Parkman Township Zoning Commission 
May 28, 2019 
Zoning Commission Members Present: Donald Gatrell, Carlos Nieves, Cindy Gazley, Len Hall, Norman Yoder and Jan Helt (secretary) 
Members not present: Jerry Jacobs and Al Weaver. 
 
Don G made a motion to open the meeting at 7:00 p.m. seconded by Carlos N.  
Approval of Minutes: 
Mr. Nieves made a motion to hold April minutes until next meeting.

Cindy Gazley is now an official member of our zoning commission everyone welcomed Cindy Gazley to the Zoning commission.   
Old Business:
We continued a discussion on updating our zoning book and how we should proceed. Jan H stated that she talked to Marie at the Zoning and Planning Commission and she said any changes including changes to the alphabet or numbers need to be changed with an amendment to zoning, which would be very expensive and time consuming.
New Business:
Mr. Hall stated we needed to check with the trustees on the water resources for BTE properties. Also what parcels are in what district, Jan stated that the maps in our books are correct. The industrial and commercial areas are correct as listed. The map was updated.  
Mr. Hall suggested we get a true definition for commercial and industrial. They are not listed in our definitions section in our zoning book. Jan H said she would call Marie at the Zoning and Planning commission and get both definitions. 
Mr. Gatrell suggested we start with Article 1 and list everything in that chapter that needs to be corrected and see if we can make the adjustments under one amendment. Jan said she would ask Marie at the Zoning and Planning commission and let everyone know at the next meeting.

(1)
Mr. Gatrell would also like to put R.C. (revised code) which is located under Article General Provisions 103.0 (B). (R.C.) 519.21 (B) (4) (a). Don suggested we use a uniform format such as Word and PDF. Everyone agreed that we should ad R.C. to our definitions. 
Mr. Gatrell said he will send alpha mix and numeric examples to Jan H via e-mail before next meeting. 
Article 2:
Ms. Gazley stated she is not comfortable with the definition for footprint. We need to define it more, is it square footage of the building including basement or total living space. What exactly is the footprint of a building?

Ms. Helt agreed that it takes forever to get it done because of the program that is 
being used right now. Everything jumps all over the place when you are trying to change anything.
Ms. Gazley gave a couple of examples one is what is, "the footprint of a building" 
does it include the basement. We need to clarify some things in our zoning book. 
There are areas that need some work. 
Mr. Gatrell suggested at our meeting we start by going over Article 1 and 11, 
General Provisions and Definitions. Each month we will go over different sections. We can do one amendment for a section or a couple of sections depending on how much needs to be done.
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. 
Ms. Helt said she will contact Maria at the Zoning commission office and run 
everything by her as to our plan moving forward. 
Everyone agreed we need to address this moving forward that is our plan. 
Agenda for June:
•	Industrial and commercial definitions
•	Footprint of a building-square footage, living space etc.

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