Parkman Township Zoning Commission
June 23, 2019 
Zoning Commission Members Present: Donald Gatrell, Cindy Gazley, Len Hall, Norman Yoder and Jan Helt (secretary)

Members not present: Jerry Jacobs and Al Weaver. 
 
Mr. Gatrell made a motion to open the meeting at 7:00 p.m. seconded by Len H.  
Approval of Minutes: 
Ms. Gazley made a motion to approve May minutes as read seconded by Don G.

Mr. Gatrell motioned to accept May minutes with corrections seconded by Mr. Hall.   
Old Business:
Mr. Hall stated he checked other zoning codes used and did a couple of searches it seems everyone uses about the same alpha/ numerical code in their zoning books. He felt we should stick to what we have it seems to be the norm.
It was suggested we check with John Spelich to see if he receives updates on O.R.C. changes. 
Ms. Gazley was resigned if the revised codes were still valid she could not find O.R.C. 519.21 (B) (4) (a) at all. She also said some definitions were rescinded. 
Mr. Hall said we seem to have more questions than answers we may need Dave Dietrich’s help. He said he remembered the flag lot situation, it was in correct in our zoning book. Some have not been amended for twenty years. We really need to do this.
Mr. Gatrell said he would send Dave Dietrich an e-mail and see if he will come to our next meeting. 
Ms. Gazley said maybe the prosecutors (Sheila Salem) could help. Maybe send different sections of Parkman documents as we finish them.  
Ms. Helt stated that she could not reach Marie at the Zoning Commissioner’s office, but she left a message and a Steve Yaney called her back. He said no one was in that ZC office at this time.
Ms. Helt said she asked Steve about a more defined definition for Commercial and Industrial District. He stated he thought that would not be a good idea the only way you could define it more would be to do a list as to what is in commercial area and a list for industrial. 
The second question Ms. Helt asked Mr. Yancy “What is a footprint of a building”? Mr. Yancy said Industrial would include all areas of the building. Residential would be the living space above ground, if there is a second floor that would not be included. If it was 1,000 square feet on the first and second floor the footprint would still be 1,000. 
Ms. Helt also asked if building pallets would be considered woodworking. Mr. Yancy said the building pallets would be considered woodworking but the pallets must be stored inside a building not stacked outside.
The last question Ms. Helt asked if we could list all the changes in section 1 into one amendment and Mr. Yancy stated that we could do that. 
New Business: 
Mr. Duchscherer said he thought it would be a good idea to have a consultant to work along with us when we redo our zoning book. He suggested Dave Detrich. Dave Detrich now has a consultant business on zoning. He said there are a lot of legal issues we may not be aware of that need to be followed. 
Mr. Gatrell agreed said he would get in touch with Dave Dietrich to see if maybe Dave could attend our next meeting. Maybe he could guide us in our venture to improve on our zoning book. Everyone agreed moving forward we do need help redoing our Parkman Township Zoning Book.
Mr. Hall said Dave Dietrich helped do the zoning book we have now. He was always there to help us anytime we needed him. He thought it would be a good idea to get legal help if as we proceed with redoing our Zoning book. 
Ms. Helt stated that John Spelich told her Dave Dirteich said we could call him now any time if we have any questions. 
Ms. Gazley stated there are areas that need to be redefined or at lease addressed and discussed in our Zoning Book. 
We need to unify each section as far as font and alphabet verses numbers etc. Use 
an adequate program which will make it easier to add new amendments as 
necessary.  
Everyone agreed we need to address this moving forward that is our plan. 
Agenda for July:
•	Have Dave Dietrich attend our meeting. Don G. will contact Mr. Dietrich.
•	Our goal is to continue to work on improving our Zoning Book.

Mr. Hall motioned to adjourn the meeting Ms. Gazley seconded the motion. All were in favor. 

Respectfully Submitted by,

Jan Helt                                           Donald Gatrell                                                                      

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Parkman Township                               Chairperson                                                         
Zoning Commission Secretary