Planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on September 12, 2006 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462.
To consider the following request: A request by Mark Reis for an ‘incidental soil removal? permit to extract 25,000 yards of material from parcel #03-32-400-056 on M-15 and to fill and balance parcel #03-32-300-033 on M-15 (See Map at the township offices).
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen 8/28/06

planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on August 22, 2006 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462.
To consider the following request: A request by Frank Sullivan to rezone 6 acres from RE Rural Estates to R-1B Single Family Residential
Parcel Identification numbers: 03-19-429-003
Common Description: See Map AT Township offices or in the print edition of The Citizen.

planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on August 22, 2006 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462.
To consider the following request: A request by Frank Sullivan to rezone 6 acres from RE Rural Estates to R-1B Single Family Residential
Parcel Identification numbers: 03-19-429-003
Common Description: See Map at township office

planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
SPECIAL MEETING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on 8/16/06 beginning @ 7:30 pm at the Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462
To consider the following request:
A request by the Silverman Development Group to excavate and remove approximately 170,000 yards of material from the property identified below.
Parcel Identification number: 03-32-400-012 and 03-32-400-042
Common Description see map at the township office.

For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at the Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky
Planning Commission Chairman
Publish in The Citizen 7/31/06

Charter township of Brandon
Planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on June 13, 2006 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462.
To consider the following request: A request by Mike Potvin & Mike Toma to rezone the described property from R-1B Residential to C-1 Local Commercial.
Parcel Identification numbers: 03-19-452-031,032,033 & 034
Common Description: See Map in the print edition of the Citizen or at the Township offices.
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen 5-15-06 & 6-12-06

Charter township of Brandon
Planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on May 23, 2006 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462.
To consider the following request: A request by Louis Dortch to rezone lots 1 through 4 of Belle-Ann-Falls Estates from R-1B to C-1 Local Commercial
Parcel Identification Numbers: 03-19-452-001, 002, 003 & 004
Common Description: See Map
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen 5-1-06 & 5-15-06

Charter township of Brandon
Planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on June 13, 2006 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462.
To consider the following request: A request by Mike Potvin & Mike Toma to rezone the described property from R-1B Residential to C-1 Local Commercial.
Parcel Identification numbers: 03-19-452-031,032,033 & 034
Common Description: See Map
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen 5-15-06

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on April 11, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
To consider the following request: A special use permit to allow a Home Occupation ‘Porta John Rental? at 4550 Stanton Road, Don Marsh owner.
Common Description: 4550 Stanton Road
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen 4-3-06

charter township of brandon
planning & building
PUBLIC NOTICE
INFORMATIONAL PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on March 8, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
This meeting is to confirm the final site plan of Long Lake Village, a 94 lot single family development located on M-15 approved by the Planning Commission on August 24, 2004. The review shall include final planning, engineering and wetland protection criteria.
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen 2-28-05 & 3-7-05

charter township of brandon
planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on November 23, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
To consider the following: To amend the Brandon Township’s Zoning Ordinance regulating wireless communication facilities:
Intent & Purpose. It is the intent and purpose of the Township to carry out the legislative directive of the Federal Communication Commission’s authorization of Wireless Communication Facilities needed to operate wireless communication systems throughout the country. It is the further intent and purpose of the Township, however, to provide for such authorization in a manner which will retain the integrity of neighborhoods and the character, property values and aesthetic quality of the community as a whole. In fashioning and administering the provisions of this section, the Township has endeavored to balance these potentially competing interests within the zoning authority granted to the Township. It is therefore, the further intent and purpose of the Township to:
a. Facilitate adequate and efficient provision of sites for wireless communication facilities.
b. Establish predetermined districts or zones of the number shape, and in the location considered best for the establishment of wireless communication facilities, subject to applicable standards and conditions.
c. Recognize that operation of a wireless communication system may require the establishment of facilities in locations not within the predetermined districts or zones. In such cases, it has been determined that it is likely that there will be greater adverse impact upon neighborhoods and areas within the community. Consequently, more stringent standards and conditions should apply to the review, approval and use of such facilities.
d. Ensure that wireless communication facilities are situated in appropriate locations and relationships to other land uses, structures and buildings.
e. Limit inapporopriate physical and aesthetic overcrowding of land use activities and avoid adverse impacts upon existing population, transportation systems, and other public services and facility needs.
f. Promote the public health, safety and welfare.
g. Provide for the adequate information about plans for wireless communication facilities in order to permit the community to effectively plan for the location of such facilities.
h. Minimize the adverse impacts of technological obsolescence of such facilities, including a requirement to remove unused and/or unnecessary facilities in a timely manner.
i. Minimize the negative visual impact of wireless communication facilities on neighborhoods, community landmarks, historic sites and buildings, natural beauty areas and public rights-of-way. This contemplates the establishment of as few structures as reasonably feasible, and the use of stealth technology structures which are designed for compatibility, including the use of existing structures and the avoidance of lattice structures that are unnecessary.
j. The Township Board finds that the presence of numerous tower and/or pole structures, particularly if located within residential areas, would decrease the attractiveness and destroy the character and integrity of the community.
This, in turn, may have an adverse impact upon property values. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize the adverse impact from the presence of numerous tower and/or pole structures having unreasonably low architectural and other aesthetic appeal, recognizing that the absence of regulation would result in a material impediment to the maintenance and promotion of property values, and further recognizing that this economic component is an important part of the public health, safety and welfare.
A complete copy of the proposed amendments is available to the public at the Brandon Township Offices of Planning & Building during normal working hours.
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen 11-1 & 22-04

charter township of brandon
planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on November 23, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
To consider the following: To amend the Brandon Township’s Zoning Ordinance regulating wireless communication facilities:
Intent & Purpose. It is the intent and purpose of the Township to carry out the legislative directive of the Federal Communication Commission’s authorization of Wireless Communication Facilities needed to operate wireless communication systems throughout the country. It is the further intent and purpose of the Township, however, to provide for such authorization in a manner which will retain the integrity of neighborhoods and the character, property values and aesthetic quality of the community as a whole. In fashioning and administering the provisions of this section, the Township has endeavored to balance these potentially competing interests within the zoning authority granted to the Township. It is therefore, the further intent and purpose of the Township to:
a. Facilitate adequate and efficient provision of sites for wireless communication facilities.
b. Establish predetermined districts or zones of the number shape, and in the location considered best for the establishment of wireless communication facilities, subject to applicable standards and conditions.
c. Recognize that operation of a wireless communication system may require the establishment of facilities in locations not within the predetermined districts or zones. In such cases, it has been determined that it is likely that there will be greater adverse impact upon neighborhoods and areas within the community. Consequently, more stringent standards and conditions should apply to the review, approval and use of such facilities.
d. Ensure that wireless communication facilities are situated in appropriate locations and relationships to other land uses, structures and buildings.
e. Limit inapporopriate physical and aesthetic overcrowding of land use activities and avoid adverse impacts upon existing population, transportation systems, and other public services and facility needs.
f. Promote the public health, safety and welfare.
g. Provide for the adequate information about plans for wireless communication facilities in order to permit the community to effectively plan for the location of such facilities.
h. Minimize the adverse impacts of technological obsolescence of such facilities, including a requirement to remove unused and/or unnecessary facilities in a timely manner.
i. Minimize the negative visual impact of wireless communication facilities on neighborhoods, community landmarks, historic sites and buildings, natural beauty areas and public rights-of-way. This contemplates the establishment of as few structures as reasonably feasible, and the use of stealth technology structures which are designed for compatibility, including the use of existing structures and the avoidance of lattice structures that are unnecessary.
j. The Township Board finds that the presence of numerous tower and/or pole structures, particularly if located within residential areas, would decrease the attractiveness and destroy the character and integrity of the community.
This, in turn, may have an adverse impact upon property values. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize the adverse impact from the presence of numerous tower and/or pole structures having unreasonably low architectural and other aesthetic appeal, recognizing that the absence of regulation would result in a material impediment to the maintenance and promotion of property values, and further recognizing that this economic component is an important part of the public health, safety and welfare.
A complete copy of the proposed amendments is available to the public at the Brandon Township Offices of Planning & Building during normal working hours.
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen 11-1 & 22-04

planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on October 26, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
To consider the following request: A request by Mr. Philip Warn for a home occupation permit to operate a firearms business from his home. Home occupations are permitted uses after a special review by the Township Planning Commission as authorized by the Brandon Township Zoning Ordinance.
Parcel Identification numbers: 03-19-301-026
Common Description: 360 W. Glass Road
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palullan at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission.
Publish in The Citizen 10-18-04

The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on July 13, 2004 at the Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON
SECTION 5.03 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
15.053 Sec. 5.03. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
Accessory buildings and structures shall be permitted in all districts and are subject to the following regulations:
1. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
A. Accessory buildings or structures shall not be permitted in any residential district by themselves on vacant land. Accessory buildings or structures and the principal building or structure may be constructed and occupied simultaneously.
B. All accessory buildings and structures which are structurally attached to a main or principal building or structure, and all accessory buildings in RE, Rural Estate district, whether attached or detached from a main or principal building, shall be subject to and must conform to all regulations of this ordinance applicable to main or principal buildings or structures, except for square footage requirements as regulated in this Section 5.03.
C. Detached accessory buildings or structures shall not be erected in any residential front yard, except as permitted for farms and farming operations, as outlined in Section 5.03.3 below and footnote F in Section 18.02.
D. An accessory building or structure or any combination of all accessory buildings or structures on any single lot in Brandon Township must meet the frequency and area limits as follows:
1. There shall be no more than one (1) detached accessory building on any single lot in the R-1A or R-1B Zoning District and there shall be no more than two (2) detached accessory buildings on any single lot in the RE Zoning District. Additional accessory buildings may be constructed on a parcel in the RE district if such construction is consistent with qualified farming operations.
2. There shall be no more than two (2) accessory structures on any single lot in the R-1A or the R-1B Zoning District and there shall be no more than two (2) accessory structures on any single lot in the RE Zoning District. Additional accessory buildings may be constructed on a parcel in the RE district if such construction is consistent with qualified farming operations.
3. The total area of any combination of attached and detached accessory buildings in R-1A and R-1B Zoning Districts shall not exceed one thousand (1000) square feet.
4. Detached accessory buildings in R-1A and R-1B Zoning Districts shall cover no more than ten (10%) of the total area of the rear yard, even if the area in paragraph three (3) above, has to be less than 1000 square feet.
5. The total area of all attached accessory buildings on any lot in the RE District shall not exceed one thousand square feet. The total area of all detached accessory buildings on any lot in the RE District shall not exceed one thousand two hundred square feet. The area of detached accessory buildings associated with farming as regulated in 5.03.3. may be increased by 400 square feet for each acre over 2.5 acres, where such additional acreage is part of a single lot. Restriction: Additional acreage used to increase the size of the accessory structure in and RE District cannot be split off from the acres upon which the principal building is located.
E. When an accessory building or structure is located on a corner lot, said building or structure shall not project beyond the front yard line required on the lot in the rear of such corner lot.
F. In the RE district, except as provided under Section 18.02. F, no detached accessory building shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any main or principal building, nor shall any detached accessory building or structure be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any side or rear lot line. In the R-1A, & R-1B, District no detached accessory building or structure shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to any main or principal building or structure nor shall it be located closer than five (5) feet to any side or rear lot lines.
G. Any accessory structure located in the front or side yard shall be so placed behind a decorative fence or landscaping so as to obscure such structure The applicant must submit detailed landscaping plans for review and such obscuring material and the placement thereof shall be in the discretion of the Director of Building and Planning.
H. In the RE District, accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, where such buildings are part of a farmland as defined in Article III of this ordinance, and twenty (20) feet for all other non-farmland uses in the RE District. In all other residential zoning districts, accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in height.
I. Radio and/or television antennas, church steeples, or other accessory features may exceed the maximum height in the district in which the accessory feature is located provided that the distance between the accessory feature and the property lines is equal to the height of such antenna or feature.
2. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
A. All accessory buildings, structures or apparatus which are structurally attached to main or principal buildings shall be subject to and must conform to all regulations of this Ordinance applicable to main or principal buildings, except for the square footage requirements.
B. Detached accessory structures shall not be erected in any front yard or in any side or rear minimum yard setback area.
C. Radio and/or television antennas, chimneys, church steeples, or other accessory features may exceed the maximum height in the district in which the accessory feature is located provided that the distance between the accessory feature and the property lines is equal to the height of such feature.
D. Satellite antennas and/or other accessory apparatus shall be so mounted on the ground, on the wall or on the roof to maximize the screening of such apparatus without impeding signal reception or prescribed use.
E. Any accessory structure located in the front or side yard (including, but not limited to the required front and side yard where permitted hereunder) shall be so placed behind a decorative fence or landscaping so as to obscure such structure. Such obscuring material and the placement thereof shall be in the discretion of the Director of Building and Planning.
3. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN RE DISTRICTS INVOLVING FARMS AND FARMING OPERATIONS.
A. In those cases where the Director of Building and Planning for the Township determines that the principal use of the applicant’s premises is farming, and not residential, the Director may authorize the erection of farm related buildings on the premises even though such buildings do not conform to the other subsections of this section 5.03.
1. In reaching such a determination, the Director shall consider the occupation of the persons occupying the premises, the source of income for the family occupying the premises, the amount of income produced by the farming occupation, relevant State Statutes and Rules, and all like information.
2. This subsection is not intended to permit deviation from the standards of this section in the case of part-time farms or farmers, ‘gentlemen farmers? or like situations. This section is intended to promote and protect farms and farmers, and not to encourage deviation or variations based on the allegation of farming where the allegation is not supported by sufficient fact.
3. When a farm ceases to operate as a farmland use as defined in Article III and the owner requests the land to be split, the non-farm regulations of this Ordinance shall be applied to the principal and accessory buildings and structures to determine the total acreage required around the original principal and accessory buildings and structures before the remainder of the land, which is vacant, is divided into parcels to be equal to or greater than what is required pursuant to the zoning district or districts in which the vacant land is located.
Publish in The Citizen June 21 & July 12, 2004

charter township of brandon
planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on July 13, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
To consider the following request: A Township initiated rezoning to rezone the below listed parcels from R1-B Residential to C-1 Local Commercial. This is a projected change as found in the Brandon Township Master Development Plan.
Parcel Identification number: 03-19-452-035 Lots 7 & 8 Belle-Ann Falls Estates
Common Description: 1839 Ortonville Road
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission

A map of the area is in the August 9, 2004 Citizen

The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on July 13, 2004 at the Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON
SECTION 5.03 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
15.053 Sec. 5.03. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
Accessory buildings and structures shall be permitted in all districts and are subject to the following regulations:
1. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
A. Accessory buildings or structures shall not be permitted in any residential district by themselves on vacant land. Accessory buildings or structures and the principal building or structure may be constructed and occupied simultaneously.
B. All accessory buildings and structures which are structurally attached to a main or principal building or structure, and all accessory buildings in RE, Rural Estate district, whether attached or detached from a main or principal building, shall be subject to and must conform to all regulations of this ordinance applicable to main or principal buildings or structures, except for square footage requirements as regulated in this Section 5.03.
C. Detached accessory buildings or structures shall not be erected in any residential front yard, except as permitted for farms and farming operations, as outlined in Section 5.03.3 below and footnote F in Section 18.02.
D. An accessory building or structure or any combination of all accessory buildings or structures on any single lot in Brandon Township must meet the frequency and area limits as follows:
1. There shall be no more than one (1) detached accessory building on any single lot in the R-1A or R-1B Zoning District and there shall be no more than two (2) detached accessory buildings on any single lot in the RE Zoning District. Additional accessory buildings may be constructed on a parcel in the RE district if such construction is consistent with qualified farming operations.
2. There shall be no more than two (2) accessory structures on any single lot in the R-1A or the R-1B Zoning District and there shall be no more than two (2) accessory structures on any single lot in the RE Zoning District. Additional accessory buildings may be constructed on a parcel in the RE district if such construction is consistent with qualified farming operations.
3. The total area of any combination of attached and detached accessory buildings in R-1A and R-1B Zoning Districts shall not exceed one thousand (1000) square feet.
4. Detached accessory buildings in R-1A and R-1B Zoning Districts shall cover no more than ten (10%) of the total area of the rear yard, even if the area in paragraph three (3) above, has to be less than 1000 square feet.
5. The total area of all attached accessory buildings on any lot in the RE District shall not exceed one thousand square feet. The total area of all detached accessory buildings on any lot in the RE District shall not exceed one thousand two hundred square feet. The area of detached accessory buildings associated with farming as regulated in 5.03.3. may be increased by 400 square feet for each acre over 2.5 acres, where such additional acreage is part of a single lot. Restriction: Additional acreage used to increase the size of the accessory structure in and RE District cannot be split off from the acres upon which the principal building is located.
E. When an accessory building or structure is located on a corner lot, said building or structure shall not project beyond the front yard line required on the lot in the rear of such corner lot.
F. In the RE district, except as provided under Section 18.02. F, no detached accessory building shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any main or principal building, nor shall any detached accessory building or structure be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any side or rear lot line. In the R-1A, & R-1B, District no detached accessory building or structure shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to any main or principal building or structure nor shall it be located closer than five (5) feet to any side or rear lot lines.
G. Any accessory structure located in the front or side yard shall be so placed behind a decorative fence or landscaping so as to obscure such structure The applicant must submit detailed landscaping plans for review and such obscuring material and the placement thereof shall be in the discretion of the Director of Building and Planning.
H. In the RE District, accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, where such buildings are part of a farmland as defined in Article III of this ordinance, and twenty (20) feet for all other non-farmland uses in the RE District. In all other residential zoning districts, accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in height.
I. Radio and/or television antennas, church steeples, or other accessory features may exceed the maximum height in the district in which the accessory feature is located provided that the distance between the accessory feature and the property lines is equal to the height of such antenna or feature.
2. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
A. All accessory buildings, structures or apparatus which are structurally attached to main or principal buildings shall be subject to and must conform to all regulations of this Ordinance applicable to main or principal buildings, except for the square footage requirements.
B. Detached accessory structures shall not be erected in any front yard or in any side or rear minimum yard setback area.
C. Radio and/or television antennas, chimneys, church steeples, or other accessory features may exceed the maximum height in the district in which the accessory feature is located provided that the distance between the accessory feature and the property lines is equal to the height of such feature.
D. Satellite antennas and/or other accessory apparatus shall be so mounted on the ground, on the wall or on the roof to maximize the screening of such apparatus without impeding signal reception or prescribed use.
E. Any accessory structure located in the front or side yard (including, but not limited to the required front and side yard where permitted hereunder) shall be so placed behind a decorative fence or landscaping so as to obscure such structure. Such obscuring material and the placement thereof shall be in the discretion of the Director of Building and Planning.
3. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN RE DISTRICTS INVOLVING FARMS AND FARMING OPERATIONS.
A. In those cases where the Director of Building and Planning for the Township determines that the principal use of the applicant’s premises is farming, and not residential, the Director may authorize the erection of farm related buildings on the premises even though such buildings do not conform to the other subsections of this section 5.03.
1. In reaching such a determination, the Director shall consider the occupation of the persons occupying the premises, the source of income for the family occupying the premises, the amount of income produced by the farming occupation, relevant State Statutes and Rules, and all like information.
2. This subsection is not intended to permit deviation from the standards of this section in the case of part-time farms or farmers, ‘gentlemen farmers? or like situations. This section is intended to promote and protect farms and farmers, and not to encourage deviation or variations based on the allegation of farming where the allegation is not supported by sufficient fact.
3. When a farm ceases to operate as a farmland use as defined in Article III and the owner requests the land to be split, the non-farm regulations of this Ordinance shall be applied to the principal and accessory buildings and structures to determine the total acreage required around the original principal and accessory buildings and structures before the remainder of the land, which is vacant, is divided into parcels to be equal to or greater than what is required pursuant to the zoning district or districts in which the vacant land is located.
Publish in The Citizen June 21 & July 12, 2004

charter township of brandon
planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning & Building Commission shall hold a public hearing on July 13, 2004 at the Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
To consider amending the Brandon Township Zoning Ordinance as follows:
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 5.05 (B) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP
OF BRANDON
AMEND TO READ:
B. Temporary political or election signs, including but not limited to lawn signs and posters, advertising or promoting candidates for public office or ballot issues to be determined at an election may be erected on private property, but not on any public right of way, subject to the following:
(i) Such signs shall not be erected more than 30 days prior to the election
(ii) Such signs shall not be erected within 100 feet from an entrance to a public polling place, nor shall they be erected within a 25 foot clear zone on corner lots. No political or election sign shall be erected in a manner as to impede clear vision by motorist on any highway.
(iii) Political or election signs shall not exceed 32 square feet in
total area and 8 feet in height in the RM, RE, R1-A or R1-B zones.
(iv) Political or election signs erected in all other zones shall be regulated by Section 5.04 of this ordinance as to type, area, height and location.
(v) All political or election signs shall be removed no later than 7 days after an election.
(vi) The Charter Township of Brandon is authorized to remove any political or election sign not removed after the 7 day provision of subsection (v) above and assess the costs of such removal against the individual or organization identified on the sign.
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at the Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen June 21 & July 12, 2004

charter township of brandon
planning & building
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on July 13, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
To consider the following request: A Township initiated rezoning to rezone the below listed parcels from R1-B Residential to C-1 Local Commercial. This is a projected change as found in the Brandon Township Master Development Plan.
Parcel Identification number: 03-19-452-035 Lots 7 & 8 Belle-Ann Falls Estates
Common Description: 1839 Ortonville Road
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission

A map of the concerned area is in this week’s print edition of The Citizen

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on July 13, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brandon Township Offices at 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
To consider the following request: A Township initiated rezoning to rezone the below listed parcels from R1-B Residential to C-1 Local Commercial. This is a projected change as found in the Brandon Township Master Development Plan.
Parcel Identification number: 03-19-452-035 Lots 7 & 8 Belle-Ann Falls Estates
Common Description: 1839 Ortonville Road
For any additional information regarding the above hearing please contact Tim Palulian at Brandon Township Planning & Building Department at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Brandon Township Planning Commission

The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on July 13, 2004 at the Brandon Township Offices, 395 Mill Street, Ortonville, Michigan 48462, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BRANDON
SECTION 5.03 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
15.053 Sec. 5.03. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
Accessory buildings and structures shall be permitted in all districts and are subject to the following regulations:
1. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
A. Accessory buildings or structures shall not be permitted in any residential district by themselves on vacant land. Accessory buildings or structures and the principal building or structure may be constructed and occupied simultaneously.
B. All accessory buildings and structures which are structurally attached to a main or principal building or structure, and all accessory buildings in RE, Rural Estate district, whether attached or detached from a main or principal building, shall be subject to and must conform to all regulations of this ordinance applicable to main or principal buildings or structures, except for square footage requirements as regulated in this Section 5.03.
C. Detached accessory buildings or structures shall not be erected in any residential front yard, except as permitted for farms and farming operations, as outlined in Section 5.03.3 below and footnote F in Section 18.02.
D. An accessory building or structure or any combination of all accessory buildings or structures on any single lot in Brandon Township must meet the frequency and area limits as follows:
1. There shall be no more than one (1) detached accessory building on any single lot in the R-1A or R-1B Zoning District and there shall be no more than two (2) detached accessory buildings on any single lot in the RE Zoning District. Additional accessory buildings may be constructed on a parcel in the RE district if such construction is consistent with qualified farming operations.
2. There shall be no more than two (2) accessory structures on any single lot in the R-1A or the R-1B Zoning District and there shall be no more than two (2) accessory structures on any single lot in the RE Zoning District. Additional accessory buildings may be constructed on a parcel in the RE district if such construction is consistent with qualified farming operations.
3. The total area of any combination of attached and detached accessory buildings in R-1A and R-1B Zoning Districts shall not exceed one thousand (1000) square feet.
4. Detached accessory buildings in R-1A and R-1B Zoning Districts shall cover no more than ten (10%) of the total area of the rear yard, even if the area in paragraph three (3) above, has to be less than 1000 square feet.
5. The total area of all attached accessory buildings on any lot in the RE District shall not exceed one thousand square feet. The total area of all detached accessory buildings on any lot in the RE District shall not exceed one thousand two hundred square feet. The area of detached accessory buildings associated with farming as regulated in 5.03.3. may be increased by 400 square feet for each acre over 2.5 acres, where such additional acreage is part of a single lot. Restriction: Additional acreage used to increase the size of the accessory structure in and RE District cannot be split off from the acres upon which the principal building is located.
E. When an accessory building or structure is located on a corner lot, said building or structure shall not project beyond the front yard line required on the lot in the rear of such corner lot.
F. In the RE district, except as provided under Section 18.02. F, no detached accessory building shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any main or principal building, nor shall any detached accessory building or structure be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any side or rear lot line. In the R-1A, & R-1B, District no detached accessory building or structure shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to any main or principal building or structure nor shall it be located closer than five (5) feet to any side or rear lot lines.
G. Any accessory structure located in the front or side yard shall be so placed behind a decorative fence or landscaping so as to obscure such structure The applicant must submit detailed landscaping plans for review and such obscuring material and the placement thereof shall be in the discretion of the Director of Building and Planning.
H. In the RE District, accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, where such buildings are part of a farmland as defined in Article III of this ordinance, and twenty (20) feet for all other non-farmland uses in the RE District. In all other residential zoning districts, accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in height.
I. Radio and/or television antennas, church steeples, or other accessory features may exceed the maximum height in the district in which the accessory feature is located provided that the distance between the accessory feature and the property lines is equal to the height of such antenna or feature.
2. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
A. All accessory buildings, structures or apparatus which are structurally attached to main or principal buildings shall be subject to and must conform to all regulations of this Ordinance applicable to main or principal buildings, except for the square footage requirements.
B. Detached accessory structures shall not be erected in any front yard or in any side or rear minimum yard setback area.
C. Radio and/or television antennas, chimneys, church steeples, or other accessory features may exceed the maximum height in the district in which the accessory feature is located provided that the distance between the accessory feature and the property lines is equal to the height of such feature.
D. Satellite antennas and/or other accessory apparatus shall be so mounted on the ground, on the wall or on the roof to maximize the screening of such apparatus without impeding signal reception or prescribed use.
E. Any accessory structure located in the front or side yard (including, but not limited to the required front and side yard where permitted hereunder) shall be so placed behind a decorative fence or landscaping so as to obscure such structure. Such obscuring material and the placement thereof shall be in the discretion of the Director of Building and Planning.
3. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN RE DISTRICTS INVOLVING FARMS AND FARMING OPERATIONS.
A. In those cases where the Director of Building and Planning for the Township determines that the principal use of the applicant’s premises is farming, and not residential, the Director may authorize the erection of farm related buildings on the premises even though such buildings do not conform to the other subsections of this section 5.03.
1. In reaching such a determination, the Director shall consider the occupation of the persons occupying the premises, the source of income for the family occupying the premises, the amount of income produced by the farming occupation, relevant State Statutes and Rules, and all like information.
2. This subsection is not intended to permit deviation from the standards of this section in the case of part-time farms or farmers, ‘gentlemen farmers? or like situations. This section is intended to promote and protect farms and farmers, and not to encourage deviation or variations based on the allegation of farming where the allegation is not supported by sufficient fact.
3. When a farm ceases to operate as a farmland use as defined in Article III and the owner requests the land to be split, the non-farm regulations of this Ordinance shall be applied to the principal and accessory buildings and structures to determine the total acreage required around the original principal and accessory buildings and structures before the remainder of the land, which is vacant, is divided into parcels to be equal to or greater than what is required pursuant to the zoning district or districts in which the vacant land is located.
Publish in The Citizen June 21 & July 12, 2004

The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a Public Hearing on June 22, 2004, at the Brandon Township Municipal Office at 395 Mill Street beginning at 7:30 p.m., to receive public comment on the following amendment to the Brandon Township Master Development Plan.
SYNOPSIS
The Brandon Township Land Use Plan was adopted in March of 2000. An integral part of the plan was the introduction of preserving the natural features that are present in the Township.
The purpose of the amendment is to identity those natural features throughout Brandon Township and to set goals and objections to assist the Planning Commission, developers and individual property owners in the preservation of those features.
Maps to be incorporated into the plan will include the following:
Natural features overlay
Woodlands and grasslands
Water features
Watersheds
A full copy of the text is available for public scrutiny at the Brandon Township Planning & Building Department during normal business hours.
Any questions regarding the public hearing or the land use plan amendments may be referred to Tim Palulian at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen May 31 & June 21, 2004

The Brandon Township Planning Commission shall hold a Public Hearing on June 22, 2004, at the Brandon Township Municipal Office at 395 Mill Street beginning at 7:30 p.m., to receive public comment on the following amendment to the Brandon Township Master Development Plan.
SYNOPSIS
The Brandon Township Land Use Plan was adopted in March of 2000. An integral part of the plan was the Introduction of preserving the natural features that are present in the Township.
The purpose of the amendment is to identify those natural features throughout Brandon Township and to set goals and objections to assist the Planning Commission, developers and individual property owners in the preservation of those features.
Maps to be incorporated into the plan will include the following:
Natural features overlay
Woodlands and grasslands
Water features
Watersheds
A full copy of the text is available for public scrutiny at the Brandon Township Planning & Building Department during normal business hours.
Any questions regarding the public hearing or the land use plan amendments may be referred to Tim Palulian at 248-627-4916.
Joseph Rohovsky, Chairman
Planning Commission
Publish in The Citizen May 31 & June 21, 2004