Public Notice

TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE proposed Ordinance #2022-184 appended hereto was introduced for first reading by the Rutland Charter Township Board at its October 12, 2022 meeting.

This proposed ordinance will be considered for adoption by the Township Board at its scheduled regular meeting on November 9, 2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Charter Township Hall.

Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days’ notice to Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township.

Format note—this proposed ordinance is prepared in “legislative format”: new verbiage proposed to be added is shown in bold type; any existing verbiage proposed to be deleted is shown lined-through.

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RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP

BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN

NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS AT OCTOBER 5, 2022 MEETING

TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at its regular meeting on October 5, 2022, which begins at 7:00 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall located at 2461 Heath Road, within the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan. The items to be considered at this public hearing are:

– The proposed amendment of §220-2-2 of the Rutland Charter Township Code (Zoning) so as to revise the definitions of the terms “lot, corner”, “lot area”, and “lot line” to clarify that for purposes of those definitions a “street” includes a lawful private road/shared driveway. (Items 1, 3 and 4 of Tentative Text).

– The proposed amendment of §220-2-2 of the Rutland Charter Township Code (Zoning) so as to revise the definition of the term “lot line, front” to clarify that the front lot line of a corner lot with frontage on a lake, river, or other navigable waterway is the boundary line abutting the water. (Item 2 of Tentative Text).

– The proposed amendment of §220-2-2 of the Rutland Charter Township Code (Zoning) so as to revise the definitions of the terms “Family Day Care Home” and “Group Day Care Home” so as to align those definitions with recent amendments of State law making those types of child day care facilities automatically eligible for “increased capacity” after satisfying certain criteria relating to state licensing (from 6 to 7 children in a Family Day Care Home, and from 12 to 14 children in a Group Day Care Home). (Items 5 and 6 of Tentative Text).

The Rutland Charter Township Code, Master Plan, and the tentative text of the above-referenced proposed zoning text amendment(s), may be examined by contacting the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Township Hall during regular business hours on regular business days maintained by the Township offices from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of the hearing/meeting, and further may be examined at the hearing/meeting.

The Township Planning Commission reserves the right to modify any of the proposed amendments at or following the hearing/meeting and to make its recommendations accordingly to the Township Board.

Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below.

Robin Hawthorne, Clerk

Rutland Charter Township

2461 Heath Road

Hastings, Michigan 49058

(269) 948-2194

RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN

2023-2032 ALGONQUIN LAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

(AQUATIC VEGETATION CONTROL)

NOTICE OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023-2032

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL

(for levy in 2022-2031)

TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE 2023-2032 ALGONQUIN LAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT (AQUATIC VEGETATION CONTROL) ENCOMPASSING ALL LANDS ABUTTING ALGONQUIN LAKE OR HAVING DEEDED ACCESS TO ALGONQUIN LAKE IN LAND SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 11 AND 12 OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the Supervisor/Assessing Officer of Rutland Charter Township has reported to the Township Board and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a proposed special assessment roll/special assessment column in the regular tax roll pertaining to the 2023-2032 Algonquin Lake Improvement Project Special Assessment District (Aquatic Vegetation Control) as reestablished and continued by the Township Board on August 10, 2022 (Resolution No. 2022-283).

This proposed special assessment roll proposes to allocate the costs of an aquatic vegetation control program for 2023 through 2032 in the approximate total amount of $882,000 over the ten-year program, after subtracting an anticipated surplus of approximately $25,000 from the similar 2016-2022 program now being concluded (approximately $88,200 per year, rounded off), which includes a contingency for potential cost overruns throughout the term of this ten-year continuation program, and legal and administrative expenses, to the various lots and parcels within the District as follows (in each instance treating multiple contiguous lots/parcels under the identical ownership as a single assessment unit):

• $3,630.00 to each improved lot/parcel abutting Algonquin Lake ($363.00 per year).

• $1,280.00 to each unimproved lot/parcel abutting Algonquin Lake and to each improved or unimproved lot/parcel with deeded access to Algonquin Lake ($128.00 per year).

The special assessment installments for each of years 2023-2032, to be levied and billed with the winter property taxes in 2022-2031, will be subject to annual redetermination by the Township Board when the actual costs of the yearly program and any relevant administrative costs are known. Any such annual redetermination of costs and assessments will be made at a regular meeting of the Township Board in September or October of 2023 – 2031, or thereabouts, without further notice or hearing except as may be required by law or as may be further determined by the Township Board; provided that the allocation of individual special assessments resulting from any such annual redetermination shall be based on the same allocation method used for the initial 2023-2032 special

assessment roll. Unpaid assessments will be subject to interest at a rate to be determined by the Township Board not exceeding 8.0% per annum (tentatively 3.0%).

A public hearing on any objections to the proposed special assessment roll will be held at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 in conjunction with a regular meeting of the Township Board commencing at 7:00 p.m. Pursuant to this public hearing the Township Board may approve and confirm the proposed special assessment roll as submitted, or may approve the proposed special assessment roll with revisions, or may direct a new roll to be made.

The proposed special assessment roll, and the project plans, estimate of costs, the boundaries of the 2023-2032 Algonquin Lake Improvement Project Special Assessment District, and the Resolution of the Township Board reestablishing the Special Assessment District and directing the Supervisor/Assessing Officer of the Township to make the proposed special assessment roll, may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk and may further be examined at the public hearing.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT APPEARANCE AND PROTEST AT THIS HEARING IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO APPEAL A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO THE MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL. AN OWNER OR PARTY IN INTEREST OR HIS OR HER AGENT MAY APPEAR IN PERSON AT THIS HEARING TO PROTEST A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, OR MAY FILE AN APPEARANCE OR PROTEST BY LETTER WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE HEARING OR WITHIN SUCH FURTHER TIME AS THE TOWNSHIP BOARD MAY GRANT, IF ANY, AND IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES A PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT THE HEARING SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. THE OWNER OR ANY PERSON HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY WHO PROTESTS IN PERSON OR IN WRITING AS PROVIDED ABOVE MAY FILE A WRITTEN APPEAL OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WITH THE MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL WITHIN 35 DAYS AFTER THE CONFIRMATION OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL.

The foregoing hearings and all proceedings associated with these special assessment matters will be conducted in accordance with and pursuant to 1954 PA 188, as amended, the Michigan Open Meetings Act, and any other applicable law.

Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below.

Robin Hawthorne, Clerk

Rutland Charter Township

2461 Heath Road

Hastings, MI 49058

(269) 948-2194

RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING ON SPECIAL LAND USE PERMIT APPLICATION AT SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 REGULAR MEETING

TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at its regular meeting on September 7, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall located at 2461 Heath Road, within the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan. The items to be considered at this public hearing include the following:

1. The application of JARS Holdings, LLC for special land use approval of a Marihuana Retailer business on the property commonly known as 1450 West M- 43 Highway, Suite 7 (parcel number 08-13-013-006-30). The subject property is located in the MU Mixed Use District. The land use proposed by the applicant is permissible in this zoning district, subject to special land use approval (and site plan approval).

2. Such other matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission at this meeting.

 

Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, and may further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting.

The Rutland Charter Township Code, Zoning Map, Master Plan, and the above referenced special land use application may be examined by contacting the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Township Hall during regular business hours on regular business days maintained by the Township offices from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of the hearing/meeting, and further may be examined at the hearing/meeting.

Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below.

 

Robin Hawthorne, Clerk

Rutland Charter Township

2461 Heath Road

Hastings, Michigan 49058

(269) 948-2194