHS). Planning commission chair Ross Satterwhite, secretary Skip Telgard, and ZBA rep Lee Cory all recused themselves from the hearing due to potential conflicts of interest. Planning Commission alternate Brian Fenlon filled in, and commissioner Sam Simpson and township board rep Steve Scales participated and stayed for the public hearing. Both Satterwhite and Simpson relayed to the public, a packed crowd in the library’s Munnecke Room, to be respectful to those speaking whether they may or may not agree with them to allow for civil discourse on the topic.
