Newton Township - Ronco Conditional Use Meeting (October 7, 2009)

Board Members in Attendance

John Pardue, Gary Martenson, and Ronald Koldjeski

Absent

None

Board Guests in Attendance

Scot Haan, CEO; Francine Miller, Secretary/Treasurer

Meeting called to order at 6:55PM with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

Chairman, John Pardue advised the purpose of the meeting was for a conditional use request by Ronco / GC Fire Protection located in the warehouse on Winola Road.

Mr. James DeWitt was present to discuss the request on behalf of the Ronco Group. DeWitt explained that the company runs the GC Fire Protection from this building and use it for assembly and storage. They employee 3-4 full time employees from this location and it is also a central location for other employees to gather before going out on the job. They ran out of space within the building, therefore, they have trailers on the premises that stores components, fittings and machinery that is waiting to be refurbished. There are pipe bundles outside on cribbing that is 20 feet long and do not fit in the building. The company was not aware that they needed a change of use. The property has a brand new sand mound and the septic is good. Ronco is leasing one of the small warehouses to Cascade Tissue to store machinery. Ronco has approximately six storage trailers on the property that is road worthy and licensed. There is no corrosives or large quantities of chemicals being stored. GC Fire was put into this building back in 2006 and they have been leasing to Cascade for approximately three years.

During the discussion, the Supervisors suggested that DeWitt speak with the owner and come up with plans on how many trailers they will have as storage units and a way to hide the pipes. They also requested that the plans be back to the Township in time for the Supervisors to review and be familiar with them before the next hearing date.

Motion by Koldjeski to reconvene this hearing with a decision on November 14, 2009 at 7PM, 2nd by Martenson. Motion voted, all in favor.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.

Respectfully submitted by Francine Miller.